what's a good protest song for anti-war, anti-ice, and anti-oligarchy?
2026-04-13 18:55 UTC
Replies (40)
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@DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-13 19:02
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name
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@jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-13 19:08
Two very different protest songs I heard this year Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - The Iron Wall Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall
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@unmagical@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 19:12
Waterparks - Ice Badflower - Machine Gun Seb Lowe - Don’t say no to Hitler Moon Walker - You’re next Grandson - Little White Lies Grandson - Brainrot Against me! - Baby, I’m an anarchist! Harris J - Hourriya Flanger Moose - Fascists don’t have friends The discographies of Grandson, Moon Walker, and Dropkick Murphys have a lot of good, recent, messages. Pussy Riot has a couple of generic and America themed songs as well. Otep has several, though they are more fueled by reaction than actual artistic talent. I wouldn’t rule out older titles from the Vietnam or Coal Wars/Battle of Blaire Mountain Era.
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@HubertManne@piefed.social 2026-04-13 19:23
I like to think anything by jesse wells is appropriate but then there are some songs I just feel that much more in the modern age but are not necessarily good protest songs. rat in a cage, head like a hole, down with the sickness. Also many jethro tull songs.
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@Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 19:45
“I HATE RICH CUNTS” and “YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE” by Mudrat
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@sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 19:54
A few suggestions: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall RATM - Bulls on Parade Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor And for a more optimistic, but still defiant take, R.E.M.'s Living Well is the Best Revenge.
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@Zahille7@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 20:40
It’s Okay (To Punch Nazis in The Face) - Cheap Perfume is a great one I heard the other night.
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@theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 20:41
Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys Freedom is a Verb - Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird Color in Your Cheeks - The Mountain Goats
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@techwooded@lemmy.ca 2026-04-13 21:06
“Citizen I.C.E.” - Dropkick Murphy’s “Solidarity Forever” - Old trade union song to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic, here performed by the Mountain Goats
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@JTode@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 22:17
This is the guy who wrote “867-5309” and “Perfect World” by Huey Lewis. He’s also a friend of sorts, I got my dog from him and his wife. It’s not famous but it’s a decent tune, and anti-ICE as shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=evwhdPn8ONk
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@minz@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-13 22:58
Bella Ciao :)
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@electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 23:25
Look up no$hu. “Fuck ICE ICE baby”, “Against Occupation” and a bunch of his other songs. Check out Jesse Welles “Join ICE”.
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@5in1k@lemmy.zip 2026-04-13 23:32
Which Side Are You In? By Pete Seger. Not modern but it’s moving. Song
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@thatradomguy@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 23:32
Why can’t we be friends? by WAR
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 00:25
Burn the house down by AJR m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnyLfqpyi94 Used to keep it cool Used to be a fool All about the bounce in my step Watch it on the news Whatcha gonna do? I could hit refresh and forget Used to keep it cool Should I keep it light? Stay out of the fight? No one’s gonna listen to me If I write a song Preaching what is wrong Will they let me sing on TV? Should I keep it light? Is that right? Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line You’re only serving lies You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down We gon’ burn the whole house down Yeah, used to let it go Walk into the show Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve Too good to be true But I’m in a room Full of entertainers and thieves Used to let it go Woah, oh no (Woah, oh no) Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line You’re only serving lies You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down We gon’ burn the whole house down Should I hang my head low? Should I bite my tongue? Or should I march with every stranger From Twitter to get shit done? Used to hang my head low Now I hear it loud Every stranger from Twitter is gonna burn this down Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line (whoa oh) You’re only serving lies (yeah) You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down Woah oh, yeah We gon’ burn the whole house down We burn it down, we burn it down We gon’ burn the whole house down
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 01:11
So I bought a rechargeable karaoke machine. One with large wattage and a wireless microphone. It has a strap so you can wear it like a messenger bag. Thing is great for protests. I use an old iPod with it. And I let people use the mic to lead chants. I bought it used on the eBay. Important thing is make sure it’s at or near 30W. Otherwise it’s not going to be very loud. I’ll post a pic of mine but it’s not made anymore and the newer models are 15W. Also it fits in a backpack. Barely but it does. I got some of these songs from similar posts as yours. I try to keep variety on the playlist so everyone can enjoy the music. Here you go Burn the house down -ajr (I already made a separate comment for it) Stop business as usual -kimmortal (hip hop) youtu.be/wHggKbN7on0 Guillotine- the coup (hip hop) youtu.be/ad2ldO-JG-E Uprising -muse (indie) youtu.be/Y4R6k8_iIkE Another day in America- kali uchis (pop. part is in Spanish) youtu.be/SNNKFZRGoyM Revolution -the beatles youtu.be/BGLGzRXY5Bw Eat the rich -aerosmith (rock) youtu.be/ZK__9UIN5gk FDT -Yg (hiphop) youtu.be/BlIREcAu0PI America -logic (hip hop) youtu.be/j3Pe0oUqFkw Die -badflower (metal/punk?) youtu.be/fqBzuioSFac Fucked up- Macklemore youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4 Ugly nasty commie bitch -carsie Blanton (indie?) youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U Burn the damn thing down -The black keys (indie?) youtu.be/ZF5VPD6-_Q0 Hostile government takeover (pop) youtu.be/PuWVgVkMiHE We’re not going to take it -twisted sisters (80s metal) youtu.be/PqQdbevaB-Q Capitalism gonna kill us all - rathbone (indie) youtu.be/8GBmoXv8G8I At peace -propoghandi (rock?) youtu.be/CDhTf3eaeoM Small dick energy -mat ward (electronica) youtu.be/ahv63jUKVx0 Arrest the president -ice cube (hip hop) youtu.be/y9oUnC8JtXY Thoughts and prayers -grandson (?) youtu.be/rWO_TW9AlBg Fortunate son- credence clear water (70s rock?) youtu.be/ec0XKhAHR5I Here are some punk ones Hate to say I told you so -the hives youtu.be/Uz1Jwyxd4tE Sabotage -beastie boys youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE Gurilla radio -rage against the machine youtu.be/Rm1nCYOZB-s Make America great again- pussy riot youtu.be/Y6JRhiVnrPg Take the power back -Rage against the machine youtu.be/rMXlAJOQsss American idiot -greenday youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI Killing in the name of -rage against the machine youtu.be/T4XuU2loLi4 One nation-pinkshift youtu.be/6Vx5fex-OJI
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@nycvin@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 01:12
About half the songs on the new Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies album (the other half are about sex) The closer Ain’t That A Bitch is pretty unambiguous.
