Song: ‘Get Up, Stand Up’

CD: Burnin\’

The late, saintly Bob Marley’s signature anthem has become a fill-in-the-blank template for righteous causes of all stripes. Not only is it the official fight song of Amnesty International, but Peter Tosh’s sung-spoken interlude – “You can fool some people sometime/ But you can’t fool all the people all the time” — has been called a precursor to rap.

Website:www.bobmarley.com

Song:  “Whats Going On“

CD: Whats Going On

The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred.

Website: www.marvingayepage.net

Song: Machine Gun

CD: Band Of Gypsys

 It is a lengthy, loosely defined (jam-based) protest of the Vietnam War, and perhaps a broader comment on conflict of any kind.

Website: www.jimmyhendrix.com

Song: “I Ain\’t Marching Anymore”

CD: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Phil Ochs

An anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex.

Website:www.phil-ochs.com