List of political punk songs

This is a list of notable punk rock songs that express political views.

On authoritarianism/the police

• "At The Movies", Rock For Light, Bad Brains
• "Beat My Head Against The Wall", My War, Black Flag
• "Big Takeover", Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• "Bite The Hand That Feeds", White Male Dumbinance, Balthasar Gerards Kommando (BGK)
• "Bleed For Me", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Boss", The Crew, 7 Seconds
• "Clocked In", The First Four Years, Black Flag
• "Complete Control", The Clash, The Clash
• "Computer Control", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Cops for Fertilizer", The Crucifucks, The Crucifucks
• "Crime Pays", White Male Dumbinance, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Dead Cops", Millions of Dead Cops, MDC
• "Delusion & Anger", Bonecrusher, Broken Bones
• "Destroy Babylon", Rock For Light, Bad Brains
• "Does This System Work?", Why?, Discharge
• "Drunk With Power", Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Discharge
• "Fighting", Die Kreuzen, Die Kreuzen
• "Fuck Authority", Land of the Free?, Pennywise
• "Fuck Police Brutality", Die For The Government, Anti-Flag
• "Gang Control", "Fuck World Trade", Leftöver Crack
• "Golgotha", Before The Fall, Social Unrest
• "Hate The Police", Hate the Police single, The Dicks
• "Have A Coke (And No Trial)", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "I Against I", I Against I, Bad Brains
• "I And I Survive", Rock For Light, Bad Brains
• "Ignorance And Arrogance", SU-2000, Social Unrest
• "I Killed The Dove", Beware The Savage Jaw, Code of Honor
• "It's Like…", Bonecrusher, Broken Bones
• "I Wanna Be Heard", SU-2000, Social Unrest
• "I Won't Subscribe", Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Discharge
• "L.A.P.D.", Ignition, The Offspring
• "Living In The USA", Horse Bites Dog Cries, D.I.
• "The Murder of Liddle Towers", Angel Dust, Angelic Upstarts
• "No", The Day the Country Died, Subhumans
• "No Martyr", Avengers, Avengers
• "No Values", Jealous Again, Black Flag
• "Officer", Energy, Operation Ivy
• "One Dead Cop", Fuck World Trade, Leftover Crack
• "...To Be a Ghost", WORRY, Jeff Rosenstock
• "Pay To Cum", Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• "People's Revolution", Fight Or Die, Code Of Honor
• "Police Bastard", Police Bastard, Doom (UK band)
• "Police Beat", The Kids Will Have Their Say, SS Decontrol
• "Police Crimes", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Police Oppression", Angel Dust, Angelic Upstarts
• "Police Story", The Partisans, The Partisans
• "Police Story", Damaged, Black Flag
• "Police Truck", Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death, Dead Kennedys
• "Police Violence", The American Dream Died, Agnostic Front
• "Question Authority", Wild In The Streets, Circle Jerks
• "The Regulator", Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• "Stand Up", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "Stars And Stripes", Wild In The Streets, Circle Jerks
• "State Violence State Control", Never Again, Discharge
• "Supertouch", Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• "S.P.G.", Punks Not Dead, The Exploited
• "S.U.S.", The Crack, The Ruts
• "This Hope", Die Kreuzen, Die Kreuzen
• "Too Much For One Man", Beware The Savage Jaw, Code Of Honor
• "Under Your Authority", Destroy What Destroys You, Against All Authority
• "Up To You", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Warning", Warning: Her Majesty's Government Can Seriously Damage Your Health, Discharge
• "Wealth Rules", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "We Don't Need Freedom", Paganicons, Saccharine Trust
• "What Price Would You Pay?", What Are We Gonna Do? single, Code Of Honor
• "Who's To Blame", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "World Up My Ass", Group Sex, Circle Jerks

