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A really lively remix of this song I wrote earlier this month (that Elon Musk earned every penny of), with an especially counterpunctual bass line, from Chet Gardiner's studio in Hawai'i.
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"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe." Albert Einstein
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I learned belatedly that the wonderful and brilliant woman on the left of this photo, Joan S. Livingston, died last month, at the age of 70. This photo is from December 1st, 2024, last time I was in Boston, playing at the Community Church of Boston, where I had seen her so many times before.
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Another song for the ongoing DOGE coup d'etat.
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In a special episode of This Week with David Rovics, I had a discussion earlier today with Peter Phillips about his new book, Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity.
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Finally, Elon gets his own song.
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Will the real populist please stand up?
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A dreamy rendition of a song which is itself a dream. -
After the worldwide revolution, when the people united, we looked back at our accomplishments.
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Listen to episode 16 first, or start at the beginning with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2020-2022The Centers for Disease Control suspend evictions nationwide (âDonât Pay the Rentâ)
New Zealand/Aotearoa becomes one of the very few places on Earth free of Covid-19 (âAotearoaâ)
George Floyd is executed on camera, and protests and riots explode across the US (âAs I Watch Minneapolis Burnâ)
Sustained protests take place across the US for months and millions of people say that Black lives matter (âSay Their Namesâ)
The Trump administration declares Portland and Seattle to be âanarchist jurisdictionsâ (âAnarchist Jurisdictionâ)
Israel bombs Gaza again, with even bigger bombs than the last time (âWatch the Buildings Crumbleâ)
Palestine Action forms in the UK and starts destroying Elbit Systems factories (âSmashing Elbit Systemsâ)
There is a Heat Dome over Portland, Oregon and the temperature hits 116F/47C (â116 Degreesâ)
Russian invades Ukraine, and the US imposes sanctions on Russia (âThis is Not a Trade Warâ)
Georgia state police kill an activist named Tortuguita in a hail of bullets for trespassing (âTortuguitaâs Playlistâ)
More episodesThis series basically ends here with 2022. But for a lot of vitally important history on late 2023 and 2024, I have a three-part podcast series very much like this one which you can listen to at davidrovics.com/palestine.
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Another brilliant remix from Chet Gardiner's studio in Hawai'i, of my most recent composition, "Deport the Billionaires."
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You can just listen to episode 15, or start at the beginning of the podcast series at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2016-2020
Thousands of people travel from all over to protest against the pipeline being put through the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota (âStanding Rockâ)
Grenfell Tower burns in London, killing 72 (âNames and Addressesâ)
White supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens (âToday in Charlottesvilleâ)
The state of Arizona cracks down further on those trying to keep refugees from dying on the border (âI Was a Strangerâ)
The Trump administration institutes the child separation policy on the US-Mexico border (âICEâ)
Willem van Spronsen dies in an effort to prevent refugees from being deported in Tacoma, Washington (âThe Time to Actâ)
The Great March of Return begins in Palestine on Land Day in 2018 (âLand Dayâ)
Two-year-old refugee, Mawda Shawri, is killed by police in Belgium (âMawda Was Her Nameâ)
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, is forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy and imprisoned at Belmarsh (âBehind These Prison Wallsâ)
Stella Moris announces to the world that she and Julian have two children (âWhen Julian Met Stellaâ)
Annual numbers of people dying on the streets of Los Angeles County exceeds 1,000 for the first time (âLiving on the Streets of LAâ)
Bernie Sanders runs for president again and has his campaign sabotaged by the Democratic National Committee (âBernie 2020â)
Jason Hargrove becomes one of the first âessential workersâ to die from Covid-19 in the US (âEssentially Expandableâ)
The Oregon Employment Department demonstrates itself to be completely unprepared for the Covid-19 emergency (âBallad of the Oregon Employment Departmentâ)
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Just listen to this episode, or start at the beginning with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.
2013-2016Edward Snowden reveals the NSA's Prism Program to the world ("Prism")
I am prevented from entering New Zealand on a mysterious basis ("Spies are Reading my Blog")
Folks who smashed helicopter gunships with sledgehammers in Australia go on trial ("If I had a Hammer")
There is a coup in Ukraine, and the Biden family gives the appearance of involvement ("A Biden Ballad")
The police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Jr. elicit marches across the US ("I Can't Breathe")
A white supremacist commits a massacre at the oldest Black church in South Carolina ("The State House Lawn")
A massacre on the Kenya-Somalia border is prevented ("One Day in Kenya")
Hundreds of thousands of refugees flood into Europe from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere ("Upon Our Shores")
The autonomous region of Rojava is established in northern Syria ("Rojava")
Omid Masoumali immolates himself on the island of Nauru in an Australian internment camp ("Leila and Majnun")
Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader of the British Labor Party ("I Agree with Jeremy")
Donald Trump launches a campaign for the US presidency, and wins ("Make the Planet Earth Great Again")
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If we deported the billionaires and nationalized their wealth, the rest of the US could be twice as well-off at least. A much better deal than whatever benefit we're supposed to get from deporting our neighbors!
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Lots of folks are desperately wondering how we build the resistance. If such efforts have any chance of success, history shows that it had better be a resistance that sings together.
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If you're a card-carrying member of the IWW or just Wobbly-adjacent, this message is for you. (If you've never heard of the IWW, it's also for you.)
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I think this will be the last track on the new album documenting the past few months of our collective jump from the frying pan to the fire.
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Moving on from the frying pan to the fire.
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Last Thursday, at Secretary of State Antony Blinken's last press conference, journalist Sam Husseini asked such pointed questions that they had to drag him out of the room.
Yet another brilliant remix from Chet Gardiner. Sometimes his remixes are full of musical activity, and other times theyâre more understated, like this one. Always in service of the song. One more and weâll put out the next albumâŠ
- Se mer
