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Music
Bands & Muscians
Antibalas
Afrobeat Orchestra
a musical insurrection of polyrhythmic beats & furious lyrics
Anti-Flag
punk rock band from Glenshaw, Pennsylvania.
Billy
Bragg
musician from the UK.
CRASS
anarcho peace punk from the UK
Dripht
A leftist band from Malta. Rebellious dub-reggae-in-punk-hiphop-tempo
Gil
Scott Heron
African-American musician & poet.
The
(International) Noise Conspiracy
Ennio
Marricone
Italian Composer
Norm
Rejection
a leftist metal band from Malta
Paris
Radical hip hop from San Francisco, CA. Biting social & political
commentary.
Propagandhi
punkish-metal band from Manitoba, Canada
Public
Enemy
The founders of politically radical hip hop.
Rage
Against the Machine
Politically radical hip hop-metal-punk.
Organizations
Anarcho
Punk Federation
Epitaph
Record's Charities Project
An annual charitable donation program that represents the values
of both Epitaph and its fans, the ones who support the label. The
organization donates $50,000 annually divided between three organizations
chosen by the fans.
Punk
Voter
An organized grassroots coalition of punk bands, musicians,
record labels, and fans seeking to educate, register and mobilize
progressive voters.
Take
Action!
An outgrowth of Sub City Records, Take Action has teamed up with
the Warped Tour to create a Take Action! area that features a variety
of support and community outreach for non-profits and includes literature,
outspoken bands, petitions, voter registration etc. "Creating
a better world, one voice and one action at a time.”
Record Labels
Alternative
Tentacles
punk rock, politics, & spoken word
Dischord
Records
DIY punk rock
Epitaph
The record label of Bad Religion, Refused, Error, The Joykiller,
and others. Since 2000 the label has taken a more leftist political
stance, supporting progressive organizations and starting their
own Charities Project (see link above).
G7
Welcoming Committee
an activist record label striving for change
Guerrilla
Funk Records
Hip hop artist Paris' record label. Includes news & commentary
Protest
Records
Protest Records "exists for musicians, poets and artists to
express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime
and war."
Sub
City Records
Record label of Against All Authority, Scared Of Chaka, Fifteen,
Thrice, The Weakerthans. "Sub City aims to have impact that
goes beyond music."
Music Archives
Progressive
Music Archive
MP3 archive dedicated to political music
Protest
Records' MP3 Archive
Protest Records "exists for musicians, poets and artists to
express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime
and war."
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