Boots Riley of the Coup wants you to send songs to Iraq

Boots Riley, the outspoken mastermind behind Epitaph hip hop act The Coup, has launched a new campaign against the war in Iraq. Riley is encouraging people to download the incendiary, anti-war song "Captain Sterling's Little Problem" taken from Pick a Bigger Weapon and send it via email or a burned CD to people in the military.

The track, which features equally outspoken guitarist Tom Morello, aims to encourage G.I. dissent which will hopefully encourage Congress to act more decisively. Boots explains:

I have this suggestion: the soldiers should demand to be returned home, using any means necessary to make this happen, This would lead to a swift end to this war, saving countless lives, both U.S. and Iraqi... Congress hasn't done more than give lip service to wanting the war to end. The people that are directly affected by this war are going to have to act.

"Captain Sterling's Little Problem" was originally recorded as the theme for "Sir! No Sir!," David Zieger's recent documentary of the Vietnam War. Inspired by the stories that some of the veterans tell in the film, Boots reports that "at one point a Pentagon report deemed half of the soldiers in Vietnam were 'mutinous and not to be trusted'," adding that "the largely unreported G.I. rebellions played a very important role in stopping the Vietnam war."

You can listen to and download the song right here.