i found a bulletin on the event posted elsewhere that i'll cut and paste... it has a segment which reads: "We are trying to send a variety of messages including: our main issue of ending the drug war." -- this sentence is in the post because RAR is sponsored by a SUNY campus chapter of non-profit New York NORML... (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws)...

here's more info on the event:

Rock Against Racism -April 27 Noon - 10pm New Paltz -FREE

About Rock Against Racism:

Rock Against Racism is an annual event at SUNY New Paltz. Every year around the end of April, people gather at the Old Main Quad for a day of inspiring political music and speakers. Music ranges from hip hop to spoken word and from rock to soul. It’s an amazing time and brings together in and outside the New Paltz community.

What RAR is is a huge political platform through the medium of music. Though we are undoubtedly "rockin' against racism" that is not the only thing we are concerned with. We are trying to send a variety of messages including: our main issue of ending the drug war. But we also cover ending the war on terrorism, environmental issues, anti-consumerism, and just simply trying to promote consciousness, unity, and empowerment within the community.

Rock Against Racism involves people of all cultures taking a stand together as one.

The event is FREE and opened to the public!

WITH PERFORMANCES BY:

BASSNECTAR
M1 (of DEAD PREZ)
MENTAL NOTES AND SPIRITCHILD
CAITLIN MEISSNER & DOMINIC WAGNER (OSLO)
DEEP CHEMISTRY
THE NEW PALTZ SLAM TEAM & RAP, POETRY, MUSIC CLUB
SUNRU SKYWAKA
FINAL OUTLAW
LOU LASSER & HIP-HOP HOOFERS
SOPHIA WORTZEL
ENTER THE SCORPION PIT
FASCIOUS
BOOMBITS
JUSTIN HOLMES
DJ REDSTRIPE & DJ RODAN

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

DAVID SOARES (ALBANY DISCTRICT ATTORNEY)
PETER CHRIST FROM L.E.A.

P (LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AGAINST PROHIBITION)
ROB ROBINSON (NP RAR FOUNDER & HEAD OF NY NORML CHAPTER)
KABA KAMENE (BLACK STUDIES PROFESSOR)
KARL BRYANT (QUEER STUDIES PROFESSOR)
DIMITRI MUGIANIS (CURES NOT WARS)
MORE TO COME!

DIRECTIONS: located on Old Main Quad, which is off of Plattekill Ave. in New Paltz, NY.

We are between NYC and Albany, 1-1.5 hours from either.

From the NYS Thruway...take Exit 18 (New Paltz). Make a left off of the exit, and make a left at the second light (follow signs for the campus). Make a right onto Plattekill Ave. and look for signs for parking.

Public transportation from NYC: take the Trailways bus from Port Authority to New Paltz. Walk two blocks south from the station towards the campus and look for signs.