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Tessa Thompson in Sorry To Bother You (2018) dir. Boots Riley

July 6th select theaters July 13th everywhere else

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revolutionary-afrolatino:

Fox 8 Cleveland angry with LKWD Music Fest after Communist musician calls for end to capitalism on live TV

FOX is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

FOX News: “Well, Boots, tell us a little bit about your band and the lineup people are going to hear today?” asked Fox 8 reporter Autumn Ziemba.

RILEY: Well, we’re a punk/funk/Communist revolution band.

FOX News: OK.

RILEY: And we are from Oakland, California, and we make everyone dance while we’re telling them about how we need to get rid of the system.

FOX News: Mmm.

RILEY: How exploitation is the primary contradiction in capitalism. And that if we want to express our power, we’re going to have to be more radical in our actions.

this is an all-Black band, from Oakland, and they’re called “The Coup.“ *buys CD*

Watch Fox News lose control

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Had a fucking blast. Sunday night in Venice, Sundance Institute table read of Sorry To Bother You. Written and directed by Boots Riley. With Jordan Peele, Megan Good, Bokeem Woodbine, Malcolm Goodwin, Chelsea Peretti, Brian Posehn, Jason Ritter,...
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Bay Area!!!! One week from today. The Coup will rock the legendary Hiero Day! If you’ve heard about it you know that there’ll thousands there, you know to get there early, and you know that Hiero Day will become one of your favorite festivals...
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Extended interview. Boots Riley on Democracy Now!

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Morello/Technique/Riley
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St. Louis! I’ll be out there this Saturday with Tom Morello, Jessica Care Moore, Outernational and more. Note: I will be coming out there solo and collaborating with folks. It’s not a Coup show.
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Headed to the post office to finally fulfill kickstarter book orders. This is just the first load. Thanks to everyone who waited so patiently, and to those who waited not-so-patiently. It’s finally happening. Thank you to the great group of folks who...
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Check out all the cool people I have blurbing me on the back of my book of lyrics and anecdotes, “Tell Homeland Security: We Are The Bomb”. Then go check out the book. They have it at Haymarketbooks.com.
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Boots Riley/Jeff Beck. Paris. January 2003.
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Tikits: http://thenewparish.com/event.cfm?id=205235
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Tickets: http://thenewparish.com/event.cfm?id=205235
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Even on the radio we give you a show. Don’t miss us live at The New Parish in Oakland next Friday July 17th.

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Me and good friend/ conspirator/co-producer Damion Gallegos. We don’t only make statements with our music. We make statements with our hats.
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Wow. Haymarket Books has put together this big beautiful book of my lyrics and anecdotes for me. It’s called “Tell Homeland Security We Are The Bomb”. You can get it at The Coup’s show in Oakland at The New Parish on July 17th. Order it online here:...
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