Music | October 16, 2011 | 145 comments

Songs of social justice

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I thought it would be great for people to post songs that relay a message of equality and social justice for the times we are living in. Music is a great equalizer and motivator. The songs can be from any era and this is non partisan. It's about the message.

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  learnercurious1
- thanks!!!!
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  ChloesTango
- Hey cc! It's me, DD...
  just got here by mistake... Didn't know this site was here...
  Thought I would say hi. I'm experimenting with my iPad, and don't know how to cut'n paste videos with it yet... Hope to see ya soon :)
- 7 months ago
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- ChloesTango:
  Hi, DD! Glad you found Current. I'm not sure if cc is around, so I just wanted to say "hello" for now.
  
  Posting music links is easy (PM me if you need help).Speaking of music, here's one:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePsPTWGmR-w
- 7 months ago
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  ChloesTango
- TanzaniteDiamonds:
  Tanz!! Good to see you too!
  Still don't know how to get UT urls to work on this, and was not able to even open yours... I'll keep trying. LOL. At least you.can tell i'm older than 8. :)
- 7 months ago
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- Get Here:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-CtBBcMgsY&feature=fvwrel
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- We will be Invincible.
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- Whenever I hear this song, I get a craving for popcorn.;-) (Those who saw the movie Real Genius know what I mean.)
- 7 months ago
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- zampano:
  Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this (I've never seen this before).
  
  This *does* bring some hope to all of us.
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- zampano:
  That's a beautiful song about the very brave and courageous artist, Sinead O'Connor.
  Sinead was way ahead of her time. She spoke the truth all along. I've always admired her integrity.
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- zampano:
  Sinead O'Connor. Never afraid to speak her mind.
- 7 months ago
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- JanforGore:
  No, she wasn't, Jan. She was very brave.
  Zampano recently posted a story about this topic. (Check out Leen's great comment regarding censorship):
  
  http://current.com/entertainment/music/93497724_sinead-oconnor-saint-or-sinner.h...
- 7 months ago
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  jackhole
- WTF? Why has DocStrangelove been Removed? Some vapid shit is going on.
- 7 months ago
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  jackhole
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aopKk56jM-I
  say it I....
- 7 months ago
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  DocStrangelove [removed]
- Here is a "song" in it's classical iteration (not music, but poetry):
  --- -- -- -- -- --
  
  Human Beings suffer,
  They torture one another,
  They get hurt and get hard.
  No poem or play or song
  Can fully right a wrong
  Inflicted and endured.
  
  The innocent in gaols
  Beat on their bars together.
  A hunger-striker’s father
  Stands in the graveyard dumb.
  The police widow in veils
  Faints at the funeral home.
  
  History says, “don’t hope
  On this side of the grave”.
  But then, once in a lifetime
  The longed-for tidal wave
  Of justice can rise up,
  And hope and history rhyme.
  
  So hope for a great sea-change
  On the far side of revenge.
  Believe that a further shore
  Is reachable from here.
  Believe in miracles
  And cures and healing wells.
  
  Call miracles “self-healing
  The utter, self-revealing
  Double-take of feeling.
  If there’s fire on the mountains
  Or lightning and storm
  And a “god” speaks from the sky
  
  That means someone is hearing
  The outcry and the birth-cry
  Of new life at its term.
  
  ~~ Seamus Heaney
  
  (from “The Cure at Troy”)
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  DocStrangelove [removed]
- zampano:
  Excellent, zampano.
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  Littlewolf
- DocStrangelove:
  Beautiful - thank you!
- 7 months ago
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  kgMA
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Y6DNfBgiY
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Y6DNfBgiY
  Black Eye Peas- Where is the Love?
  
