Friday Signpost: Your Music for the Movement Playlist, 1980s Edition

Remember late last year when we asked you for your favorite political and protest songs? We’ve listened to the 1960s, and the 1970s, so now it’s time for… you guessed it… the 1980s! Since GenX comprises half of the staff here at Hightower HQ, we were especially jazzed to see this decade’s list— we grew up with a mainstream culture of Reagan and “greed is good” BS, but music always gave us both a lot of hope in our working class lives that things could be different. From rap to folk to punk to metal to pop, our collective playlist hits a lot of radical notes.

We’re still taking your suggestions for songs from either pre-1960, or from the year 2000 and beyond. Share ‘em in the comments!