Food for the Masses

Lyrics from Michael Frantis song Bomb the World written in the aftermath of September 11th have found their way onto protest signs and T-shirts all over the world. You can bomb the world to pieces but you cant bomb it into peace. Michael Frantis songpoems evolved from youthful rage to a thoughtful soulful voice for social justice and peace. Frantis early 90s work with Spearhead dove headfirst into the darkness mixing up Curtis Mayfield and Bob Marley Gil Scott-Heron and Scarface. By 1999 he retreated from the major label treadmill to re-center his music and politics and returned the following year as an organizer and cultural worker. As an activist he raised his voice against the death penalty media monopolization and globalization. Stay Human released in 2001 was a statement on justice and survival as well as on the political social and human faces of incarceration. His Power to the Peaceful annual event in San Francisco is a beacon for more than 50 000 attendees. In both popular music and social activism Franti has never been more relevant or influential. He is also the director and producer of the award-winning documentary I Know Im Not Alone.