political songs

[DayOfTheDestroyer]

What are some good political songs?

[elijahcraig]

Bob Dylan:
"Maggie's Farm"
"With God on our Side"
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
"Masters of War"
"Blowin' in the Wind"
"Pawn in Their Game"
"Political World"
"Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"
"Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35"
"The Times They Are A-Changin'"

Every Rage Against the Machine song

"Peace in our World" by Elvis Costello
"Give Peace A Chance" by John Lennon
"Power to the People" by John Lennon
"Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys
"Turn on the News" by Husker Du
"This Ain't No Picnic" by the Minutemen
"Strawman" by Lou Reed
"Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
"Panther Power" by Tupac Shakur
"The Queen is Dead" by The Smiths
"Can't Truss It" by Public Enemy (they've got a lot too, just look up their catalog)
"Youth Against Fascism" by Sonic Youth
"Milk It" by Nirvana
"Reuters" by Wire
"Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads

There's a lot of others, I won't list all of them I can think of.

[Purple]

Bad Religion - I want to conquer the world
- A streetkid named Desire

[dsmtuner]

I guess pretty much all of Dead Prez
Non Phixion
The Coup
System of a Down
Zackde la Rocha & DJ Shadow- March of Death
Zack de la Rocha, KRS-One, Last Emeror- C.I.A.
Zack de la Rocha and a whole shitload of others- Mumia 911
Zackde la Rocha and again some others- Unbound Project

[Anonymous]

A lot of songs are political, depends on what type of politics you want

Manics- Left Wing
Pennywise - Anarchistic (To some extent)

[Red Comrade]

The best RATM songs are Guerrilla Radio, War Within A Breath (about the Zapatistas) and Know Your Enemy.

Antischism: Take Your City Back
TSOL: Property is Theft
Dead Kennedys: Religious Vomit, Police Truck, I kill Children
Adolescents: Democracy

[GuerrillaXthreaT]

every ratm song
most krs-one songs
public enemy
dead kennedys - holiday in cambodia
- Rambozo The Clown
- California Uber Alles

MDC - Business On Parade
-Dead Cops/America's So Straight
- Born To Die
- Corporate Deathburger
(good anti-mcdonalds song)

i could name literally like 5,000 more

[Inti]

Listen to Victor Jara man.. He made lots of good songs before Pinochet killed him...
Manu Chao - Desaparecido and Clandestino.. (actually he has a bunch more but the best ones are these, in my opinion)
Orishas - Desaparecido
Ska P - If not all of them, very close so.
Tiro de Gracia - America, Leyenda Negra
Molotov - almost everything, but listen to Frijolero y Voto Latino
Carlos Puebla - lots
Dead Prez - lots
There is a lot more, but Im getting my fingers numb

[Marxist in Nebraska]

The Clash... especially the first two albums, or so I'm told.

There are also a few good ones on Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime album

[Inti]

Ok, now I have better time to write down specific songs... here are some..

Tiro de Gracia - America
Leyenda Negra
Gondwana - Guerra
- Libertad
Ska P - Paramilitar
- Resistencia
- McDolar
- El niño soldado
- Tio Sam
- America latina libre
- Intifada
Ismael Serrano - Papa cuentame otra vez
El Gran silencio - America
Makiza - Latino america es un pueblo sur del E E U U
Luis Abanto Morales - Cholo soy
Carlos Puebla - Hasta Siempre Comandante
Thiuana - Desaparecidos
Francesco Guccini - Che Guevara
Francesco Guccini y Nomadi - Hasta siempre comandante
Gatas Parlament - Snutefaen dra til helvete
- Rap mot de rike
- Proletarparty
Ricky Gianco - Hasta siempre comandante
La Polla - Hoy hare la revolucion
- Es politico
Joaquin Sabina - Mucha Policia
Afro Cuban Allstars - Hasta siempre comandante
L.S.E - Viva la revolucion
Manu Chao - Clandestino
- Desaparecido
Molotov - Voto Latino
- Frijolero
- Dame el Poder
- La Policia
- etc etc .....
Narco - La puta policia
Natalie Cardone - Hasta siempre comandante
Non Phixion - I shot Reagan
- Suicide Bomb
- Black Helicopters
- The CIA is trying to kill me
Quilipayún - Cancion funebre para Che Guevara
- Elegia a el Che Guevara
Piperrak - Revolucion
Silvio Rodriguez - Comandante Che Guevara
Totenhosen - Viva la Revolucion
Trabalhadores do comercio - Chamem a policia
Victor Jara - Comandante che guevara
Nacha Guevara - Hasta siempre
Zebda - Bandiera Rossa
- Hasta siempre comandante

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I Hope thats enough for a while.. I have to find more of that wonderful music.. Have a nice day and listen to some of it.. its good!!

[trotskycadre]

boy sets fire-after the eulogy;
the blood brothers-mutiny on the ark of the blood brothers;
every song by Strike Anywhere;
Against Me! has great songs;
Rise Against is good;
The Weakerthans;
Propagandhi (Today's empire's, tomorrow's ashes);
Fugazi--Cashout;
Minor Threat;
Mico;
Dillinger Four;
Hot Water Music;
etc.

[the SovieT]

thats hardy political...

the only political band is BOIKOT


seriously they are the ones...

[Beautiful Day]

"Fuck The Church" by The Broadways
"USA" by Reagan Youth
"Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen
"There Is Power In A Union" Billy Bragg
"Strange Fruit" by Billy Holiday
"Ghost Of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen
"My Youngest Son Came Home Today" by Billy Bragg
"Zombie" by The Cranberries
"Peace In Our Time" by Elvis Costello and The Attractions
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
"The House I Live In" by Frank Sinatra
"If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers
"It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" by Bob Dylan
"John Brown" by Bob Dylan
"Between The Wars" by Billy Bragg
"Make them Apologize" by Ani DiFranco
"Straight To Hell" by The Clash
"War Pigs" Black Sabboth
"Question The Answer" by Strike Anywhere
"Deprotee" by Woody Guthrie
"Break The Static" by Snapcase
"We and Dem" by Bob Marely and The Wailers
"All You Fascist" by Billy Bragg and Wilco
"The Politics Are Starving" by Against Me!
"Eight Full Hours Of Sleep" by Against Me!
"Argument" by Fugazi
"Full Disclosure" by Fugazi
"Resisting Tyrannical Government" by Propagandhi
"You Are What You Fight For" by Randy
"Sit Pretty" by The Honor System

[F1DG3T]

911 FOR PEACE by antiflag
bullshit politicians - propergandhi
all propergandhi actually
Good Riddance united cigar, mother superior, last track on theyre latest album is brilliant

RATM best one no shelter but they are all good

NUPUNK(blink greenday offspring etc) predomanately now unfortunately is irrelevant from politics these days even rancid are on Warner its all a money making farce

[MiNdGaMe]

It really depends on your flavour of music, you'll find politics in every genre of music, be it classical to hip/hop and reggae to punk.

[Beautiful Day]

I tried to pick a diverse group of artist ranging from Bruce Springsteen to popular underground punk bands like Propagandhi and Against Me!.

[Rastafari]

Reggae is the political music

[Ozgurluk Turkusu]

if you want political music ,you must listen GRUP YORUM from turkey.
http://www.grupyorum.net/
http://ebposta.sitemynet.com/mp3.htm
and also GRUP KIZILIRMAK,CIWAN HACO,GRUP MUNZUR,KOMA AGIRE JIYAN,REÞO,KOMA AMED,KARDEÞ TÜRKÜLER
http://www.geocities.com/maoizm2023/mp3listesi.html
these singers and groups are singing turkish and kurdish
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