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June 2025

Protest Song Of The Week: 'Pretty Songs' By Bob Vylan
The BBC bowed to corporate and political pressure and refused to stream the set performed by anti-colonialist Irish rap group Kneecap at Glastonbury…
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: ‘The War Machine’ By David Rovics
Naming the big five corporations profiting off much of the death and destruction in our world, David Rovics' "War Machine” contains one message that we…
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: 'BYE BYE '25' By Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth takes her biggest solo song, "Bye Bye," and transforms it into a protest song that challenges the Trump administration's…
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: ‘HOWL (Protest Song)’ By Ryan Cassata
"HOWL (Protest Song)" is one of the best examples of Ryan Cassata's anti-folk pop-punk music. He grapples with feeling like he must suppress his…
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Kevin Gosztola

May 2025

Three (Classic) Protest Songs Of The Week: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 2
The "Protest Music Project" celebrates three protest songs from 2015, 1995, and 1990 that are marking milestone anniversaries in 2025.
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' By Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple released one of the biggest protest songs of the year, a tune that draws from Apple's years of activism as a court watcher and poignantly…
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Kevin Gosztola
Protest Song Of The Week: 'America Back' By Jill Sobule
Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule died in a house fire in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota. This week's protest song celebrates…
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Kevin Gosztola
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April 2025

Protest Song Of The Week: 'Scene 1' By SUMAC And Moor Mother
SUMAC, a sludge metal supergroup that formed in the 2010s, collaborated with Moor Mother, a Black artist known for music that builds on the rich history…
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Kevin Gosztola
Protest Song Of The Week: 'C.E.A.R.T.A.' By Kneecap
Anti-colonialist Irish rap group Kneecap sparked an uproar from a bunch of media wankers who were upset about their pro-Palestinian activism at the…
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Deport The Billionaires’ By David Rovics
“Deport the Billionaires” stands out as a song that that proposes an alternative to the fascistic world ruled by King Trump and his preferred oligarchs…
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Kevin Gosztola
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Protest Song Of The Week: 'Did I Do Enough' By Lonnie Holley (Feat. Jesca Hoop)
Lonnie Holley, a Black working class artist, is one of the most incomparable and unique artists to produce music in the past 25 years.
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Kevin Gosztola
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