On consumerism

• "21st Century Digital Boy" Against the Grain, Stranger than Fiction, Bad Religion
• "Adversity", The Subhumans, Subhumans
• "Americana", Americana, The Offspring
• "...And Now Back to Our Programming", ...And Now Back to Our Programming, Aus-Rotten
• "...And we thought nation-states were a bad idea", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Artificial Life", Energy, Operation Ivy
• "Artificial Town", Where You Put Your Trust, Pridebowl
• "Cashing In", Out of Step, Minor Threat
• "The Consumer's Song", A New Kind of Army, Anti-Flag
• "Consumo Gusto", Que Corra La Voz, Ska-P
• "Corruption", Rancid, Rancid
• "Customer", Up The Workers, Thee Faction
• "Don't Need It", Bad Brains, Bad Brains
• "Entertainment", Appeal To Reason, Rise Against
• "Grandma's Footsteps", No Rest For The Wicked, New Model Army
• "Greater Omaha", Read Music/Speak Spanish , Desaparecidos
• "Kids For Ca$h", White Male Dumbinance, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Know Your Product", Eternally Yours, The Saints
• "Land Of Endless Greed", True North (album), Bad Religion
• "Lost in the Supermarket", London Calling, The Clash
• "Mad At The Company", Paganicons, Saccharine Trust
• "Merchandise", Repeater (album), Fugazi
• "Panic In the Supermarket", Millennia Madness, Citizen Fish
• "Prayer of the Refugee", The Sufferer and the Witness, Rise Against
• "Rip Van Disney", Midget Gems, Bus Station Loonies
• "Sell You Beautiful", The Resignation, RX Bandits
• "Steal This Record", Steal This Record, The Suicide Machines
• "Strength Thru Shopping", Audacity of Hype, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
• "This Business Is Killing Me", Pleasant Dreams, Ramones
• "This Is the End (For You My Friend)", For Blood and Empire, Anti-Flag
• "Ugly Desires", 24 Hour Roadside Resistance, Against All Authority
• "Unknown", Hardcore '81, D.O.A.

On drug legalisation

• "Cannabis", El Vals del Obrero, Ska-p
• "'E' is Still Evil", A Challenge to the Cowards of Christendom, Knights of The New Crusade (An anti-drugs song from a Christian perspective)
• "Herojuana", Pump Up the Valuum, NOFX
• "My Congressman", Lucky, Fifteen

On environmentalism and animal rights

• "Acid Rain", Volume 2 (Reagan Youth album), Reagan Youth
• "Anarcho - Pie", In Defence of Our Earth, Oi Polloi
• "Belly Full of Lies", For Your Ego's Sake, Dead Silence
• "Blinded By Science", Not So Brave, Flux of Pink Indians
• "Cesspool In Eden", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "Chicken Squawk", Millions of Dead Cops, MDC
• "Clams Have Feelings Too", Pump Up the Valuum, NOFX
• "Collapse (Post-Amerika)", Appeal to Reason, Rise Against
• "DDT", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "Don't Kill the Animals", Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich
• "The Eco-Terrorist In Me", The Black Market, Rise Against
• "Evolution", EP-LP, Subhumans
• "Flesh and Blood", Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Citizen Fish
• "Flesh of Another", Antischism, Antischism
• "Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man)", This Will Be the Death of Us, Set Your Goals
• "Greedy Bastards", Antischism, Antischism
• "Here Today", The Punk Terrorist Anthology, Nausea
• "Ignorance Is Bliss", Brain Drain, Ramones
• "Kyoto Now!", The Process of Belief, Bad Religion
• "The Last Tree", Where You Put Your Trust, Pridebowl
• "Leave it Behind", Leche Con Carne, No Use for a Name
• "Mad Scientist's Ball", For Your Ego's Sake, Dead Silence
• "Meat Means Murder", It's Time To See Who's Who, Conflict
• "Midnight Hands", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Moon over Marin", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Monster from the Bog", Have Beans Will Travel, Psycho Reptiles
• "Nailing Descartes To the Wall", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Nuclear Generators", War Profiteering Is Killing Us All, Suicide Machines
• "Pathetic Humanity", ...And Now Back to Our Programming, Aus-Rotten
• "Pigman", Worlds Apart, Subhumans
• "Pig in a Blanket", Death Church, Rudimentary Peni
• "Poison Planet", Eye For An Eye, Corrosion of Conformity
• "Purina Hall of Fame", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "Ready to Fall", The Sufferer & the Witness, Rise Against
• "Safety Last", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "This is the ALF", The Ungovernable Force, Conflict
• "Tough Shit Mickey", Increase the Pressure. Conflict
• "Until It's Gone, The Daily Grind, No Use for a Name
• "Vivisection", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Wait For Me", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Waste", Ballads from the Revolution, Good Riddance
• "Whale Song", In Defence of Our Earth, Oi Polloi

