list of protest songs

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

Abortion

• "Abortion is Murder" by P.O.D.
• "Harvester of Sorrow" by Metallica
• "Pennyroyal Tea" by Nirvana
• "Bodies" by the Sex Pistols
• "Brick" by Ben Folds Five
• "What it's Like" by Everlast

America

• "Crime in the City" by Neil Young
• "I Had a Dream" by Catman Cohen
• "It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" by Bob Dylan
• "New York" (album) by Lou Reed
• "Prayer for America" by Catman Cohen
• "Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young
• "Wasteland of the Free" by Iris Dement
• "ADD [American Dream Denial]" by System of a down
• "Deer Dance" by System of a down
• "Patriotism" by Company Flow
• "Home of the Brave" by Mr. Lif
• "America is not the World" by Morrissey
• "Amerika" by Rammstein
• "White America" by Eminem
• "The Whole World" by OutKast

Animal rights and meat consumption

• "Anarcho Pie" by Oi Polloi (a vegetarian recipe set to music)
• "Animal Crimes" by Mad Are Sane
• "The Animals Song" by Robb Johnson
• "Ban Eat Meat!" by Godfrey Artreides
• "Berkshire Cunt" by Conflict
• "Big Ted" by the Incredible String Band
• "Boxing Day" by Robb Johnson
• "Corporate Deathburger" by MDC
• "Dapple Rose" by Slade
• "Don't Kill The Animals" by Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich
• "Evolution" by Subhumans
• "Free Me" by Goldfinger
• "Fuck Ted Nugent" by Goldfinger
• "Insensibilidad" by Ska-P
• "Kémalo" by Ska-P
• "Lazy Afternoon" by Bree Sharp
• "Looking for Changes" by Paul McCartney
• "Meat Is Murder" by The Smiths
• "Nailing Descartes to the Wall" by Propagandhi
• "The Offending Article" by The Poison Girls
• "Pigman" by Subhumans
• "Purina Hall of Fame" by Propagandhi
• "Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel
• "Spawn Again" by Silverchair
• "Tame Yourself" by Raw Youth
• "Testure" by Skinny Puppy
• "This Is A.L.F." by Conflict
• "Wild Life" by Paul McCartney & Wings

Capital punishment, death penalty

• "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica
• "The New American Way" by Dropkick Murphys
• "The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, covered by Johnny Cash
• "Capital Punishment" by Aus-Rotten

Drugs, drug abuse, and drug culture

• "Cocaine" by Jackson Browne
• "Cocaine Eyes" by Neil Young
• "Expecting to Fly" by Buffalo Springfield
• "Hand of Doom" by Black Sabbath
• "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "Master of Puppets" by Metallica
• "The Message Part 2" by Grandmaster Flash
• "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young
• "No More" by Neil Young
• "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf
• "Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield (as well as most of his Superfly album)
• "Sam Stone" by John Prine
• "Slow Motion" by Third Eye Blind
• "Straight Edge" by Minor Threat
• "Tired Eyes" by Neil Young
• "Tonight's the Night" by Neil Young
• "Womb of the Worm" by Skyclad

Election fraud

• "Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty" by Greenjolly

Environmental

• "Animal Farm" by The Kinks
• "Apeman" by The Kinks
• "Be the Rain" by Neil Young
• "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell (covered by Counting Crows)
• "Blackened" by Metallica"
• "Blue Sky Mine" by Midnight Oil
• "Carbon Monoxide" by Cake
• "The Cradle Will Fall" by Skyclad
• "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds
• "Cuyahoga" by R.E.M.
• "The Disenchanted Forest" by Skyclad
• "Emergency on Planet Earth" by Jamiroquai
• "Eskimo Blue Day" by Jefferson Airplane
• "Fall on Me" by R.E.M.
• "Here We Are in the Years" by Neil Young
• "How Much is Enough?" by Bad Religion
• "Ice Cold Man" by Probot
• "If a Tree Falls" by Bruce Cockburn
• "Kyoto Now" by Bad Religion
• "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye
• "Modern Man" by Bad Religion
• "Mother Earth" by Neil Young
• "Natural Beauty" by Neil Young
• "Only So Much Oil in the Ground" by Tower of Power
• "Paradise" by John Prine
• "Part IV (The Index Fossil)" by Bad Religion
• "Pass It On Down" by Alabama
• "The Rape of the World" by Tracy Chapman
• "Run Straight Down" by Warren Zevon
• "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon
• "Silent Spring" by Probot
• "Too Young to Die" by Jamiroquai
• "Traffic Jam" by James Taylor
• "Water is Blood" by Catman Cohen
• "When?" by Bad Religion
• "When the music's over" by The Doors
• "When You Gonna Learn" by Jamiroquai
• "Wild Life" by Paul McCartney & Wings

Feminism

• "Better Man" by Pearl Jam
• "Church of Women" by XTC
• "Double Dare Ya" by Bikini Kill
• "Freedom" by Aretha Franklin
• "Fuck Machine" by Propagandhi
• "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy
• "I Wanna Be an Engineer" by Peggy Seeger
• "Jump Mama Jump" by The Poison Girls
• "Ladies Night in Loserville" by Propagandhi
• "The Offending Article" by Poison Girls
• "One Girl Army" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper
• "Rape Me" by Nirvana
• "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves" by Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin
• "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" by John Lennon
• "Women" by Crass
• "Spit" by Kittie

Gay rights

• "AIDS Charade" by Fallout

  (Despite the ambiguous nature of the title, this song is pro-gay rights.)

