This Week with David Rovics

Julia Simpkins interviews David Rovics

Desert Island Disks is a long-standing, popular BBC program where someone is asked to choose a set of songs, and then the guest discusses the songs with the host, who also plays them during the interview.  Julia Simpkins has been hosting guest performers at the Bolton Socialist Club in Bolton, England for many years.  Since the pandemic, she's been doing it online, in the form of an excellent DIY version of the BBC program.  Not sure about the copyright issues, but with the permission of the participants, I recorded the session.

Bethel's Family Doctor Has Died of Covid-19

Remembering Dr. Edward Volpintesta, family doctor to many in Bethel, Connecticut for almost half a century, who died of complications from Covid-19 last Sunday, January 10th, 2021.

Why Does Mayor Ted Wheeler Hate Us So Much?

Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, known locally as Tear Gas Ted, is getting Tough On Crime and Anarchy, and I've got some analysis for you.

Fifth Estate Live with Jim Feast

We spend the hour with poet, author, editor, professor, cashier, Jim Feast, from Brooklyn, New York.

Questions in the Wake of the Beer Belly Putsch

Some thoughts on last Wednesday from a history buff who has been to a lot of protests.

Rosa Luxemburg Conference set

It was an honor to participate in the Rosa Luxemburg Conference today, in Berlin (so to speak).  To see the whole conference, check out www.jungewelt.de.

Fifth Estate Live with William R Boyer

We spend the hour with Detroit-based musician, playwright, poet, public school teacher and Fifth Estate contributor, Bill Boyer.

An Open Letter to Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys (cc: Antifa)

Have you ever found yourself surrounded by masked rioters being chased by flag-waving patriots and thought, I’ve seen this movie before?

Transatlantic Conversations with Frank

First Saturday of the month, so in keeping with pandemic tradition, time for another Transatlantic Conversation with Frank Uhlig.  We discussed recent developments in the US and Germany in particular, as usual, plus lots of discussion about history as well.

Stopping Evictions and Controlling Rents

Charles Dunaway interviewed me the other day for his radio show/podcast, focusing entirely on the housing crisis, rent control and eviction defense.