Editing Thurston Moore (section)

==Politics and activism==

Moore is [[anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Thurston Moore: 5 Songs That Influenced Me Early On |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/thurston-moore-sonic-youth-influences-patti-smith-glenn-branca-880204/ |website=Rollingstone |date=September 6, 2019 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> and since the 1980s, Moore and his bandmates have been described as [[anarchism|anarchists]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=CROMELIN |first1=RICHARD |title=Weekend Review : The Demystification of Sonic Youth at Palladium : Pop music: The New Yorkers come out of the underground and play just like rock 'n' rollers. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-20-ca-801-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 20, 1990 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> a label Moore has denied.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FITZMAURICE |first1=LARRY |title=We've Got A File On You: Thurston Moore |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2097758/thurston-moore-interview-bernie-sanders-black-metal-steve-albini/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/ |website=Stereogum |date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> However, in 2013, he would commend the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests by announcing his support for its [[anarcho-communism|anarcho-communist]] elements.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perla |first1=Cory |title=Thurston Plugs Back In |url=http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n37/music_interview |website=Artvoice |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917010125/http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n37/music_interview |archive-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since the founding of Sonic Youth, Moore and members of the band have been famously critical of the music industry<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kosanovich |first1=Kevin |title=That's 5 {{!}} Thurston Moore |url=https://stockx.com/news/en-gb/thurston-moore-thats-5/ |website=StockX |date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}},</ref> and what he calls the monopolization of youth culture, with Moore stating in 1991 during filming of ''[[The Year Punk Broke]]'', 
<blockquote>People see rock and roll as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolized by [[big business]], what are the youth to do? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture ...</blockquote>

Since 2004, Moore has participated in a [[boycotts of Israel|cultural boycott of Israel]], likening the [[Israel and apartheid|country to an apartheid state]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Palestinians, Thurston Moore call on Dinosaur Jr. to cancel apartheid Israel concert |url=https://bdsmovement.net/news/dinosaur-jr |website=bdsmovement |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> and criticizing bands like [[Dinosaur Jr.]] and [[Radiohead]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Read Roger Waters' Response to Thom Yorke Over Radiohead Israel Controversy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-roger-waters-response-to-thom-yorke-over-radiohead-israel-controversy-198319/ |website=Rollingstone |date=June 5, 2017 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> for performing in the country.

In June 2016, Moore endorsed the candidacy of [[Bernie Sanders]], releasing a track featuring excerpts from Sanders' speeches to coincide along his endorsement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Thurston Moore Meets Bernie Sanders on Limited-Edition Vinyl |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/thurston-moore-meets-bernie-sanders-on-limited-edition-vinyl-31556/ |website=Rollingstone |date=June 2016 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Moore signed a letter supporting [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent [[far-right]] [[nationalism]], [[xenophobia]] and [[racism]] in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 UK general election]].<ref name="nme">{{cite news |last=Neale|first=Matthew|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-letter-supporting-jeremy-corbyn-2568734|title=Exclusive: New letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn signed by Roger Waters, Robert Del Naja and more |work=[[NME]]|date=16 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

In October 2022, Moore expressed support for former president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula]] in the [[2022 Brazilian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ernani |first=Felipe |date=2021-12-25 |title=Lula 2022: Thurston Moore, ícone do Sonic Youth, declara apoio ao ex-presidente |url=https://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2021/12/25/lula-2022-thurston-moore-sonic-youth/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos! |language=pt-BR}}</ref>