Wow! You've got me remembering so many fine songs. Here are some I can think of:
Working Class Hero -- John Lennon
Gimme Some Truth -- John Lennon
Going Up Country -- Canned Heat (this is an "I'm done fighting, I'm leaving" type protest song)
Volunteers -- Jefferson Airplane (& just about everything they did felt like protest. And Grace Slick was so cool!)
Another Brick in the Wall -- Pink Floyd (hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!)
I Stand for You -- Michael McDonald (An I will stand beside you at your protest song.)
Too Much of Nothing -- Peter, Paul & Mary
Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford (. . . and whadd'ya get? Another day older & deeper in debt.)
The World is a Ghetto -- War (now maybe this is somebody who should be protesting, but is really in a funk about the world he's living in and can't get his mojo working yet. "Yet" being the operative word.)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime -- Judy Collins version (Sweet, sad protest of an American betrayed.)
All Along the Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix version ("There must be somewhere out of here, said the Joker to the Thief. There's just too much confusion. I can't get no relief." This is a protest song wrapped up in prophecy. Spooky.)
Fight the Power -- Isley Brothers
Freedom Words -- Colour Club
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) -- Melanie
Smiling Faces Sometimes -- the Undisputed Truth (Protesting jerks in general & I just love their name!)
Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) -- Marvin Gaye
If I Had a Hammer -- Trini Lopez
This Land is Your Land -- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings version
Time Has Come Today -- Chambers Brothers (I've become "psychedelecized" and am no longer playing along with the rest of society!)
I'm Your Captain -- Grand Funk Railroad (anti-war)
Shapes of Things -- Yardbirds (anti-war)
Radioactive -- Imagine Dragons (no nukes)
Lakota -- Joni Mitchell (protesting treatment of native peoples)
Who's Gonna Stand Up? -- Neil Young (protesting for mother earth)
