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<div class="gmail-domain-border"></div><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Tom Morello Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019</h1>
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<span class="gmail-posted-on">Published July 11, 2025 </span><span class="gmail-byline"> by<span class="gmail-author gmail-vcard"> <a class="gmail-url gmail-fn gmail-n" href="https://bluntmag.com.au/author/admin/">Team Blunt</a></span></span> </div>
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<img src="cid:ii_mcziaw5i0" alt="image.png" width="467" height="291"><br><h2 id="gmail-h-tom-morello-has-teamed-up-with-leonard-peltier-and-victims-of-the-la-ice-raids-for-protest-song-pretend-you-remember-me">Tom Morello has teamed up with Leonard Peltier and victims of the LA ICE Raids for protest song \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019.</h2>
<p>Tom Morello is no stranger to a <a href="https://bluntmag.com.au/music/rage-against-the-machine-celebrate-long-awaited-justice-for-leonard-peltier/">protest song</a>. With the growing deportations, disappearances and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/us-ice-detention-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">deaths</a> at the hands of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforecement (ICE), <a href="https://bluntmag.com.au/music/judas-priest-are-getting-a-documentary-and-tom-morellos-at-the-helm/">Morello</a> is speaking out.</p>
<p>In collaboration with the <a href="https://www.chirla.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles</a> (CHIRLA), \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019 is a haunting protest song from the Rage Against The Machine guitarist.</p>
<p>Similar to his work with The Nightwatchman, Morello pulls double duty
here, lending his vocals on the track as well as a killer guitar solo. </p>
<p>In an interview with <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/tom-morello-interview-ice-protest-pretend-you-remember-me-1236014199/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"><em>Billboard</em></a>,
Morello said, \u201cReleasing this song now is in direct response to what
we\u2019ve seen happening, the state terror we\u2019ve seen happening in this
country of mass agents tearing families apart.\u201d</p>
<p>Morello released a video alongside the song featuring Leonard
Peltier, a Native American activist and political prisoner whose life
sentence was commuted by President Biden the day before he left office.
Peltier opens the video saying, \u201cNo human being is illegal.\u201d The video
also features the faces of those impacted by ICE raids in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>In a statement, Morello said, \u201cThis song is written for all the
families torn apart by the recent immigrant purges and kidnappings.
Children torn from their wailing mothers\u2019 arms by masked government
thugs, people coming home to find their loved ones abducted by the
state. Folks who worked, suffered, and struggled for decades just to
make a decent life for themselves and their family were violently
separated with an uncertain future. \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019 is for
them and for all those who are finding the courage to stand up against
racism, tyranny, and injustice.\u201d</p>
<p>Morello also revealed that \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019 is the second
single for his upcoming solo record, which he expects out next year via
Mom+Pop. Last year, he shared \u2018<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCtRajCh9MM">Soldier in the Army of Love</a>,\u2019 featuring his son Roman.</p>
<p>You can check out the clip for \u2018Pretend You Remember Me\u2019 below.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WrOVH0L4PvA">https://youtu.be/WrOVH0L4PvA</a></p>
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