This Week with David Rovics

Last Saturday Concert -- May 2021

Here's the audio rendition of the concert I gave live from my living room on the last Saturday of May.

The Death of Aziz Choudry

Some initial thoughts on the sudden death of Aziz Choudry, longtime McGill University professor, prolific author, organizer, friend and comrade to many around the world, including me.

Discussion with Jonathan Matthew Smucker on ecumenical organizing

We spend the hour with the author of Hegemony How-To: A Road Map for Radicals (AK Press) talking about effective, inclusive organizing, and how to avoid the pitfalls of sectarianism.

New song: "Shoplifting at Whole Foods"

Among the more principled shoplifters, liberating items from upscale corporate supermarkets is always preferable. But especially since Amazon bought Whole Foods, it's #1.

This is the tenth musical collaboration between me and Jane Reynolds/Virtual Bird. Album coming...

Discussion with Cris Bacunin on mutual aid in the Philippines

We talk with one of the activists involved with mutual aid projects associated with the Etniko Bandido Infoshop and Community Resource Center in Pasig City, the Philippines.

There are several minutes about 2/3 in where I lose my internet connection (thank you, Comcast), but then I come back. My guest's internet connection there in Manilla remains stable.

New song: "American Dream Ponzi Scheme"

New graphic (stickers coming) with a new song to go with it, on a concept of fundamental importance in places like the US and UK: the housing market is a Ponzi scheme, totally out of reach for most people, and the situation is literally killing us in large numbers every year.

The song is the latest collaboration between me and Jane Reynolds/Virtual Bird.

Discussion with Linda Allen, topical songwriter

We talk with one of the greatest topical songwriters you've probably never heard of, Linda Allen, from Bellingham, Washington. She shares some amazing, brand new original songs with us live at the end of the hour.

Third Intifada Backgrounder

Watching the news from Gaza with great alarm, got some gaps in your knowledge of the back story, and trying to understand what's going on? Here you go.

New song: "Watch the Buildings Crumble"

When the towers crumble in Gaza, they are drawn to the Earth by the same force of gravity as that which brought down the towers in New York, after the planes came.

New song: "When the Workers of the World Combine"

With the headlines in so much of the world full of phrases like "inter-communal violence," the notion of the workers of the world uniting seems very distant -- but more relevant than ever.