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Andy7 Why sing protest songs to each other? (46) Why sing protest songs to each other? 02 Feb 17

Protest songs can be very powerful and moving.

But I sometimes wonder ... why do we sing protest songs to each other at folk clubs?

I imagine you'd have to travel a pretty long way to find anyone at a folk club singaround who is in favour of aggressive wars, exploiting poor people or destroying the environment. So why do we sing protest songs to others who almost certainly already agree with us?

Please don't get me wrong! I'm not knocking protest songs, and I sometimes sing them myself. I'm just curious as to why we do so.

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