Sounds of Resistance

A powerful performance of the nueva cancion classic by two icons known for bringing music and politics together.

An intimate acoustic version of the trenchant antiwar anthem. As always, Browne pulls no punches in calling out the forces pushing us to war.

Classic song from the Prince of Soul: We don’t need to escalate, you see wr is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate.

A medley of holiday favorites, updated to reflect current issues, including single payer, climate chaos, and the military-industrial complex.

Singer/songwriter/poet Iris Dement’s song is as relevant and poignant now as it was when she wrote it in 1996.

“I feel there aren’t enough artists speaking out against the established powers and giving a voice to the working class, the oppressed.”

"To understand all is to forgive all, and I believe that if we knew everything we’d arrive at a certain serenity.” – van Gogh...

A powerful musical look at the causes of gun violence in the United States: ‘If it were up to me, I’d take away the guns.”

Beethoven's 9th symphony, Ode to Joy, performed in a public square, Sebadell, Spain. Ever singing, march we onward, Victors in...

Words & music by Bonnie Lockhart. She is a musician, feminist and activist. Bonnie was a lead vocalist earlier with Red Star Singers.

For all peace loving people who are taking a stand against US empire building and expansion of the NATO military alliance.

The song’s refrain refers to Guantánamo, which since 1898 has been occupied by the US, which established a military base and a prison there.

On the desperate times of our lives and the social forces, the common people, the working people, and their imperative to rise up.

Political protest came to the fore in Browne’s music in, “Lives in the Balance”, an explicit condemnation of U.S. policy in Central America.

Music composed by Country Joe McDonald from the poem by Robert William Service. he cruel...

Superhero-loving kid from Kansas City hit by two rounds from an AK-47 that severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the waist down.

I know we don’t deserve it but we need it anyhow. We hang in the balance … Every single one of us could use some mercy now.

by Eric Bogle. “No Man’s Land” (also known as “The Green Fields of France” or “Willie McBride”).

Joan Baez singing the musical setting of this poem by renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Look how beautiful my beloved...

Revolution by poet Jillian Hanesworth from Stephen Rosenthal on Vimeo. The revolution will not be televised The revolution...

Palestinian hip-hop sensation MC Abdul, 12, has released his debut single, “Shouting at the Wall,” an homage to Palestinian resistance.