On government/s

• "All Fall Down", For God and Country, Good Riddance
• "America", Infamous, Motionless in White
• "America", Yours Truly, Sick of It All
• "American Idiot", American Idiot, Green Day
• "Apathy", Worlds Apart, Subhumans
• "Audience of One", Appeal to Reason, Rise Against
• "Big A Little A", Nagasaki Nightmare single, Crass
• "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg", Animal Boy, Ramones
• "Bullet", Static Age, Misfits
• "Bullshit Politicians", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "California Über Alles", Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys
• "Condemnation", Good Politics, Thee Faction
• "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", For Blood and Empire, Anti-Flag
• "Conservative Friend", Singing Down The Government, Thee Faction
• "Cool Britannia Über Alles", Midget Gems, Bus Station Loonies
• "Democracy", The Adolescents, The Adolescents
• "Die for the Government", Die for the Government, Anti-Flag
• "District", Yours Truly, Sick of It All
• "Do They Owe Us a Living?", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass
• "Endgame", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Fading American Dream", Fading American Dream, Street Dogs
• "Flies First Class", For God and Country, Good Riddance
• "Fuck The U.S.A.", Troops of Tomorrow, The Exploited
• "God Save the USA", From The Ashes, Pennywise
• "Going Underground", Snap!, The Jam
• "Government Flu", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Heads of State", Worlds Apart, Subhumans
• "The Idiots are Taking Over", The War on Errorism, NOFX
• "I'm So Bored with the USA", The Clash, The Clash
• "I'm Going to Kill the President of the United States of America", XO, Leathermouth
• "Kill the President", The Offspring, The Offspring
• "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Around", Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, Dead Kennedys
• "Murder the Government", Fuck the Kids 7"/So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, NOFX
• "Perfect Government", Punk in Drublic, NOFX
• "Porno, Sex, Drugs, Lies, Money, and Your Local Government", Day of the Death, Death by Stereo
• "Resisting Tyrannical Government", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Sing Along With the Patriotic Punks", If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die, Death by Stereo
• "Stars and Stripes of Corruption", Frankenchrist, Dead Kennedys
• "Stuff Is Messed Up", Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, The Offspring
• "Thatcher Fucked The Kids", "Love Ire & Song + the First Three Years", Frank Turner
• "There's No 'I' In Team", Bound by Ties of Blood and Affection, Good Riddance
• "Turncoat", The Terror State, Anti-Flag
• "USAHoles", Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, NOFX
• "We Called it America", Coaster, NOFX
• "When You Don't Control Your Government, People Want to Kill You", The Terror State, Anti-Flag
• "Woman in Disguise", Reason Why?, Angelic Upstarts

On work, class and class struggle

• "A People's History of the World", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Career Opportunities", The Clash, The Clash
• "Class War", The Dils; D.O.A.
• "Creosote Ideas", New Sense, The Ethical Debating Society
• "Disparity By Design", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Employers' Blacklist" (aka "National Insurance Blacklist"), Suburban Rebels, The Business
• "Employment", Good Politics, Thee Faction
• "Eton Rifles", Setting Sons, The Jam
• "Fuck You", Oi! This Is Streetpunk, Volume Two, Rancid
• "God Save the Queen", Never Mind The Bollocks, Sex Pistols
• "Golden Parachutes", Payola , Desaparecidos
• "Greater Omaha", Read Music/Speak Spanish , Desaparecidos
• "To Have and to Have Not", Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy, Billy Bragg
• "Two Million Voices", 2,000,000 Voices, Angelic Upstarts
• "Working Class Heroes", Working Class Anthems, Evil Conduct
• "Y.O.P.", The Exploited

