Given the fact that the DNC just makes up the rules as they go along and they would prefer fascism to socialism, given the options, a Sanders nomination to be the Democratic candidate is a very long shot.  Getting the nomination and then winning the presidency is, for so many reasons, an even longer one.  A Sanders presidency, if he won, would then be violently opposed by the powerful elite and their pawns.  A successful Sanders presidency may, however, be the only thing that could prevent our complete descent into fascism in the US.

If Chloe Eudaly can keep her seat, and Margot Black wins hers, we could have a pro-worker, pro-renter majority in the Portland City Council.  Locals:  launch party today!

Here's episode 4 of 16 of Waiting for Something to Happen, a spoken and sung selection of recollections and ruminations from my first 50 years.

Here's episode 3 of 16 of Waiting for Something to Happen, a spoken and sung selection of recollections and ruminations from my first 50 years.

Here's episode 2 of 16 episodes that make up this audio memoir, which is available exclusively to patrons.  More info about the memoir can be found at davidrovics.com/audiomemoir.

Here's episode 1 of 16 episodes that make up this collection of anecdotes and ruminations about my first fifty years on Earth.  More info about the memoir can be found at davidrovics.com/audiomemoir.

This audio memoir consists of 16 episodes of about a half hour each.  They'll be going out to my paid subscribers weekly, until the end of April, 2020.  Here's a 10-minute sample.  You can find out more at davidrovics.com/audiomemoir.

Australian Jock Palfreeman has been in prison in Sofia, Bulgaria for over 11 years for a crime he didn't commit.  In October he got paroled, but so far this has just meant being transferred to another prison -- and powerful elements in Bulgarian politics are now aiming to get his parole canceled, through a process they're inventing as they go.

Can a hundred thousand people with sledgehammers change the world?

A prison, a protest, an art exhibit, a family farm, an antiwar conference, rent control, World War 1 and Hunter Biden.