Music to energize everybody taking part in No Kings 3.0 (and 4.0 and 5.0 and 6.0+). Millions of people across the United States are rising up against the absurd corruption of the Trump regime, capitalogenic ecocide, and the systems responsible for causing the Sixth Mass Extinction we're living through.

I'm calling this one "March Against Madness." While many people are focused on their basketball brackets, the U.S. government is more than willing to fill barracks with sacrificial soldiers in yet another war frenzy over fossil fuels. Any system that places profits over people and planet is bonkers! That's why the People are rising up, speaking out, and taking action for the sake of their communities and ecosystems.

Get energized on these righteous tracks:

• "If Not Now, Then When?" by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• "Memory of a Cut Off Head" by Oh Sees
• "Robin's Egg (feat. I'm With Her)" by Iron & Wine
• "War Pigs" covered by Ruthie Foster
• "1984" by The Last Internationale
• "Empires Falling" by The Black Angels
• "Houseplants" by Squid
• "Haunting in the Mountains" by The Golden Ring
• "Fear Is Like a Forest" by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
• "Dry the Rain" by The Beta Band
• "It's About Being Free Really" by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• "A Place In the Sun" by Stevie Wonder
• "Oom Sha La La" by Haley Heynderickx
• "Erkazamane" by Etran de L'Aïr

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Black Ecologies | Earth Mixtape

To commemorate Black History Month 2026, Earth Mixtape celebrates Black histories, voices, and visionaries whose music gives expression to ecological realities—from legends like Marvin Gaye and Koko Taylor, to Afrofuturists Janelle Monáe and Kamasi Washington, Gil Scott-Heron's history lessons, winter rockin' from TV On The Radio, and many more.

Black voices have always been at the forefront of justice movements, and through music they teach how social and ecological and political issues intersect. In the spirit of listening, learning, and lifting up, Rusty Loon brings an hour of music by Black artists who emphasize environmental justice, joyful liberation, and rad consciousness raising.

Tune in and attune for this special episode of Earth Mixtape.