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==America==
 
==America==
 
* "Crime in the City" by [[Neil Young]]
 
* "Crime in the City" by [[Neil Young]]
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* "I Had a Dream" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" by [[Bob Dylan]]
 
* "It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" by [[Bob Dylan]]
 
* "New York" (album) by [[Lou Reed]]
 
* "New York" (album) by [[Lou Reed]]
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* "Prayer for America" by Catman Cohen
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* "Prayer for America" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "Rockin' in the Free World" by [[Neil Young]]
 
* "Rockin' in the Free World" by [[Neil Young]]
 
* "Wasteland of the Free" by [[Iris Dement]]
 
* "Wasteland of the Free" by [[Iris Dement]]
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* "The New American Way" by [[Dropkick Murphys]]
 
* "The New American Way" by [[Dropkick Murphys]]
 
* "The Mercy Seat" by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], covered by [[Johnny Cash]]
 
* "The Mercy Seat" by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], covered by [[Johnny Cash]]
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* "Capital Punishment" by [[Aus-Rotten]]
  
 
==Drugs, drug abuse, and drug culture==
 
==Drugs, drug abuse, and drug culture==
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* "Too Young to Die" by [[Jamiroquai]]
 
* "Too Young to Die" by [[Jamiroquai]]
 
* "Traffic Jam" by [[James Taylor]]
 
* "Traffic Jam" by [[James Taylor]]
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* "Water is Blood" by Catman Cohen
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* "Water is Blood" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "When?" by [[Bad Religion]]
 
* "When?" by [[Bad Religion]]
 
* "When the music's over" by [[The Doors]]
 
* "When the music's over" by [[The Doors]]
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* "No Clause 28" by [[Boy George]]
 
* "No Clause 28" by [[Boy George]]
 
* "Philadelphia" by [[Neil Young]]
 
* "Philadelphia" by [[Neil Young]]
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* "Social Plague" by [[State Of Fear]]
 
* "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" by [[The Smiths]]
 
* "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" by [[The Smiths]]
 
* "Smalltown Boy" by [[Bronski Beat]]
 
* "Smalltown Boy" by [[Bronski Beat]]
 
* "Streets of Philadelphia" by [[Bruce Springsteen]]
 
* "Streets of Philadelphia" by [[Bruce Springsteen]]
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* "The Crime of Being Me" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "When Two Men Kiss" by [[Oi Polloi]]
 
* "When Two Men Kiss" by [[Oi Polloi]]
  
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* "The Devil's Right Hand" by [[Steve Earle]]
 
* "The Devil's Right Hand" by [[Steve Earle]]
 
* "Don't Forget the Guns" by [[Cheryl Wheeler]]
 
* "Don't Forget the Guns" by [[Cheryl Wheeler]]
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* "How I Want to DIe" by Catman Cohen
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* "How I Want to DIe" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "If It Were Up to Me" by [[Cheryl Wheeler]]
 
* "If It Were Up to Me" by [[Cheryl Wheeler]]
 
* "Lou Marsh" by [[Phil Ochs]]
 
* "Lou Marsh" by [[Phil Ochs]]
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==Land rights==
 
==Land rights==
 
* "Beds Are Burning" by [[Midnight Oil]]
 
* "Beds Are Burning" by [[Midnight Oil]]
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* "Big Yellow Taxi" by [[Joni Mitchell]]
 
* "The [[Diggers (True Levellers)|Diggers]] Song"
 
* "The [[Diggers (True Levellers)|Diggers]] Song"
 
* "Fuck the Border" by [[Propagandhi]]
 
* "Fuck the Border" by [[Propagandhi]]
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==Materialism==
 
==Materialism==
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* "All the Toys in the World" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "America" by [[Bree Sharp]]
 
* "America" by [[Bree Sharp]]
 
* "American Kryptonite" by [[Five Iron Frenzy]]
 
* "American Kryptonite" by [[Five Iron Frenzy]]
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* "Revistas del Corazón" by [[Ska-P]]
 
* "Revistas del Corazón" by [[Ska-P]]
 
* "Rockin' in the Free World" by [[Neil Young]]
 
* "Rockin' in the Free World" by [[Neil Young]]
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* "Stairway to Heaven" by [[Led Zeppelin]]
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* "The Captain of Industry" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "[[This Land Is Your Land]]" by [[Woody Guthrie]]
 
* "[[This Land Is Your Land]]" by [[Woody Guthrie]]
 
* "Time" by [[Pink Floyd]]
 
* "Time" by [[Pink Floyd]]
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* "We're All Bourgeois Now" by [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]
 
* "We're All Bourgeois Now" by [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]
 
* "What Do You Want from Life" by [[The Tubes]]
 
