This Week with David Rovics

New song: "Lay Your Love on Gaza"

When I heard on the news that the Global Sumud Flotilla was being attacked by drones and Abba music, I was struck by the muse.

"Charlie Kirk" REMIX

As the Trump administration tries hard to capitalize on this latest instance of political violence in the USA, Chet Gardiner has for us a remix which vastly improves everything.

New song: "Invisible Rulers"

Renee DiResta's book, Invisible Rulers, does a brilliant job of introducing us to the modern online age -- an age which she characterizes as one during which the rumor mill and the propaganda machine have, in so many ways, collided.

New song: "Charlie Kirk"

He spent most of his short life feeding off of algorithms, and now the algorithms are feeding off of him.

Some Thoughts on Technology, Artists, and Society, in the Past, Present and Future

We're at another one of those seismic moments in technological development as it applies to the arts and most other things.

October NE US Tour now has 10 confirmed gigs and a ditty!

With the addition of Amherst, Massachusetts, the Ministry of Culture's October tour of the northeastern US now includes 10 confirmed gigs! And I recorded a little musical October Tour PSA as well... Radio and other audio people please feel free to use!

"Zahid" REMIX

Olympia's beloved Zahid Chaudhry remains in ICE detention in Tacoma. A wounded veteran of the US military, in his wheelchair, was detained by ICE. A cherished member of the community and a loving father, taken from his small children. Here's Chet Gardiner's lovely remix.

New song: "Zahid"

Most people in Olympia seem to know Zahid Chaudhry, and everyone who knows him loves him, including me.  He's the most effusively affectionate leftwing military veteran in a wheelchair you're ever likely to meet.  And now he's in ICE detention, being tortured in Tacoma.

More info:  keepzahidhome.carrd.co

Bread and Circus During Genocide

Party in the USA.

Mental Health, Music, Community, and the Resistance

What's one thing that just about all of us can do right now?  I've got answers.