As we watch the aftermath of the political shootings in Arizona, it is clear that violence undermines our entire country.

GreenBookofSongs.com® has long gathered songs about protest, political dissension and and violence, in categories such as Protest, Politics: Social Injustice and Society: Criticizing Modern Society. Here are six songs culled from those lists, each with a different perspective, all leading to the conclusion that violence is not the way.

1. Black Shadow Symphony Westworld; Skin (Dreamscape)
2. Catalyst, The Linkin Park; A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros.)
3. Devil’s Right Hand Steve Earle; Essential Steve Earle (MCA)
4. Get Together Youngbloods; Best Of The Youngbloods (RCA)
5. Vote With A Bullet Corrosion Of Conformity; Vote With A Bullet (Relativity)
6. Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron; First Minute Of A New Day (Arista)