Political Anthems

[Nathan@Newman]

[BTW I was up at the UMass Marxism conference yesterday, which was quite
good, and got to see Doug give a bravo performance as a last-minute standin
for Mike Davis at the Saturday night plenary, sharing the stage with Angela
Davis.  As the chair of the plenary noted, imagine what he could have done
with some preparation time. ]

Just interested in starting a thread on folks' favorite political anthems,
songs with a tough political edge.  Partly my interest is my newfound diving
into Napster-style music surfing, so I'm going to try to put together a nice
playlist of left political songs.   So what are your favorites.

Just to kick off a few myself, I've always like Phil Ochs' I AIN"T A
MARCHING ANYMORE but just listened to HERE"S TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI,
one of the most brilliant and brutal political screeds ever sung in my
opinion.   I'd throw in Bill Bragg's WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD and
his version of the INTERNATIONALE.   Joni Mitchell's  PAVED OVER PARADISE is
one of the best environmental songs, while Aretha's R-E-S-P-E-C-T is an
anthem unto itself.

So....?

-- Nathan Newman