This Week with David Rovics

Fifth Estate Live presents the Anarchist Review of Books

In this episode of Fifth Estate Live we spend the hour with several of the authors featured or folks otherwise involved with the upcoming issue of FE, entirely dedicated to the Anarchist Review of Books. The discussion was hosted by author and ARB editorial collective member, Cara Hoffman, and included Panagiotis Kechagias, D.G. Gerard, N. Masani Landfair, and Jenny Polak.

To the Barricades: the Red House and the Future of Eviction Defense

There is an historic struggle taking place right now in North Portland. All hands on deck.

Discussion with Bob Weick, Marx In Soho

We spend the hour with Bob Weick, who has spent much of the first two decades of the 21st century bringing a play written by Howard Zinn to audiences across the US.

Fifth Estate Live with Norman Nawrocki

We spend the hour with Montreal-based playwright, author, musician and cabaret artist, Norman Nawrocki. We talked about his recent writings on the internment of eastern Europeans in Canada a century ago, about being a touring performer around the world on either side of the fall of the Berlin Wall, life during the pandemic, and many other things.

Rebel Songs

I gave a pretty good concert in my living room today, if I don't say so myself.  It was basically a rehearsal for next weekend's recording sessions at Big Red Studio, from which we will be livestreaming on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (December 12-14, 2020) on the usual platforms.

Discussion with Sam Husseini

We spend the hour with journalist, pundit, artist, and founder of VotePact.org, Sam Husseini, discussing subjects ranging from ranked choice voting to biowarfare and other weapons of mass destruction, Biden and Blinken's lies, and much more.

Gacko Lopez interviews David Rovics about Joe Hill

We recorded this interview today for a project Gacko is working on, and i thought I'd share it with anyone else who may be interested.

Discussion with Di Ponti on restorative justice

Di Ponti has been living and working in Copenhagen, particularly within certain alternative communities therein, for many years, with an emphasis on restorative justice, which is mostly what we talk about in this discussion.

The Word of the Month is "Renegotiation" -- Open Letter to My Landlord #7

A lot has happened for renters in the USA since my last letter, a month ago.  Things have gotten much worse.

Discussion with Bill Deresiewicz, author of The Death of the Artist

We spend the hour with the author of The Death of the Artist, a ground-breaking survey of the impact of Big Tech on all of the major, and largely former, artistic professions.