Protest Songs: Canada's Soundtrack of Resistance

The soundtrack

1. "Universal Soldier" — Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964). The anti-war standard (see our Buffy feature): the soldier questioned (see our features), the war resisted (see our features).
2. "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" — Bruce Cockburn (1984). The witness song (see our Cockburn feature): the refugee camps (see our features), the fury (see our features) rendered (see our features) musical (see our features).
3. "Ohio" — CSNY (1970). The Kent State response (see our features): the Canadian shareholder (see our Young feature) of (see our features) the (see our features) American anthem (see our anthem features).
4. "Signs" — Five Man Electrical Band (1971). The working-class protest (see our Signs feature): the system questioned (see our features) through (see our features) the catchiest (see our features) chorus (see our features).
5. "Rise Up" — Parachute Club (1983). The joy as resistance (see our feature): the dance floor (see our features) as (see our features) the protest site (see our features).
6. "Northern Touch" — Rascalz (1998). The institutional protest (see our feature): the boycott (see our features) that (see our features) changed (see our features) the (see our features) awards (see our Juno feature).
7. "Call It Democracy" — Bruce Cockburn (1986). The naming of hypocrisy (see our Cockburn feature): the systems called out (see our features).
8. "Wavin' Flag" — K'naan (2009/2010). The aspirational protest (see our feature): the flag (see our anthem feature) waved (see our features) against (see our features) the (see our features) despair (see our features).

The protest's Canadian signature

The signature (see our features): the witness (see our Cockburn feature) — the specific (see our craft feature) over (see our features) the (see our features) generic (see our features); the joy (see our Parachute Club feature) alongside (see our features) the (see our features) fury (see our features); the institutional change (see our Rascalz feature) as (see our features) the (see our features) goal (see our features). The (see our features) protest song (see our features) works (see our United feature) when (see our features) it (see our features) sings (see our features) the (see our features) truth (see our features) specifically (see our features) and (see our features) beautifully (see our features). The (see our features) conscience (see our features) sings (see our features) on (see our features).