• "I Heart Fags" by MC Frontalot
• "Faget" by KoЯn
• "Fahrenheit" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Fear and Loathing in Laramie" by Protest The Hero
• "Fuck Aneta Briant" (sic) by David Allen Coe

  (Presumably, the spelling of Anita Bryant's name was altered to avoid slander charges.)

• "Gay Crisis" by Needle Sharing
• "Gay Rude Boys Unite" by Leftover Crack
• "Glad to Be Gay" by Tom Robinson
• "Half a Man" by Randy Newman
• "Homophobes Are Just Mad 'Cuz They Can't Get Laid" by Propagandhi
• "Homophobia" by Chumbawamba
• "I Heart Fags" by MC Frontalot
• "I Want It All" by Queen
• "I Want to Break Free" by Queen
• "The Killing of Georgie [Parts I & II]" by Rod Stewart
• "Luister Anita" by Zangeres Zonder Naam
• "M. Shepard" by Thursday
• "Murder in Hollywood" by DOA
• "No Clause 28" by Boy George
• "Philadelphia" by Neil Young
• "Social Plague" by State Of Fear
• "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" by The Smiths
• "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat
• "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen
• "The Crime of Being Me" by Catman Cohen
• "When Two Men Kiss" by Oi Polloi

Globalization and corporate dominance

• "21st Century Living" by Matthew Good
• "Abolish Work" by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• "America" by Bree Sharp
• "Businessmen" by Subhumans
• "Bullet in the Head" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Call It Democracy" by Bruce Cockburn
• "Capitalism Stole My Virginity" by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• "Dogs" by Pink Floyd
• "Everything Counts" by Depeche Mode
• "Giants" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Goodbye Desolate Railyard" by A Silver Mt. Zion
• "The Great Brain Robbery" by Skyclad
• "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler" by Tom Paxton
• "Inner Logic" by Bad Religion
• "Lazy Afternoon" by Bree Sharp
• "Liberation Frequency" by Refused
• "Mind The GATT" by Anti-Flag
• "Money" by Pink Floyd
• "Movement" by S.T.U.N.
• "New Feudalism" by No WTO Combo
• "Panic" by The Smiths
• "Pigs (Three Different Ones) by Pink Floyd
• "Radio, Radio" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• "Solamente por Pensar" by Ska-P
• "The State Lottery" by Propagandhi
• "Speak English or Die" by Stormtroopers of Death
• "Sun Green" by Neil Young
• "Throw Away Your Television" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Toxicity" by System of a Down
• "Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan
• "Vultures" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "We Love the Pirate Stations" (reportedly by The Rocking Berries, although credited to "The Roaring Sixties" so the band could distance itself from the campaign to save offshore radio around the U.K.)
• "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
• "WTO" by Pennywise

Governments and imperialism

• "16 Military Wives" by The Decemberists
• "All Hawai'i Stand Together" by Dennis Pavao
• "America Latina ¡¡Libre!!" by Ska-P
• "Black 47" by Black 47
• "Black and White" by Subhumans
• "B.Y.O.B" by System of a Down
• "Cause of Death" by Immortal Technique
• "Cambalache" by Gilberto Gil
• "Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto" by Bernice Johnson Reagon, (covered by Billy Bragg)
• "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young
• "Cruise" by Conflict
• "A Design for Life" by Manic Street Preachers
• "España Va Bien" by Ska-P
• "Fanatic Heart" by Black 47
• "Fuck The System" by System Of A Down
• "Flying Arrow" by Mason Proffit
• "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon
• "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney
• "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols
• "Government Walls" by James
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "Indian Reservation" by Paul Revere and the Raiders
• "James Connolly" by Black 47
• "Kurvini Sinovi" ("Sons of Bitches") by Azra
• "La Sesera No VA" by Ska-P
• "Leave the Driving" by Neil Young
• "Monster" by Steppenwolf
• "The Nature of the Threat" by Emcee Lynx
• "People of the Sun" by Rage Against the Machine
• "RATS" by Subhumans
• "Red, White, Brainwashed" by Anti-Flag
• "Revolution" by The Beatles
• "Revolution" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "Ringing of Revolution" by Phil Ochs
• "Santo Domingo" by Phil Ochs
• "Sargento Bolilla" by Ska-P
• "Stupid" by Icons of Filth
• "Subvert City" by Subhumans
• "The System Works For Them" by Aus-Rotten
• "Tío Sam" by Ska-P
• "Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane
• "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine
• "War Is Peace, Slavery Is Freedom, May All Your Intervention Be Humanitarian" by Propagandhi
• "What About Me?" by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Guns and violence

