Daily Dose of Protest: Straight To Hell – The Clash

Joe Strummer died on December 22nd, 2002. Fifteen years later and his music is as vital as ever. As the front-man and lyricist of The Clash, he composed some of the most important socially conscious music ever. “Straight To Hell” appears on The Clash’s 1982 album, Combat Rock. Like many of The Clash tunes, it is a protest against many […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Not My Fault – False Advertising

False Advertising is a three piece indie rock band from the UK and “Not My Fault” appears on their 2017 EP, I Would Be So Much Happier If I Just Stopped Caring. Concerning the motivation of the tune, front woman Jen Hingley stated: “We wrote this song whilst lamenting the loss of opportunity and hope that this last year’s political developments have […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Werewolves of Wall Street – Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine

Jello Biafra is no stranger to creating political music. It started with the seminal hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys and he continues to rage on, championing many causes. “Werewolves of Wall Street” is one of many anthems for the Occupy Wall Street Movement that appeared on Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine 2013 album, White People and the […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Slacktivist – Desaparecidos

Some would argue that social media is a powerful platform for protest and social change. Others would contend that it encourages passiveness and it actually hinders meaningful political activism. This subject was addressed by the song “Slackvivist” by Desparecidos (a side project of Bright Eyes Conor Oberst). “Slacktivist” addresses those that delude themselves into thinking they are activist because they […]

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Daily Dose of Protest – “Not Aretha’s Respect (Cops)” – Hamell On Trail

Hamell On Trail is the performance name of Ed Hamell, who is known for his political and satirical brand of folk-punk. On his tenth studio album, Tackle Box, Hamell is as sharp-witted as ever. One of the album’s highlight and potentially most controversial tunes is “Not Aretha’s Respect (Cops)”. The song deals with different dealings he had with cops while also […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Little Hands – Fiona Apple

As far as protests go, this is pretty straight forward. Fiona Apple composed this chant for the Women March on Washington which took place on January 21st, 2017. “We don’t want your tiny hands anywhere near out underpants” just doesn’t apply to Trump and recent efforts to re-shine the light on the sexual allegations against him, but that refrain takes […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Letter to the Free – Common featuring Bilal

Later today there will be a Senate election in Alabama. The Republican nominee Roy Moore is not only an accused child molester, but he has a long history of promoting racist and homophobic behavior. One example was when asked by a black man during a September campaign rally when he thought that America was last great and he responded with:  […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: No Lives Matter – Body Count

In this tune, Ice-T starts off with a spoken word intro,  discussing why Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter. From there he goes one step further and states that in the eyes of the elite, “No Lives Matter”. Then the rest of the band kicks in, and over an aggressive beat, Ice-T takes a no hold barred approach […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Mosh – Eminem

On October 10, 2017, Eminem performed an anti-Trump freestyle during the BET awards entitled “The Storm”. On December 7th, Eminem furthers attacks Trumps and tackles systemic racism in the polarizing “Untouchable”, the second single to his upcoming album, Revival.  For those commenting on this supposed new-found “wokeness” and him suddenly becoming political, this isn’t his first foray into political commentary. For example, […]

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