# What are the modern protest songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484 "2025-09-29T15:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/41 "2025-11-09T20:31:56Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Does not match the description in the link. But has the same artist name and title. No comprendo I think was an unofficial copy of the song that I guess got taken down. As far as I can work out out Zach Bryan has not actually released the protest song in question, just a small clip of it (I guess maybe because of the maga backlash?) which definitely loses him _a lot_ of punk brownie points IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/42 "2026-01-29T14:12:03Z")
New song from the Boss. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wWKSoxG1K7w/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w) It’s good. Listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/43 "2026-01-29T14:25:48Z")
There’s already a dedicated thread to the song: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/44 "2026-01-30T00:36:30Z")
TikTok has a lot of protest songs. I’m being shown a lot of really good stuff. Let’s see if I can post this one for you guys. It’s so good. https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7598747606109539598 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/45 "2026-01-30T18:36:18Z")
[Good VS ICE - Jesse Welles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0CLduLgew) Dude has loads of good songs, all topical. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/46 "2026-01-31T15:26:15Z")
It’s sad that Rage Against The Machine are not around anymore, I’m sure they’d produce an album worth of protesting all this mess. But I’m sure Neil Young has something in the making as one of the sharpest critics of Trump’s regime. He made his website with his whole musical archive freely available to every citizen of Greenland in solidarity. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/47 "2026-01-31T16:04:20Z")
Billy Bragg’s City of Heroes [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IKOW2ZikGW8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC6AKKAgwIABABGDogVShyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDZP3wYisKhnsdsUZJ5H3IReJx5rA "BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW8) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/48 "2026-01-31T16:11:56Z")
Oh dear, thanks for that great song! I knew that Billy Bragg, another artist walking in Woody’s footsteps, couldn’t keep quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/49 "2026-02-03T21:42:07Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > It’s sad that Rage Against The Machine are not around anymore, I’m sure they’d produce an album worth of protesting all this mess. I think they’re still disbanded after their last reunion ended in '24, but as a consolation, here’s [Tom Morello playing “Killing in the Name of” in Minneapolis last week.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1qs3mpp/tom_morello_plays_killing_in_the_name_of_in/) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/50 "2026-02-03T21:48:12Z")
Also, speaking of Woody, I’ve been listening to “[Deportee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-duTWccyI)” lately. Very much not a modern protest song, very much still relevant to modern politics. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/51 "2026-02-03T22:08:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think they’re still disbanded after their last reunion ended in '24, but as a consolation, here’s [Tom Morello playing “Killing in the Name of” in Minneapolis last week.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1qs3mpp/tom_morello_plays_killing_in_the_name_of_in/) I like it how the track is played instrumentally, but the audience knows every word. They even eject “Motherfucker!” at exactly the right spot. Thanks for that. > [@Miller](#): > > Also, speaking of Woody, I’ve been listening to “[Deportee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-duTWccyI)” lately. Very much not a modern protest song, very much still relevant to modern politics. Yeah, I mentioned a few weeks ago in another thread how topical this song still is in our times, after almost 100 years. Some things seem to never change, sadly. The Byrds and Joan Baez both covered it in the sixties. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/52 "2026-03-26T15:13:33Z")
Update: Bette Middler chimes in with her great own version of Woody Guthrie’s “All You Fascists”. Great stuff. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U5VXwncNvTo/maxresdefault.jpg "AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VXwncNvTo) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/53 "2026-03-27T17:57:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think they’re still disbanded after their last reunion ended in '24, but as a consolation, here’s [Tom Morello playing “Killing in the Name of” in Minneapolis last week.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1qs3mpp/tom_morello_plays_killing_in_the_name_of_in/) Sadly this kind of thing never seems to become irrelevant. Really great to see him out there still doing his thing. I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube reaction videos lately and some of the most popular are young people discovering Rage music for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/54 "2026-03-31T16:36:15Z")
I just found Dead Pioneers a few weeks ago and I really enjoy their sound. They are a Native American punk rock band from Colorado. The first song I heard was [Nazi Teeth](https://youtu.be/lM0TnyGELuI?si=mriEkhb2O2RmddKo) and it was a video clip of Kermit the Frog punching Nazis, which seemed like an odd choice (and I can’t find it now) but it gave me a chuckle. I also like [No Kings](https://youtu.be/hgMqN5Cv3mw?si=Ay463J128f9zvAUu) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/55 "2026-04-22T22:12:34Z")
Bryan Andrews is building a [fairly good list.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TqBrAyi6r7U?feature=share) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/56 "2026-04-29T18:34:48Z")
Ha! I just came here to offer his ‘Yee Haw Fuck the Law’. [https://youtube.com/shorts/JZvBvNZ4wHY?si=TsZ4jkwxstOvISIL](https://youtube.com/shorts/JZvBvNZ4wHY?si=TsZ4jkwxstOvISIL) Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/57 "2026-09-09T03:55:39Z")
[47 Way to Use a Guillotine](https://youtu.be/EY0ph_DSt2g?list=TLPQMDkwOTIwMjahuMDDvNdkKw) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/58 "2026-09-10T00:26:58Z")
Sorry can’t link, but I encourage you to look up, “Mr Tangerineman” ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/59 "2026-09-12T22:23:49Z")
Billy Strings … _[Wargasm](https://youtu.be/ __rhBAgHGo8?list=RD__ rhBAgHGo8)_ I see it comin’ everywhere I look It’s falling down like rain Kill a man over a sentence in a book and collect a reward for his pain It’s such a failing situation and I’m sick of looking at it anywhere I go We let them talk us into hate and stick to war again like it’s the only thing we know So what’s the reason for this again? Right back where we’ve always been these excuses are wearing thin What’s the reason for this again? What’s the reason for this again? You can’t decide but you’ve got to win We’re all the same but you’re not my friend So what’s the reason for this again? Same shit different century Here we go again It’s no parade seeing tanks on your street What’s the mission, when’s it gonna end How many stones do we have to line up before we understand We’re caught up drawing lines on paper, at the price of the blood in the sand ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484/60 "2026-09-13T04:58:32Z")
I’m not sure whether they count as “protest songs,” but Randy Rainbow seems to have made a career out of producing some pretty good anti-Trump song parodies. > **[Randy Rainbow](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07F26kHKkpW_qqvXzEGALA)** > > Official channel of four-time EMMY® and GRAMMY®-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow. > > TICKETS for the RANDY RAINBOW FOR PRESIDENT TOUR: RandyRainbow.com/tour > > Bookings/Partnership Inquiries: TeamRainbow@WMEagency.com > > Official Randy Rainbow... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-modern-protest-songs/1023484.md?page=2)