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This Machine Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie (Video)
July 3, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
July 3, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Dust Bowl Ballads – Woody Guthrie
July 3, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Woody Guthrie
July 3, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Bikini Kill
July 2, 2025
Protest Music of Hall of Fame: Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill
July 2, 2025
10 Joni Mitchell Protest Songs
July 1, 2025
20 Protest Songs of Neil Young
July 1, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Black Don’t Dead -Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio
July 1, 2025
A Month of Protest: June
June 30, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Suckered by Sabotage – Fishbone
June 29, 2025
Fishbone Albums Ranked/Top 10 Songs (Video)
June 27, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: No Kings In The USA (featuring Allison Russell)- Gangstagrass
June 26, 2025
11 Protest Songs of The Beatles
June 25, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: March Madness – Public Enemy
June 25, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
June 25, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: 911 Is a Joke – Public Enemy
June 25, 2025
Massive 250 Music Artists Tier List (Video)
June 24, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: [Redacted] – MAY-A
June 24, 2025
25 Protest Songs of The Clash
June 23, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: The Clash
June 23, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Sometimes You Bomb Iran – Jesse Welles
June 22, 2025
25 Bob Marley and the Wailers Protest Songs
June 22, 2025
15 Protest Songs of Sinéad O’Connor
June 21, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Sinéad O’Connor
June 21, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Bob Dylan Wrote Protest Songs
June 20, 2025
25 Protest Songs of Bob Dylan (Video)
June 20, 2025
10 Kris Kristofferson Protest Songs
June 19, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Rage Against The Machine
June 19, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine
June 19, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Chumbawamba
June 19, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Crass
June 18, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: No Kings in America – Lisa Bastoni
June 18, 2025
25 Covers of Bob Dylan Protest Songs
June 17, 2025
25 Protest Songs of Bob Dylan
June 17, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: RENEGADE SHEEP – Voice of Baceprot
June 17, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: The Beatles Wrote Protest Songs
June 16, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: “BYE BYE 25! – Kim Gordon
June 15, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: No Kings – Jesse Welles
June 14, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: politix – BEX
June 14, 2025
15 Protest Songs of Johnny Cash
June 13, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Bitter Tears: Ballads of The American Indian – Johnny Cash
June 13, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Wearing Black – Laura Jane Grace
June 13, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Ghost of Tom Joad (Song) – Bruce Springsteen
June 12, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Aunt Molly Jackson
June 12, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Fire & Lightning – The Monolators
June 11, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Environmental Catastrophe Film – La Dispute
June 10, 2025
10 Protest Songs of Sly & The Family Stone
June 10, 2025
Interview with Chris Dowd of Fishbone (Video + Transcript)
June 10, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Fascists In Our Midst (featuring Jonathan Emile) – Paul Cargnello
June 9, 2025
30 Best Protest Albums of 2025 (So Far)
June 8, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Insubordinate Ingerland – Hot Milk
June 8, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Unskilled Labor Type Beat – Unskilled Labor
June 7, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: My Billionaire Daddies Are Fighting
June 6, 2025
100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s According To Rate Your Music (RYM)
June 6, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Taniwha (featuring Randy Blythe) – Alien Weaponry
June 6, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: It’s Okay To Be Woke – Gary Alan Roberts
June 5, 2025
11 Protest Songs of The Beatles (Video)
June 4, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Who’ll Stand With Us? – Dropkick Murphys
June 4, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Frontier Wars – The Phosphenes
June 3, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: BRAINROT – grandson
June 2, 2025
100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s
June 1, 2025
A Month of Protest: May
May 31, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Born Alone – billy woods
May 30, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: I’ll Do Anything For You (Squirrely Version) – Ministry
May 29, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Chimes of Freedom – Bruce Springsteen
May 28, 2025
15 Motown Protest Songs
May 28, 2025
15 Protest Songs of The Temptations
May 27, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Dead Diplomats – Jesse Welles
May 27, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Rule 4080 – Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams
May 26, 2025
15 Bruce Springsteen Protest Songs
May 24, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: The Lonely 21st Century – My Politic
May 24, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: I’ll Let You Know When I Am Ready – Kapil Seshasayee
May 23, 2025
100 Best Protest Albums of the 2010s
May 22, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: What’s Going On (Album) – Marvin Gaye
May 21, 2025
10 Important Movie Soundtracks
May 21, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: War Pigs – Ukandanz
May 20, 2025
40 Best Protest Albums of 2016
May 19, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Decade of Crisis – Darkaside
May 19, 2025
10 Chris Cornell Protest Songs
May 18, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: (8647) 8+6+4+7=25 – SS Please Bring Me Pizza
May 18, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: QUEER american DREAM – Ryan Cassata
May 17, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Piranha – Nova Twins
May 16, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Underdog Victorious – Jill Sobule
May 15, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: How Big Is The Rainbow – Tune-Yards
May 14, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: 25 Minutes to Go – Johnny Cash
May 13, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash
May 13, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: As We Watched a Million Children Die – David Rovics
May 12, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Know Yourself – Kae Tempest
May 10, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Causing Trouble Again – Gina Birch
May 9, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) – Fiona Apple
May 8, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Victorious (featuring Tia Wood) – Shub
May 7, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Flood – Ruby Gill
May 6, 2025
100 Reggae Protest Songs
May 5, 2025
10 Jill Sobule Protest Songs
May 4, 2025
5 Protest Songs of the Beastie Boys
May 4, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Radio Free Europe 2025 (Jacknife Lee Remix) – R.E.M.
May 3, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Woman of Your Age – Gender Chores
May 2, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Lets Roll Again – Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
May 2, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Last Call In America (featuring George Clinton) – Fishbone
May 1, 2025
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This Machine Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie (Video)

