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58. Great choice!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #26)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 10:07 AM

Mar 2014

I also like REM's anti-Bush "Final Straw."

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In honor of an 8th grade English assignment, name some protest songs [View all] Momgonepostal Mar 2014 OP

The men of Kent have met today to put oppression down struggle4progress Mar 2014 #1

That was a new one for me Momgonepostal Mar 2014 #4

Protest song Downwinder Mar 2014 #2

Now that your big eyes have finally opened struggle4progress Mar 2014 #3

I think her Universal Soldier aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #33

her rendition of that one really is breath-taking struggle4progress Mar 2014 #44

"The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Coventina Mar 2014 #5

... Well, the only chains that we can stand are the chains of hand in hand struggle4progress Mar 2014 #6

A classic: Brigid Mar 2014 #7

Well, how do you do, Private William McBride? struggle4progress Mar 2014 #8

Eric's song!! DFW Apr 2014 #73

And another: Brigid Mar 2014 #9

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Coventina Mar 2014 #10

That's my favorite. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #64

La complainte du partisan struggle4progress Mar 2014 #11

"Give Peace a Chance" John & Yoko Coventina Mar 2014 #12

Enjoyed singing that during the Iraq war protests in DC. n/t DebJ Mar 2014 #36

And a very old one performed by the one only Bruce Springsteen: Brigid Mar 2014 #13

Dear Mister Editor if you choose please send me a copy of the labor news struggle4progress Mar 2014 #14

There once was a time when everything was cheap struggle4progress Mar 2014 #15

And no list of protest songs would be complete without this one: Brigid Mar 2014 #16

Hokoyo! struggle4progress Mar 2014 #17

.. No man can know them struggle4progress Mar 2014 #18

No more chant your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood his feats struggle4progress Mar 2014 #19

Don't be too polite girls! struggle4progress Mar 2014 #20

... wherever the eye watches struggle4progress Mar 2014 #21

my life goes on in endless song struggle4progress Mar 2014 #22

Industrial Workers of the World, Song Book, 1915 Downwinder Mar 2014 #23

Grrr...no Dylan yet? Only a Pawn in Their Game hibbing Mar 2014 #24

Something in the Air Skittles Mar 2014 #25

Here is one from REM. TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #26

Great choice! Coventina Mar 2014 #58

Alice's Restaurant. mzteris Mar 2014 #27

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag kwassa Mar 2014 #28

That was my favorite DFW Apr 2014 #74

A dear friend lives on the same block as Country Joe McDonald KamaAina Apr 2014 #89

Add this one Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #29

Chicago struggle4progress Mar 2014 #31

Man, were those some days, or what? Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #45

Whenever somebody tells me that "May you live in interesting times" is an old Chinese curse, struggle4progress Mar 2014 #49

Don't forget the Pete Seeger song that got the Smothers Brothers in hot water with CBS kath Mar 2014 #30

Took long enough for that one to get posted gratuitous Mar 2014 #34

Another classic: kath Mar 2014 #32

Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll struggle4progress Mar 2014 #38

Fugs -- Kill For Peace... GReedDiamond Mar 2014 #35

The Bargehaulers struggle4progress Mar 2014 #37

Here's three more from the 90s and 2000s. Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #39

And one from the '80's (not strictly protest in the sense of the others posted) Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #46

Excellent choice! Systematic Chaos Mar 2014 #47

Mississippi Goddam struggle4progress Mar 2014 #40

One of the most achingly sad protest songs ever: Aristus Mar 2014 #41

Plane wreck at Los Gatos struggle4progress Mar 2014 #42

Perhaps the ultimate protest song aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2014 #43

An anthem of the generalized protest of an era Adsos Letter Mar 2014 #48

Here's some more Doc_Technical Mar 2014 #50

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry "The war is over So said the speaker with the flight suit on" azurnoir Mar 2014 #51

Can a campaign song also be a protest song? Downwinder Mar 2014 #52

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son Lasher Mar 2014 #53

Fogerty also wrote an Iraq War protest song in 2004: Deja Vu (All Over Again) pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #55

Phil Ochs-I Ain't Marching Anymore hobbit709 Mar 2014 #54

hoping this one was in there rurallib Mar 2014 #66

Phil Ochs. End of story. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #56

I've always felt this was one of the best protest songs mulsh Mar 2014 #57

"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" the Ramones Coventina Mar 2014 #59

"Fucked up Ronnie" by DOA FSogol Apr 2014 #77

"We Got the Power" by the Dropkick Murphys FSogol Apr 2014 #78

"Let Them Eat War" by Bad Religon FSogol Apr 2014 #79

"Kids Today" by the Dwarves FSogol Apr 2014 #80

"Times Up" by the Donots FSogol Apr 2014 #81

"Give it All" by Rise Against FSogol Apr 2014 #82

"That's Progess" by Jello Biafra FSogol Apr 2014 #83

"Revolution" by Authority Zero FSogol Apr 2014 #84

"Clampdown" by the Clash FSogol Apr 2014 #85

Try these... lame54 Mar 2014 #60

Where is the Love: Raine1967 Mar 2014 #61

Country Joe and the Fish AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #62

2+2 Bob Seger (Bob Seger System) Little_Wing Mar 2014 #63

This one is very recent (last summer) from a young band called The Orwells: Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #65

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" wasn't always a exultation rurallib Mar 2014 #67

Songbook from Wisconsin's Solidarity Singers snacker Mar 2014 #68

Broken English hobbit709 Apr 2014 #69

Does Springsteen's "Born in the USA" count? Arkana Apr 2014 #70

Nearly every Napalm Death song is a protest song OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #71

The Fish Cheer/I feel like I'm Fixin To Die Rag (from 1969) chknltl Apr 2014 #72

Peter, Paul and Mary: "If I Had a Hammer," March on Washington 1963 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2014 #75

The English Civil War shenmue Apr 2014 #76

"Not my President, Not My War" by the Compassionate Conservatives KurtNYC Apr 2014 #86

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. kwassa Apr 2014 #87

"Mothers, Daughters, Wives" raccoon Apr 2014 #88

Tom Dooley KamaAina Apr 2014 #90

Peter Paul & Mary avebury Apr 2014 #91

Universal Soldier - Donovan Mr.Bill Apr 2014 #92

Five-Man Electrical Band: lastlib Apr 2014 #93

WAR (What is it Good For)...Eve of Destruction....Sky Pilot turner52 Apr 2014 #94