Author: Marcelo Guadiana

As Professor Griff always says, "hip hop is the infinite power healing of our people, it serves as a voice for the voiceless." Public Enemy and other groups like the Geto Boys taught us this through songs like "Fuck a War" and "Fight the Power."

During the era of the Vietnam War, popular music conveyed an antiwar sentiment. The band The Animals inspired a generation of young people to rally against the war through their song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," leading thousands to march on Capitol Hill in 1969 for the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.

Although we are currently living through the longest war in US history, popular music has changed dramatically. Today, commercial music would never dare oppose wars like Afghanistan or Iraq. You never hear Miley Cyrus or Cardi B talk about weapons manufacturers’ skyrocketing profits from Saudi Arabia’s continued bombing campaign targeted at Yemeni civilians.

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"Raytheon go home!" chanted a group of protesters.

While Raytheon quietly held a career fair at Northeastern University to recruit students to work for them, they were also met with some pushback.

In an attempt to reach out to students who might be tempted to work at Raytheon, individuals from the Coalition to Stop Genocide in Yemen and Massachusetts Peace Action, lined up in front of the school building where the job fair was being held, calling attention to the US Saudi War in Yemen, particularly Raytheon’s involvement – with their bombs repeatedly being used to target civilians.

"Did you go to school to starve and bomb babies?" read Susan McLucas’s sign.

"Raytheon right here, they have an agenda to make money and to kill people and they know what they do," said Lauren, one of the protesters.

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