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Daily Dose of Protest: Working Poor – Doc Rotten
July 9, 2025
Massive 170 Rock Bands Tier List (Video)
July 9, 2025
The Evolution of Riot Grrrl In 30 Songs
July 8, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: King in America (featuring Damion Shade) – Casii Stephan
July 8, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: “Picnic in the Sun (Punching Nazis) – Phil Johnson and Roadside Attraction
July 7, 2025
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
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Daily Dose of Protest: Working Poor – Doc Rotten

The New Jersey punk band just released a new video for a tune that appeared on their 2024 self-titled album. Featuring a straight-forward kick ass punk sound, the lyrics critique…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 9, 2025
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Massive 170 Rock Bands Tier List (Video)

When I was trying to come up with ideas for a tier list video, I stumbled upon this list of 170 rock bands, so I decided, why not? Featuring musical…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 9, 2025
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The Evolution of Riot Grrrl In 30 Songs

The Riot Grrrl movement emerged in the early 1990s as a response to the male-dominated punk rock scene and broader societal issues affecting women. Originating primarily in Washington State, particularly…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 8, 2025
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Daily Dose of Protest: King in America (featuring Damion Shade) – Casii Stephan

This recently released, hard-hitting anti-fascist protest tune by the singer-songwriter is her scathing indictment of the current administration. She made the following statement concerning the tune: ''I'm mad. I was…
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Posted by CJ Baker July 8, 2025
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Daily Dose of Protest: “Picnic in the Sun (Punching Nazis) – Phil Johnson and Roadside Attraction

Johnson is a musician who effortlessly blends comedy with music. His latest is a humorous anti-fascist tune which visualizes a romantic picnic that includes punching Nazis. https://youtu.be/JIm92Ah4UMs?si=iN4kJdYoRpfLvp7M
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Posted by CJ Baker July 7, 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
Daily Dose of Protest: Mythical Cowboys – Dead Pioneers
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Daily Dose of Protest: Mythical Cowboys – Dead Pioneers

From artist's Bandcamp This is the latest single and video from the spoken word punk group featuring Algiers guitarist Lee Tesche and Indigenous artist Gregg Deal (their self-titled debut was…
Posted by CJ Baker March 24, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Glib Tongued (featuring El-P) – Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
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Daily Dose of Protest: Glib Tongued (featuring El-P) – Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

From artist's Bandcamp The latest intense single by the UK metal band is from their upcoming album, Death Hilarious, out April 4th. The song also includes a hard-hitting feature from…
Posted by CJ Baker March 23, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: Redemption Song – Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: Redemption Song – Bob Marley and the Wailers

Photo Credit: Eddie Mallin "Emancipate yourselves from mental slaveryNone but ourselves can free our mindsHave no fear for atomic energy'Cause none of them can stop the timeHow long shall they…
Posted by CJ Baker March 21, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Small Dick Energy – Mat Ward
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Daily Dose of Protest: Small Dick Energy – Mat Ward

From artist's Bandcamp This is the latest single by the Australian electronic artist and journalist Mat Ward (who publishes a monthly article on protest albums). Ward made the following statement…
Posted by CJ Baker March 21, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Gendercide – Blak Rapp Madusa
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Daily Dose of Protest: Gendercide – Blak Rapp Madusa

This is the latest release from FREER Records, the first American record label dedicated to releasing music by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. Blak Rapp Madusa's powerful spoken word work…
Posted by CJ Baker March 20, 2025
Protest Music Hall of Fame: What’s Going On (Song) – Marvin Gaye
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Protest Music Hall of Fame: What’s Going On (Song) – Marvin Gaye

Publicity photo, photographer Jim Britt, Public Domain One of the most important protest tunes of all time, the genesis of "What Going On" happened when Four Tops vocalist Renaldo “Obie”…
Posted by CJ Baker March 19, 2025
7 Cover Versions Of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On
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7 Cover Versions Of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On

Publicity photo, photographer Jim Britt, Public Domain Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is one of the most important songs of all time, so it should be no surprise that there…
Posted by CJ Baker March 19, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Get Together – The Youngbloods
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Daily Dose of Protest: Get Together – The Youngbloods

RIP Jesse Coilin Young (November 22, 1941 – March 16, 2025), artist website On March 16, 2025 singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young sadly died at 83. He had a long successful…
Posted by CJ Baker March 19, 2025
Daily Dose of Protest: Red – Jesse Welles
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Daily Dose of Protest: Red – Jesse Welles

Photo Credit: Justin, CC BY 3.0 The prolific singer-songwriter continues to regularly post topical tunes. This includes his most recent album Middle released in February, and two albums and an…
Posted by CJ Baker March 18, 2025
Top 25 Protest Songs of All Time (Video)
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Top 25 Protest Songs of All Time (Video)

https://youtu.be/pADVUncx2wY?si=Xa_9Q2MlEoO_a2TO Check out the complete 100 Best Protest Songs list.
Posted by CJ Baker March 18, 2025

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