It can be used to help political change but for the benefit of whom is a different question. In November 1985 Red Wedge were created to help the labour party advance in the 87 election but unfortunately they didn’t win and the band faded and disbanded in 1990. When it is used directly for political use the public may not take it seriously.
Longhurst second dimension is the connection between popular music and politics. Billie Holidays “strange fruit” was inspired by 1937 poem by Meerpol after seeing a picture of Leeching. The song didn’t have political intent which Ballinger speaks about but sparked the awareness of slavery.
When Bob Marley sang “Get up, stand up”, he wanted a political change but had to work alongside the capitalist economy to get his voice heard, this was a homogenised two way system so everyone got what they wanted so change was slowly made
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There are some useful points made here but also some careless errors. Red Wedge was a movement, not a band while Abel Meerpol's poem about a LYNCHING most definitely is political in its intent.
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