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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…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Miniskirt – Braids
Time Magazine just named the Silence Breakers, connected with the #MeToo movement as their Person of the Year. Because of this, "Miniskirt" from the Canadian indie experimental pop band Braids was…
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Daily Dose of Protest: Gatekeeper – Jessie Reyez
Ever since women started to come out against Harvey Weinstein, the floodgates started to open up with multiple sexual predators finally being outed. Giants in every industry have fallen. Also the hashtag…
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Daily Dose Of Protest: You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie (featuring Tanya Tagaq)
On December 4th, 2017, Donald Trump announced a reduction of two national monuments in Utah. This lead to a mass protest from both Conservation groups and First Nation organizations. Also…