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@AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 01:43
‘Peace frogs’ by: The Doors
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@backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2026-04-14 02:27
Bad Religion, Propaghandi, Dropkick Murphys, Good Riddance, Thought Riot, Regan Youth, Crass, T.S.O.L., MDC, The Nerve Agents, Earth Crisis, Dead Kennedys, NOFX, Body Count, Pussy Riot, Death By Stereo, and Cattle Decapitation are all social-politically outspoken punk/hXc/metal bands that have plenty of songs that would fit your list. Dropkick, Billy Bragg, Tom Morello, Eyes of Salt, and the Boss all have anti-ICE specific songs out recently.
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@ober@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-14 02:39
Grandson’s most recent album (INERTIA) is really good. Violence by Kid Kapichi is a banger too. WHO’S THE ENEMY from Grandson is very very good and has Bob Vylan on it.
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@barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 2026-04-14 05:01
If you like hip hop at all, What’s Peace? off the new Statik Selektah album had some great lines. Some gems for me: What’s peace? Is it locking up people like me For selling weed, but then you go and let a pedophile free? Is it Capitalism or privatizing the prisons Or giving corporations freedom to poison food that we eat? … That’s why I get the skeevies knowing Stevie’s pulling strings Take a look inside the cabinet, see it’s clearly Miller time You got a lion in your pocket, you lying You got a long line of far-right conservative actors going on Grindr … How insecure you gotta be to pretend Christ was White? And hate those that look like what Christ really looked like? They call you Marxist, Socialist and Commie They hate you if you Haitian or Somali They blaming 9/11 on Mamdani
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@maya_the_good_apple@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-14 08:01
Peace Sells by Megadeth. War Pigs by Black Sabbath.
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@Martin@lemmy.ml 2026-04-14 13:00
Maybe check out Fragile (by Sting) and it’s background story
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@deifyed@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-14 13:31
Rise Against - Hero of war Not a “play at protests”-song, but powerful nevertheless
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@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2026-04-14 13:32
Internationale
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@Anivia@feddit.org 2026-04-14 16:20
Satronica, Unexist - Fuck The System Party Animals - Die Nazi Scum
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@Teh@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-14 17:24
About half of Jesse Welles songs fit here. -God Abraham and Xanax -Red -Join ICE -Walmart -Don’t blow the whistle -War isn’t murder -Great Caucasian god -The poor -No Kings
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@MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 17:59
Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/All_You_Fascists.htm youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ
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@GoodNews@europe.pub 2026-04-14 19:09
Mass destruction - Faithless
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@Digit@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-14 19:32
I don’t know if this quite fits all the remit, but, it’s what came to mind: Pacific’s Break Your Social System: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KssYJpKxmyA
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@agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 19:37
You should look up some old labor movement songs
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@CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2026-04-14 19:43
Cobracoustic youtu.be/SVwzXCDelaQ
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@AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 20:30
youtu.be/k_uMKTvhBb0 Bigg Jus aka Lune T.N.S . “Poor Peoples Day”
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@hamburgers@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 20:34
Dave Hause - Saboteurs Dave Hause - Knife in the mud Dave Hause - Your Ghost Dave Hause - Seasons greetings from Ferguson Frank Turner - Be More Kind Frank Turner - 1933
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@muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-15 00:46
Honestly I like hear my hope from hazbin hotel as a protest song. The citizens of hell standing up together and finally saying “no, we’ve had enough“ seems especially fitting.
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@wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-15 15:36
The whole “American Idiot” album applies here, I think.
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@sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2026-04-15 16:38
this is my favorite one by stereolab, it is called ‘ping pong’ and it’s really sarcastic when it comes to war and capitalism https://soundcloud.com/stereolab/ping-pong?si=0262657a62a74b1facbbe0293b6d05eb There’s only millions that lose their jobs And homes and sometimes accents There’s only millions that die In their bloody wars, it’s alright
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@sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 11:30
Already commented on this, but thought of some more: Isley Brothers: Ohio/Machine Gun - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6qOvfgDJI (this is a cover of 2 tunes, the first by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, the second by Jimi Hendrix) And just released today (like, 2 hours ago) - Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57FrioeuE
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@PaulSkinback@lemmus.org 2026-04-17 00:43
Edwin star- war. Literally a song protesting war
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@Snailpick42@lemmus.org 2026-04-14 15:11
Anti-Flag - Die for the government, NOFX - Idiots are taking over, NOFX - 72 Hookers, Jesse Welles - Join Ice