May 1st marks International Workers' Day, also known as May Day. In the lead-up to this date, I thought it would be cool to play songs that bring attention to the exploited and the disenfranchised and envisions a fairer world.  Plus - we share May Day events happening around Melbourne.Lives Not Numbers: Rana Plaza Ten Years OnMAY DAY PROTEST: people vs the richChuck D on How Hip-Hop Changed the WorldThe Night Sam Cooke Made ‘Chain Gang’ a Hymn to FreedomMusic

Public Enemy – Fight the PowerHugh Masekela – Stimela (The Coal Train)Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 

Sweet Honey In The Rock –  More Than A Paycheck

Sam Cook –  Chain GangKev Carmody feat Paul Kelly –  From Little Things (Big Things Grow)