Think of Woodstock-era sung-and-spoken condemnations of the Vietnam War, the 1980s megaconcerts and charity singles inspired by famine in Ethiopia and apartheid in South Africa, and the Rock Against Bush compilations that challenged America’s invasion of Iraq.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
This time, condemnations flowed from across the spectrum — along with demands for an apology that had not come by late afternoon.
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