• "Bad Habit" by The Offspring
• "Both Sides of the Tweed" by Capercaillie
• "The Devil's Right Hand" by Steve Earle
• "Don't Forget the Guns" by Cheryl Wheeler
• "How I Want to DIe" by Catman Cohen
• "If It Were Up to Me" by Cheryl Wheeler
• "Lou Marsh" by Phil Ochs
• "Luka" by Suzanne Vega
• "Melt the Guns" by XTC
• "New Day" by Wyclef Jean
• "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" by Phil Ochs
• "Police and Thieves" by Junior Murvin (covered by The Clash)
• "Put Out The Fire" by Queen
• "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Slow Motion" by Third Eye Blind
• "Stop the Violence" by Wesley Willis
• "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
• "Throw Your Hatred Down" by Neil Young
• "Tommy Gun" by The Clash
• "Tool and Die" by Consolidated
• "Too Many Martyrs" by Phil Ochs
• "What it's Like" by Everlast
• "What's the Matter Here?" by 10,000 Maniacs
• "Where Is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas
• "Zombie" by The Cranberries

Land rights

• "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil
• "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
• "The Diggers Song"
• "Fuck the Border" by Propagandhi
• "No More Roads" by Oi Polloi
• "Paradise" by John Prine
• "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie
• "Where the Hell Are We Going to Live?" by The Levellers (band)
• "World Turned Upside Down" by Leon Rosselson
• "Stolen Land" by Bruce Cockburn

Materialism

• "All the Toys in the World" by Catman Cohen
• "America" by Bree Sharp
• "American Kryptonite" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Angels" by Crass
• "Bullet in the Head" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Consumo Gusto" by Ska-P
• "Freedom Fighters" by Miyavi
• "I'm a Celt" by Emcee Lynx
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "Lazy Afternoon" by Bree Sharp
• "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds
• "McDolar" by Ska-P
• "Money" by Pink Floyd
• "Money Talks" by Rubella Ballet
• "Most Exclusive Residence for Sale" by The Kinks
• "Mr. Clean" by The Jam
• "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe" by Bonzo Dog Band
• "Piece of Crap" by Neil Young
• "Plastic People" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees
• "Poptones" by Public Image Limited
• "Revistas del Corazón" by Ska-P
• "Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young
• "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
• "The Captain of Industry" by Catman Cohen
• "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie
• "Time" by Pink Floyd
• "Upright Citizen" by Crass
• "Well Respected Man" by The Kinks
• "We're All Bourgeois Now" by McCarthy
• "What Do You Want from Life" by The Tubes
• "What Really Matters" by Catman Cohen
• "Where Do the Children Play" by Cat Stevens
• "Who Are the Brain Police" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "The Grand Illusion" by Styx
• "Closer To The Heart" by Rush

Music critics and the music industry

• "Anything Right" by P.O.D.
• "Art is Hard" by Cursive
• "Artificial Life" by Operation Ivy (band)
• "Big Fun at the Gallows" by Nothingface
• "Blood from a Clone" by George Harrison
• "Blue Mixes" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Can't Stop the Sun" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Child's Play" by Lucky Boys Confusion
• "Cockamamie Business" by George Harrison
• "Complete Control" by The Clash
• "Comfort Eagle" by Cake
• "Dinosaurs Will Die" by NOFX
• "Don't Be Denied" by Neil Young
• "Don't Start a Band" by Reel Big Fish
• "Dump Pop Song" by Lucky Boys Confusion
• "Freak On A Leash" by KoЯn
• "Happiness In Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails
• "Has It Come to This?" by The Streets
• "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd
• "Hip Hop" by Dead Prez
• "Hurry Up Garry (The Parson's Farted)" by Crass
• "It's Only Entertainment" by Josh Joplin Group
• "Jackin' Afroman" by Afroman
• "Jimmy Buffett Doesn't Live in Key West Anymore" by David Allen Coe
• "Joe" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Jules and Jim" by Pete Townshend
• "Kill the Music Industry" by Cold
• "The Last DJ" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Let's Push Things Forward" by The Streets
• "Money Becomes King" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
• "The Moneygoround" by Ray Davies and The Kinks
• "Mr. Writer" by Stereophonics
• "New Noise" by Refused
• "Newsworth" by Greenslade
• "The Nickel Song" by Melanie
• "Nothing Is Good Enough" by Aimee Mann
• "One Down" by Ben Folds
• "One Hit Wonder" by Everclear
• "One Hit Wonderful" by Reel Big Fish
• "Panic" by The Smiths
• "Payola Blues" by Neil Young
• "Plastic People" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "Please, Please, Please" by Fiona Apple
• "Pop Singer" by John Mellencamp
• "Prisoners of Rock and Roll" by Neil Young
• "Radio" by Smash Mouth
• "Radio, Radio" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• "Radio Song" by R.E.M.
• "St. Augustine in Hell" by Sting
• "Suck a Dick Jockey" by Afroman
• "Swindler's lust" by Public Enemy
• "Ten Year Plan" by Therapy?
• "This Note's for You" by Neil Young
• "Turn the Radio Off" by Reel Big Fish
• "Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" by The Rolling Stones
• "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd
• "Y'all Want a Single" by KoЯn

