 | Seeds of Love
Written in the 1300's, "Cutty Wren" was probably the oldest known protest song.
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 | An Introduction to the Clancy Brothers by The Clancy Brothers
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $28.75 "Johnny, I hardly knew you" is supposed to be the second anti-war protest song. It's American counterpart is "When Johnny Came Marching Home."
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 | Don't Mourn - Organize!: Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.06 These are songs that were the works of labor organizer Joe Hill.
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 | Rebel Voices: Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.49 These are songs from the 1920's-1930's from the Wobblies, International Workers of the World, a strongly populist and pro-union group.
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 | Dust Bowl Ballads by Woody Guthrie
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.68 Woody came from Dust Bowl Oklahoma and did his best to tell that story. The music's still timely even today.
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 | We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened (Book with 2 Audio CDs) by Herb Boyd
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $3.28 Includes both text and song relating to the American Civil Rights movement.
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 | The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection by Helen Reddy
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.79 Reddy touches on two key women's issues: "I am Woman" was the theme for the Womens' Rights Movement and "You and Me Against the World" was also a ballad for many single moms.
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 | Steal This Record: A Collection of Songs of Protest by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.57 This is a great collection of songs protesting war and civil rights.
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 | Protest: Songs of Struggle and Resistance from Around the World by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $0.99 From Africa to Sarajevo and everywhere in between, it's a world perspective on fighting for what's right.
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 | Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest by Chris Lucey
Buy used from: $13.95 This is a 1965 release by an anonymous musician. Obscure, but interesting.
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 | Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.85 "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" is not about domestic abuse. It's the story of a soldier in Baghdad trying to survive. In just a few lines, Thompson managed to top whole albums written on the topic.
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 | Peace...Back by Popular Demand by Keb' Mo'
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.63 This is one of those 'surprises.' With "Keep it Simple," Keb Mo took a rapid departure from his root music of blues. Now, he's coming back with some classic protest songs such as "For What It's Worth." I'd probably stick with the originals over the covers, but like I said--this is a surprise and a different treatment.
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 | American Doll Posse by Tori Amos
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.87 When Amos talks about the "Madness of King George" in the album opener, "Yo George," she's not referring to the British King at all.
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 | Deja Vu All Over Again by John Fogerty
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $1.99 John Fogerty was the front man for Vietnam era supergroup, Credence Clearwater Revival. The title track of this CD, "Deja Vu All Over Again" puts perspective on Vietnam and Iraq and resonating strongly with Credence's earlier work, "Old Man Down the Road."
"Nobody's Here," is also a protest about the dissociation we're experiencing by creating our own world with technology.
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 | Walkin' in the Shadow of Life by The Neville Brothers
Buy used from: $2.69 They've redone the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion", which is an uptempo song protesting everything from drugs to war to crooked politicians. The only line that's different is "People all over the world are STILL shouting end the war..."
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 | Living with War by Neil Young
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.28 The whole CD's a protest, "Let's Impeach the President" is probably the most played.
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