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Daily Dose of Protest: My Friends Are Turning Far Right – Dani Rosenoer
July 4, 2025
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
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Daily Dose of Protest: My Friends Are Turning Far Right – Dani Rosenoer

This humorous satirical tune is by Canadian singer-songwriter Dani Rosenoer. Previously a touring member of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, he is now focusing on his work as…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 4, 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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Daily Dose of Protest: Politics – Bobby Sessions

On July 24, 2012, James Germon Harper, an unarmed black man was shot to death by a Dallas police man. Harper was the cousin of rapper Bobby Sessions. That experience heavily influenced…
Posted by CJ Baker August 20, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Rabbits Revenge – Tom Morello with Killer Mike, Big Boi and Bassnectar

"Rabbits Revenge" is the latest track off of Tom Morello's upcoming album The Atlas Underground, due out October 12, 2018. It is an explosive expose on police brutality. "We just have…
Posted by CJ Baker August 19, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Puncha Nazi – Doll Skin

On Donald Trump's inauguration, which took place on January 20, 2017, a protester punched white supremacist Richard Spencer. Video footage went viral and a heated debate was sparked. There are…
Posted by CJ Baker August 18, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Sister – Petrol Girls

Petrol Girls is a post-hardcore band from the UK. "Sister" is a new song off of their upcoming EP, The Future Is Dark, which comes out September 14, 2018. In…
Posted by CJ Baker August 15, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Dreamers – Judy Collins

At 79 years of age, iconic folk singer and activist Judy Collins continues to be a vital voice. She recently composed and released a new single "Dreamers". "Dreamers" tell the…
Posted by CJ Baker August 13, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Americans – Janelle Monáe

"America" is a funky tune from Janelle Monáe's critically acclaimed 2018 concept album Dirty Computer. It is one of those "Born In The USA" type protest songs that if you're not…
Posted by CJ Baker August 10, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: Rank & File – Moses Sumney

On August 9, 2014, Micheal Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's murder and the fact that the officer who killed…
Posted by CJ Baker August 9, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: The Bigger They Come – Territories

Territories is a Canadian punk band who features members of defunct veteran punk group Knucklehead. They recently released their self titled album. One of the more political songs off of…
Posted by CJ Baker August 8, 2018
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Daily Dose of Protest: One People One World – Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti is not only the oldest son of the legendary Fela Kuti, but he also established himself as an important socially conscious afrobeat artist in his own right. As…
Posted by CJ Baker August 7, 2018
Daily Dose of Protest: Last Lion of Albion – Neko Case
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Daily Dose of Protest: Last Lion of Albion – Neko Case

Source: Artist's Bandcamp page. Note: This article was first published at Shadowproof as part of their Protest Music Project. Albion is the oldest name for Great Britain, and twelve to…
Posted by CJ Baker August 6, 2018

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