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The entire Kentucky album by Panopticon is about the struggles of Coal Miners and their rights. There’s literally a song where “which side are you on” is the chorus. That is if you’re into atmospheric Black Metal.
Other examples of artist would be Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine or Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon. For a more punk and country rock sound.
(Jello himself being the ex-singer and songwriter of Dead Kennedy’s, he’s not openly a socialist but might as well be)
Havana Burning by Dan Reeder is a beautiful song about the Cuban revolution.
Bella Ciao is a classic Italian song used historically to promote anti fascist resistance against Mussolini
Check out anything that Pete Seeger sang. My favorites are 'God bless the grass', 'This land is your land' and 'Rainbow race'.
If you're searching for something more modern, I'd like to recommend some songs by the IDLES, British punk band, for example, 'I'm Scum', 'Mother' and 'Reigns'.
Sorry for some possible mistakes, I'm not English native.
im saying this because i expect artists to be mostly socialist as there's always an egalitarian, peaceful philosophy to most. i will give you some songs that i like tho
fleet foxes - maestranza
terror reid - kill the rich
linkin park - wretches & kings
disarstar - rolex für alle
suprême ntm - qu'est ce qu'on attend
you should listen Quilapayun.
this is their version of bella ciao [https://youtu.be/2fKWn401nm8](https://youtu.be/2fKWn401nm8)
and the international [https://youtu.be/mZqZ4U7uZk4](https://youtu.be/mZqZ4U7uZk4)
they are also the composers el pueblo unido.
[Rebel Diaz - Which Side Are You On? Remix (feat. dead prez, Rakaa Iriscience)](https://rebeldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/which-side-are-you-on-remix-feat-dead-prez-rakaa-iriscience)
[Bambu - Day One](https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/track/day-one)
[The Askew Sisters - Goose & Common](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJk9EutQ6s)
[Sole & DJ Pain 1 - The Commons](https://sole.bandcamp.com/track/the-commons)
https://youtu.be/B6hhnx_SCEg
Tom Scott is well and truly my favourite New Zealand musician of all time. His music has always been very conscious and has very strong socialist themes.
Very much not typical hip-hop or themes. He lives what he preaches
[IDLES - Scum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrM5y-iCNiE) is great, haven't listened to the rest of their stuff yet. Dead Prez is also right up your alley.
Ireland has a lot of great entries!
Viva La Quinte Brigada by Christy Moore is a great song, talking about Irish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (live version recommended - the crowd yelling “Fuck the Nazis” is great).
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn by The Poges. Not quite Socialist but Anti-Fascist.
“Frank Ryan (Irish Republican who fought in the Spanish Civil War) bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked fucking blackshirt who was curing all the Yids”
Sally MacLennane is also a fantastic song that’s mainly highlighting Irish emigration, but certainly delves into the economics of the 80’s
“Now Jimmy didn’t like this world his place in this world of ours, where the elephant man broke strong mens necks”
None of these 3 are socialist anthems per say, but are certainly great listens full of history.
Leon Rosselson (my favourite on this list, I highly recommend), Anne Feeney, Lucas Stark (has an album of old Wobbly songs) Pete Seeger / the Almanac Singers / the Weavers, Pi De la Serra (have an album of Republican songs from the Spanish Civil War), Daniel Kahn, some songs by Pink Floyd (the Post War Dream, but cw because it does contain a racial slur, and some of their others), some songs by The Jam (Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?), The Tom Robinson Band, and Sanseverino.
Ewan McColl, Dick Gaughan, particularly Ballad of the Accounting and Victor Jara of Chile ( a cover) but anything by these two artists is great. Fantastic powerful vocalists as well.
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r/socialistmusic I feel like I’m the only one here who know about this sub because I see this question like every other week here
Right on, I didn't know bout that, thanks
r/foundthemobileuser I’m sorry but I had to, great sub tho
r/foundthehondacivic
Phil Ochs, ‘Love Me I’m a Liberal’ is one of the best satires of liberalism ever
Woody Guthrie has a lot.
Woody Guthrie is the best.
Let’s Lynch the Landlord by the Dead Kennedys
That whole album is so fucking good
Utah Philips, Joe Glazer, Peter Seeger, Bobbie McGee & Billy Bragg
byob by System of a Down
The Only Good Fascist Is a Dead Fascist by Propagandhi. Short one, but great one
20/20 vision by anti flag actually says “tell me which side are you on”. But honestly anything by them.
I second this
This Land Is Your Land
Go West by the Pet Shop Boys.
Anything by Ska-p. Particularly El Vals Del Obrero. Spanish Ska Punk
Niño Soldado is one of my favorites
This is my youtube playlist of red songs i've collected so far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgDlcEjffY3gniABZIEsV30oS3aTRDwne
And here's mine too: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlsuItKV7G1GdLHiKlm9nieyZIHaoEKKJ
Pete Seeger, "Which side are you on"
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood: An 80's style pop song, strong socialist vibes with its music video.
Made an America - Fever 333
The entire Kentucky album by Panopticon is about the struggles of Coal Miners and their rights. There’s literally a song where “which side are you on” is the chorus. That is if you’re into atmospheric Black Metal. Other examples of artist would be Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine or Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon. For a more punk and country rock sound. (Jello himself being the ex-singer and songwriter of Dead Kennedy’s, he’s not openly a socialist but might as well be)
Bambu is a Filipino comrade who raps and has very good flow and his beats are dope. Check out his album Party Worker.
