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I previously posted a list of the 30 best protest albums of 2018. The following list of songs won’t be as detailed. Also it won’t be a strict list of the tunes I feel were the best. It is more of an index of some the best 2018 protest songs that I featured as a Daily Dose of Protest. Below will also be a Spotify playlist of the listed tunes. I will also periodically be adding to the Spotify playlist as I post a new Daily Dose of Protest.
“The Conductor (FamiliesBelongTogether)” – Moxie Magee
“Boys Will Be Boys” – Stella Donnelly
“Land of the Free” – Priscillia Renea
“The Warriors” – Snotty Nose Rez Kids
“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” – Ry Cooder
“I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me” – Parliament
“Mr. Weinstein Will See You Now” – Amanda Palmer and Jasmine Power
“You Need An Ass Kickin’ Right Now” – D.O.A.
“Resilient” – Rising Appalachia
“This Is America” – Childish Gambino
“Born In The Right Country” – River Whyless
“The Murder of Alton Sterling” – The Proletariat
“The Walking Wounded” – Rosanne Cash
“The Great Correction” – Joan Baez
“Circle The Block” – McKinley Dixon
“Gold Purple Orange” – Jean Grae & Quelle Chris
“Born Under Punches” – Angélique Kidjo
“Plastic Hamburgers” – Fantastic Negrito
“Nowhere Fast” – Eminem featuring Kehlani
“Bad Apples” – Pussy Riot and Dave Sitek
“List of Demands (Reparations)” – The Kills
“Do You Want It Now?” – The Discarded
“77” – Alice Bag (featuring Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe)
“Almost Had To Start A Fight / In And Out Of Patience” – Parquet Courts
“Hallelujah (So Low)” – Editors
“Shine” – Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
“Nameless, Faceless” – Courtney Barnett
“Thoughts and Prayers (Dear Congress, (17)” – Dispatch
“You Don’t Own Me” – The Resistance Revival Chorus
“Tear It Down” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
“What a Time To Be Alive” – Superchunk