11 Jan 2023

Protest Song(s) Of The Week: Black Belt Eagle Scout

Black Belt Eagle Scout is the alias of Katherine Paul, an indigenous multi-instrumentalist andsinger-songwriter. Her third studio album, “The Land, the Water, the Sky,” will be released onFebruary 10. In a press statement, she declared “I created The Land, the Water, the Sky to record and reflect upon my journey back to my homelands

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22 Dec 2022

Ten Of The Best Protest Albums of 2022

The following is a collection of some of the best albums of protest music released in 2022. They were selected by Kevin Gosztola and C.J. Baker, who publishes writing regularly at Ongoing History Of Protest Songs. They are in alphabetical order by artist.

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20 Dec 2022

How NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Came To Support Prison Abolition

Reality Winner is an NSA whistleblower who was harshly prosecuted under the Espionage Act, but she is also more than that. She is an advocate who has used the visibility gained from her case to promote an end to prisons in the United States.

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08 Dec 2022

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Inflation’ By Earnest Jackson

Music is often an outlet for songwriters to express their political and personal frustrations. That was the
case with the New Orleans singer-songwriter Earnest Jackson, who in 1975 composed the song
“Inflation” in response to being adversely affected by the high cost of living.

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28 Nov 2022

Attorney: Plenty To Uncover On CIA-Backed Spying That Violated Privacy Of Assange Visitors

In August, a lawsuit against the CIA, former CIA director Mike Pompeo, UC Global, and UC Global director David Morales was filed that alleged Americans who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuador embassy had their privacy rights violated.

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10 Nov 2022

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Waltzing Will Trilogy’ By Lavender Country

Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music On October 31, 2022, trailblazing singer-songwriter and activist Patrick Haggerty died at the age of 78. A few weeks earlier he suffered a stroke. He fronted Lavender Country which is widely believed to be the first openly gay country band. In 1973,

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03 Nov 2022

NSA Whistleblower Unearthed ‘Project’ That Targeted US Communications

This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become an annual paid subscriber to help us continue our coverage of whistleblowers. A National Security Agency whistleblower unearthed a hot-shot analyst’s unauthorized “project” that targeted the communications of citizens or persons in the United States, according to a top secret inspector general

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26 Oct 2022

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Man With No Name’ By Fantastic Negrito

“Man with No Name,” which appears on the album, is a painful reminder that often the identity and experiences of the oppressed are erased.

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25 Oct 2022

The Parts Of Chelsea Manning’s Book Censored By The US Government

The United States government censored parts of Chelsea Manning’s new book, where she attempted to describe the information she provided to WikiLeaks in 2010.

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25 Oct 2022

Chelsea Manning’s Book Further Complicates US Government’s Case Against Julian Assange

In the United States government’s case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, prosecutors claim that he communicated with US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning through an encrypted chat client known as Jabber.

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