This Week with David Rovics

New song: ”It’s Christmas Eve”

Meanwhile in Manger Square.

”The Apocalypse Will Be Televised” REMIX

Notes from the Palestinian Holocaust. The latest track that Chet has improved upon.

New song: ”Indiscriminate”

What's become clear to people paying attention to reality as it is, rather than the propaganda version most of us consume in the west, is the Israeli bombardment of Gaza is indiscriminate mainly to the extent that the plan is to destroy every building standing in the Gaza Strip. Otherwise, the killing and arrests have been very targeted, particularly aimed at people who are essential for the functioning of a society, such as hospital administrators, medical workers of all kinds, journalists, and their extended families. It is worth noting that targeted assassinations are nothing new for Israel.

”Just Like the Nazis Did” REMIX

The latest remix for the upcoming album about the Palestinian Holocaust.

As 2.3 million people in Gaza begin to die en masse from famine and disease, it becomes increasingly impossible to understand how anyone paying any attention to what’s actually going on there can justify the policies of Israel’s fascist regime, or how anyone understands Israel to be anything other than a fascist regime whose government, backed by much of Israeli society, is bent on genocide.

This song just mentions some of the parallels between contemporary Israeli fascism and the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1940’s that killed so many members of my extended family in central and eastern Europe.  In the ten days since I wrote this song, there are so many more examples I could use.

This remix is the sixth track Chet Gardiner has worked his studio magic on from his home base in Hawai’i.  When he’s done an album’s worth of remixes I’ll be putting them out as an album on Spotify and all the other streaming platforms.

New song: ”Land and Freedom”

Anyone who says a national liberation movement is about something other than land and freedom is probably trying to distract you from seeing the obvious.

”Once the Last Palestinian’s Killed” REMIX

Chet has delivered another remix, which I think breathes life into this song about death eloquently, if such a thing can be said. 

New song: ”Song for the Houthi Army”

This song is a public service announcement, to thank the Houthi Army for their service to the global public. 

”They Were Raising A White Flag” FINAL MIX

Chet Gardiner has sent me a few more tracks. Not only “They Were Raising A White Flag,” but also “From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.” He’ll be working with more, but I’m sharing them as they come, because everything is happening in real time.

Here’s the whole playlist of songs about the current apocalypse, which I’ve got arranged so the tracks that Chet has improved upon are mostly on top, such as the first 4.

These tracks, like everything else I’ve got on Soundcloud, can be streamed or downloaded for free, and of course they can also be played through a sound system at a protest, or on the radio, or wherever else.

For folks who want to hear them live, I’ll be doing a concert in downtown Portland, Oregon on January 20th, and then Ceasefire Tour plans after that include southern California, France, England, Scotland, Wales, the northeastern US, and Australia. If you’re from any of those places and might be inclined to organize a gig of any kind, I’d love to hear from you!

Where Did All These Terrorists Come From?

I wrote a poem.

”Save The Pigs”

When the rules of engagement are "shoot anything that moves."