Music for democracy: Warning: "antifa" (anti-fascist) content

I came across this just recently. It’s pretty good!

There are other songs like this. For instance, this Woody Guthrie classic as interpreted by Nina Hagen:

I used to think this song melody was a bit corny. Somehow it doesn’t sound so dorky any more.

That was “woke” long before conservatives decided that being asleep was the only way people should be. It uses American symbolism for aspirational democracy at the same time acknowledging the gritty ugliness that has also be part of “America.”

Notes:

(1) The F-Word | Folk Protest Song Against Trump, MAGA, and Fascism. The Resistance YouTube channel 09/20/2025. <https://youtu.be/yJnvKkFcCzU?si=z7KjVH9pQTGjn3tz> (Accessed: 2025-13-10).

(2) All You Fascists Bound to Lose. Nina Hagen YouTube channel 07/19/2023. <https://youtu.be/FMDgqMdpBMs?si=MzUbIJrN9XUir0UB> (Accessed: 2025-13-10).

(3) John Kay & Steppenwolf-Monster/Suicide/America. Beto de Leon/Corazon Concerrts YouTube channel 04/08/2020. <https://youtu.be/F61y8J0U0n4?si=fq4FkZk2WwKUq7Vq> (Accessed: 2025-13-10).