Nuclear weapons

• "99 Luftballons" by Nena
• "Blackened" by Metallica"
• "Boom!" by System of a Down
• "Breathing" by Kate Bush
• "Cruise Missiles" by Fischer-Z
• "Einstein a Go-Go" by Landscape
• "Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath
• "Enola Gay" by OMD
• "French Letter" by Herbs
• "Hammer to Fall" by Queen
• "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
• "Hiroshima" by Todd Rundgren/Utopia
• "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette" by Jim Page
• "I Come and Stand at Every Door" by The Byrds
• "Killer of Giants" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Let's All Make a Bomb" by Heaven 17
• "Like an Inca" by Neil Young
• "Made a Bomb" by Poison Girls
• "Nagasaki Nightmare" by Crass
• "No Filthy Nuclear Power" by Oi Polloi
• "Nuclear Waste" by Oi Polloi
• "Political Science" by Randy Newman
• "Popn' Off At The F" by Desaparecidos
• "Power" by The Temptations
• "Pride of Man" by Quicksilver Messenger Service
• "Put Down That Weapon" by Midnight Oil
• "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "Russians" by Sting
• "Soviet Jewellery" by BB Gabor
• "Stand or Fall" by The Fixx
• "The Sun Is Burning" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "They've Got a Bomb" by Crass
• "This Is War" by Smile Empty Soul
• "Total Eclipse" by Klaus Nomi
• "Two Suns in the Sunset" by Pink Floyd
• "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson (covered by Jeff Beck, The Grateful Dead, and Lulu)
• "We Will All Go Together When We Go" by Tom Lehrer
• "What Have They Done to the Rain?" by Malvina Reynolds
• "Who's Next" by Tom Lehrer
• "Wooden Ships" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Police or authority

• "40-80" by Lucky Boys Confusion
• "911 Is a Joke" by Public Enemy
• "A.C.A.B." by The 4-Skins
• "American Skin (41 Shots)" by Bruce Springsteen
• "The Beast" by The Fugees
• "Black Cop" by KRS-One
• "Breathing Apparatus" by The Coup
• "A Bullet in the Chamber" by Emcee Lynx
• "Cherry Beach Express" by Pukka Orchestra
• "Concentration Moon" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "Cop Killer" by Body Count
• "Cop Shot" by Dead Prez
• "Cops of the World" by Phil Ochs
• "Dead Cops" by Millions of Dead Cops
• "Diallo" by Wyclef Jean
• "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash
• "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A
• "Fuck Authority" by Pennywise
• "Gang Control" by Leftover Crack
• "Get Your Riot Gear" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Hate the Police" by Mudhoney
• "I Fought the Law" by The Crickets (covered by many, including The Clash, The Dead Kennedys, Bobby Fuller, Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison)
• "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley & the Wailers (covered by Eric Clapton)
• "I'm Going to Say It Now" by Phil Ochs
• "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
• "LAPD" by The Offspring
• "Liddle Towers" by Angelic Upstarts
• "Loser Cop" by Therapy?
• "A Man in Uniform" by Randy
• "Mom and Dad" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "New Homes for Idle Hands" by Propagandhi
• "No Power Without Accountability" by Billy Bragg
• "O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E." by Lamb of God
• "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (written by Neil Young)
• "Pigs Will Pay" by Propagandhi
• "Police on My Back" by The Levellers (band)
• "Police Opression" by Angelic Upstarts
• "Police State" by Dead Prez
• "Police Story" by Anti-Flag
• "Police Story" by Black Flag
• "Police Truck" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Prison Song" by System of a Down
• "Romero el Madero" by Ska-P
• "San Quentin" by Johnny Cash
• "Swervin" by The Coup
• "Without Reason or Rhyme (The Killing of Harry Stanley)" by Chumbawamba
• "What the Po-Pos Hate" by The Coup
• "You Can Kill the Protester, But You Can't Kill the Protest" by Anti-Flag

