Tribute To The Martyrs…
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Jello and DOA’s 15-minute ode to creeping militarism and the war on drugs.
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Taj Weekes & Adowa - To All My Relations
Beautiful album from St Lucia’s Taj Weekes, every track a powerful protest and or message song, subjects include spiritual unity, Standing Rock native American protests, police shootings of Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo shot 41 times by NYPD, ,Heroin Trade, the absurdity of War bombing for peace, pharmaceutical companies, Trump etc etc
HR on Qobuz, check it out
Sorry to hog the thread, last one for now
Powerful Black History and Civil Rights protest album with Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach etc still resonates
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Unless I’ve misssed it can’t believe no one’s posted this:
Pete Seeger surely up there with greatest protest songwriters
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So glad you have. Believe it or not it was next on my list but I’ve posted more than my fair share for now 
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Mary Gauthier: Rifles & Rosary Beads. The whole album.
Edwin Starr War
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Buffy St. Marie, ‘My country ‘tis of thy people you’re dying’.
Makes me cry every time I hear it. Even more relevant now than on its ‘60s release.
I always thought (& still think) this song is about living in the city and particularly living in a gheto. I don’t believe it’s an anti-war or protest song as such?
John Prine, Sam Stone
How could we forget Joni Mitchell’s environmental message long before it was trendy.
Big Yellow Taxi
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Extraordinary thread! This discussion brings back many memories for me.
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick by The Silkroad Ensemble on Qobuz!
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Another local favourite Spy v Spy Trash the Planet
You could escape that damn song when in 73/74. It also was responsible for starting a craz of people tying yellow ribbons to telegraph poles for one stupid reason or another.
Nobody has yet mentioned 'Shipbuilding ’ by Robert Wyatt. Choose your own version, but I go for the original
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