Sounds of Resistance
Buffy St. Marie: Carry It On
Lift the top of your mind. Put your eyes on the Earth. Lift your heart to your own home planet. … Are you here to improve or damn it?
Roger Waters: Two Suns in the Sunset
Two very different recordings of Waters’ powerful antinuclear-weapons anthem–each profoundly moving and terrifying.
Eve of Destruction
A powerful anthem written when the U.S. had been through the Cuban Missile Crisis nuclear scare and was escalating its war in Viet Nam.
Universal Soldier
A profound message about war and those who participate in it, from a lifelong activist for peace, the environment, and Indigenous rights.
Mercedes Sosa and Joan Baez: Gracias a la Vida
A powerful performance of the nueva cancion classic by two icons known for bringing music and politics together.
Jackson Browne: The Drums of War
An intimate acoustic version of the trenchant antiwar anthem. As always, Browne pulls no punches in calling out the forces pushing us to war.
Salve America
An exuberant musical salute to the indigenous peoples of the Americas and a plea to save those who are protecting the land and the planet.
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On
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 Very Radical Christmas
A medley of holiday favorites, updated to reflect current issues, including single payer, climate chaos, and the military-industrial complex.
John Prine: Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven
An antiwar classic from the late John Prine: “Now Jesus don’t like killin’, no matter what the reason’s for.”
John Prine and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot: Spanish Pipe Dreams
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper, go to the country, build you a home, plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches …
Living in the Wasteland of the Free
Singer/songwriter/poet Iris Dement’s song is as relevant and poignant now as it was when she wrote it in 1996.
“Weapons of Mass Distraction” by RoJ LiGht (RoJ Whelan)
“I feel there aren’t enough artists speaking out against the established powers and giving a voice to the working class, the oppressed.”
Vincent
"To understand all is to forgive all, and I believe that if we knew everything we’d arrive at a certain serenity.” – van Gogh...
Cheryl Wheeler: If It Were Up To Me
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.”
Music, the Alternative to War – Ode to Joy by Beethoven
Beethoven's 9th symphony, Ode to Joy, performed in a public square, Sebadell, Spain. Ever singing, march we onward, Victors in...
Carbon Keeps Rising (Money Spent on War)
Words & music by Bonnie Lockhart. She is a musician, feminist and activist. Bonnie was a lead vocalist earlier with Red Star Singers.
No to NATO
For all peace loving people who are taking a stand against US empire building and expansion of the NATO military alliance.
Guantanamera: Playing For Change
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.
Move On
On the desperate times of our lives and the social forces, the common people, the working people, and their imperative to rise up.
Lives in the Balance
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.
The March of the Dead
Music composed by Country Joe McDonald from the poem by Robert William Service. he cruel...
Tomas Young Fought to Expose the Lies of the Iraq War
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.
Mercy Now
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.
The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land)
by Eric Bogle. “No Man’s Land” (also known as “The Green Fields of France” or “Willie McBride”).
Song of Songs
Joan Baez singing the musical setting of this poem by renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Look how beautiful my beloved...
The Revolution Will Rhyme
Revolution by poet Jillian Hanesworth from Stephen Rosenthal on Vimeo. The revolution will not be televised The revolution...
Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul, 12, Releases Debut: ‘Shouting at the Wall’
Palestinian hip-hop sensation MC Abdul, 12, has released his debut single, “Shouting at the Wall,” an homage to Palestinian resistance.