Article Directory
All of the articles here on Social Issues in Song can be found under the themes below. Click on a theme, and it will take you to the articles. There is some overlap, so songs might be listed under more than one theme.
War Songs about conflicts, WWI, WWII, Armenia, Ukraine, Palestine, (see specific wars below), genocide, refugees
For Peace Focusing on hope
Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Economics, globalization, capitalism, poverty, immigration, homelessness
Environment Environmental destruction, disasters, nuclear issues
Other historical events Student protests, social movements, resistance movements
People in history
Prejudice, discrimination, race hate
Social Justice (but then, many, many songs come under this theme, don’t they!)
Spanish Civil War, post-Franco era
Unions, working class people
Other social issues guns, health, media, music, banning books, questioning the future
My commentaries How to study English when using these articles, interviews, thoughts