Music with a leftist message

This is one of my favorites. Utah was a huge fan of this idea he called "the long memory". The long memory is the idea that as long as we know where our movement comes from, we'll have the knowledge to combat both new and old tactics meant to divide us. This song describes the true story of labor conditions and direct action in...

I could honestly post any WDU song on this page (or Pat the Bunny song, for that matter), but I found this community and instantly thought of this track.

This song is about how workers have been injured, maimed, and died on the job for capitalists. This song highlights how there's already violence inherent to the system of capitalism, though I feel it's impossible to see that message without also realizing that we should not be afraid of violence when opposing the capitalist...

Why yes, I did discover a new artist, could you tell?

My favourite example of a song that people think is patriotic but isn't even close.

I humbly submit some dance by elder statesmen of the genre....

A musical response to rich man north of Richmond.

Bella Ciao has a long history with leftists, but this is likely the original! Rather than being about partisans fighting against fascists, this version is about the brutal working conditions laboring women faced in the Italian rice paddies.

This song is by the band Los Lobos, and actually comes from the album used as our community art! The band wanted to commemorate the 1965 Delano Grape Strike by the UFW. The phrase "viva la huelga en general!" means "long live the general strike!" Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were the leaders of this strike, with Dolores also...

Adjusted for age this is very much a leftist message.

If I were in my youth this song would have me in the streets fighting riot cops while dancing.