David Rovics

Musical evidence that the issues with the American left predate the social media era.

I wrote this song during the first Trump administration. It's dramatically more true now than it was then.

Each day for the next 17 days I'll share another track from our May 1st show in Aalborg, Denmark. Here's the first -- a song for the 1st of May itself.

It's one thing for the Israeli military to torture their Palestinian prisoners, but when they do that to Europeans, the European leaders say a few words of protest. This is a gentlemanly genocide, where appearances are maintained.

As the US bombs Iran and Israel bombs Lebanon during the supposed ceasefire, what is going to happen next is anybody's guess. But one thing we know is sure: all the writing on the wall is in Farsi.

Overthrow your theocratic state, before it's too late! Rise, Israelis, rise!!!

Mads Gram, a long-time activist within socialist youth groups in Denmark, and internationally with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine, died suddenly earlier this month, much too young. This song is for and about Mads.

Just before our last gig on the tour, which is tonight at the Islington Folk Club in London, one more song for London.

Globalizing resistance to US-Israeli empire-building and genocidal activities is necessary for the future prospects of humanity to continue to exist. So of course this song is illegal in Australia.

Upon learning that one of the biggest landowners in the Republic of Ireland today is the Duke of Devonshire, I was inspired to verse.

"All the Writing on the Wall is in Farsi"

One for International Workers Day.

Can't we just skip to the part where he shoots himself in the bunker?

For the best minds of my generation, what's all the rage? Arguing in the comments on my Facebook Page.

A blockade, to put them in position -- to starve Cuba into submission.

Overthrow your theocratic state, before it is too late! Reject your leaders and their lies -- rise, Israelis, Rise!

"Octogenarian Anglo-Saxon Terrorists"

Over the weekend another 500 people in England were arrested for holding signs, a large number of them quite elderly and even infirm, but terrorists nonetheless!

Music is the beating heart of the resistance. The corporate elite knows this. That's why they disable my accounts and try to destroy my career. If anyone is going to come to gigs in Europe this spring, it's basically up to you to spread the word! davidrovics.com/tour

With the assassination of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah, the number of journalists from Gaza killed by Israeli forces since October, 2023 is now 262.

Bomb them back to the stone ago, where they belong, said the president. We had to destroy another nation in order to liberate it.

In the face of it all, a weekly vigil may not seem like much, but it's a damn good place to start, for a whole lot of different reasons.

The Japanese government sends out useful emails to Japanese nationals living overseas. Yesterday they emailed to say beware of large public gatherings for the occasions of Passover and Easter. They know the US is at war, whether Americans do or not.

My own experience in life, and abundant historical evidence as well, suggest that music can be a powerful tool in both recruitment as well as counter-recruitment.

Attending a No Kings Rally During World War 3

Soldier: if you've observed that the president seems to have as little regard for your life as he has for the children in the Iranian elementary schools and medical clinics your air force is bombing every day, you're definitely not alone.

Here we have an appropriately musical three-minute tutorial on how to build a social movement. (Note: the quickly-generated slideshow is just a vehicle for the song and captions, the song being what I'm mainly sharing here...)

In another step in the right direction, YouTube Music has restored my albums to their platform, after my YouTube channel was also restored last month. The next decision they should reverse is on the demonetization of my channel, which is still in effect.

Here's "The Red and the Blue," one of the songs I sang as part of today's St Patrick's Day broadcast, mostly of me singing songs from my latest album, Insurrection Act. (You can find the rest of the broadcast up on X, YouTube, and Facebook.)

When we reminisce, will we say the end began When the US started a war upon Iran?

Events unfolding recently are going just like they did in the novel I've spent a long time thinking about writing. If the escalatory plot doesn't change from the novel, the US and Israel use nuclear weapons in the near future. We need to stop this.

Want safety and security? Stop bombing everyone.

Some thoughts on safety, security, and synagogues.

What are you fighting for?

Trump makes war with the world. Title track of Ai Tsuno's album. With captions.

The Hasbara Trolls are out in force, along with the fighter jets. They seek to sow doubt and create a toxic atmosphere. Every moment you spend engaging with them is completely wasted time.

The US and Israel are slaughtering Iranians from the sky. There will be protests. But what we need is a sustained movement. That starts with putting on rallies that foster community, that move, educate, and inspire. Not rallies that leave people feeling alienated and dejected.

The War Department is going after Anthropic for daring to draw the line at participating in mass domestic surveillance or autonomous killing machines.

Meanwhile in the Caribbean, the new US oil blockade -- a blatant act of war -- intends to starve the Cuban people into submission.

Your favorite obscure leftwing band never comes to your town? Don't complain -- organize a gig!

Songs are among the most powerful ways we can communicate. You can do it, too! Here's a very short lesson in topical songwriting.

Some thoughts on "the three O's" necessary for building and growing any social movement in the history of the world: Outrage, Organization, and Optimism.

Thanks to your efforts, my YouTube channel has been restored! Sort of... I'm unable to post anything there, and all of my albums are still absent from YouTube Music. Please keep up the pressure!

YouTube deleted my channel, and all of my albums, for entirely political reasons. How about we boycott them until they stop doing that sort of thing?