This Week with David Rovics

Concert From My Living Room

It's the last Saturday of the month -- March, in this case -- so, it was time for another livestreamed concert from my living room, as the tradition has been going lately. Here it is for the archive.

Discussion with Saed Bannoura of the Independent Middle East Media Center

We spend the hour with Independent Middle East Media Center founder, Portland-based Palestinian-American journalist and veteran of the First Intifada, Saed Bannoura.

Discussion with Keith McHenry on Food Not Bombs 40th anniversary

An extra special, extended discussion with Food Not Bombs cofounder, Keith McHenry, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first meal served! A fascinating discussion, Keith shares a lot of entertaining, exciting, and terrifying stories about his experiences as an organizer and artist.

Fixing The Stream

Spotify's model of disaster capitalism is being challenged like never before. And for the sake of the welfare of artists around the world -- and our children -- Spotify changing their business model can not happen soon enough.

New song: "When the West Was Won"

In May, 1887, a gang of white men led by someone named Bruce Evans carried out a series of massacres of Chinese gold miners in northeastern Oregon, robbing miners of everything, and killing all of them, at each camp the gang found.  Although some of them confessed to their heinous crimes, a jury refused to convict them.  Instead, the name of mass murderer, Bruce Evans, is engraved in an arch to the memory of the Pioneers who settled the area, in the town of Enterprise, Oregon.

Discussion with TV Smith, punk rock legend

We spend the hour with legendary British punk rocker, talking about his latest album, Lockdown Holiday, and lots else, plus we get a live song from the album, and my favorite oldie...

New song: "Puritan Slaughter"

For all those killed in the massage parlors of Georgia on March 16th, 2021.  On the anniversary of the My Lai Massacre.

Discussion with Joshua Morris on American Communists

We spend the hour with Joshua Morris, who is working on a book based on oral histories he collected -- working title: The Many Worlds of American Communists.

The Housing Crisis: One Year After Lockdown

One housing activist's assessment of where we are now with the ever-worsening housing crisis in the USA, and some lessons from 2020 on how we might begin to reverse course, with well-organized eviction defense campaigns as a primary tactic.

Say Their Names

Today is the first anniversary of the killing of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police. The jury for the trial of the cop who killed George Floyd is being assembled now. This is the third track from my new album.