This Week with David Rovics

Notes From Scandinavia

Some reflections on what Scandinavia has that so many other places lack, after spending most of October on tour in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.  You can also find this in written form at davidrovics.com/thisweek.

Why Real Artists Don’t Like Capitalism or Identity Politics

Some thoughts on the way the liberal press likes to frame things when it comes to the arts, which entirely involves the rearrangement of deck chairs on a sinking ship.  (Published in written form in Counterpunch earlier in October, I was on tour and didn't have a chance to make the podcast version til now.)

Last Saturday Soiree

Today's Last Saturday concert from my living room, as it was livestreamed at 2 pm Pacific Time.

Ballad of the ”Green Cities” Corporation

Green Cities is a billion-dollar Portland-based corporation that is intent on gentrifying the world as rapidly as possible, making as much money as possible, with no interest whatsoever in the welfare of their tenants who can't keep up with Green Cities' massive rent increases, made possible by our broken system.

Last Saturday Soiree

Here's the podcast version of the livestreamed concert from my living room I gave for the internet earlier today.  There were a couple brief interruptions in the feed, but I have it here as it happened live, unedited.

New song: ”Gough Whitlam”

With the demise of the British queen I found myself obsessively reading everything I could find about the time she gave an award to the Australian monarchist who dissolved Gough Whitlam's administration in 1975.

10 Ways the Left is Vulnerable to Cancellation Campaigning and How We Might Overcome This Tendency

A written version of this podcast can be found in this weekend's edition of Counterpunch. 

Street Roots Joins the Cancel Culture?

K. Rambo, the recently-hired Editor in Chief of the local Portland paper, Street Roots, apparently thinks anonymous Twitter trolls engaging in a cancellation campaign are a legitimate source of public opinion, and that if you interview someone, that means you agree with their views. This is my response to Rambo, which you can also find in written form in this weekend's edition of Counterpunch.

Elijah Played the Violin

On August 30th, 2019, a young man named Elijah McClain was killed by a gang of police in his home town of Aurora, Colorado, for being Black. #TDIH #PeoplesHistory #BlackLivesMatter

September Songs

The main theme of this incarnation of my monthly Last Saturday livestreamed concert series is songs about the history of this month.  Here's the MP3 version of the concert that I streamed live on Twitch, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook on August 27th, 2022.