We The People – A weekly offering of old and new songs of freedom, justice and solidarity, curated and hosted by Peter Donalds.

Note: We The People is a member of the Charles Bursell Presents family of podcasts. To follow or subscribe please search “Charles Bursell” on your favorite podcast platform.

EPISODE 14 May 10, 2026

PLAYLIST:

World In Their Pocket – Malvina Reynolds, Sings the Truth (1967)

It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go – Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris, Concerts for a Landmine Free World (1999)

Step Right Up – Tom Waits, Small Change (1976)

Across The Borderline – Willie Nelson, Across The Borderline (1993)

To Hell With Country Music – Loudon Wainwright III (2026)

Johnny I Hardly Knew Yeh – Joan Baez, Rare, Live & Classic (1993)

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EPISODE 13 May 3, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Commonwealth of Toil – Joe Glazer, I Will Win: Songs of the Wobblies (1977)

Union Sundown – Bob Dylan, Infidels (1983)

I Don’t Mind Failing – Carsie Blanton, The Red Album Vol II (2025)

Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore – John Prine, John Prine (1971)

Letter To The Free – Common ft. Bilal, Black America Again (2016)

I’m Gonna Be an Engineer – Peggy Seeger, Different Therefore Equal (1979)

Step By Step – Pete Seeger, Songs of Struggle and Protest (1964)

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EPISODE 12 April 26, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Bourgeois Blues – Odetta, Lookin for a Home (2001)

Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford, Song of the Old Rugged Road (1955)

Savage Daughter – Ekaterina Shelehova (2023)

I Ain’t Marching Anymore – Phil Ochs, I Ain’t Marching Anymore(1965)

The West Wing Main Theme – The Hollywood Studio Symphony (1999)

Atheists Don’t Have No Songs – Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers (2014)

Malcolm’s Theme – Kamasi Washington, The Epic (2015)

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EPISODE 11 April 19, 2026

PLAYLIST:

The CIA Song – Artist unknown, posted by Dissident Media/Substack

If It Wasn’t For the Unions – Hamish Imlach, The Folk Box (1967)

The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message (1982)

You Can’t Pray The Gay Away – Laura Bell Bundy (2017)

War – Edwin Starr (1970)

The Senecas: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow – Peter La Farge, As Long as the Grass Shall Grow: Peter La Farge Sings of the Indians (1963)

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EPISODE 10 April 12, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Better To Die In Iran – Jesse Welles (2026)

The Price of Eggs – Carsie Blanton and The Burning Hell, Everything Is Great (2026)

Should I Ever Be a Soldier – Monsieur Jack, Songs of the American Labor Movement (2025)

Good Morning America – Jesse Welles (2026)

I’ll Be There – Monologue from The Grapes of Wrath. Screenplay by Nunally Johnson based on the John Steinbeck novel, performed by Henry Fonda (1940)

Song of the United Front – Jamie O’Reilly & Michael Smith (1997)

When That Man is Dead and Gone – Lizzy & The Triggermen (2017)

Four Women – Nina Simone, Wild Is the Wind (1966)

Who’s Next? – Tom Lehrer, That Was the Year That Was (1965)

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EPISODE 9 April 5, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Ella’s Song – Resistance Revival Chorus, This Joy (2020)

Union Man – Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains (2001)

Universal Soldier – Donovan, Catch the Wind (1965)

People Have The Power – Patti Smith, Dream of Life (1988) 

Whitey On The Moon – Gil Scott-Heron, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)

Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire, Eve of Destruction (1965)

Freedom – Beyoncé, ft. Kendrick Lamar, Lemonade (2016)

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EPISODE 8 March 29, 2026

PLAYLIST:

We Shall Not Be Moved – Unity Congress, We Shall Not Be Moved (2020)

Everything Is Great – Carsie Blanton, Joe Plowman, and The Burning Hell (2026)

(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – Heaven 17, Penthouse and Pavement (1981)

A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke, Ain’t That Good News (1964)

Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

I Have A Dream (speech excerpt) – Rev Dr. Marting Luther King Jr. (1963)

The Internationale – Billy Bragg, EP The Internationale (1990)

Sometimes You Bomb Iran – Jesse Welles, live at The Fillmore, Charlotte (2026)

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EPISODE 7 March 22, 2026

PLAYLIST:

If the People Unite – Artist: Seth Staton (“STAY-ton”) Watkins (2025)

Caravan of Fools – Artist: John Prine. Album: The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)

If I Had a Hammer – Artist: Trini Lopez. Album: Trini Lopez at PJ’s (1963)

The Pill – Artist: Loretta Lynn. Album: Back to Country (1975)

I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag – Artist: Country Joe and the Fish. Album: I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die (1967)

Another War – Artist: Carsie Blanton. Album: The Red Album Vol 2 (2025)

