This Week with David Rovics

New song: ”Join the Mob”

This is a zipper song. If you're organizing an eviction defense squad somewhere other than Portland, a slight modification to one line is all you need to use it as a jingle yourself.

In Sight But Out of Mind

The way press coverage of the housing crisis is done, including the relative lack of it, is an insidious and terribly destructive example of social engineering.

Playlist 9/11

If not for the CIA, would either 9/11/1973 or 9/11/2001 have happened?

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties

In between having my Facebook account hacked and my wifi signal jammed, I heard an interview with Roger Lucey, and my imagination went wild.

Remembering Al Giordano

December 31st, 1959 - July 10th, 2023

The Social Engineering and Paralysis of the US Left

Ever wake up one morning and realize you've been a pawn in someone else's game, when you thought you were making history instead?

The Mind-Warping Effects of Rabbit Holes

If you spend most of your time going down rabbit holes, it's easy to develop tunnel vision.

From Little Things, Big Things Grow

What if we collectively organized as a class against those rich men north of Richmond, in defense of our mutual class interests, like guaranteed, actually affordable housing for everyone? 

New song: ”Shadowbanned on Bandcamp”

I am shadowbanned on Bandcamp, and there is complete silence from them as to why.  People have trouble understanding what a shadowban is in this case, or why it matters.  So here I try to explain all this in a song, in under 2 minutes.

Alphabet is one of the world's biggest corporations.  But most people don't seem to have any idea just how vital search engines are to the economy, and to their lives.  I can tell you though that when you can't be found on one, they matter, a lot.  

That's how it is for me, my music, and this important platform for independent music.  You can find my Bandcamp page through Google just fine, yes.  But not by using the search function on Bandcamp itself.  I'm invisible there, just like Neil Young on Spotify, if you search for him on that platform.

Find out more at davidrovics.com/bandcamp.  Which is not my Bandcamp page.  That's a page about Bandcamp's shadowban that I have on my website.  If you want to find me on Bandcamp, use Google...  But first try to find me directly on Bandcamp itself, and see for yourself what happens!

Dreaming of Pete Seeger

The past 48 hours on anti-social media have been so eventful, I had to make a podcast about it.