If there ever was a time for Protest Songs, we are living in it.

But as long as people have the spirit to resist and the heart to sing about it, we are on the right track... 

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New members please introduce yourselves!

We are here to discuss music that promotes peace, social and environmental justice and positive change for all societies. We are interested in all styles and genres of music from every generation and every era.

We post a lot of song lyrics here and we have a great library of protest songs in our blue pinned threads, and a cool album of songs written by our own members in the Homegrown Protest Songs thread.

We are always interested in the songs, poems and stories of our members, so please feel welcome to post your stuff, links to your websites etc. And we are always interested in hearing about up coming events, protest rallies, concerts and news reports.

This is a growing and evolving group and every new member is invited to make it their own....

Welcome!

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Thankyou u inviting me

Good will ambassador of 63 countries who born and brought up in India

Support the soliderity of people of 63 countries  and others which I got from 1987 to 2001 as a part of Global  campaign ONFOOT and traversed around 80,000 kms 

as a Good will ambassador of 63 countries who born and brought up  in India

    By road show with a modified automobile and e campaining.as well as have a critical views on the India/ Indian hypocracy

Dear Friends 
    Howz life
    In detail about me ,,,,Born and brought up in India  ,,,Graduated in civil engineering  in 1986  ,, Embark on global  campaign ONFOOT for" Global Friendship and Peace" ,, by giving up job in 1987 . 10/30,, Traveresed through the capital of landlocked 63 countries of Asia and Europe ..covered around 80,000 kms with  warm welcoming  ,,before  turning back  to india  in 15/08/2001 ,, realised missing of global feelings despite of meeting own Prime minister&  others and much focused in  media,,Therefore, doing road show and e campaigning as a Good will ambassador of 63 countries who born and brought up in India

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 Hi, obviously I am new to this group. I think it will be a good place to release some steam(through music).  I am a  disabled veteran, I am a peace loving, god fearing, patriotic American as well. 

 9/11 was a pretext for war and an excuse to continually erode our Constitutional rights. This angered me and I started researching 9/11, and haven't stopped yet. My website is http://www.freewebs.com/911Truther     Please visit if you can.  I believe if more people had an open and critical mind while investigating this most important topic, the evidence will speak for itself. 

Here is a protest song by Martin Noakes.. One of my favorites.

 Nine Eleven Building Seven (911 Building 7)

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Hello all!  I'm a huge underground hip-hop listener... what I like to call intellectual hip-hop.  Rhymesayers label from Minnesota has some of my favorite artists. 

On February 15th, moveon.org (a wonderful progressively peaceful organization) hosted a video night about the soldiers in Iraq.  It showed all of the emotional stress the soldiers undergo, and never recover from.  A lady who attended the showing hasn't seen her son in 3 years since he was first released on leave from Iraq.  The military scared him so badly into believing that they would hurt his family if he went AWOL, that he hasn't even been home once.  The painful look in his mother's eyes was unforgettable.  

Track 8, Murder Of Memories, off of Eyedea & Abilities (E&A) First Born CD perfectly describes the mental agony that the soldiers endure.  Why do we keep ruining our young people with war?  Why must they send more? 

It's senseless.

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Thank you Archie for the invite!  looks like a most creative positive group!

blessings A'isha

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Thanks for joining. Your spirit and your energy are appreciated!

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Many thanks  for the invite Archie.

blessing

George

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Being a child of the 60's, protest songs were abundant.  Some of my favorites:  Niel Young-Tin Soldiers, Buffalo Springfield-anything, Joan Baez-Joe Hill, Pete Seeger (and the Weavers)-anything.

I'm really looking forward to discussions and exchange of ideas! 

-Lisa

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We haven't had this many new members in awhile! Thank you all for joining.

There is a lot to discuss regarding protest music right now because there is a lot going wrong in our world. And the cutting edge artists of today know it and are responding to it-- but the traditional media outlets are ignoring them. There is actually more new protest music now than there was in the sixties, but most people don't get to hear it. And the old songs seem to be taking on a whole new aura of relevance....

And that's what we're here for, to share the light!

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Thanks for the invite. This group is AWESOME! I've been a folk-freak for more years than I care to remember. The only good thing I've found about where I live is the Woody Guthrie Festival every July ...

Sitting here listening to covers of Pete Seeger songs. I believe, with all my heart, that the music makes a difference. I went through Viet Nam, and as far as I'm concerned, "Iraq is Arabic for Viet Nam." Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone.

Kym

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Hey, thanks Archie, for the invite, this is cool..

One of my fave protest songs would have to be Working Class Hero sung by John Lennon..

Love and Peace

Jan Lee

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Thanks for joining us, and please sign the petition recommending Pete Seeger for the Nobel Prize!

http://www.petitionthem.com/default.asp?sect=detail&pet=3774

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I saw a terrific pumper sticker the other day.

The Rapture is Not an Exit Strategy!

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Thanks for joining!

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Hi! I'm Sini. A new care2 member from Finland. Hoping to hear loads of good new music from here (:

~www.garkit.blogspot.com~
-Sini-

Hi, I am Stuart, a new member.

Archie, thank you for creating this group.

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