Bruce Springsteen releases ballad Streets of Minneapolis

"If your skin is black or brown, you can be questioned or deported on sight."

A sign put up by residents of Minneapolis reads: “Immigrants make America great.”

At 2:23 there’s a chilling image of Kristi Noem, US Secretary of Homeland Security, that strongly resembles a photograph from a concentration camp (Noem’s dirty lies…)

Alex Pretti – rest in power (at 2:57).

Renee Good – rest in power (at 4:02)

Springsteen dedicates this ballad to the events in Minneapolis, in a pure Dylan-style protest. I suppose it’s because Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota, not far (about 250 km) from Minneapolis.

I thought the song is also a tribute to the 1960s protest-song troubadour, (although Dylan didn’t actually write that many protest songs; he was more of a poet, with often metaphysical lyricism. But between 1961 and 1964, before his electric rock turn, he was part of the politically-charged folk revival.)

I don’t listen to Springsteen much anymore, but I really appreciate this gesture of his.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaPdpwA4Iw

Bruce Springsteen wrote this ballad on Saturday 22 January and released it on Tuesday 24 January 2026

hundreds of shops and business shut down on strike Minneapolis as a sign of protest against ICE militia

Bruce Springsteen has released a ballad to support Minneapolis citizens