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A protest song is a kind of folk music (or, more recently, pop-influenced folk music). They become popular during times of social disruption and among socially neglected groups. They rail against injustice, racial discrimination, war, globalization, inflation, social inequalities and the like. Folk songs occur throughout history, as in the American Revolutionary War and the abolitionist movement of the 1800s. In the 20th Century, the union movement, the Great Depression and the Vietnam War were the primary stimuli for protest songs. The common form, with acoustic guitar and harmonica, was popularized by the work of Woody Guthrie during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Protest music can also be traced back to the Civil War, where traditional songs such as 'We Shall Overcome' prevailed and succeeded as true protest songs.

Main protest song singers :

The protest songs :

Unions, Depression era and World War II

Racism and Civil rights

Poverty


War

Anti-nuclear weapons

The 1960s and the Vietnam War era

Alienation

Feminism

Environmentalism

Apartheid

Prohibition, War on Drugs

Heroin, drug abuse, drug culture

Globalization and Corporate Dominance

Guns and Violence

Materialism

Slavery

Persecution of homosexuals

Television programming

Music critics

Other

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