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Year: 2017

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Daily Dose of Protest: This Ends Today – Garner Family

Anti-police brutality activist Erica Garner died of a heart attack on the morning of December 30, 2017 at the age of 27. Her tireless activism was motivated by personal tragedy.…
Posted by CJ Baker December 31, 2017
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Top 50 Protest Songs of 2017

French-Cuban duo Ibeyi, made up of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz recorded one of the 50 best protest songs of 2017. Photo Credit: Maya Dagnino This is a continuation…
Posted by CJ Baker December 30, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: The Body Electric – Hurray For the Riff Raff

Hurray For the Riff Raff's 2017 album, Navigator was the number one album on the list of Top 25 Protest Albums of 2017. Today I decided to focus on a…
Posted by CJ Baker December 29, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: Today in Charlottesville – David Rovics

On December 20th, 2017, a street in Charlottesville, Virginia, was renamed after Heather Heyer. Heyer was killed on August 12th, 2017 when white supremacist, James Alex Fields Jr. drove into a group of…
Posted by CJ Baker December 28, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: Mr. President – LL Cool J (featuring Wyclef Jean)

On December 3, 2017 (televised on December 26), LL Cool J became the first rapper to be honored at the Kennedy Centers Honors. Even though he isn't necessary known as…
Posted by CJ Baker December 27, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: New World Order – Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield died on December 26, 1999. With The Impressions and his solo work, he established himself as one of the most influential artists in the history of socially conscious…
Posted by CJ Baker December 26, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: A Christmas Fucking Miracle – Run The Jewels

This is not your typical festive Christmas tune. Even though the video is somewhat comical, the lyrics are politically hard-hitting.  The song addresses corruption, poverty and racism ("Still spell AmeriKKKa…
Posted by CJ Baker December 25, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: Mother – Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff

"Mother" is a cover of a Pink Floyd song which appeared on their classic 1979 album, The Wall. Lyrics such as “Mother, should I build the wall?/Mother, should I run…
Posted by CJ Baker December 24, 2017
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Top 12 Protest Music Videos of 2017

The jaded cynic may dismiss music videos as simply promotional vehicles to help a musician go viral and to increase their net worth. Even though that synopsis is often accurate,…
Posted by CJ Baker December 24, 2017
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Daily Dose of Protest: Straight To Hell – The Clash

Joe Strummer died on December 22nd, 2002. Fifteen years later and his music is as vital as ever. As the front-man and lyricist of The Clash, he composed some of…
Posted by CJ Baker December 22, 2017

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