"White Justice" by Alice Bag

From Ritchie Valens to ? and The Mysterians to Carlos Santana, Mexican Americans have made substantial contributions to rock music. Among the Mexican American artists to have had an impact on rock 'n' roll is Alice Bag. Born Alicia Armendariz, Alice Bag formed the band Femme Fatale with Patricia Morrison (AKA Pat Bag) in 1977. Femme Fatale evolved into The Bags (also known as Bags and The Alice Bag Band). The Bags were among the first wave of punk rock bands in Los Angeles. As The Alice Bag Band, they appeared the classic documentary on the Los Angeles punk scene, The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization (1980).

After The Bags broke up, Alice Bag wast part of the band Castration Squad in the Eighties and the band Cholita! in the Nineties. She later formed Stay at Home Bomb, an all-women punk rock community dedicated to addressing the social concerns of women. In 2016 her first self-titled solo album was released.

From the beginning Alice Bag has been devoted to issues ranging from education to female empowerment to LGBTQ rights. As a Chicana, she had addressed Mexican American civil rights several times. Her song "White Justice" is about the Chicano Moratorium anti-war march that took place on August 29 1970 in East Los Angeles. Here then is "White Justice" by Alice Bag.