Songs About Protest-Social Movement Songs
As Occupy Wall Street protests continue, we look back at the songs that grew from and sustained earlier social movements. You’ll find many more in our category Protest. Here’s a small sample:
- Bread And Roses Judy Collins; So Early In The Spring, The First 15 Years (Elektra)
- Eyes On The Prize Mavis Staples; We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti/Epitaph)
- Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley & The Wailers; Songs Of Freedom (Tuff Gong)
- If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) Peter, Paul & Mary; In Concert (Warner Bros.)
- Ohio Crosby, Stills & Nash; CSN (Atlantic)
- This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie; Woody Guthrie (Vanguard)
- War Edwin Starr; War & Peace (Motown)
- What’s Going On Marvin Gaye; What’s Going On (Motown)

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