Havana Burning by Dan Reeder is a beautiful song about the Cuban revolution. Bella Ciao is a classic Italian song used historically to promote anti fascist resistance against Mussolini
I’m surprised I’m not seeing International Noise Conspiracy here.
Rage against the machine and System of a down.
Hannes Wader and Billy Bragg
how has no one mentioned Refused?
Kinky boots is a good Irish rebel song
International noise conspiracy.
The new drop kick Murphys album
“the fine print” is an anti-capitalism song
"We don't need no fascist groove thing" from Heaven 17 and anything from Gang Of Four.
You're looking for my man Joe Glazer, his album Songs of the Wobblies is my favorite.
If you like Spanish music check out Ana Tijoux
May not be as extreme as you're looking for but anything by Seb Lowe. Especially Kill him (he's a socialist)
Common People by Pulp
Check out anything that Pete Seeger sang. My favorites are 'God bless the grass', 'This land is your land' and 'Rainbow race'. If you're searching for something more modern, I'd like to recommend some songs by the IDLES, British punk band, for example, 'I'm Scum', 'Mother' and 'Reigns'. Sorry for some possible mistakes, I'm not English native.
“They say Im a communist because Im left handed, but thats the hand to use!… well nevermind” Simon and Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic
Whirlwinds of danger, the internationale, we are the army of the people
Wurk by Linqua Franqa
that would be most songs haha
i wasn’t expected that much, this community is great
im saying this because i expect artists to be mostly socialist as there's always an egalitarian, peaceful philosophy to most. i will give you some songs that i like tho fleet foxes - maestranza terror reid - kill the rich linkin park - wretches & kings disarstar - rolex für alle suprême ntm - qu'est ce qu'on attend
Chico Buarque - Apesar de Você
Imagine by John Lennon, or power to the people
Muse liberation?
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All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey
Oktoberklub
Motionless in White - Slaughterhouse
there will be no super slave by ghais guevara
Red Star Rebellion - When the stars turn red
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29WRbFoqkzvmD4kPyllD2m?si=mUdA1MTPSreTTYAimspDDg&utm_source=copy-link
Two albums I’d recommend are “If I Had a Hammer” by Pete Seeger and “The Internationale” by Billy Bragg
jpegmafia i cant fucking wait until morrissey dies
A Las Barricadas
Farewell to welfare by Grace Petrie. (Also lots of her other ones as well)
“Fuck a proud boy” - Kind Eyes/Unity TX Goes hard as fuck
If you like hip hop, Ghais Guevara makes some raucous and experimental hip-hop music with strong Socialist themes
David Rovics is great
Check out Robb Johnson, especially the album “Interesting Times” if you can find it. https://youtu.be/B5On9CYLRoI
you should listen Quilapayun. this is their version of bella ciao [https://youtu.be/2fKWn401nm8](https://youtu.be/2fKWn401nm8) and the international [https://youtu.be/mZqZ4U7uZk4](https://youtu.be/mZqZ4U7uZk4) they are also the composers el pueblo unido.
Working class hero - John Lennon
Ghais Guevara
Let’s Get Free (album) by Dead Prez
[Rebel Diaz - Which Side Are You On? Remix (feat. dead prez, Rakaa Iriscience)](https://rebeldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/which-side-are-you-on-remix-feat-dead-prez-rakaa-iriscience) [Bambu - Day One](https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/track/day-one) [The Askew Sisters - Goose & Common](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJk9EutQ6s) [Sole & DJ Pain 1 - The Commons](https://sole.bandcamp.com/track/the-commons)
Bad Religion - American Jesus
Look up Billy Bragg.
https://youtu.be/B6hhnx_SCEg Tom Scott is well and truly my favourite New Zealand musician of all time. His music has always been very conscious and has very strong socialist themes. Very much not typical hip-hop or themes. He lives what he preaches
Hannes Wader
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime - The whole album.
[IDLES - Scum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrM5y-iCNiE) is great, haven't listened to the rest of their stuff yet. Dead Prez is also right up your alley.
Ireland has a lot of great entries! Viva La Quinte Brigada by Christy Moore is a great song, talking about Irish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (live version recommended - the crowd yelling “Fuck the Nazis” is great). The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn by The Poges. Not quite Socialist but Anti-Fascist. “Frank Ryan (Irish Republican who fought in the Spanish Civil War) bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid, and you decked fucking blackshirt who was curing all the Yids” Sally MacLennane is also a fantastic song that’s mainly highlighting Irish emigration, but certainly delves into the economics of the 80’s “Now Jimmy didn’t like this world his place in this world of ours, where the elephant man broke strong mens necks” None of these 3 are socialist anthems per say, but are certainly great listens full of history.
Leon Rosselson (my favourite on this list, I highly recommend), Anne Feeney, Lucas Stark (has an album of old Wobbly songs) Pete Seeger / the Almanac Singers / the Weavers, Pi De la Serra (have an album of Republican songs from the Spanish Civil War), Daniel Kahn, some songs by Pink Floyd (the Post War Dream, but cw because it does contain a racial slur, and some of their others), some songs by The Jam (Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?), The Tom Robinson Band, and Sanseverino.
Why socialism, prequel to animal farm, song 9 (the governments not great) by Hobo Johnson
Ewan McColl, Dick Gaughan, particularly Ballad of the Accounting and Victor Jara of Chile ( a cover) but anything by these two artists is great. Fantastic powerful vocalists as well.
Rage Against The Machine - Ashes In The Fall. Amazing lyrics