On war and militarism

• "1 Trillion Dollar$", For Blood and Empire, Anti-Flag
• "911 for Peace", Mobilize, Anti-Flag
• "Allegiance To No-One", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "All Good Soldiers", Recipe For Hate, Bad Religion
• "America", Agent Orange single, Agent Orange
• "The American In Me", Avengers, Avengers
• "A New Kind Of Army", A New Kind Of Army, Anti-Flag
• "And We Fight", Fight Or Die Code Of Honor
• "Annihilation No.3", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "Armalite Rifle", Damaged Goods single, Gang Of Four
• "Arms Race", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Army Life", Punks Not Dead, The Exploited
• "Attempted Control", Fight Or Die, Code Of Honor
• "Atomic Garden", Generator, Bad Religion
• "Back Against The Wall", Group Sex, Circle Jerks
• "Back to the World", Back to the World, Street Dogs
• "Banana Split Republic", International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation, False Prophets
• "Blackeye", Blackeye single, Tin Pot Operation
• "Blank Stare (Sharp Shot)", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Bleed For Me", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Blood-Red, White and Blue", Revolutions per Minute, Rise Against
• "The Blood Runs Red", Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Discharge
• "Charity", Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Citizen Fish
• "City Fodder", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "Civil War", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "Cries Of Help", Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Discharge
• "Death Is Imminent", Bonecrusher, Broken Bones
• "Depleted Uranium Is A Warcrime, For Blood And Empire, Anti-Flag
• "Fight Or Die", Fight Or Die, Code Of Honor
• "Fight War, Not Wars", Stations of the Crass, Crass
• "Final Transmission", Fading American Dream, Street Dogs
• "Firecracker", Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues, Strung Out
• "Generals", Strawberries, The Damned
• "Get Killed", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Guns Of Revolution", Condition Red, Red Rockers
• "Hero of War", Appeal To Reason, Rise Against
• "Holiday", American Idiot, Green Day
• "Honor & Justice", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "I Have…", Paganicons, Saccharine Trust
• "Imminent War", Horse Bites Dog Cries, D.I.
• "Killing Machine", The Partisans, The Partisans
• "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Around", Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, Dead Kennedys
• "Last Goodbye", Living In Darkness, Agent Orange
• "Last Night Another Soldier", 2,000,000 Voices, Angelic Upstarts
• "Let them Eat War", The Empire Strikes First, Bad Religion
• "Let's Go", End Of The Century, The Ramones
• "Let's Have A War", The Record, Fear
• "Letter From Uncle Sam", The '90s Suck and So Do You, Angry Samoans
• "M-16", Milo Goes To College, Descendents
• "Major General Despair", Christ – The Album, Crass
• "Making The Bombs", Wonderful, Circle Jerks
• "Mania For Conquest", Why?, Discharge
• "March of the Crabs", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "Massacre Of Innocence (Air Attack)", Why?, Discharge
• "Modest Proposal", Sound & Fury, Youth Brigade
• "Not Me", Evolution, Subhumans
• "No Limbs", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "No More Of That", Inflammable Material, Stiff Little Fingers
• "Nuclear Funeral", Horse Bites Dog Cries, D.I.
• "Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)", The Terror State, Anti-Flag
• "Out on Patrol", The Offspring, The Offspring
• "Part III", How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Bad Religion
• "The Point Of Agony", Bonecrusher, Broken Bones
• "Potshot Heard 'Round The World", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "Rambozo the Clown", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "Realities Of War", Realities of War, Discharge
• "Rock For Light", Rock For Light, Bad Brains
• "Ronnie & Mags", Self Entitled, NOFX
• "San Patricios", State of Grace, Street Dogs
• "State of Emergency", Inflammable Material, Stiff Little Fingers
• "State of the Union", Siren Song of the Counter Culture, Rise Against
• "Stick To Your Guns", Horse Bites Dog Cries, D.I.
• "Straw Dogs", All the Best, Stiff Little Fingers
• "Sweet Televised Destruction", The Restoration of Chaos & Order, Against All Authority
• "Suppose They Gave A War", Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume 1, T.S.O.L.
• "Survivor Guilt", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Tale of Mass Deception', Back to the World, Street Dogs
• "Tehran", The Offspring (re-released as "Baghdad" in 2004)
• "Their Living Is My Death", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "They Declare It", Realities of War, Discharge
• "Tomahawk Cruise", The Last Words of the Great Explorer, TV Smith's Explorers
• "Too Young To Die", Living In Darkness, Agent Orange
• "Treading Underfoot", Bonecrusher, Broken Bones
• "Visions Of War", Why?, Discharge
• "Wardogs", City Baby Attacked By Rats, GBH
• "War In The East", War on 45, D.O.A.
• "War In The Head", Blasts From The Past, 7 Seconds
• "War Machine Breakdown", The Restoration of Chaos & Order, Against All Authority
• "Wars In Space", Plays For Lovers, Beefeater
• "War's No Fairytale", Fight Back, Discharge
• "Wasted Life", Inflammable Material, Stiff Little Fingers
• "Waves", Evil Friends, Portugal. The Man
• "What Are You Fighting For?", Sound & Fury, Youth Brigade
• "What If There's War In America", The Crew, 7 Seconds
• "What's It Gonna Be?", Complete Studio Recordings 1982-1984, Code Of Honor
• "When Ya Get Drafted", Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys
• "White People for Peace", New Wave, Against Me!
• "Who's Gonna Fight in the Third World War?", Demolition War, Subhumans
• "Why?", Why?, Discharge
• "World At War", Senseless Offerings, Black Market Baby
• "World War", Another Kind of Blues, U.K. Subs
• "World War III", Bad Religion, Bad Religion
• "World War III", Something Better Change, D.O.A.
• "You've Gotta Die for the Government", Die for the Government, Anti-Flag