The World’s Gone Wrong – Artist: Lucinda Williams. Album: World’s Gone Wrong (2026)

The Great Dictator Speech – Artist: Charlie Chaplin, from his film The Great Dictator (1940)

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EPISODE 6 March 15, 2026

PLAYLIST:

We The People (F#ck The Man) – Artist: Langhorne Slim (2024)

Workers of the World, Awaken! – Artist: Magpie. Album: When We Stand Together (2017)

Which Side Are You On? – Artist: S.G. Goodman (2020)

Ain’t Done Nothing If You Ain’t Been Called A Red (Live) – Artist: Faith Petric. Album: Rebel Voices, Songs Of The Industrial Workers Of The World (1993)

Impeach the President – Artist: The Honey Drippers (1973)

Strange Fruit – Artist: Billie Holiday. Album: Lady Sings The Blues (1956)

Spirits Of The Revolution – Artist: Larry Estridge. Album: Broadside Ballads, Vol 7 (1973)

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EPISODE 5 March 8, 2026

PLAYLIST:

The [Epstein] List – Artist: Jesse Welles. Album: No Kings (2025)

I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister – Artist: Pete Seeger. Album: Songs of Struggle and Protest 1930-50 (1964)

W.I.T.C.H. – Artist: Devon Cole (2022)

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Artist: Gil Scott-Heron. Album: Pieces of a Man (1971)

Anarchist-Syndicalist Commune – Artist: Monty Python from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Workers Song – Artist: The Workers Song Community Project | The Longest Johns(2023)

Old Man Trump – Artist: Jimmy Innuendo (2020)

I Choose Violence – Artist: Jax. Album: Dear Joe (2024)

When I’m Gone – Artist: Phil Ochs. Album: There But For Fortune (1966)

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EPISODE 4 March 1, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Hey-Oh, We Won’t Be Silent – Artist: LoFi Plum(2026)

Masters of War – Artist: Bob Dylan. Album: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

On The Day The Nazi Died (Live) – Artist: Chumbawamba. Album: Uneasy Listening (1998)

All Nations Rise – Artist: Lyla June (2016)

Pie In The Sky – Artist: Joe Glazer. Album: Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs II (2001)

Stop Using Generative A.I. – Artist: Thomas Benjamin Wild (2026)

All You Fascists Bound To Lose – Artist: Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens.(2020)

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show. Album: Song Of America (2007)

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EPISODE 3 February 22, 2026

PLAYLIST:

Streets of Minneapolis – Artist: Bruce Springsteen (2026)

Black, Brown and White – Artist: Big Bill Broonzy (1951)

They’ll Never Keep Us Down – Artist: Hazel Dickens. Album: Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People (1980)

Hello  Comrade – Artist: Carsie Blanton. Album: The Red Album Vol 2 (2026)

Talkin’ bout a Revolution – Artist: Tracy Chapman. Album: Tracy Chapman (1988)

What Did You Learn In School Today? – Artist: Pete Seeger. Album: A Link In The Chain (1963)

Get Up, Stand Up – Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers. Album: Burnin’(1973)

Revolt Resist Rebel – Artist: The Haymarket Squares. Album: Righteous Ruckus (2013)

Heavy Foot – Artist: Mon Rovîa. Album: Bloodline (2026)

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EPISODE 2 February 15, 2026

PLAYLIST:

One Day More – Artist: Elaine Purkey. Album: Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (2006)

Big Brother – Artist: Stevie Wonder. Album: Talking Book (1972)

Song Of The Lower Classes – Artist: Windborne Singers. Bandcamp (2025)

Bella Ciao (English) – Artist: Seth Staton Watkins (2022)  

Jesus Christ – Artist: Woody Guthrie (1940)

Kill The Bill – Artist: Angel Maxine featuring Wanlov the Kubolor and Sister Deborah (2021)

Ohio – Artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)

Find The Cost of Freedom – Artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)

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EPISODE 1 February 8, 2026

PLAYLIST:

We The People – Artist: Schooner Fare. Album: We The People (1985)

How Much Did You Get For Your Soul? – Artist: Lucinda Williams. Album: World’s Gone Wrong (2026)

Dump the Bosses Off Your Back – Artist: Joe Glazer. Album: Songs Of The Wobblies (1953)

After The Revolution – Artist: Carsie Blanton. Album: After The Revolution (2024)

We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years – Artist: Utah Phillips. Year: 1984. Note: Live recording at an IWW Conference

Knock On The Door – Artist: Phil Ochs. Album: All The News That’s Fit To Sing (1964)

Join ICE – Artist: Jesse Welles. Album: No Kings (2025). Note: We featured a live recording from a recent performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Hold On (Here  Comes the Dawn) – Performed by Annie Patterson