Songbook

Songs - English

• This Joy (That I Have) - (YouTube)
• We Rise (E) -
• Joy in Resistance - (YouTube)
• Don’t Negotiate
• Which Side Are You On?
• All You Fascists Bound to Lose - (YouTube)
• If I had an Hammer
• Rich Man’s House - (YouTube)
• Kilmar and the Felon-in-Chief - (Recording)

Songs - Español / Multilingual

• We Shall Not Be Moved/No Nos Moveran - (YouTube)

• Paz y Libertad (F) - (YouTube)

  • Paz y Libertad with Chords

• Never Turning Back / Sigamos Adelante - (YouTube)

• Siyahamba / Caminando / Walking … (C) - (YouTube)

  We are walking in the light of God…
  Caminando en la luz de Dios…
  We are singing for liberty….
  Cantando por la libertad…

• No Abra la Puerta - Tune of “No Basta Rezar”

Parody Songs

• The Government Works for Us - (YouTube) - Tune of “Another One Bites the Dust”
• DOGE is to Blame - Tune of “Home on the Range”
• When the Order is Illegal - Tune of “Coming ’Round the Mountain”

Potential multilingual

• De Colores
• Guantanemera!

Americana

• This Land is Your Land
• America the Beautiful
• If I Had a Hammer

Suggested Songs

• Do You Hear the People Sing (M. says: everyone learning the first verse and chorus and just dropping it … everywhere)
• Gonna Keep On Moving Forward (Emma’s Revolution)
• Bread and Roses
• Holly Near’s “Singing for our lives”
• Stand by Me”
• Joe Jencks’ “Rise as One”
• Carrie Newcomer’s “If Not Now”
• How Can I Keep from Singing
• Eliana Light’s Towards Justice
• Draw the Circle Wide (R.W.)

Resources

• Labor Heritage Songbook
• Songrise Resources
• Songs and Stories of the United Farm Workers
• 2025 Protest Songs
• QR code link to this page

With many thanks to https://laborheritage.org and https://kairoscenter.org