- Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2
- Orange Crush- REM
- Get up Stand up- Bob Marley
- The Guns of Brixton- the Clash
- Make it Stop (September’s Children)- Rise Against
- American Idiot- Green Day
- Killing in the Name- Rage against the Machine
- Unthinking Majority- Serj Tankian
- Kenji- Fort Minor
- Hero of War- Rise Against
- Beds are Burning- Midnight Oil
- Sound of Silence- Simon and Garfunkel
Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine:
Rage Against the Machine has always been a heavily political band, and this song is perhaps there most famous. Composed as an outcry against police brutality and racism, and protesting police corruption. Despite being released after the 1992 Los Angeles riots it now unfortunately is applicable again after the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
Make it Stop (September’s Children)- Rise Against:
Rise Against is another politically active band, writing protest songs since early 2000. ‘Make it Stop (September’s Children)’ was written after the September 2010 suicides of 9 teenagers bullied for their sexuality, and promises a brighter future for today’s LGBT youth.
Beds are Burning- Midnight Oil:
An Australian alternative rock band from the 1980s, Midnight Oil is perhaps most famous for this song, condemning the forceful relocation of the indigenous Pintupi people by the Australian government. They performed it at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where then Prime Minister John Howard was in attendance.
