Protest Song Lyrics

Historical social justice songs from the 18th century to the present. Compare how the human condition has changed (or not) over time.

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Give Us Just Another Lincoln, 1900 song lyrics about Presidential #Election #Trump #Hillary #Clinton
https://t.co/rqGTQxqzc5

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Sadie 1982 #song lyrics by a #Detroit #Tenant about high #Rent & #Poverty
https://t.co/7l00mD7LkQ

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Child Crusaders' Hymn c.1914 by Sarah Cleghorn #child #labor #labour #work
@ILO_Childlabour @kNOwChildLabour @ilo
https://t.co/wXbebUmqiG

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Painless Dentist Song 1965 Allan Sherman, suggested by @dentistfind https://t.co/hmJkreFxjS #comedy #song #Dentist
https://t.co/XipbziqqT3

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Draft Dodger Rag 1965 Phil Ochs #comedy #music #Vietnam #War
https://t.co/z5pHGlOWkF

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Burn (Baby Burn) Bruce Cockburn https://t.co/6UXjNK9MM6 #song about #CIA #Philippines #Chile #Greece in 60s & 70s
https://t.co/UhGDCeDf7Y

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That's A Lot of Bunk, 1923 #Funny #Comedy #song with one reference to #WW1 about veterans bonuses
https://t.co/yIlDwQLhCK

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1896 #Election song, Democracy's Lament clearly a #Republican song #History against Grover Cleveland #Historical
https://t.co/m6LOJzLpTT

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The Laws of My Administration 1933 song from Marx Brothers' Duck Soup abt #government #leaders #president #comedy
https://t.co/ukikMIm5i4

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Breaking Up Is Hard On You 1984 comedy song #ATT #TimeWarner #business monopolies & DOJ anti-trust lawsuit #history
https://t.co/DGPYFmL9Sz

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Phil Chess, Whose Record Label Elevated Unknown Blues Musicians, Dies at 95
https://t.co/DRjOestpKS
thanks @TenantNet for the tip

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Fair and Free Elections, song lyrics circa 1800, #Election #Trump #Hillary
https://t.co/DGx6YGISmr

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@MineWorkers since time immemorial #miners have paid with their lives for the profits of the mine owners (1927)
https://t.co/IItR1CqeAd

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Colored Town, mid-60's Phil Ochs song lyrics abt #Discrimination #Racism @NAACP #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/zAW0tfKwlk

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We Need You Most of All, 1929 Gastonia textile #labor #union #History #strike song
@unitehere @WorkersUnitedCA
https://t.co/x959ndKi2s

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To Hell With Academic Freedom 1964, #student #activism #protest song lyrics #College #University
https://t.co/gIO9gKpv7Y

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When This Strike is Over, 1964 labor song #lyrics
https://t.co/28jv3fK1T4

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Thank you @PeggySeeger for all the great #music Check out https://t.co/M4kSO4CDSf & her CDs and songbooks
https://t.co/WKXhQHJzaN

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I'm Gonna Be An Engineer 1970 #music by @PeggySeeger discrimination against #Women #Work #Feminism
https://t.co/ORjdWM5TDr

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Homeless Blues 1927 #Lyrics version sung by Bessie Smith #History #Mississippi #Flood
https://t.co/jIMAjB8j1o