So where did "Voices of Struggle" come from? Seems to me folks have said the same thing in different ways for years. Woody wrote this, and it seems as angry and "in-your-face" as much of those kids' music.

The songs about solidarity are about dreams. Seems like the kids' music is often about anger. It's the difference between expressing feelings and telling folks what they should do about those feelings. If you were an "angry young man" when you were younger, those kids may be there right now. Maybe songs like "The Times They Are A-Changin'" will mean something to them - just because you've been there/done that doesn't mean they have. And aren't a whole lotta blues songs about crappy stuff that people in authority have done?

I guess you have to be willing to do it for them and find things they'd find relevent. You have to either care about the music or the kids enough to do it. The overall feeling I'm getting from your first post is that you're anticipating a hostile audience. I don't think that's likely to happen unless you make the kids feel dumb for feeling the way they do.