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RNC 2016: Prophets of Rage to play Organize Ohio rally marking 50th anniversary of Hough Riots. (Courtesy Prophets of Rage)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Tom Morello has been raging against the political machine for two decades. He will crank it up to 11 come Monday, when his new outfit Prophets of Rage hits the Organize Ohio End Poverty Now rally during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

The Los Angeles supergroup consisting of members of Rage Against the Machine, Cypress Hill and Public Enemy will perform at the rally, march and concert.

The event starts at 2 p.m. Monday at East 45th Street, just north of Superior Avenue and calls for economic civil rights, social justice and an end to poverty.

The event - which starts at 2 p.m., at East 45th Street, just north of Superior Avenue - calls for economic civil rights, an end to poverty and social justice.

"We are non-partisan and our message is aimed at both political parties," says Larry Bressler, executive director of Organize Ohio and the coordinator of a broad coalition of groups involved in the event.

Prophets of Rage, which has a show booked Tuesday night at the Cleveland Agora, had been looking to participate in non-partisan protest that coincided with the RNC. All signs pointed to the End Poverty Now rally.

"We're a broad-based coalition and only one of two protests that aren't affiliated with a side," says Bressler. "The issues are bigger to us."

Morello and his bandmates - Chuck D.; B-Real; Tim Commerford; Brad Wilk; and DJ Lord - have long been critical of Republicans and Democrats alike.

Morello has been a vocal critic of U.S. domestic and foreign policies of the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations, as well as many stances taken by presumptive nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The event is expected to draw 3,000.

"We're hopeful," says Bressler. "But there could be thunderstorms Monday and we also have some people saying they might not come in the wake of Dallas."

Organize Ohio recruited the help of the American Civil Liberties Union to obtain a permit for the event from the City of Cleveland, which had delayed issuing permits to groups looking to demonstrate. A deal was brokered between the ACLU and the city last month.

While the event is no doubt tied to the RNC - and the policies of the GOP it is protesting - it is taking on a broader tenor tied to the 1966 Hough Riots in Cleveland.

The riots, which last six days, resulted in four deaths and 240 fires, began 50 years ago Monday.

"We set it up for this day just months ago," says Bressler. "And we insisted that we this not along the formal route, but on the East Side - to make that connection and show how little things have actually gotten worse."

The event will be staged between East 45th and East 47th streets and Superior Avenue. Also performing will be Rebel Diaz. For more information, go to endpovertynow2016.org/index.html.