“It’s not the right time to be sober”: Revisiting Post-September 11 Protest Songs in the Current

Usually, I play random playlists on Apple Music, and these playlists typically contain songs I listened to, at least at some point, in the early 2000s. Listening back to these songs, I keep thinking about how the protest songs written in reaction to the invasion of Iraq, government overreach, Islamophobia, and blind patriotism resonate today. Everything from Tool’s “Right in Two” and Glassjaw’s “Radio … Read More “It’s not the right time to be sober”: Revisiting Post-September 11 Protest Songs in the Current