On prejudice and discrimination

• "Absent Minded", The Rotten Agenda, Aus-Rotten
• "Avenues And Alleyways", ...And Out Come The Wolves, Rancid
• "Big Hard Man", Dem Bones, Broken Bones
• "Black and White World", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "Born Without A Mind", The Music, The Message, 7 Seconds
• "Civil Terror", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Community Lie", Paganicons, Saccharine Trust
• "The Competition Song", The Fuse, Pennywise
• "Don't Call Me White", Punk in Drublic, NOFX
• "Fear of a Brown Planet", Death Is My Only Friend, Death By Stereo
• "Fly the Flag", Nobody's Heroes, Stiff Little Fingers
• "Fuck Machine", How to Clean Everything, Propagandhi
• "Fuck Nazi Sympathy", Fuck Nazi Sympathy, Aus-Rotten
• "Fuck the Border", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "Funeral Pyre", Snap!, The Jam
• "Give It Back", The Incredible Shrinking Dickies, The Dickies
• "Guilty of Being White", In My Eyes (EP), Minor Threat
• "Hating Hate", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "Hunchback", Stukas Over Disneyland, The Dickies
• "I'm Tired", Die Kreuzen, Die Kreuzen
• "Kill That Nazi (In My Head)", Mad Frank's Zonal Disco, Bus Station Loonies
• "Make It Stop (September's Children)", Endgame, Rise Against
• "Manzanar", CH 3 EP, Channel 3
• "Mumia's Song", Mobilize, Anti-Flag
• "My World", I Don't Want To Grow Up, Descendents
• "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", In God We Trust, Inc., Dead Kennedys
• "Nazi White Trash", Mediocre Generica, Leftover Crack
• "No Reason", Destroy What Destroys You, Against All Authority
• "One Law For Them", One Law For Them single, The 4-Skins
• "Police Story", A New Kind of Army, Anti-Flag
• "Race Riot", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Race Riot", Let's Wreck The Party, D.O.A.
• "The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Safe", Wig Out at Denko's, Dag Nasty
• "Sascha", Kauf mich!, Die Toten Hosen
• "Schrei nach Liebe", Die Bestie in Menschengestalt, Die Ärzte
• "Staring at the Rude Boys", Grin & Bear It, The Ruts
• "Sticks and Stones", Midget Gems, Bus Station Loonies
• "Them and us", The Grey Race, Bad Religion
• "This Machine Kills Fascists", "Underground Network", Anti-Flag
• "Trash Breeds Trash", The Greatest Invention, Doom (UK band)
• "Unity", Demonstrating My Style, Madball
• "Unity", Energy, Operation Ivy
• "White Law", Condition Red, Red Rockers
• "White Male Dumbinance", White Male Dumbinance, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "White Minority", Jealous Again, Black Flag
• "White Noise", Inflammable Material, Stiff Little Fingers

