Daily Dose of Protest: We Are All Prostitutes – The Pop Group
RIP Mark Stewart (August 10, 1960 – April 21, 2023). From the artist's Bandcamp Mark Stewart made several contributions to the canon of protest music as part of the pioneering…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Go As Free Companions – Dawn Ray’D
From the artist's Bandcamp Dawn Ray's is a UK anarchist black metal band that effectively incorporates the folk traditions of rebel songs. On their latest album, To Know The Light,…
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A Month of Protest: March
Jen Cloher, from artist Bandcamp By now it has become obvious that I'm bad with introductions, so let's get right into it. Here is a small sampling of socially conscious…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Mount Meigs – Lonnie Holley
From the artist's Bandcamp Founded in 1911, The Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was a juvenile correctional facility in the Mount Meigs community near Montgomery, Alabama. The juvenile facility…
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Daily Dose of Protest: We Were Here – Aysanabee
From the artist's Bandcamp Born Evan Pang, Aysanabee is a Canadian Indigenous multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter. He is Oji-Cree and began creating music under his mother’s maiden name in order…
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A Month of Protest: February
Sunny War, from the artist's Bandcamp February may be a shorter and typically shitty month, but it did manage to produce a decent amount of socially conscious music. Here is…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Cop Killer – Macy Gray and The California Jet Club
Photo via USAG Italy, flickr Back in 1992, Ice-T's heavy metal project Body Count released their self-titled debut album, which included one of the most controversial protest songs of all-time,…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Found – Fucked Up
From the artist's Bandcamp The veteran Canadian hardcore band recently released their 6th full-length album One Day. As the title suggests each band member committed to a self-imposed time frame…
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A Month Of Protest: January
Fucked Up, from the artist's Bandcamp January tends to be a relatively slow month in terms of new releases, but it still managed to produce plenty of socially conscious music.…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Ohio – Jason Isbell with David Crosby
Photo courtesy of David Gans via Flickr On January 18, legendary singer-songwriter and founding member of the Byrds and Crosby Stills Nash and Young sadly passed away at 81. He…