One year after the war in Iraq began, the monetary cost has mounted to more than one hundred billion dollars. We’ve gone from a federal budget surplus to a massive debt. Thousands have died. Civil rights in this country have taken a serious hit.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

From the Protest Records site, here are some free and legal mp3s for your listening pleasure:

• Stephan Smith, “Business”
• Eugene Chadbourne, “New New New War War War”
• Scott Amendola & Carla Bozulich, “Masters of War”
• Sonic Youth, “Youth Against Fascism”
• MC Frontalot, “Special Delivery”
• The Cucumbers, “Illegal”