I've needed it this past week and I'm sure others have too. I recommend blasting your tunes and (re)committing to another peaceful, nonviolent support and/or observation activity to sustain our community under siege.
(Also, some of these songs are very corny. You'd be surprised by how moving corny earnestness can be when smirking fascists are demanding you disbelieve what you saw with your own eyes.)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Odetta version)
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on.
John Brown's Body
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew
His soul is marching on
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
His soul is marching on
Solidarity Forever
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold
Greater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-fold
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
For the union makes us strong
16 Shots (Vic Mensa)
Ready for the war we got, our boots strapped
One hundred deep on State Street, where the troops at?
The mayor lying, saying he didn't see the video footage
And everybody want to know where the truth at
Which Side Are You On?
Oh, workers can you stand it?
Oh, tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Our Problem
And all I could think to say
Is, "Everything's gonna be okay
It's gonna be alright
I'm on your side
I'm on your side"
The Battle Cry of Freedom
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States Of America (Leathermouth)
Well I'd rather have my eyes sewn shut
Then see all the shit that we've done
And I'd rather be deaf, dumb and blind
Than pledge allegiance to a man of your kind
The death that you've done
On The Day It Finally Happens (Malört & Savior)
On the day it finally happens
They'll say "It's unprecedented,"
But to me, it's just a weekday
'Cause I've lived through three recessions
I'll send all my thoughts and prayers along
'Cause, surely that'll help
And I'll praise Malört & Savior
And I'll see you guys in hell
American Idiot (Green Day)
Well, maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
Land of the Free (The Killers)
Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall
Concrete and Rebar Steel beams (I'm standing, crying)
High enough to keep all those filthy hands off
Of our hopes and our dreams (I'm standing, crying)
People who just want the same things we do
In the land of the free
The Land of Do What You're Told (Chumbawumba)
Look at the small print: it's what we agreed -
Sign your name before we teach you how to read
This is the land, the Land of Do What You're Told
The Land of the Free: if you don't leave the fold
Smile a little wider as you're waiting to be sold
This is the land, the Land of Do What You're Told
Long Violent History (Tyler Childers)
It's the worst that it's been since the last time it happened
It's happening again right in front of our eyes
There's updated footage, wild speculation
Tall tales and hearsay and absolute lies
Tear the Fascists Down (Woody Guthrie)
There's a great and a bloody fight
'round this whole world tonight
And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel reign
Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down
But our union's gonna break them slavery chains
Our union's gonna break them slavery chains
The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist (Propagandhi)
Swastikas and Klan-robes
Sexists, racists, homophobes
Aryan-Nations and Hammerskins
You can wear my nuts on your Nazi chins
Have You Been To Jail for Justice?
Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand
Cause sitting in and lyin' down are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom? or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine
Welcome To 1984 (Anti-Flag)
Feels like Nazi Germany and Hitler on TV
As the unpresident spews homophobic speech
Didn't the Allies fight a war to end extremist fascist law
So tell me now, what the fuck are we fighting for?
I just cannot take it anymore
Democracy lays trampled on the floor
Man, isn't freedom great?
Who Would Jesus Bomb? (Jordan Smart)
Who would Jesus bomb?
Tell me, who would Jesus bomb?
Would it be kids in Palestine
Or how 'bout Vietnam?
Would Jesus bomb the Atheists
The Muslims, or the Jews?
I want you to ask yourself
"Well, what would Jesus do?"
They Can't Kill Us All (Apes of the State)
We are not defined by their words of hate
But we’re sailing past the point of desperation
So we’re not asking permission
We’re out for vengeance
To take back rights that were stolen from us
Singing whoa whoa-oh, they can’t kill us all
Whoa woah-oh, they can’t kill us all, can’t kill us all
Bella Ciao (Chumbawumba version)
The world is waking outside my window
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Drags my senses into the sunlight
For there are things that I must do
We Shall Not Be Moved (Mavis Staples version)
Fighting for our children
We shall not be moved
We're fighting for our children
We shall not be moved
Like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved
