This Week with David Rovics

The Geopolitics of Genocide and the Social Engineering of Complicity

For genocide to be committed, the perpetrators need political cover along with lots of weapons and money, and the rhetorical groundwork needs to be laid.

Mandolas Not Missiles

Here's the concert from my living room I just did, a week before I head to Scandinavia for the CEASEFIRE TOUR of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Being Goldstein

How did so much of what we once thought of as the left become an anti-intellectual, identity-obsessed cult, and how did I become Emmanuel Goldstein?

Portland Jews Say No To Genocide

 And then they start shouting at one another afterwards.

Alternative Realities and Cycles of Genocide

The western media helps maintain necessary levels of ignorance in the domains they control, while the rest of the world decries another ongoing genocide, brought to us by settler-colonialism and empire.

Discussion with John and Paula on Palestine

Last Friday I had another of my periodic discussions with John Coleman and Paula de Angelis, this one focused on the Israeli genocide in Gaza. 

Palestine Teach-In

A backgrounder on Palestine, annotated with relevant songs.  More at davidrovics.com/palestine.

Genocidal Ironies

The thing about the saying, "whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger," is it's often not true. 

New song: ”As the Bombs Rain Down”

As we stand by, the Israeli military is obeying its commands to annihilate the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s 9/11: Counting the Ways

Examining the connections between 9/11 and the events of the past weekend in Palestine/Israel is like peeling an onion with infinite layers.