I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.
Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?
Check out Jesse Welles for more folky protest music.
He also has non-protest music too, but some good recent protest and political songs include:
The Ballad of Big Balls
Join Ice
Starve Away
The List
Sometimes You Bomb Iran
The Great Caucasian God
My Billionaire Daddies Are Fighting
Love this!