* "What Do You Want from Life" by [[The Tubes]]
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* "What Really Matters" by Catman Cohen
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* "What Really Matters" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "Where Do the Children Play" by [[Cat Stevens]]
 
* "Where Do the Children Play" by [[Cat Stevens]]
 
* "Who Are the Brain Police" by [[Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention]]
 
* "Who Are the Brain Police" by [[Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention]]
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* "The Procession of Popular Capitalism" by [[McCarthy (band)]]
 
* "The Procession of Popular Capitalism" by [[McCarthy (band)]]
 
* "Rambling Boy" by [[Tom Paxton]]
 
* "Rambling Boy" by [[Tom Paxton]]
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* "So Ashamed" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "The Repo Man Sings for You" by [[The Coup]]
 
* "The Repo Man Sings for You" by [[The Coup]]
 
* "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by [[Tracy Chapman]] (covered by [[Reel Big Fish]])
 
* "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by [[Tracy Chapman]] (covered by [[Reel Big Fish]])
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* "Down Rodeo" by [[Rage Against the Machine]]
 
* "Down Rodeo" by [[Rage Against the Machine]]
 
* "[[Everyday People]]" by [[Sly & the Family Stone]]
 
* "[[Everyday People]]" by [[Sly & the Family Stone]]
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* "Family of One" by Catman Cohen
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* "Family of One" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "Fight the Power" by [[Public Enemy]]
 
* "Fight the Power" by [[Public Enemy]]
 
* "[[Free Nelson Mandela]]" by [[The Specials]]
 
* "[[Free Nelson Mandela]]" by [[The Specials]]
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* "Easter" by [[Jefferson Airplane]]
 
* "Easter" by [[Jefferson Airplane]]
 
* "Failure to Excommunicate" by [[Relient K]]
 
* "Failure to Excommunicate" by [[Relient K]]
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* "God" by [[John Lennon]]
 
* "Heresy" by [[Nine Inch Nails]]
 
* "Heresy" by [[Nine Inch Nails]]
 
* "Imagine" by [[John Lennon]]
 
* "Imagine" by [[John Lennon]]
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* "[[Universal Soldier]]" by [[Buffy_Sainte-Marie]]
 
* "[[Universal Soldier]]" by [[Buffy_Sainte-Marie]]
 
* "The Unknown Soldier" by [[The Doors]]
 
* "The Unknown Soldier" by [[The Doors]]
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* "The War Confessions" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "Unity" by [[Operation Ivy (band)]]
 
* "Unity" by [[Operation Ivy (band)]]
 
* "Us and Them" by [[Pink Floyd]]
 
* "Us and Them" by [[Pink Floyd]]
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* "When Ya Get Drafted" by [[The Dead Kennedys]]
 
* "When Ya Get Drafted" by [[The Dead Kennedys]]
 
* "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by [[Pete Seeger]] (covered by many)
 
* "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by [[Pete Seeger]] (covered by many)
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* "Where are My Soldiers?" by Catman Cohen
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* "Where are My Soldiers?" by [[Catman Cohen]]
 
* "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" by [[Phil Ochs]]
 
* "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" by [[Phil Ochs]]
 
* "With God on Our Side" by [[Bob Dylan]]
 
* "With God on Our Side" by [[Bob Dylan]]
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.ocap.ca/lyrics.html Protest song lyrics from 1932 to 2000] from OCAP
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080124172717/www.ocap.ca/lyrics.html Protest song lyrics from 1932 to 2000] from OCAP
 
*[http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ritfw.htm Rockin' in the Free World] - Analysis of the lyrics of Neil Young's song
 
*[http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ritfw.htm Rockin' in the Free World] - Analysis of the lyrics of Neil Young's song
 
*[http://www.inthe80s.com/nuclearwar/index.shtml Songs from the '80s about nuclear war]
 
*[http://www.inthe80s.com/nuclearwar/index.shtml Songs from the '80s about nuclear war]

Latest revision as of 11:25, 27 December 2012

For information about protest songs in general, see protest song.

Abortion[edit]

America[edit]

Animal rights and meat consumption[edit]

Capital punishment, death penalty[edit]

Drugs, drug abuse, and drug culture[edit]

Election fraud[edit]

Environmental[edit]

Feminism[edit]


Gay rights[edit]

Globalization and corporate dominance[edit]

Governments and imperialism[edit]

Guns and violence[edit]

Land rights[edit]

Materialism[edit]

Music critics and the music industry[edit]

Nuclear weapons[edit]

Police or authority[edit]

Politicians or world leaders[edit]

Poverty[edit]

Prohibition and the war on drugs[edit]

Racism, apartheid, and civil rights[edit]

Religion[edit]

Slavery[edit]

Television[edit]

Terrorism[edit]

Unions and labor[edit]

War[edit]

Youth rights[edit]

Protest songs about protest songs[edit]

External links[edit]

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