  And the question still goes unanswered!
- 7 months ago
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- Henry58:
  Incredible video. Powerful song. Thank you, Henry. So good to see you again.
- 7 months ago
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  DocStrangelove [removed]
- HughLaurie - Protest Song
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1jcguMneDg
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- DocStrangelove:
  Good one! Thank you, DocStrangelove.
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- TanzaniteDiamonds:
  You're welcome!
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  DocStrangelove [removed]
- Claudia Vau - Make Your Voice Sound (teaser)
  
  This is a great site:
  
  VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE
  
  http://voicesofwomenworldwide-vowwtv.ning.com/
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaUKKlrLipc&feature=player_embedded
- 7 months ago
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  DocStrangelove [removed]
- Billy Bragg - The Price of Oil
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAhlh23zPM
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- "Lead us to a place
  Guide us with your grace
  To a place where we'll be safe"
  
  For children victims of war and famine. We have to do better.
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- It all begins with how we treat this Earth. I can't tell you how this song goes to my soul.
- 7 months ago
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  kgMA
- JanforGore:
  Thanks Jan! Such a strong message! RIP Michael!
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- Heal The World
  If we can dream it, we can do it.
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- "We are stardust
  We are golden
  We are billion year old carbon
  And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
- 7 months ago
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  danitassin
- new world water, by mos def 1999
- 7 months ago
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  sugarmountian
- http://youtu.be/qUO8ScYVeDo
  The time has come.
- 7 months ago
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  satellitelady
- This one seems pretty fitting..
- 7 months ago
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  Anonmaly
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAgypOHYM24
  
  Sepultura & Jello - Politricks
  
  "So You Want A Nation?
  Your Very Own Nation
  Push The Machine Aside
  Many Have Tried"..................
- 7 months ago
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  Anonmaly
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMec-rYTbo
  
  Slayer - Eyes Of The Insane
  
  (love this one)
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  Anonmaly
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VhD4SccSE
  
  Guns N' Roses - Civil War (Music Video)
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  Anonmaly
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHt5pkt6CTc
  
  Sepultura & Pavarotti; Roots Bloody Roots
  
  (have some culture......)
- 7 months ago
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  UhOhSpaghettiO
- Still my favorite, even after all these years :)
  Don't let the light go out!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZ1zxtbOJE
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- What The World Needs Now ....
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLKX5nGk4w&feature=related
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  Littlewolf
- For all the young men used as cannon fodder and human sandbags -
  http://youtu.be/AW9sPAT7Hog
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- Moondance from the Light of the Spirit - Kitaro .... ~
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXQ7ISkn78&feature=fvst
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  ccmusicnights
- The Healer - John Lee Hooker
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aFKgi5D6eU
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- For JanforGore: A big "thank you" for this wonderful music thread!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5E_1WunLc
- 7 months ago
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  coolplanet
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKmAb1gNN74
  
  This should be the anthem of the 99%
  Keshagesh translates "greedy guts" (like a puppy who eats his own food and then eats all the others puppies food too, as Buffy describes it).
  "Mr Greed I think your time has come..."
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- coolplanet:
  Excellent, coolplanet ~
- 7 months ago
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  coolplanet
- David_H:
  The entire album Dancing For The Drum is supurb.
  Released in 2009 it's Buffy's first new record in 16 years.
  Includes some excellent R&B.....
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- The Finer Things - Steve Winwood ....there's beauty to be found in people's souls (and, in effect, in the world) ....we just have to know where to look ~
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioOrPJi3K4k
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  ccmusicnights
- David_H:
  New one to me, but great pick, David ! ~
- 7 months ago
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  KB723
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- 7 months ago
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  KB723
- Green day - American Idiot (Live)
  
