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I'm a little late in replying, but I did listen to Pete Seeger's version of "What Did You Learn In School Today (Dear little boy of mine)" and *loved* the irony in the song, plus the way it starts out innocuous and turns horrifying as one realizes all the propaganda and pro-violence lessons the child is being taught:



I should really listen to more Pete Seeger songs, because I'd probably like their message even if I don't particularly like the sound of the music. My favorite line in the song above is when the boy says he learned "that murderers die for their crimes, even if we make a mistake sometimes."

Another activist song I learned about today, thanks to a post by Moshe http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ml#post1023664, is "Donna Donna," with an English version sung by Joan Baez.

Joan Baez apparently said that when she performed in a government-televised concert in Communist Czechoslovakia in 1989, with police all over the place, she and dissidents she had invited started to sing the encore together, and when the microphones were cut off as they began to sing "Donna Donna" the police were too embarrassed to do their job and intervene, which she viewed as an important moment and victory. She was able to sing the entire protest song about yearning for and gaining freedom all the way to the end.

I couldn't help but notice that this song could also double as a good animal rights song, although I doubt it was intended as such!

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