[lbo-talk] where have all the antiwar songs gone?

[B.]

I don't think the original point of the discussion was
if there are antiwar songs. We all know there are; I
certainly do. 

I mean, there are songs that go further and challenge
capitalist imperialism itself. In some genres the
antiwar stuff is so timeworn it's gotten to be stale.

The point was that none had singalong appeal at demos,
or something. As much as I would like for a big crowd
of hundreds to sing, say, Swedish d-beat hardcore
band's "Fight Back Capitalism," or MDC's "Business on
Parade," it's a lot less likely than something by
Billy Bragg. The antiwar songs are there in spades and
have been for a few decades; that shouldn't even be a
point of debate. I think it was mass appeal or
something, like the old IWW red songbook, that was the
source of the lament.

-B.