A new documentary about music’s political power, featuring a lot of footage from Substance’s Ripple Effect at the RNC in St. Paul in 2008, to be released this fall. Check out the trailer here and check back for screenings in your area.
Substance presents…
Jared Paul and friends are back in town for a night of punk rock, hip hop, and getting smart.
A big thank you to everyone that came out last Saturday to help make RAN • ART a success! We saw over 150 people come through the door to hear some great music, check out some powerful art, and learn how to get involved in the fight against General Mills’ and Cargill’s role in Rainforest [...]
Thank you to anyone that came out to our show April 10th for the Vices to Verses conference with Dead Prez. There was great energy at the show and it was a perfect supplement to an amazing and very motivating conference. Also thanks to Voices Merging for involving us and putting on such a great [...]
A huge thanks is in order to Buffalo Exchange in Minneapolis, and customers who gave us tokens. Several months ago, Substance was chosen as a participant in their “Tokens for Bags” program. With this, customers could donate a token to one of three organizations if they didn’t need to use a plastic bag from the [...]
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to roll back spending limits on corporations attempting to influence elections is a hard blow to anyone that hoped we could get to real representative democracy in the U.S.
As thousands of activists, diplomats and various experts converge in Copenhagen for the 15th Conference of the Parties, it’s hard to say what the next two weeks will bring for the future of humanity.
Many of our friends and allies – including a group of youth delegates through the Will Steger Foundation, The Uptake, Indigenous Environmental [...]
The Rainforest Action Network is expanding its efforts in stopping deforestation to right here in the Twin Cities. They are on a mission to stop Cargill’s rainforest destruction in Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Indonesia by adopting a global forest policy, and so far Cargill has been reluctant to see the light.
Come say hello to Substance at the Congress Theater shows October 9th-11th of Riot Fest 2009!
As September 2nd passed we were happy with the exponential success we’ve seen since our monumental event last year at the Minnesota State Capitol – Ripple Effect.
Substance’s Ripple Effect, which featured Anti-Flag, Michael Franti, Dead Prez, Wookie Foot w/Matisyahu, I Self Devine, and a special appearance by Rage Against the Machine had a huge impact [...]
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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