CD:  Pick A Bigger Weapon

Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress are back, and they’ve brought friends. Building on the success of their previous “Party Music,” the duo piles on the funk, adds some love and romance to their calls for revolution and does not skimp on the humor. The music comes courtesy of an all-star band featuring members of Parliament/Funkadelic, the Gap Band, and our own Tom Morello. And there are even a few vocal cameos from Talib Kweli, Black Thought, Silk E, and Jello Biafra.

CD:  “Magic Tour Highlights”

EP of live tracks from The Boss’ latest tour, featuring fellow artists Tom Morello (!), Alejandro Escovedo, Roger McGuinn, and the late Danny Federici. Proceeds from the album will go to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund.

CD: “The Shape of Punk to Come”

I’m going to go out on a limb and call this one of the best punk rock albums ever. Radical politics, calls for sanity and new ways of thinking, and lots and lots of “new noise.”

By David Bacon

Long-time labor journalist David Bacon investigates the way that illegal immigration is the natural outcome of governmental and corporate policies, and how the victims of these policies are the immigrants themselves.

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Director: Alex Gibney

Documentary about the most fearless and insane political reporter in history. Hunter Thompson’s “gonzo” journalism style put him in the thick of the action and made him a player on the stage. Beloved by many, missed by all.

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By David Batsone

A look at the “modern day abolitionist” movement, seeking to end an invisible atrocity: the return of slavery. Horrible, horrifying, yet filled with hope and passion.

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CD: “All Rebel Rockers”

Another fierce call for peace, compassion and sanity, full of Franti’s trademark hip-hop/reggae/soul flavor.

CD: “One Day as a Lion”

Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha partners with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore for five bruising, electronic hip-hop tracks, featuring de la Rocha’s trademark aggressive political lyrics.