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Protest Tunes
- Every week on Wed at 9:00 PM
Music
With DJ General Strike
Protest Tunes hosted by Lambert Rochfort aka General Strike, a weekly collection of music from all genres and eras sharing a theme relevant to current news, events, and protests.
Apr 24, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
World Day for Laboratory Animals
Tonight we are playing protest songs against animal testing, for World Day for Laboratory Animals today, April 24th, and the associated Lab Animal Week, a catalyst for the movement to end the suffering of animals in laboratories around the world, started in 1979.
Apr 17, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Earth Day
Tonight we are celebrating Earth Day, Monday April 22nd with a mix of environmental protest songs.
Apr 10, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Top Protest Songs of Winter 2024
Tonight's show is our top new protest songs of the last 3 months, Winter 2024, or what I call Molotov hot tracks.
Apr 3, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
World Health Day
Tonight we are playing protest songs about the right to healthcare for World Health Day, April 7th, which marks the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. The theme for World Health Day 2024 is 'My health, my rightβ, to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality healthcare.
Mar 27, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Transgender Day of Visibility
Tonight we're celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility, Sunday March 31st, with protest songs by trans artists against cis-sexism.
Mar 20, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
World Water Day
Its World Water Day Friday March 22nd, an annual United Nations Observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people currently living without access to safe clean water. So tonight we are playing protest songs about about keeping the earth's waters clean and safe for all.
Mar 13, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
St Patrick's Day
Tonight is our St Patrick's Day show, on Irish rebel songs, protest music against British rule of Ireland.
Mar 6, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
International Women's Day
We're celebrating International Women's Day, March 8th, with protest songs by diverse women artists.
Feb 28, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Women of Color Day
March Firstβthe first day of Women's History Monthβ is International Women of Color Day, founded by the National Institute for Women of Color in 1986, so tonight we play a mix of protest songs by diverse Women of Color.
Feb 21, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Ukraine War 2 year anniversary
Tonight we are playing protest songs against Putin's war on Ukraine, for the 2 year anniversary of the Russian invasion, February 24th, 2022.
Feb 14, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
President's Day
This week, we are playing protest songs about the presidents of the US, and the American presidency for Presidents Day on Monday.
Feb 7, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Black History Month
This week, we are honoring Black History Month, with protest songs by black artists about black history and/or of historical significance, from the 1930s through today.
Jan 31, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Amadou Diallo Shooting 25th Anniversary
This week, we are playing protest songs inspired by the police murder of Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea, by four NYPD officers who fired 41 bullets, 19 of which hit, killing him, on February 4th, 1999, 25 years ago on Sunday.
Jan 18, 2024 8:00 PM β 10:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Post-Roe Pro-Choice Songs
Tonight's show is on Post-Roe pro-choice songs, with songs released in the last year and half protesting the supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, for the 51st anniversary of the Roe decision, and the 7th anniversary of the women's march.
Jan 17, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Gulf War Protest Songs
Tonight's show is on protest songs against the first Gulf War/Desert Storm which began on this day, January 17th, 1990.
Jan 10, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
MLK Day
We're celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday tonight with protest songs about or inspired by Dr. King.
Jan 3, 2024 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Top Protest Songs of 2023
This is my year in review show, playing some of my favorite protest songs released in the last year of 2023.
Dec 27, 2023 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Top Protest Songs of Fall 2023
Tonight's show is on our top new protest songs of the last 3 months, Fall 2023, or what I call 'Molotov Hot Tracks.'
Dec 20, 2023 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Christmas Protest Songs
Tonight's show is on Christmas themed protest songs or protest themed Christmas songs. Playing Christmas songs that are also protest songs against war, poverty, consumerism and more.
Dec 13, 2023 9:00 PM β 11:00 PM
With DJ General Strike
Gaza 2
This week I'm playing protest songs in solidarity with the Palestinian people in light of the resumption of Israel's bombing and siege of Gaza since the 7 day November truce ended. Our second Gaza show this fall, tonight's show features many new songs specifically written about the current war in Gaza.