  Allo, Allo friends, LOL!!!!! Here's a Chunk For Ya'!!! =)
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  ccmusicnights
- A Credo on : Courage and Character ....dedicated to all the men, women and children who have (suffered through and) weathered human rights and civil rights injustice ....
  IF ....(Rudyard Kipling / instrumental)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzsXUJpLUE&feature=related
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- David_H:
  Excellent song, David (and good catch : it definitely belongs amidst this page's collection) ; )
- 7 months ago
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  Lisayou
- David_H:
  Great song! Thanks for posting
- 7 months ago
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  ccmusicnights
- Sounds of Silence - (flute cover) ....
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kva1NOJemPo&feature=related
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  ccmusicnights
- If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley -
  The contents of this page need daily reminder - thanks for posting it, JanforGore ....
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo3JCvdAy8
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- ccmusicnights:
  Excellent choice, CC.
- 7 months ago
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  Littlewolf
- Well, here's another song with a message of equality and social justice for the times
  http://youtu.be/McF7ImZH7WY
- 7 months ago
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  Littlewolf
- For all the children on the homefront
  http://youtu.be/4VPpAZ9_qAw
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- You know this came from the soul.
- 7 months ago
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  ClassicalGas
- Excellent page, JanforGore. This is my style! +^d!
- 7 months ago
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  Littlewolf
- What a fabulous idea! You got me where I live - thank you for this post!
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- Littlewolf:
  Thank you for your contributions. They are all excellent.
- 7 months ago
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  Littlewolf
- Most personal to me is this social injustice, still alive & well in America
  http://youtu.be/pkyo2ML5JE0
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  JanforGore
- Littlewolf:
  Johnny Cash also did a version of this song. This is a shame that will stain this country forever and it still persists today.
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  JanforGore
- We don't need your war machines.
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  Littlewolf
- By the most ethereal women -
  http://youtu.be/c-YGzsUc2iE
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  JanforGore
- Electric Avenue
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  Littlewolf
- http://youtu.be/flkuZJ1did8
  Actually, Sweet Honey in the Rock does my favorite version, but I can't find it.
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- There is no true social justice without environmental justice.
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  ClassicalGas
- Lastly - send this to your Congress-critters and Senators:
  
  I AM NOT MOVING - Short Film - Occupy Wall Street
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YT9BB3tjmc&feature=player_embedded
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  ClassicalGas
- Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger/This Land Is Your Land
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSIy0wq_-8A
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  ClassicalGas
- Banks of Marble - by Pete Seeger
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o3CJytIPE
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  ClassicalGas
- Solidarity Forever sung by Pete Seeger & The Weavers
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYiKdJoSsb8
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  ClassicalGas
- Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ&feature=related
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  ClassicalGas
- Which Side Are You On - Pete Seeger
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43Cm6ra0hY&feature=related
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  OlBlue
- Leonard Cohen, Democracy
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JwmIBSMzSM&feature=related
- 7 months ago
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  letsliveinpeace
- "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother"
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s&feature=player_detailpage
- 7 months ago
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  moodyblue
- One of my favorite bands. I think this should be played at every OWS protest.
- 7 months ago
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  PeteLeS33
- We old Metalheads have been bitching about this since Reagon was in office.
- 7 months ago
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  savroD
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI
  
  The hour is getting late!
- 7 months ago
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  JanforGore
- Some might not think of this as a song about social justice, but I think it's the core of it.
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  Littlewolf
- David_H:
  I agree -+^d
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- zampano:
  Merci beaucoup, zampano.
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  Anonmaly
- Gunshots By Computer: Saul Williams
  
  (alright, I'll quit spamming.... but it's too easy, protest music is all I listen to....)
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6eere1ofw
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  Anonmaly
- And since Obama continues down the road that inspired this song....
  
  Otep - Warhead
  
  (loves me some strong women)
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLnDUPmP4s
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  TanzaniteDiamonds
- Let it all out!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI9lo5BRJmg
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  Anonmaly
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Prison Song (Lyrics)
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAJi-W9o7uU
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  Anonmaly
- Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDS00Pnhkqk
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  JanforGore
- Peace Train
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  HarukoHaruhara
- The Ghost of Tom Joad
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFLrTnue9s
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  HarukoHaruhara
- Jesus walks
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYF7H_fpc-g&ob=av3e
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  HarukoHaruhara
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVO6Y-3CM8&ob=av2e
  Rise!
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  queenofit
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGgbT_VasI
  Bob Marley
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