Culture editor Dorothy Woodend wrote this week about “Un Violador en Tu Camino (A Rapist in Your Path)”, a protest song written by Chilean feminists in reaction to increasing sexual violence in Chile that’s now being adapted across the world.
What is it about the power of song in the face of “rampant destruction of body and land?” Woodend wondered.
It got us thinking about the great protest songs of yore. We’re wondering… do you have a favourite protest song?
If so, tell us what it is below!
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