Paul Robeson

Fighting Fascism: "When Courage Goes Unrewarded" (Part I)

Submitted by JekyllnHyde on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 9:49pm

If a war resulting in tens of millions of casualties can be described as such, over the years World War II came to be known as the "Good War" for much of the Western world. It is often said that the victors of a war, any war, write its history. This is almost always true with perhaps one major exception.

Bread & Roses: Protest Songs that parody oppressive religion

Submitted by Gerrit on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 6:30am

I so enjoyed the comments and great music that c99 folks posted on last weekend's Bread and Roses article. This weekend, let's have some fun with religion parody songs. It's been a helluva week and we could use a bit of a giggle. First off, Phil Ochs' classic definition of protest music. See below.