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Daily Dose of Protest: Not My Fault – False Advertising
False Advertising is a three piece indie rock band from the UK and "Not My Fault" appears on their 2017 EP, I Would Be So Much Happier If I Just…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Werewolves of Wall Street – Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Jello Biafra is no stranger to creating political music. It started with the seminal hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys and he continues to rage on, championing many causes. “Werewolves of…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Slacktivist – Desaparecidos
Some would argue that social media is a powerful platform for protest and social change. Others would contend that it encourages passiveness and it actually hinders meaningful political activism. This…
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Daily Dose of Protest – “Not Aretha’s Respect (Cops)” – Hamell On Trail
Hamell On Trail is the performance name of Ed Hamell, who is known for his political and satirical brand of folk-punk. On his tenth studio album, Tackle Box, Hamell is…
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Top 5 Protest EPs of 2017
When I complied the list of the 25 best albums of 2017, there were a few EPs I was seriously considering as well, but I ended up going exclusively with…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Little Hands – Fiona Apple
As far as protests go, this is pretty straight forward. Fiona Apple composed this chant for the Women March on Washington which took place on January 21st, 2017. "We don't…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Letter to the Free – Common featuring Bilal
Later today there will be a Senate election in Alabama. The Republican nominee Roy Moore is not only an accused child molester, but he has a long history of promoting…
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Daily Dose of Protest: No Lives Matter – Body Count
In this tune, Ice-T starts off with a spoken word intro, discussing why Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter. From there he goes one step further and states…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Mosh – Eminem
On October 10, 2017, Eminem performed an anti-Trump freestyle during the BET awards entitled "The Storm". On December 7th, Eminem furthers attacks Trumps and tackles systemic racism in the polarizing…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Old Man Trump – Ryan Harvey (with Tom Morello and Ani DiFranco)
One of the better anti-Trump protest songs was written about Donald Trump’s father. It featured lyrics by the iconic folk singer Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967. During a two-year…