"Masters of War" by Bob Dylan:

"You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud"

"Roll With It" by Ani DiFranco:

"all I know is that those
who are going to be killed
aren't those who preside
on capitol hill
I told him,
don't fill the front lines
of their war
those assholes aren't worth dying for"

"Know Your Rights" by the Clash:

"You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime!
Unless it was done by a
Policeman or aristocrat"

KYEO by Fugazi:

"we must, we must, we must keep our eyes open
see what we see, what once was promised now will be.
still uncertain? get off that hang, don't wait for the bang,
the tools, they will be swinging, but we will not be beaten down"

I've always been amused by the fact that Creedence managed to sneak all those protest songs onto top 40 AM radio. And giving that it's frelling pouring outside (and through) my windows, here's another - "Who'll Stop the Rain."

"Eve of Destruction" - Barry Maguire

Oh, speaking of Fugazi, "Suggestion." ("She did nothing to deserve it ... We blame her for being there."

Also: "White Lines" and "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and "Killing in the Name Of" by Rage Against the Machine.

Bob Marley "Get Up Stand Up"

Sinead O'Connor "Black Boys on Mopeds"

U2 "Bullet the Blue Sky" and "Mothers of the Disappeared"

The Police "Invisible Sun"

Sting "They Dance Alone (Gueca solo)"

Oh, and how could I have forgotten the Clash's "Guns of Brixton"?:

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton

I'm not really a huge fan of protest songs, but I'd nominate:

Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
!!! = "Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard"
"La Marseillaise"

I'm not sure it's quite a protest song, but "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" by Bing Crosby hits me hard every time.

so VH1 recently did a top 25 protest songs show -

25 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
24 Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
23 Where Is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas
22 Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)
21 Nelson Mandela - The Specials
20 London Calling - The Clash
19 Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
18 Boom! - System of a Down
17 People Have the Power - Patti Smith
16 The Message - Grandmaster Flash
15 Biko - Peter Gabriel
14 Freedom [Live] - Rage Against the Machine
13 Sun City
12 Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
11 Get up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
10 Born in the U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen
9 Fight the Power - Public Enemy
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
7 Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6 Strange Fruit [#2] - Billie Holiday
5 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4 Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon
3 Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pt. 1 - James Brown
2 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
1 Blowin' in the Wind [Live] - Bob Dylan

Born in the U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen

I had that one in mind last night, and then forgot it.

Surely if you're gonna have one Costello, it's Shipbuilding. If 2, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt Down. If 3, actually, Oliver's Army, Shipbuilding and Tramp the Dirt down.

And I will post, first class, one English pound to anyone who can convincingly explain what Anarchy in the UK is protesting about.