This Week with David Rovics

Getting On Lists and Having Weird Coincidences

What makes me jump to the most paranoid-seeming possible conclusion about why I am shadowbanned on Bandcamp with no explanation?

Bandcamp or Bannedcamp?

Why am I shadowbanned on Bandcamp, and why does this matter?

New song: ”Supply and Demand (Song for the Highland Clearances)”

The Scottish Highlands were cleared through methods identical to those that are transforming the US today, brought to you by the same sorts of investor-landlords and the same sort of captured state.

Generating Generation Gaps

Some thoughts on our collective divisions and how they've been implemented.

Live in Boulder: What Can Be Gleaned from Old Recordings

If a photo from twenty years ago can sometimes transport you to a time and place, what about a live concert recording?

The Left: How We Can Build It and How We Can Destroy It

Whether the left develops an inclusive orientation towards organizing the working class, or the exclusive orientation of a dystopic cancellation cult, is up to all of us.

Conflict, Compromise, and Controversy in Centralia

Whatever it is that happened or is happening now in Centralia, come November, 2023, there will be a new, town-sanctioned IWW plaque in Centralia Square.

New song: ”Centralia”

In November of this year, after 124 years, the statue in the center of Centralia, Washington memorializing the deaths of four members of the American Legion will finally be joined by a plaque remembering IWW organizer, Wesley Everest, and our fellow workers who were sentenced to 25-40 years in prison for defending their union hall as it and other IWW halls across the country were under attack by the same organized groups of war veterans doing the bidding of our newly-formed national secret police force, the FBI -- which was created with the express intention of destroying the radical labor movement.

The Historic Failure of No-Platforming

If we were to try to assess the overall impact of no-platforming campaigns over the course of the past century, what would we conclude?

Sharing Trolls with Andy Ngo

What do a popular conservative journalist and a little-known leftwing musician have in common? Ask our trolls.