This Is The Way - [A Mandalorian-Inspired Protest]

A new protest song for this moment: “This Is The Way” is about resisting authoritarianism with courage, solidarity, truth, and love. Courts, ballots…

May 18 • David Erickson

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They Know They Can't Win It Straight

This new Movements track is a protest song about voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and the old Jim Crow machine wearing polished legal clothes…

May 11 • David Erickson

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April 2026

Burying The Truth

'Burying The Truth' is a defiant protest anthem about stolen narratives, public deception, book bans, redactions, media spin, and the long fight to keep…

Apr 27 • David Erickson

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Drink To My Health

A protest song from Lady Liberty’s point of view: wounded, furious, and still standing. “Drink To My Health” traces America’s slide toward…

Apr 20 • David Erickson

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I Want You (To Afford Your Life)

Uncle Sam isn’t recruiting. He’s reckoning. 'I Want You (To Afford Your Life)' is a protest song from inside the costume, where grocery receipts, power…

Apr 12 • David Erickson

March 2026

Rebel Loon Rising

New song: Rebel Loon Rising is a Minnesota resistance story set on frozen lakes—warning whistles, mutual aid, cameras rolling, and a chorus that won’t…

Mar 20 • David Erickson

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No Kings Songs & Protest Playlist

No Kings Songs & Protest Playlist gathers the protest songs I’ve made so far for No Kings rallies, along with the story of how music became central to…

Mar 10 • David Erickson

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Stand Up For Science

Most of what keeps us alive doesn’t trend. It hums. It calculates. It stabilizes the air, the water, the sky above us. “Stand Up For Science” is a song…

Mar 3 • David Erickson

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Wag The Dog

He promised America First. He promised no more forever wars. Now it’s bombs, excuses, and a widening Middle East conflict. 'Wag The Dog' is a protest…

Mar 2 • David Erickson

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February 2026

American Carnage

Uncle Sam is no longer recruiting. He’s grieving. 'American Carnage' is a protest song sung from the gallery, a haunted patriot watching democracy…

Feb 24 • David Erickson

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The State Of The Union Is Beautiful (Many People Say)

“The State of the Union Is Beautiful (Many People Say)” is a baroque satire about spectacle, grift, and the orchestra that keeps playing while the roof…

Feb 23 • David Erickson

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The Arc Bent Backward

What if the arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend on its own? “The Arc Bent Backward” is sung from the imagined voice of Martin Luther King Jr. …

Feb 16 • David Erickson

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