Protest Songs by Topic

 

Poverty and Union strugles

1913 Massacre

Bells of Rhymney

Born in the USA

Casey Jones The Union Scab

Dreadful Memories

Joe Hill

The Ludlow Massacre

 

Race

The Ballad of Ira Hayes

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Jim Crow

Hurricane

Strange Fruit

 

Gender

"Invincible (Ballad of Billie Jean)", Pat Benatar

I Am Woman

Respect - Aretha Franklin

Fight on Sisters: and Other Songs for Liberation

"(Sisters are) Doin' It for Themselves", Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

 

Justice

If I had a Hammer

Julius and Ethel

Abraham, Martin and John

Ohio

 

Age

"Hell is for Children", Pat Benatar

"Luka", Suzanna Vega child abuse

"What's The Matter Here?", 10,000 Maniacs Protests child abuse

 

Peace/War

99 Luftballons", Nena

Sky Pilot

The Grave

Alice’s Restaurant

Blowin in the Wind

Eve of Destruction

Feel Like I’m Fixin To Die Rag

Give Peace a Chance

I Come and Stand at Every Door

I Ain’t Marchin Anymore

One Tin Soldier Ran Away

Imagine

Lucky Man

MastersOfWar

Peace Train

Subterian homesickblues

"The Ultimate Sin", Ozzy Osbourne anti nuke war

Volunteers

War

Warchild

 

Political Action

The Internationale

Guantanamera

We Shall Overcome

Chicago

Redemption Song Bob Marley

 

Disestablishment

Hair

Little Boxes

For What Its Worth

Signs

The Times They Are A Changing

Won't Get Fooled Again

Two Hangman

Subterranean Homesick Blues

 

Antidisestablishment

Fighting Soldiers From The Sky

Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley

Okie from Muskogee

Still in Saigon," Charlie Daniels

On the Path of Glory

 

Unclasified

The Pusher