The Stone Soup Coffeehouse, in Pawtucket, has never been shy about its political leanings, but if you couldn’t guess them, tonight’s Phil Ochs Song Night ought to remove all doubt.

Ochs’ songs will be done by contemporary topical singer-songwriters such as Kim and Reggie Harris, David Roth, Greg Greenway, Pat Humphries and Magpie, who will also do some of their own songs.

The song nights started in 1983, run by Ochs’ sister, Sonny Ochs, who lives in upstate New York, and have been touring since 1996.

Richard Walton, one of the founders of Stone Soup, says that the late stages of a hot election campaign is the perfect time for the music of Ochs, which is close to the heart of “a good old lefty like me. . . . It only seems right that there be some people to talk about peace and justice.”

Ochs’ songs include “Power and the Glory,” “Too Many Martyrs” and “That’s What I Hear.” Many of his songs are political, touching on subjects of the times when they were written, such as the civil rights struggle, the Vietnam War and more. He struggled with manic depression much of his life, and hanged himself in 1976.

Stone Soup is at St. Paul Episcopal Church, 50 Park Place, Pawtucket. The show starts at 8, and tickets are $15. Call (401) 421-9115.