Protest music for these times

Last November I stumbled across The Marsh Family singers on Twitter, as they created parody songs to lambast Trump and encourage support for Kamala Harris. I've followed them since, and now find them on BlueSky, too.  This song is titled "Don't Abandon Them" talking about the war in Ukraine.  Listen to it here.
  

You can listened to more of their songs on YouTube.  I hope you'll share them with your network.

This got me thinking about other protest songs. Since I went to college in the 1960s, then the Army from 1968-71, I did a search to find some songs that had resonated with me.

This site has a list of "10 Significant Protest songs of the Viet Nam War".   This site  has a longer list, of 17 top songs. 

It included one by The Animals, titled,  "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" - 1965  click here    

I can remember many evenings when my Acacia fraternity brothers blasted out that song, as we strummed our tennis racket guitars late at night.  

Another on the list was the song by the Plastic Ono Band, titled - "Give Peace a Chance" - 1969 click here

As I thought of these songs I thought back to one that I first heard in 1970 while I was stationed in South Korea.  It was from the play "Hair", and titled "Let the Sun Shine in".   Listen to it here. 

Songs have power. We need them now, to mobilize attention and combat the negative impact of the current President, his Project 2025 backers and out-of-control billionaires. 

More than that, we need songs that mobilize attention and resources to save the planet and stop humans from destroying it and themselves.

So, what were your favorite protest and motivation songs from the past?  What about now?  Share links in the comment section and on social media.

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Maybe someone will even create a song that draws attention to my blog articles and websites and leads to a university adopting my archives and creating a Tutor/Mentor Connection study program on their campus. 

Until then, a song that draws a few more donors to this page would help!