This Week with David Rovics

Live in Brisbane

Sunday's benefit concert for Green Left was recorded brilliantly with soundboard audio as well as an ambient mic, by none other than Alex Bainbridge.

New song: ”Ram Mohamed Singh Azad”

Ram Mohamed Singh Azad was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London, England on July 31st, 1940.

New song: ”Ballad of the TikTok Ban”

The idea that TikTok is less trustworthy with our data or with their algorithms than scandal-ridden platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube is completely preposterous, based entirely on fantastical, nationalistic and xenophobic notions of the world, its corporations and its billionaires, having nothing to do with how anything actually works.

New song: ”The Panic Is On”

Here's one for the latest bank bailout.

Occupy Reflections: 2011, 2020, and Beyond

Before all the banks fail, we lose our jobs, and go out into the streets again, some reflections on the last time that happened.

A Very Brief History of Capitalism, Empire, and the Yellow Peril

The vilification of China and the Chinese people in the US -- and Russia and Russian people, among others -- goes way, way back.

Australia Tour PSA

I made a musical little 55-second public service announcement to promote my imminently-approaching tour of the east coast of Australia. Tour info at davidrovics.com/tour!

An Open Letter to the Portland Public Schools School Board on the proposed reform to Local Schools Foundations

There is widespread recognition that Portland's public schools are under-funded and under-staffed (like most of the public schools throughout the United States).  There is an ill-conceived initiative to reform the Local Schools Foundation.  The LSF is the primary reason the better-functioning schools are able to function better, and this reform would kill it, in the name of equity.  But if the answer is taking money from an already under-funded, under-staffed elementary school, then we're asking the wrong question.  More info and to get involved:  Save PPS Foundations

Tortuguita’s Playlist

Tortuguita was killed by Georgia state police on January 18th, 2023. A few days ago a friend of theirs sent me a playlist on Spotify.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Rovics (Extended) February 25th, 2023

The extended version of the interview from Saturday.