This Week with David Rovics

What's Going On In Portland?

My best effort to describe the current precipice we're on, in 2,000 words, with a song at the end.

Pandemic Open Mic Monday #14

Here's the fourteenth open mic in the pandemic series.

Live In Concert From My Living Room in Portland, Oregon

I livestreamed a concert, with commentary, from my living room yesterday, here in southeast Portland, Oregon.  It was ostensibly a fundraiser for an album project, working title:  Pandemic Sessions.

Discussion with Elsa Rassbach, executive producer of the Killing Floor

I spend the hour with filmmaker and activist, Elsa Rassbach, who joins us from Berlin, Germany.  Her award-winning film, the Killing Floor, originally released in 1984, has just been restored and re-released via filmmovement.com. 

Discussion with Will Kaufman, author of Woody Guthrie: American Radical

I spend the hour with musician, professor and author, Will Kaufman, who has written three books on the life and times of Woody Guthrie, along with many other books and articles. 

Chris Cook interviews David Rovics for Gorilla Radio

Chris Cook hosts a longstanding and excellent show on CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC, and he had me on for the hour.

Fifth Estate Live with Eric Laursen, co-founder of NYC Anarchist Book Fair

We spend the hour with regular Fifth Estate contributor Eric Laursen. co-founder of the NYC Anarchist Book Fair and author of many books, including Understanding the Crash, about the economic crash of 2008. 

Pamdemic Open Mic Monday #13

The thirteenth open mic in the series featured some great new songs from Bergie!, a powerful rendition of a Utah Phillips song from his old friend, Mike Marker, and lots more.

 

To sign up for open mic #14: www.davidrovics.com/pomm

Discussion with Mic Crenshaw, hip-hop artist and co-founder of Anti-Racist Action

I spend the hour once again with Portland-based hip-hop artist and co-founder of Anti-Racist Action during his youth in Minneapolis, Mic Crenshaw, talking about federal officers kidnapping people off the streets of Portland, and many other things.

Discussion with Frank Morales, Campaign to Demilitarize the Police

I spend the hour with Frank Morales, longtime activist and priest from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, mostly discussing the current historical moment, especially the subjects of demilitarizing the police, housing as a human right, eviction resistance, and 9/11.