

“Have the difficult discussions, have the hopeful discussions, and ‘vote like your life depends on it, because it does,'” Pathway to Paris added. The notion to ‘vote’ is the plea to exercise your right to ‘use your voice’.” Vote to choose something, vote to reject something. “Vote often and everywhere in your country, in your state, in your city, in your neighborhood, in your school. It has been nearly 30 years since Smith released her iconic single 'People Have the Power', but as she belts out the lyrics at the Montreux Jazz Festival the words ring with the same righteous fury as in 1988. “This is the simple notion of the video: ‘VOTE.’ A call for Americans to vote in November, and for everyone in the world to vote in their own local elections, whenever they may be,” the group captioned the music video on Instagram. Montreux (Suisse) (AFP) - 'Use your power' Patti Smith roars to a cheering crowd, throwing back her long grey hair and thrusting a skinny arm with a clenched fist into the air. out of the Paris Climate Accord and its push to expedite major fossil fuel projects during the pandemic. 3 presidential election, especially in light of the Trump administration’s decision to pull the U.S. Pathway to Paris is encouraging Americans to make sure they are ready to vote in the crucial Nov. Vandana Shiva, Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, musician/actor Chris Stills, Italian singer/actor Giovanni Caccamo, Smith’s longtime bandmate guitarist Lenny Kaye, musician Micah Nelson, Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture, Italian rocker Manuel Agnelli, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, French singer Zazie, actress/singer Rain Phoenix and many more.

Also joining the Smiths in the moving eight-minute video for the song written by the singer and late husband Fred “Sonic” Smith for Patti’s 1988 album Dream of Life are skateboarder Tony Hawk, designer Stella McCartney, environmentalists Bill McKibben and Dr.