On religion

• "51 Days", ¡Leche con Carne!, No Use for a Name
• "Anti-Pope", Machine Gun Etiquette, The Damned
• "The Answer", Generator, Bad Religion
• "Atheist Anthem, Mediocre Generica, Leftover Crack
• "Atheist Peace", The Empire Strikes First, Bad Religion
• "America the Beautiful", War on 45, D.O.A.
• "The Best God in Show", Coaster, NOFX
• "Blasphemy (The Victimless Crime)", Coaster, NOFX
• "Come Join Us", The Gray Race, Bad Religion
• "Dear God, From Me", Ten Million Strong and Growing, Backside
• "Dept. Of False Hope", True North (album), Bad Religion
• "Despair and Disbelief", Disconnected Misdirected, Backside
• "Do What You Want", Suffer, Bad Religion
• "East Jesus Nowhere", 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
• "Faith Alone", Against the Grain, Bad Religion
• "Filler", Minor Threat, Minor Threat
• "Flat Earth Society", Against the Grain, Bad Religion
• "Fuck Armageddon... This is Hell", How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Bad Religion
• "Fuck the Pope", Anti-Flag
• "God Song", Against the Grain, Bad Religion
• "Haile Selassie, Up Your Ass", How to Clean Everything, Propagandhi
• "Heaven Is Falling", Generator, Bad Religion
• "Jesus Was a Terrorist", The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy, Jello Biafra & Nomeansno
• "Killing for Jesus", Wonderful, Circle Jerks
• "Leaving Jesusland", Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, NOFX
• "Live Again (The Fall of Man)", The Empire Strikes First, Bad Religion
• "Mission from God", Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10 (Originally an outtake from Ignition), The Offspring
• "Moral Majority", In God We Trust, Inc., Dead Kennedys
• "My God", Land of the Free?, Pennywise
• "No", The Day the Country Died, Subhumans
• "No Religion", Fuck Peaceville, Doom (UK band)
• "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Salvation", Day of the Death, Death by Stereo
• "Please Go to Heaven Now, Black Sheep of the American Dream, Death by Stereo
• "Pods and Gods", Pods and Gods, NOFX
• "Pray for Peace and Kill for Christ", Jonestown Aloha!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando
• "Reality Asylum", Best Before 1984, Crass
• "Religion", Public Image: First Issue, Public Image Ltd
• "Religion Instigates", Fight Back, Discharge
• "Religion Is the Opium of the Masses", This Is Boston, Not L.A., The Proletariat
• "Religious Vomit", In God We Trust, Inc., Dead Kennedys
• "Religious Wars", Religious Wars, Subhumans
• "Shh, It Will Be Our Little Secret", Into the Valley of Death, Death by Stereo
• "Sinister Rouge", The Empire Strikes First, Bad Religion
• "So What", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass
• "Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C", The People or the Gun, Anti-Flag
• "Sorrow", The Process of Belief, Bad Religion
• "Sucks", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass
• "You Will Lose Faith", Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, NOFX
• "Walking Is Still Honest", Crime as Forgiven By, Against Me!
• "Won't Somebody", The Dissent of Man, Bad Religion
• "Youth for Crime", Nothing Can Go Wrogn!, Balthasar Gerards Kommando

On feminism, gender equality and LGBT rights

• "Bata Motel", Penis Envy (album), Crass
• "Coming Clean", "Dookie", Green Day
• "Fuck Machine", How To Clean Everything , Propagandhi
• "G.L.O.S.S. (We're From The Future)", DEMO, G.L.O.S.S.
• "Gay Rude Boys Unite", "Mediocre Generica", Leftöver Crack
• "Homophobes Are Just Pissed 'Cause They Can't Get Laid", Where Quantity Is Job #1, Propagandhi
• "Hunt The She Beast", "Sex Mad", NoMeansNo
• "King for a Day", Nimrod (album), Green Day
• "Masculine Artifice" , DEMO, G.L.O.S.S.
• "Lined Lips and Spiked Bats" , DEMO, G.L.O.S.S.
• "Live in freedom, governed by love", Fuck Peaceville, Doom (UK band)
• "Operation Rescue", Against The Grain, Bad Religion
• "Pro-Life Control", Pro-Life Control, Doom (UK band)
• "Targets of Men" , DEMO, G.L.O.S.S.
• "That's So Gay", "That's So Gay", Pansy Division
• "Transgender Dysphoria Blues", "Transgender Dysphoria Blues", Against Me!
• "True Trans Soul Rebel", "Transgender Dysphoria Blues", Against Me!

References

Books

• Mark Peddelty and Kristine Weglarz, eds. Political Rock Ashgate Publishing, 2013. ISBN 9781409446224
• Tony Bennett, Simon Frith, Lawrence Grossberg, John Shepherd, Graeme Turner. Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Institutions N.Y. :Routledge, 1993

Articles

• Lawrence Grossberg, "The Politics of Youth Culture: Some Observations on Rock and Roll in American Culture." Social Text 3:2 (Winter, 1983) p. 104-126
• Deena Weinstein, "Rock Protest Songs: So Many and So Few" in The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest, ed. Ian Peddiw London: Ashgate, 2006. p. 3-16.