https://youtu.be/fUM_0OA-iVM?si=_sde_tDMKvE47PuQ A video I made based on what I previously wrote about Woody Guthrie, the album Dust Bowl Ballads, and the classic protest anthem "This Land Is Your Land."
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Posted by CJ Baker July 3, 2025
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie

https://youtu.be/HrY4y2mVI08?si=CmL24dGd9Bkkga84 The history of protest music is filled with tunes that are often misinterpreted. One example is Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land". Originally composed as "God Blessed America for…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 3, 2025
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: Dust Bowl Ballads – Woody Guthrie

https://youtu.be/N_ehYkr0NhU?si=S8OzhAF4NdfLoyn3 Released in 1940, Woody Guthrie’s first commercial recording Dust Bowl Ballads is widely cited as the first concept album. Based on both his personal experiences and John Steinbeck’s novel The…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 3, 2025
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: Woody Guthrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUM_0OA-iVM "This machine kills fascists" It would be impossible to overestimate Woody Guthrie's impact on American folk music. His contributions to the canon of protest songs are undeniable. His music…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 3, 2025
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: Bikini Kill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQz0LgmtpRg Bikini Kill emerged in the early 1990s as a groundbreaking punk band that played a pivotal role in shaping the riot grrrl movement, Formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1990,…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 2, 2025
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Protest Music of Hall of Fame: Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill

"When she walks, the revolution's comin'In her hips, there's revolutionWhen she talks, I hear the revolutionIn her kiss, I taste the revolution" These are lyrics to Bikini Kill's tune "Rebel…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 2, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Found – Fucked Up
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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…
Posted by CJ Baker February 7, 2023
A Month Of Protest: January
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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.…
Posted by CJ Baker January 31, 2023
Daily Dose of Protest: Ohio – Jason Isbell with David Crosby
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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…
Posted by CJ Baker January 25, 2023
Daily Dose of Protest: 3 Songs Off Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Upcoming Album <em>The Land, the Water, the Sky</em>
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Daily Dose of Protest: 3 Songs Off Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Upcoming Album The Land, the Water, the Sky

From the artist's Bandcamp Black Belt Eagle Scout is the alias of Katherine Paul, an indigenous multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. Her third studio album, The Land, the Water, the Sky will be released…
Posted by CJ Baker January 11, 2023
A Month of Protest: December
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A Month of Protest: December

Adeem the Artist, from the artist's Bandcamp December tends to be a slower month in terms of music releases, but there were still some notable socially conscious releases to close…
Posted by CJ Baker December 31, 2022
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Top 10 Protest Albums of 2022 According To Shadowproof (Video)

As previously mentioned, I regularly contribute to Shadowproof and helped compile with their list of Top Ten Protest Albums of 2022. Kevin Gosztola recently posted a video concerning the list.…
Posted by CJ Baker December 30, 2022
Top 10 Protest Albums of 2022 According To Shadowproof
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Top 10 Protest Albums of 2022 According To Shadowproof

From artist's Bandcamp Along with this site, I regularly contribute to Shadowproof. Twice a month a post on this site is also featured on theirs. I have also contributed to…
Posted by CJ Baker December 27, 2022
40 Best Protest Albums of 2022
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40 Best Protest Albums of 2022

Ezra Furman, from the artist's Bandcamp Another year and still plenty to be angry about. Because of this, there was no shortage of protest music and right now we will…
Posted by CJ Baker December 19, 2022
Daily Dose of Protest: Guns to a Playground Fight – Gabrielle Zwi
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Daily Dose of Protest: Guns to a Playground Fight – Gabrielle Zwi

From the artist's website Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting where 26 were killed. Instead of being an isolated event, sadly there have been several…
Posted by CJ Baker December 14, 2022
Month of Protest: November
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Month of Protest: November

Special Interest - From the artist's Bandcamp I've been going through some health issues and I'm currently typing this from a hospital room, so haven't been keeping up with things…
Posted by CJ Baker November 29, 2022

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