Politicians or world leaders

• "American Idiot" by Green Day
• "The Ballad of Ronald Reagan" by The Austin Lounge Lizards
• "Battalions of Fear" by Blind Guardian
• "Big Brother" by Stevie Wonder
• "Bulls On Parade" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Bullshit Politicians" by Propagandhi
• "B.Y.O.B." by System of a Down
• "California Ãœber Alles" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Corporate Deathburger" by MDC
• "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" by A Perfect Circle
• "Dickie's Such an Asshole" by Frank Zappa
• "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" by David Bowie
• "Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert" by Pink Floyd
• "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon
• "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols
• "Helicopter" by Bloc Party
• "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" by Phil Ochs (new lyrics for his original, "Here's to the State of Mississippi")
• "Idiot Son of an Asshole" by NOFX
• "I Don't Like It" by Pauline Pantsdown
• "Irish Blood, English Heart" by Morrissey
• "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk" by Frank Zappa
• "Let's Have A War" by A Perfect Circle
• "The Love of Richard Nixon" by Manic Street Preachers
• "Maggie" by The Exploited
• "Moron" by KMFDM
• "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" by The Ramones
• "Nuclear Device" by The Stranglers
• "Old Mother Reagan" by Violent Femmes
• "Pig Nixon" by Red Star Singers
• "Piss on Your Grave" by The Coup
• "P.L.U.C.K. (Political Lying Unholy Cowardly Killers)" by System of a Down
• "Reagan Youth" by Reagan Youth
• "Shoot the Dog" by George Michael
• "Simpático Holgazán" by Ska-P
• "Son of a Bush" by Public Enemy
• "Stand Down Margaret" by The Beat
• "Stars and Stripes" by KMFDM
• "Turncoat" by Anti-Flag
• "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" by Dead Kennedys (to the tune of "California Ãœber Alles," but about Ronald Reagan)
• "When The President Talks To God" by Bright Eyes

Poverty

• "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack
• "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins
• "Bangla Desh" by George Harrison
• "The Big Issue" by Chumbawamba
• "Bourgeois Blues" by Leadbelly
• "Cars and Shoes" by The Coup
• "Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
• "Cold Cash and Colder Hearts" by Thrice
• "Cold Dreams" by Emcee Lynx
• "Dead End Street" by The Kinks
• "Dirty Boulevard" by Lou Reed
• "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
• "Do They Owe Us a Living?" by Crass
• "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant
• "El Olvidado" by Ska-P
• "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Harvest for the World" by The Isley Brothers
• "Hobo's Lullaby" by Goebel Reeves
• "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore" by Woody Guthrie
• "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
• "Insecto Urbano" by Ska-P
• "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley
• "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" by 2Pac
• "Kill the Poor" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Let's Lynch the Landlord" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Linoleum" by NOFX
• "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan
• "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
• "Pastures of Plenty" by Woody Guthrie
• "Piss on Your Grave" by The Coup
• "Poverty" by Bobby Bland
• "The Procession of Popular Capitalism" by McCarthy (band)
• "Rambling Boy" by Tom Paxton
• "So Ashamed" by Catman Cohen
• "The Repo Man Sings for You" by The Coup
• "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman (covered by Reel Big Fish)
• "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "There But for Fortune" by Phil Ochs
• "Things Going On" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Tom Joad" by Woody Guthrie
• "Underdogs" by The Coup
• "We Are the World" by USA for Africa
• "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by The Animals
• "What it's Like" by Everlast
• "Sleep Now in the Fire" by Rage Against the Machine
• "For The Love of Money" by The O'Jays

Prohibition and the war on drugs

• "Burn One Down" by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
• "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
• "Coming Into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie
• "Henry" by New Riders of the Purple Sage
• "Homegrown" by Neil Young
• "Illegal Smile" by John Prine
• "Legalize It" by Peter Tosh
• "Police in Helicopter" by John Holt
• "Prison Song" by System Of A Down
• "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf
• "Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime
• "Swervin" by The Coup
• "War on Drugs" by Warsawpack
• "What's a Simple Man to Do?" by Steve Earle

Racism, apartheid, and civil rights

• "7 O'clock News/Silent Night" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
• "A La Mierda" by Ska-P
• "Across the Lines" by Tracy Chapman
• "Ali El Magrebi" by Ska-P
• "All My Trials" by Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, et al.
• "Ballad of Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash
• "Ballad of Donald White" by Bob Dylan
• "Ballad of William Worthy" by Phil Ochs
• "Big Brother" by Stevie Wonder
• "Biko" by Peter Gabriel
• "Birmingham Sunday" by Joan Baez
• "Black Cross" by Lord Buckley and by Bob Dylan
• "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
• "Blackheart Man" by Bunny Wailer
• "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
• "Brother Louie" by Hot Chocolate
• "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley
• "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Buffy Sainte-Marie
• "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?" by Bonzo Dog Band
• "Cry Freedom" by Dave Matthews Band
• "Dance Stance" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
• "The Day We Killed" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "The Death of Emmett Till" by Bob Dylan
• "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Down Rodeo" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Family of One" by Catman Cohen
• "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
• "Free Nelson Mandela" by The Specials
• "George Jackson" by Bob Dylan
• "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley
• "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" by Eddy Grant
• "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan
• "If I Had a Hammer" by Pete Seeger
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "In All Rwanda's Glory" by Rx Bandits
• "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" by Midnight Oil
• "John Brown's Body"
• "Julius and Ethel" by Bob Dylan
• "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
• "The KKK Took My Baby Away" by The Ramones
• "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan
• "Lucrecia" by Ska-P
• "Message from a Black Man" by The Temptations
• "Mestizaje" by Ska-P
• "Mississippi Goddam" by Nina Simone
• "Nothing Yet" by Tracy Chapman
• "Ohio" by Neil Young
• "Om Nia Merican" by Saul Williams
• "Only a Pawn in Their Game" by Bob Dylan
• "Oxford Town" by Bob Dylan
• "P.L.U.C.K." by System of a Down
• "Proud to Be Black" by Run-DMC
• "People Are People" by A Perfect Circle
• "Racist Friend" by The Specials
• "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley
• "So Strong" by Labi Siffre
• "Society's Child" by Janis Ian
• "Southern Man" by Neil Young
• "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holliday
• "Sun City" by Artists Against Apartheid
• "Take off Your Swastika" by Phranc
• "Taneytown" by Steve Earle
• "They Schools" by Dead Prez
• "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan
• "Too Many Martyrs" by Phil Ochs
• "Trouble Every Day" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• "Underdog" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" by The Temptations
• "Violencia Machista" by Ska-P
• "We Shall Overcome"
• "Where Is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas

