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Notable punk rock bands, such as [[Crass]], [[Conflict (band)|Conflict]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[The Clash]], [[Dead Kennedys]], [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Refused]], [[American Standards]], [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]], [[Millions of Dead Cops|MDC]], [[Aus-Rotten]], [[Anti-Flag]], and [[Leftover Crack]] have used political and sometimes controversial lyrics that attack the establishment, sexism, capitalism, racism, speciesism, colonialism, and other phenomena they see as sources of social problems.
Since the late 1970s, [[punk rock]] has been associated with various left-wing or anti-establishment ideologies,<ref>{{cite web|url=
The Sex Pistols song "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" was banned from broadcast by the BBC<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sex-pistols-mn0000418740/biography |title=Sex Pistols | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2016-11-17}}</ref> in [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|1977]] due to its presumed anti-[[Royalism]], partly due to its apparent equation of the monarchy with a "fascist regime". The following year, the release of debut Crass album [[The Feeding Of the 5000]] was initially obstructed when pressing plant workers refused to produce it due to sacrilegious lyrical content.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matt Grimes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/a-history-of-music-censorship-9051887.html |title=A history of music censorship |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date= |accessdate=2016-11-17}}</ref> Crass later faced court charges of obscenity related to their [[Penis Envy (album)|Penis Envy]] album, as the Dead Kennedys later did over their [[Frankenchrist]] album artwork.<ref name="DKs"/>
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===Rock the Vote===
[[Rock the Vote]] is an American [[501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]] organization founded in Los Angeles in 1990 by Jeff Ayeroff for the purposes of political advocacy. Rock the Vote works to engage youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockthevote.com/rtv_about.php |title=About Rock the Vote |website=Rockthevote.com |date=1993-02-05 |accessdate=2016-11-17}}</ref> Rock the Vote's stated mission is to "build the political clout and engagement of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120930064408/http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=
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==External links==
*[http://www.musicfordemocracy.org Music for Democracy - Music Activism Political Action Organization]
*[http://www.political-music.co.uk www.political-music.co.uk - non profit website promoting political music by various artists]
*[http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=55tp00 Making Marx in the Music: A HyperHistory of New Music and Politics] by [[Kyle Gann]]
*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=892575 Parallels and Paradoxes], NPR interview with Barenboim and Edward Said, 28 December 2002
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