This Week with David Rovics

Labor Day with Ron Placone

It was a great pleasure being today's guest on Ron Placone's very excellent podcast.  Here it is for my podcast subscribers to check out with ease, but if you want to subscribe to Ron's podcast, look up Get Yours News On With Ron wherever podcasts are found.

What 9/11 Derailed

Before September 11th, 2001, most of the people I knew also had one of those before-and-after dates that defined our new reality:  November 30th, 1999.

Refugee Ancestors

Most of us who live in what we call the United States are descended from refugees.  Most of us also don't know it, because we've been raised on lies, here in the USA.  But for those of us who do know about reality, and what really happened, rather than the nonsense they feed us in school and in the media, those scenes at the Kabul Airport look very familiar.  For many of us, it all looks like recent family history -- still living memory for my parents' generation.

Living Free, Dying, and Being a Sociopath

While "live free or die" has a nice ring to it, I'd much prefer "live with certain minimal restrictions and don't die" instead.  Some thoughts on what the far left and the far right appear to have in common.

The Danish Model

Some reflections on Denmark that I wrote while still in country, nearing the end of yet another wonderful concert tour of this remarkable place.

My Anonymous Critic Speaks

This is a response to an anonymously-written attack piece about me that ran recently in the neo-anarchist website and Twitter account, It's Going Down.

New song: "As the Planet Floods and Burns"

Just another song about what's going on around me on this beautiful, tortured planet.

Remembering 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain

The biggest multiracial armed uprising of the working class in the history of the United States took place in the hills of West Virginia 100 years ago this month. Ever heard of it?

No War But Class War: "Class Reductionism"

There's been a lot of talk in recent years about something called "class reductionism."  Here are my two cents on the subject.

Confessions of an Ecumenical Leftist

It seems a ridiculous thing to have to say, but I think intellectual discourse is generally a very good thing, rather than something to be stopped at all costs.