Religion

• "American Jesus" by Bad Religion
• "Baba" by Alanis Morissette
• "Beautiful World" by Emcee Lynx
• "Christian Militia" by New Model Army
• "The Cannons of Christianity" by Phil Ochs
• "Easter" by Jefferson Airplane
• "Failure to Excommunicate" by Relient K
• "God" by John Lennon
• "Heresy" by Nine Inch Nails
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "Kasposos" by Ska-P
• "La Mosca Cojonera" by Ska-P
• "Ladies' Night in Loserville" by Propagandhi
• "Leper Messiah" by Metallica
• "Love in Mind" by Neil Young
• "Marilyn Manson Ate My Girlfriend" by Relient K
• "Moral Majority" by Dead Kennedys
• "Religion" by Public Image Ltd.
• "Religious Vomit" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Religious Wars" by Subhumans
• "Satellite" by The Hooters
• "Sectas" by Ska-P
• "Seguimos en Pie" by Ska-P
• "Sexo y Religión" by Ska-P
• "Soldier" by Neil Young
• "The God That Failed" by Metallica
• "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine
• "Fuck Religion" by Propagandhi

Slavery

• "Creeping Death" by Metallica
• "Harvester of Sorrow" by Metallica
• "Mister Charlie" by Robert Hunter and The Grateful Dead
• "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley

Television

• "Anchors Away" by Five Iron Frenzy
• "Bad Day" by R.E.M.
• "I Am the Slime" by Frank Zappa
• "Idiot Box" by Incubus
• "MTV Get off the Air" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Propaganda" by Dead Prez
• "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen
• "Reality Show" by Ska-P
• "Spanish Pipe Dream" by John Prine
• "Telecide" by The Tubes
• "Throw Away Your Television" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
• "Watching TV" by Roger Waters
• "She watch channel zero?!" by Public Enemy

Terrorism

• "911 for Peace" by Anti-Flag
• "Alert Status Red" by Matthew Good
• "(America's the) Terrorist" by Shamako Noble, Emcee Lynx, and Dub Cee
• "(Didn't Know I Was) Unamerican" by Ian Rhett
• "The Future" by Leonard Cohen
• "The Gunner's Dream" by Pink Floyd
• "John Walker's Blues" by Steve Earle
• "Love Is Blindness" U2
• "Mass Destruction" by Faithless
• "Mideast Vacation" by Neil Young
• "Peace on Earth" by U2
• "The Price of Oil" by Billy Bragg
• "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
• "Swastika Eyes" by Primal Scream
• "When the President Talks to God" by Bright Eyes
• "Where Is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas
• "Zombie" by The Cranberries

