This Week with David Rovics

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.

The Progressive Industrial Complex and Our Fascist Future

When fascism comes to America, it will delivered by a midwife called the Progressive Industrial Complex.

You can find this in written form in today's edition of Counterpunch, as well as in both written and podcast forms at davidrovics.com/thisweek.

Palestine Action: Smashing Elbit Systems

Have you heard about the hundreds of people arrested in the UK for breaking into weapons factories and smashing equipment? Here's the podcast version of the piece you can find in written form in today's edition of Counterpunch. #FreePalestine

Singing in the Shadow of Belmarsh Prison

The news is once again full of talk about the Espionage Act of 1917.  Here are some thoughts on connections between the "transportation" of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Australia for taking a secret oath, and the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA under the draconian Espionage Act.

New song: ”Invasion”

The apologists for US imperialism call it "whataboutism."  Here's a song for them.  I challenge anyone to find a single word in this song (prior to the last line) that doesn't involve something the people of occupied Ukraine and the people of occupied Palestine have in common.

John Coleman interviews David Rovics

John Coleman of the Apocatastasis Institute interviewed me about what I've been up to over the past couple years, and about the state of the modern-day left, such as it is.  I spent a lot of time talking about the Progressive Industrial Complex.  Not sure what that is?  I'll explain.