https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/protest-songs/the-50-best-protest-songs-of-all-time
A list of influential and powerful songs that address social and political issues, from Green Day's \"American Idiot\" to U2's \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\". Each song is accompanied by a brief description and a link to listen online.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-protest-songs-history/
Explore the history of protest songs from jazz, folk, funk, and rock music, from Billie Holiday's \"Strange Fruit\" to Bruce Springsteen's \"Born in the USA\". Learn how these songs speak to the issues of their times and transcend their eras to become timeless political expressions.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/g35289221/greatest-protest-songs/
Run The Jewels - Walking In The Snow (Official Music Video) "And every day on the evening news, they feed you fear for free / And you so numb, you watch the cops choke out a man like me / Until

https://www.freedomforum.org/modern-protest-songs/
Explore the history and impact of modern protest songs from 2000 to 2023, covering topics such as war, racism, LGBTQ+ rights and more. Learn about the artists, lyrics, controversies and legacy of these songs that express free speech and social change.

https://www.timeout.com/music/best-protest-songs-of-all-time
Discover 14 songs that voiced dissent for causes such as civil rights, anti-war and environmental justice. From Billie Holiday to U2, these songs inspire activism and resistance with their lyrics and melodies.

https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-protest-songs/
A list of the best songs about debate, protest, struggle and fighting the power, from John Lennon to Green Day, Public Enemy to The Cranberries. Each song is accompanied by a brief explanation of its historical and cultural context and impact.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/943264940/2020-was-the-year-of-protest-music
2020 Was The Year Of Protest Music 2020 was defined by the sounds of rage, resolve, mourning and solidarity. Here are 20 songs and albums that represent the best protest music of the year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_song
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social movements that have an associated body of songs are the abolition movement, prohibition, women's suffrage, the labour movement, the human rights

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/entertainment/music/2021/02/11/black-music-moved-movement-best-25-protest-songs-all-time/4407532001/
Explore the history and impact of African-American music in social movements, from spirituals to hip-hop. See the list of the most influential songs from slavery to the BLM era, with artists like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Kanye West.

https://www.npr.org/898709145/we-insist-a-timeline-of-protest-music-in-2020
In 2015, Janelle Monáe released the visceral and raw "Hell You Talmbout," a protest song that directly listed the names of the Black lives lost at the hands of law enforcement and vigilantes, a

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109336452/protest-music-abortion-rights-roe-wade-march-blm
5 protest songs that have taken on new meaning post-Roe. Olivia Rodrigo teamed up with Lily Allen to perform "F You" at the Glastonbury Festival last week. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v

https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/best-protest-songs/
From YUNGBLUD to Beyoncé, from Kendrick Lamar to Stormzy, this list of the best protest songs covers a range of genres and causes. Discover how music and politics have always gone hand in hand, and how these songs soundtracked social movements and sparked change.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/14462948/protest-music-history-america-trump-beyonce-dylan-misty
As music journalist Dorian Lynskey writes in his book 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday to Green Day, Holiday's tune was the first of its kind, bringing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_songs_in_the_United_States
Woody Guthrie, an American singer-songwriter and folk musician well known for his protest songs.. Protest songs in the United States are a tradition that dates back to the early 18th century and have persisted and evolved as an aspect of American culture through the present day. Many American social movements have inspired protest songs spanning a variety of musical genres including but not

https://www.grammy.com/news/fight-power-11-powerful-protest-songs-advocating-racial-justice
From Childish Gambino's "This Is America" to James Brown's "Say It Loud," these racial justice protest anthems demonstrate the ongoing—and still deeply relevant—sound of activism. From the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to the streets of Ferguson, activism certainly has a sound. Whether it's the slow hum of Pete Seeger' s "We Shall

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/093jqFsLlvRrYT8QPxyZ5t
Preview of Spotify. Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. No credit card needed. Sign up free. -:--. -:--. 100 Great Protest Songs · Playlist · 95 songs · 511 likes.

https://www.musicgrotto.com/best-protest-songs/
Fight The Power is a modern-day protest song, released by hip hop group Public Enemy in 1989. The song has been called one of the greatest protest songs of all time. The lyrics hotly criticize the abuse of power, particularly by law enforcement, and the notion of racial equality without the acknowledgment of black suppression in the United

https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/01/12/best-civil-rights-protest-songs/6602985002/
Here's a look at 25 of the most enduring civil rights songs, from the song known as the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" to Lamar's "Alright

https://www.whathifi.com/features/of-the-greatest-civil-rights-protest-songs
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. This macabre metaphor protests the lynching of black Americans, which, despite the passing of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in 1922, was still prevalent when this song was released in 1939. The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, lynched for offending a white woman in Mississippi in 1955, would later be a major

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenalvarez/2020/05/31/8-powerful-protest-songs-of-todays-generation/
She reiterates this point with her verses: "Don't touch my hair / When it's the feelings I wear / Don't touch my soul / When it's the rhythm I know / Don't touch my crown / They say the vision I

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/27/884213562/a-look-at-songs-inspired-by-the-2020-protests-for-racial-justice
Transcript. We take a listen to some of the protest songs of 2020, including Black Lives Matter by Richard Alexander, Mercy by Joy Oladokun and Anderson Paak's Lockdown. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-protest-songs-of-all-time-141706/
Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Protest Songs of All Time. The greatest activist anthems from artists like Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Rage Against the Machine. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the

https://americansongwriter.com/8-songs-that-defined-the-protest-movement-of-the-1960s/
He sang it for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957, and it was one of the key songs adopted for the civil rights movement beginning to gather momentum. We'll walk hand in hand someday, he sings. 2

https://apnews.com/article/protest-song-glory-to-hong-kong-remove-cbe6d6b24c3a80b1c0dc089b0a57223f
The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song said Friday, May 24, 2024, a week after YouTube blocked access to videos of it. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File) Read More. 2 of 2.

https://www.voanews.com/a/youtube-agrees-to-remove-videos-of-banned-hong-kong-protest-song/7612904.html
YouTube says it will block access in Hong Kong to videos of performances of a banned protest song. Hong Kong's Court of Appeal ruled last week that "Glory to Hong Kong," which emerged as an

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3264102/ban-glory-hong-kong-protest-song-finally-bearing-fruit-government-observers-say-youtube-and-others
A ban on a protest song popular during the 2019 unrest is finally bearing fruit for the Hong Kong government two weeks after a court granted an injunction, observers have said, noting overseas

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/24/distributor-of-popular-hong-kong-protest-song-remo/
The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song said Friday, a week

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1252655899/these-3-songs-capture-the-spirit-of-the-summer
Carsie Blanton sings a protest anthem in "After the Revolution." Sabrina Carpenter channels a disco party with her catchy hit "Espresso." "Life Is," by Jessica Pratt, is an immediate, sweeping drama.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/business/hong-kong-china-politics.html
Now, Google is in the spotlight after a decision by a Hong Kong court to grant a government request banning "Glory to Hong Kong," a song that grew out of pro-democracy protests. After the