Unions and labor

• "1913 Massacre" by Woody Guthrie
• "Allentown" by Billy Joel
• "Angel of Freedom"
• "Banks of Marble"
• "Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day"
• "Bells of Rhymney" by Pete Seeger (covered by The Byrds and The Soft Boys)
• "Between the Wars" by Billy Bragg
• "Billy Hunt" by The Jam
• "The Blackleg Miners"
• "The Blind Ploughman"
• "Blue Sky Mine" by Midnight Oil
• "The Bonehead Working Man"
• "Career Opportunities" by The Clash
• "Centralia"
• "Coal Miner's Blues"
• "Coal Miner's Grave"
• "The Coal Owner and the Pitman's Wife"
• "Come All You Coal Miners"
• "Come Join the One Big Union, Do" by Richard Brazier
• "Common Ground" by Chumbawamba
• "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" by Woody Guthrie
• "Do or Die" by Dropkick Murphys
• "Dump the Bosses off Your Back" by John Brill
• "Fitzwilliam" by Chumbawamba
• "Flakes" by Frank Zappa (Anti-Union)
• "From Little Things Big Things Grow" by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
• "General Strike" by D.O.A. (band)
• "Got a Letter" by Emcee Lynx
• "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" by Harry McClintock
• "Hard Times Come Again No More"
• "The Internationale"
• "It Says Here" by Billy Bragg
• "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There"
• "Joe Hill" by Joan Baez and others
• "John Henry"
• "Labor's Dixie" Charles M. Robinson
• "Little Man, You Had a Busy Day"
• "Ludlow Massacre" by Woody Guthrie
• "Naval Xixón" by Ska-P
• "One Big Industrial Union" by George G. Allen
• "One by One" by Chumbawamba
• "The Parasites" by John E. Nordquist
• "Part of the Union" by The Strawbs
• "Peg and Awl"
• "Poljska u Mome Srcu" ("Poland In My Heart") by Azra
• "The Popular Wobbly"
• "The Preacher and the Slave" by Joe Hill
• "Rebel Girl" by Joe Hill
• "The Red Flag"
• "Roll the Union On"
• "Shearing in the Bar"
• "Shores of Botany Bay"
• "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis
• "Smithers-Jones" by The Jam
• "Solidarity" by Angelic Upstarts
• "Solidarity Forever" by Ralph Chaplin
• "Stand Up! Ye Workers" by Ethel Comer
• "Struggle in the West"
• "There Is Power in a Union" by Joe Hill
• "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie
• "Traveling Down the Castlereagh"
• "The Two Bums"
• "Union Burying Ground" by Woody Guthrie
• "Union Maid" by Woody Guthrie
• "Union Man" by Neil Young
• "Union Sundown" by Bob Dylan
• "The Union Scab" by Joe Hill
• "The Union Train"
• "El Vals del Obrero" by Ska-P
• "Wage Workers, Come Join the Union"
• "Which Side Are You On?" by Florence Reece
• "Workers of the World" by James Connell
• "Workers of the World, Awaken" by Joe Hill
• "Workingmen, Unite!"

