Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Protest Songs 101

  • A protest song rebels against a specific form or
    various forms of injustice.
  • Protest artists are non-conformists.
  • Bob Marley is a popular icon of protest artists.
  • According to www.spinner.com*, protest songs rebel against:
    -authority figures
    -heterosexism
    -blood diamonds (child slave labor)
    -blind patriotism
    -racial profiling
    -militarism
    -fascist capitalism


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*http://www.spinner.com/2007/07/13/20-protest-songs-that-mattered-no-20/

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