List of political punk songs

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

Contents 1 On authoritarianism 2 On conformity 3 On consumerism 4 On drug legalization 5 On environmentalism and animal rights 6 On government 7 On militarism 8 On prejudice and discrimination 9 On straight edge 10 On the flaws of the punk subculture and wider youth culture

[edit] On authoritarianism

• "Portrait of Authority", Recipe for Hate, Bad Religion
• "No", The Day the Country Died, Subhumans
• "Fuck Authority", Land of the Free?, Pennywise
• "Get Off the Phone", Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Citizen Fish
• "Commies and Nazis", Unite and Win, Oi Polloi
• "Bleed for Me", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Police Shit", The Massacre, The Exploited
• "I Am the Owl", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Re-Gaining Unconsciousness", The War on Errorism, NOFX
• "Social Control", Spare Change?
• "No RNC in NYC", Deathcycle, Deathcycle
• "Infiltrate the system", Infiltrate the System, Madball

[edit] On conformity

• "Against the Grain", Against the Grain, Bad Religion
• "Individual", Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion
• "Inner Logic", Stranger Than Fiction, Bad Religion
• "Chickenshit Conformist", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "Terminal Preppie", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Come Join Us", The Gray Race, Bad Religion
• "Conformity", What the Fuck Will Change, A Global Threat
• "Blenderhead", Against the Grain, Bad Religion
• "Henchman", No Control, Bad Religion
• "Ugly Desires", 24 Hour Roadside Resistance, Against All Authority
• "Banned From the Roxy", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass
• "Rejected", Rancid, Rancid
• "Longview", "Minority","Fashion Victim" ,Green Day
• "Perfect People", About Time (Pennywise album),Pennywise

[edit] On consumerism

• "...And Now, Back to Our Programming", ...And Now, Back to Our Programming, Aus-Rotten
• "Panic In the Supermarket", Millennia Madness, Citizen Fish
• "Adversity", The Subhumans, Subhumans
• "Steal This Record", Steal this Record, Suicide Machines
• "Sell You Beautiful", The Resignation, RX Bandits
• "21st Century Digital Boy" Stranger Than Fiction(album), Bad Religion
• "Corruption" Rancid, Rancid
• "Artificial Life" Energy, Operation Ivy

[edit] On drug legalization

• "Herojuana", Pump Up the Valuum, NOFX
• "My Congressman", Lucky, Fifteen
• "Cannabis", El Vals del Obrero, Ska-p

[edit] On environmentalism and animal rights

• "This is the ALF", The Ungovernable Force, Conflict
• "Tough Shit Mickey", Increase the Pressure. Conflict
• "Pathetic Humanity", And Now Back To Our Program, Aus Rotten
• "Pigman", Worlds Apart, Subhumans
• "Nailing Descartes To the Wall", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Meat Means Murder", It's Time To See Who's Who, Conflict
• "Flesh and Blood", Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Citizen Fish
• "Purina Hall of Fame", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "Flesh of Another", Antischism, Antischism
• "Blinded By Science", Not So Brave, Flux of Pink Indians
• "Anarcho - Pie", In Defence of Our Earth, Oi Polloi
• "Whale Song", In Defence of Our Earth, Oi Polloi
• "DDT", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "Nuclear Generators", War Profiteering is Killing Us All, Suicide Machines
• "Chicken Squawk", Millions of Dead Children, MDC
• "Don't kill the animals", Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich
• "Kyoto Now!", The Process of Belief, Bad Religion
• "Evolution", "EP-LP", Subhumans

[edit] On government

• "California Über Alles", Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys
• "Government Flu", Plastic Surgery Disasters, Dead Kennedys
• "Murder the Government", Fuck the Kids 7"/So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, NOFX
• "Stars and Stripes of Corruption", Frankenchrist, Dead Kennedys
• "Heads of State", Worlds Apart, Subhumans
• "Perfect Government", Punk in Drublic, NOFX
• "Resisting Tyrannical Government", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Bullshit Politicians", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "God Save the USA" "From The Ashes", Pennywise
• "Democracy", "The Adolescents", The Adolescents
• "Holiday", "American Idiot", "Green Day"
• "God Save the Queen", Never Mind The Bollocks", The Sex Pistols
• "Anarchy In The UK", Never Mind The Bollocks", The Sex Pistols
• "Claims have feelings too", Pump up the valuum", NOFX
• "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)", Animal Boy, The Ramones

[edit] On militarism

• "Part III", How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Bad Religion
• "Atomic Garden", Generator, Bad Religion
• "Let them Eat War", The Empire Strikes First, Bad Religion
• "Rambozo the Clown", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "All Good Soldiers", Recipe for Hate, Bad Religion
• "Jarhead Fertilizer", The Aftermath, Dystopia (band)
• "Firecracker", Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues, Strung Out
• "Charity", Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Citizen Fish
• "March of the Crabs", Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, Propagandhi
• "State of the Union", Siren Song of the Counter Culture, Rise Against
• "Unity", Energy, Operation Ivy

[edit] On prejudice and discrimination

• "Fuck Nazi Sympathy", Fuck Nazi Sympathy, Aus-Rotten
• "Absent Minded", The Rotten Agenda, Aus-Rotten
• "Don't Call Me White", Punk in Drublic, NOFX
• "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", In God We Trust, Inc., Dead Kennedys
• "The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi
• "Gay Rude Boys Unite", Mediocre Generica, Leftöver Crack
• "Hating Hate", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "Black and White World", Battle Hymns, Suicide Machines
• "The Competition Song", "The Fuse", Pennywise
• "Avenues And Alleyways", ...And Out Come The Wolves, Rancid
• "Guilty of Being White", in which lyricist Ian MacKaye claims to be blamed by black Americans for slavery in America, something he dismisses as having happened "a hundred years before [he] was born" "In My Eyes EP", Minor Threat

[edit] On straight edge

• "Straight Edge", Complete Discography, Minor Threat
• "Out Of Step", Complete Discography, Minor Threat
• "Straight Edge"."White Trash,Two Heebs,and a Bean", NOFX

[edit] On the flaws of the punk subculture and wider youth culture

• "Anarchy For Sale", Dead Kennedys
• "Punk is dead", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass
• "Tribal Rival Rebel Revel", Crass
• "White punks on hope", Crass
• "Punks are a Joke", Deathcycle, Deathcycle
• "Separation of Church and Skate", NOFX
• "Its my Job to keep punk rock elite", NOFX
• "Chickenshit Conformist", Bedtime for Democracy, Dead Kennedys
• "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", In God We Trust, Inc., Dead Kennedys
• "Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck!", Anti-flag