War

• "16 Military Wives" by The Decemberists
• "1916" by Motörhead
• "1917" by Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt
• "2+2=?" by Bob Seger
• "Abraham, Martin & John" by Dion
• "After the Parade" by Dan Bern & the IJBC
• "Albright Monument, Baghdad" by Propagandhi
• "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie
• "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan (covered by Jimi Hendrix and XTC)
• "American Idiot" by Green Day
• "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle
• "Army Dreamers" by Kate Bush
• "Army Man in Vietnam" by Big Joe Williams
• "A Drug Against War" by KMFDM
• "Baghdad" by The Offspring
• "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)" by The Temptations
• "Ballad of Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman
• "Beach Party at Vietnam" by Dead Milkmen
• "Belsen Was a Gas" by The Sex Pistols
• "Bleed for Me" The Dead Kennedys
• "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan
• "Boom!" by System of a Down
• "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
• "Bosnia" by Sham 69
• "Bring the Boys Home" by Freda Payne
• "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
• "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "Bullet the Blue Sky" by U2
• "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine
• "B.Y.O.B." by System of a Down
• "Chicago" by Graham Nash
• "Children of the Revolution" by T-Rex (covered by Kirsty MacColl)
• "Civil War" by Guns n' Roses
• "Cops of the World" by Phil Ochs
• "The Crow on the Cradle" by Sydney Carter
• "Dachau Blues" by Captain Beefheart
• "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
• "Dialogue" by Chicago
• "Die for Your Government" by Anti-Flag
• "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica
• "Don't Let the Bastards (Get You Down)" by Kris Kristofferson
• "Door Into Summer" by The Monkees
• "Dover Beach" by The Fugs
• "Draft Dodger Rag" by Phil Ochs
• "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire (covered by Will Hoppey)
• "Far Away Coast" by Dropkick Murphys
• "Fight War, Not Wars" by Crass
• "Fighting for Strangers" by Steeleye Span
• "'Fish' Cheer/ I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag by Country Joe and the Fish
• "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
• "The Four Insurgent Generals"
• "The Four Rivers"
• "Freedom" by Richie Havens
• "Freeze Up" by Operation Ivy
• "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• "The Green Fields of France" by Eric Bogle
• "Gun in Your Hand" by Rx Bandits
• "The Gunner's Dream" by Pink Floyd
• "Handsome Johnny" by Richie Havens
• "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• "Head, Chest, or Foot?" by Propagandhi
• "Heroes" by David Bowie
• "Holiday" by Green Day
• "How Does It Feel?" by Crass
• "The Human Being Lawnmower" by MC5
• "I Ain't Marching Any More" by Phil Ochs
• "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" by Morton Harvey
• "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" by John Lennon
• "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" by Bruce Cockburn
• "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "In a World Gone Mad" by Beastie Boys
• "Intifada" by Ska-P
• "Is There Anybody Here?" by Phil Ochs
• "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye"
• "Killing Song"
• "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Last Night Another Soldier" by Angelic Upstarts
• "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees
• "Let the Sunshine In" (from Hair)
• "Let's Have A War" by Fear
• "Long Walk Home" by Neil Young
• "Lookin' Back" by Bob Seger
• "Love and Peace or Else" by U2
• "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix
• "Major General Despair" by Crass
• "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
• "Mother" by James
• "Mothers, Daughters, Wives"
• "Mr. Churchill Says" by Ray Davies and The Kinks
• "My Generation" by The Who
• "My War" by Black Flag
• "My Youngest Son Came Home Today" by Eric Bogle
• "A New Kind of Army" by Anti-Flag
• "The Offending Article" by The Poison Girls
• "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
• "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
• "One" by Metallica
• "One More Parade" by Phil Ochs
• "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)" by Coven
• "Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)" by Anti-Flag
• "Paddy's Lamentation"
• "Paramilitar" by Ska-P
• "Passive" by A Perfect Circle
• "Peace" by Los Lobos
• "Peace Call" by Woody Guthrie
• "Peace Frog" by The Doors
• "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
• "Peat Bog Soldiers"
• "People Gotta Be Free" by The Young Rascals
• "Pills and Soap" by The Imposter
• "Plattgefickt" by Ellen ten Damme
• "The Post War Dream" by Pink Floyd
• "Potshot Heard 'Round the World" by Dead Kennedys
• "The Price of Oil" by Billy Bragg
• "Rambozo the Clown" by Dead Kennedys
• "Readjustment Blues" by John Denver
• "Rejoice" by Jefferson Airplane
• "Religious Wars" by Subhumans
• "Roll with It" by Ani DiFranco
• "Rooster" by Alice in Chains
• "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Kenny Rogers
• "Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Running Gun Blues" by David Bowie
• "Sam Stone" by John Prine
• "Santo Domingo" by Phil Ochs
• "Send in the Marines" by Tom Lehrer
• "Shipbuilding" by Elvis Costello
• "Signs" by The Five Man Electrical Band
• "Sky Pilot" by Eric Burdon & The Animals
• "Soldier" by The Cause
• "Southampton Dock" by Pink Floyd
• "Spirit of the Falklands" by New Model Army
• "Stop the Killing" by The Varukers
• "Stop the War Now" by The Temptations
• "Straight to Hell" by The Clash
• "Succexy" by Metric (band)
• "Symptoms" by Alanis Morissette
• "Tape from California" by Phil Ochs
• "This Year's War" by The Subhumans
• "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan
• "Today I Killed a Man" by P.J. Proby
• "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" by (Donovan)
• "The Train for Auschwitz"
• "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds
• "The Unelected President" by Crass
• "Universal Soldier" by Buffy_Sainte-Marie
• "The Unknown Soldier" by The Doors
• "The War Confessions" by Catman Cohen
• "Unity" by Operation Ivy (band)
• "Us and Them" by Pink Floyd
• "Vietnam" by Jimmy Cliff
• "Vietnam Love Song" by Judy Collins
• "Vietnam Serenade" by Conflict
• "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" by Pete Seeger
• "War" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "War" by OutKast
• "War?" by System of a Down
• "War" by Edwin Starr
• "War All of the Time" by Thursday
• "War of Man" by Neil Young
• "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
• "War Pimp Renaissance" by Lard
• "War Song" by Neil Young and Graham Nash
• "War Story" by Choking Victim
• "Washington Bullets" by The Clash
• "We Gotta Have Peace" by Curtis Mayfield
• "We Shall Overcome"
• "We've Got to Get Out of This Place" by The Animals (and covered by others)
• "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye
• "What's That I Hear" by Phil Ochs
• "When Ya Get Drafted" by The Dead Kennedys
• "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger (covered by many)
• "Where are My Soldiers?" by Catman Cohen
• "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" by Phil Ochs
• "With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan
• "WWIII" by KMFDM
• "Yes Sir, I Will" by Crass
• "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine
• "Zor and Zam" by The Monkees
• "Amerika The Brutal" Six Feet Under

Youth rights

• "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II" by Pink Floyd
• "Anthem For the Year 2000" by Silverchair
• "Bored Teenagers" by The Adverts
• "Disposable Teens" by Marilyn Manson
• "Do They Owe Us A Living?" by Crass
• "Dyers Eve" by Metallica
• "Fight for Your Right (to Party)" by Beastie Boys
• "For You" by Staind
• "Hell Is for Children" by Pat Benatar
• "If the Kids Are United" by Sham 69
• "Kids of the World Unite" by Squad Five-O
• "Minor Disturbance Too Young to Rock" by The Teen Idles
• "Minor Threat" by Minor Threat
• "My Generation" by The Who
• "Nowhere Kids" by Smile Empty Soul
• "Prisoner of Society" by The Living End
• "Second Class Citizen" by Area-7
• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
• "Substitute" by The Who
• "The Young Folks" by Diana Ross & the Supremes (covered by The Jackson 5)
• "Youth Of The Nation" by POD
• "School's out" by Alice Cooper

Protest songs about protest songs

• "Always Hate Hippies" by NOFX
• "The Folk Song Army" by Tom Lehrer
• "I'm Against It" by The Ramones
• "The Universal Coward" by Jan & Dean
• "Dawn of Correction" by The Spokesmen

External links

• Protest song lyrics from 1932 to 2000 from OCAP
• Rockin' in the Free World - Analysis of the lyrics of Neil Young's song
• Songs from the '80s about nuclear war
• The greatest protest songs of the '80s