We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years - Utah Phillips (www.youtube.com)
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...
Huelga en General - Los Lobos (www.youtube.com)
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...
Bella Ciao delle mondine - unknown artist (www.youtube.com)
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.
Apes of State - Bill Collectors Theme Song (youtu.be)
Whistle Boeing - Jesse Welles (youtu.be)
Wingnut Dishwashers Union - Proudhon in Manhattan (youtu.be)
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.
Cancer - Jesse Welles (youtu.be)
Why yes, I did discover a new artist, could you tell?