This Week with David Rovics

Discussion with Professor Ben Manski on social movements

We spend the hour with Ben Manski, Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University, talking about the relevance of the tactics and strategies of past social movements, and where things might go next. Ben will be part of an online conversation on March 11 which you can learn more about at benmanski.com.

Discussion with Jason Crane, Vanarchist

We spend the hour with journalist and musician, Jason Crane, who is currently engaged in a wonderful project of discovery involving van living, which you can read much more about at vanarchism.com.

Attila the Stockbroker Introduces David Rovics

Attila the Stockbroker Introduces David Rovics -- I just had a great time playing a set for a music series on a Facebook Group started up by my good friend and comrade on the south coast of England. Here's the archived, MP3 version.

New album sneak peek: "There's Water On The Moon"

The first album I've put out in many years involving drums and bass, as well as all kinds of other cool stuff, will be out soon, in all the usual digital places. Here's a sneak peek, in the form of a very spacey mix of one of the tracks on the album, fresh from Pol Mac Adaim's home studio in Ireland.

Fifth Estate Live with Peter Werbe, author of Summer On Fire: A Detroit Novel

We spend the hour with Fifth Estate editorial committee member and long-time Detroit organizer and radio host, Peter Werbe, who has written a novel, and it is a gripping political thriller about the summer of 1967.

New song: "I Dreamed I Saw Anne Feeney"

An old friend of mine and Anne's suggested I do another rewrite of Earl Robeson's song about Joe Hill. I began with carrying out Robert's songwriting assignment, but then it turned into this. I miss you, Anne.

Note:  I used to post new songs to a separate podcast called Song For Today, but I discontinued that one, and now I'll be posting new songs as episodes of this podcast.

Discussion with Laurel Krause, Kent State Truth Tribunal

A moving, wide-ranging, extended interview with Laurel Krause, founder of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, talking to me from Mendocino, California. Laurel's sister, Allison, was one of four people killed in a pre-planned act of state terror carried out on the campus of Kent State University on May 4th, 1970.

Heeding German Warnings

There's a new documentary coming soon about a political tendency in Germany called the Anti-Germans. For an American audience, the release of this film could not be more timely.

Discussion with George Katsiaficas

We spend the hour with George Katsiaficas, author of many books, including Imagination of the New Left and The Subversion of Politics, talking about social movements, big moments in social movement history, the impact and repression of social movements, with a focus on the movement against the Vietnam War, the Black Panther Party, the rebellions across Asia of the 1980's, the autonomous movements of Europe during the same period, and much more.

Fifth Estate Live with Ralph Franklin of the Layabouts

We spend the hour with Detroit-area organizer and long-time bass player in the anarcho-musical phenomenon known and loved by many in Detroit and beyond, the Layabouts, talking about the Cass Corridor, the Detroit Uprising of 1967, Vietnam, World War 2, gentrification, free culture, and much more.