The Taxpayers / Ryan Cassata - Split Flexi 7"

The Taxpayers / Ryan Cassata - Split Flexi 7"
$2.00 - $10.00

Hello from occupied Minneapolis!

As I write this, over 2,000 masked gunmen calling themselves “federal agents” rove through neighborhoods of my beautiful city, abducting people off the streets, kidnapping children as young as 2, gassing entire neighborhoods, and shooting US citizens in the back for filming them. Every 15 minutes or less, violence erupts. They slam us to the ground, pepper spray us in the face, break our ribs, and disappear us into the Whipple federal building, some of whom are never seen again.

Yet, for all their furious anger, incompetence, and seeming impunity, they are losing. They have lost public support, even among some conservatives. Moderates are calling for abolishing ICE. For every successful abduction, we foil another 10. Our marching bands keep them awake in their hotels at night. When they walk to their vehicles in the morning, their tires have all gone mysteriously flat. Their religious leaders have denounced them.

And they are not losing against a funded, hierarchical military organization. They are losing to The People. We are grandparents, soccer moms, dishwashers, teenagers, nurses, teachers. We are leaderless and we are fucking UNITED. Seasoned war reporters and military veterans have marveled at the extent of our nonviolent organization.

There are many heroes in the battle of The People of Minnesota Versus ICE. But here are two doing important work: Open Market MN, which operates a free, volunteer-run grocery store in Saint Paul, and Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid, which distributes donated funds directly to the trans community in Minnesota. Both did their work long before ICE arrived and will continue long after.

I am particularly appreciative of the Open Market because they are giving us the means to feed families unable to leave their homes to go to the grocery store, to go to work, to go anywhere, without fear of abduction.

I deeply want to tell you about some of the wonderful people impacted by all this, but infuriatingly, I have to be incredibly vague so as not to put them at risk. Suffice it to say, they are fucking awesome human beings doing incredible things under impossible circumstances, and we are lucky to count them as community members.

So, with all that in mind, we’d like to announce the release of a benefit vinyl 7" and a benefit show on Friday, April 3rd with Ryan Cassata and Baby Mahi & the Sitters at Underground Music Venue in Minneapolis.

The vinyl 7” has two songs - “Power Trippin Dipshits” by The Taxpayers (featuring Ryan Cassata) and “We Don’t Fuck With Cops” by Ryan Cassata (featuring the Taxpayers). It’s being released by the lovely and ever-supportive Ernest Jenning Record Co. Proceeds from it will be split between helping support the Open Market and funding a Rent Relief program for folks who need it because of all this bullshit.

The show will be in Minneapolis on Friday, April 3rd with Ryan Cassata and Baby Mahi and the Sitters at Underground Music Venue. Proceeds will benefit the ongoing work of the awesome Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid network.

You can get tickets to the show and order the 7” at the links in our bio or by heading over to www.thetaxpayersband.com

We can win the war against fascism if we are organized, unified, and inclusive.

Keep looking out for each other. See you on April 3rd!

Solidarity forever,
The Taxpayers

Track Listing

Power Trippin' Dipshits

Pressing Information

500 Yellow Flexi