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DEC 21 - Al Jourgensen and Ministry have revealed the artwork for their new album "Relapse" which will feature a modern day ballad in support of the Occupy movement called "99 Percenters". In an interview with Revolver Mag, Al said, “Putting out this song is the least I could do. We wanted to fly to New York and protest and get arrested and pepper sprayed. But we can’t do it because I got a Christmas deadline on this album. But I’m with ‘em in spirit so the least I could do is give them a chant-along song. I’m going, Hey man, here’s your song. All you gotta do is chant the chorus.”  The chorus that goes, "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,99 Percent!" was inspired by the "1,2,3 What are we fightin' for!" in Country Joe's "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag" protest song from the 1960s. The song will be available on iTunes on December 23rd. Below you can watch a exclusive JTMP video of Al and Ministry in Washington, DC in October of 2004, right before the 2004 presidential election.

See the new album artwork and read the interview on Revolver here.

Justice Through Music is all about music and activism, and on this page you will find all the best Occupy Music. If you have or know of any Occupy Music that the world needs to see, let us know and we will try and get it posted. Rock Your Rights!

Op_Critical: For What It's Worth

Op_Critical: Anonymous

When The Dictator Ran Away - David Rovics

This Playground Is Run By Bullies - David Rovics

FILM THE POLICE - B. Dolan feat. Toki Wright, Jasiri X, Buddy Peace, Sage Francis

I Am a Patriot - Jackson Browne

Whose Side Are You On? - Jackson Browne and Dawes

Occupy Broadway

Trickle Down (Explicit Version) - Sintex Era

Third Eye Blind - If There Ever Was A Time

It's A Liberty Walk! - Miley Cyrus Rock Mafia

Occupy Wall Street Anthem - Bruce Springsteen

We Are The Many - Makana

We Stand As One - Joseph Arthur

Gogol Bordello

Crosby and Nash

Who's The Man? - MK Ultra

We Are The 99 - Rick Harris

The Bottom 99 - Rhiannon Giddens

The Economy is Suffering - Justin Sane from Anti-Flag

Occupy (We The 99) - Jasiri X

Occuprint is a new website that puts on display artwork inspired by the Occupy Movement, showing the various common threads running through the new movement. A few of the commonalities are anger at the greed of Wall Street and banks, and frustration of the disproportionate access to our elected officials and economic opportunities between the 1% and the 99%. The Citizens United ruling, which gave corporations the same rights as people, is also present on many of the posters, urging citizens (real people) to wake up, get motivated, and get out to fight for their rights.

To view the great artwork click here.

A group of activist musicians and Occupy activists held a 24 hour music-filled demonstration in the theater district in New York, organized by the Occupy Wall Street Performance Guild in a non-violent reclaiming public space action. It drew well-known names from the downtown New York scene and also from other theater scenes. "With capitalism gone mad, foreclosures increasing, and bank crises consuming whole communities, we are signaling through the flames that there is another way of living." Check out a great article about it on HuffPo here, and watch scenes from the event below.