This Week with David Rovics

New song: ”Tolpuddle”

Every year in mid-July there is a festival on the south coast of England to remember the class war that raged there during one particularly tumultuous period in the 1830's.  As I'm looking forward to singing at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival next month, I was inspired to do more research and write a song for the occasion.

Living Room Tour Launch

We're launching this tour from my living room. The fancy livestreaming equipment will stay at home -- it'll just be my bouzouki and a carryon suitcase on the road with me this summer. Destinations include Kansas, England, Scotland, Ireland, New York, and Oregon. More gigs wanted!

Talking with Anarchists About Gun Control

Many of the people I know who are opposed to gun control laws are anarchists, communists, and others associated with the left.  This podcast is for them.

Great Replacements

Living in a settler-colonial country that was built by Replacement as a fundamental operative concept, I now listen to liberal pundits talk about the idea as if it were just invented by the Right. 

When the Shooting Ended

Some thoughts on precisely what it is that makes the United States so exceptional.  Spoiler alert:  Europe is full of racists, too, but they don't have mass shootings every day.

Reflections on a Tour: Springtime in Europe 2022

The tour did not involve a visit to Ukraine or even any countries bordering Ukraine, but it was most definitely a war-time tour of Europe.

Waywards Interview

It was an honor to be James Anderson's first interview subject for his new Waywards project. We had an extensive conversation about all kinds of stuff, with a focus on my trolls, and cancellation campaigning in general.  

 

This is the audio-only podcast version.  If you want to watch the video and read James' introduction to it, check out Waywards on Substack.

New song: ”Cancel Culture Commander (Ballad of an Anarcho-Puritan)”

Real antifascists don't lead cancel culture cults that target people like me.  The only thing to cancel is cancel culture itself.  Fuck the trolls.  For more information on the nefarious activities of this pseudo-antifascist cult based out of Portland, Oregon, please go to davidrovics.com/trolls.

”I’m A Better Anarchist Than You” new verse

After being attacked repeatedly in an ongoing cancellation campaign led by the false prophets of antifascist "research" for over a year, I have now added a new verse to an old song, dedicated to the anarcho-puritan cult led by Shane Burley, Spencer Sunshine, Alexander Reid Ross (and whoever they work for).

Shane Burley’s Anarcho-Puritan Cancellation Campaigning, Explained

The anarchist scene in Portland, Oregon has a wingnut fringe, and its de facto leaders include one Shane Burley, who has recently published an article attacking me with all kinds of baseless lies. Here, I respond to the latest attacks.