Songs to Fight the Plutocracy By: "I Won't Back Down"

Great Protest Songs:

Petty’s classic 1989 song of defiance against forces of oppression. Ironically, it was used by by George Bush in his 2000 presidential election campaign until he was threatened with legal action from Petty’s publishers. Pete made this video using images of protests from the Vietnam war era, the 1984 British Miners’ strike, the end of the Berlin Wall, 2010 London student fee protests, and the 2011 freedom struggles in the Middle East and North Africa. Enjoy!