Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.

The band played in front of an EZLN backdrop to the largest crowds of the festival. On April 14 2007 Morello and de la Rocha reunited on-stage early to perform a brief acoustic set at House of Blues in Chicago at the rally for fair food with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine was on the main stage at Lollapalooza in 1993 and was one of the most politically charged bands ever to receive extensive airplay from radio and MTV.

Zacarías Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha (born January 12 1970) is an American musician poet rapper and activist best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine.