David Rovics
@davidrovics.bsky.social
Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), libertarian socialist, dad, lover of life. Lots more at davidrovics.com. I also write songs as part of Ai Tsuno.
Well, I know my family is just one of millions in the same situation, but the air here in Portland is becoming hazardously smoky, and we'd like to evacuate. All the hotels on the coast are booked or too expensive. Anybody who lives on the coast and can help, please say so!
Another track from the new album, available on all the streaming platforms, ALL THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
Here's another video that's also a track on the new album, THE WRITING ON THE WALL. This song is illegal in the Australian state of Queensland.
Our weekly vigil against US-Israeli wars of aggression has been happening here in Portland at 12th and Hawthorne every Sunday from noon to 2 pm, and it'll be happening again today. Hope to see you there -- everyone against US imperialism is most welcome!
2 new albums on all the streaming platforms as of today!
THE WRITING ON THE WALL is the latest David Rovics album you'll find on the streaming platforms as of today, along with Ai Tsuno's WHO WILL STOP THE EMPIRE? One of the tracks is the audio from this video of "Before the War."
It was an honor to be included among Dave Goodman's protest song picks on WGBH's Turntable series. www.wgbh.org/culture/2026...
Turntable: Brushing up on protest songs by local artists
GBH’s Dave Goodman offered his playlist picks for GBH’s All Things Considered’s “Turntable” series.
wgbh.org
It was a wide-ranging and very enjoyable interview with Trudy Leong for WZRD Chicago the other day. youtu.be/uoMBxQEsTeI?...
WZRD Interview - David Rovics, folk singer, songwriter, and activist
YouTube video by WZRD Chicago 88.3FM
youtu.be
If you're looking for good protest music, read this, including the new album from @davidrovics.bsky.social which skewers the war on Iran as the carnage continues... www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/cu... #protestsongs #protestmusic #protestsongs2026
Mat Ward here with another review of 10 new albums that could be called protest music, including my own Song for Tomorrow. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/cu...
If you're looking for good protest music, read this
Mat Ward looks back at July's political news and the best new music that related to it.
greenleft.org.au
My friend Bob Steck was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and taught high school history for decades afterwards. He explained to me once that the history of civilization was primarily a history of the struggle between the haves and the have-nots, in its various forms.
Looking forward to seeing people in Bangor, Washington on the weekend of August 8th, as we remember what nuclear weapons did to cities in Japan 81 years ago -- and what such weapons should never do again to anyone, anywhere.
AUSTRALIA: I got my plane tickets for November. I'll land in Brisbane on November 3, depart from Brisbane on November 24. In between those dates Kamala and I will travel to Sydney for sure, and hopefully other places, depending on who's up for organizing a gig somewhere!
There are various signs throughout history when an overstretched empire is about to collapse. The US currently ticks most of the boxes.
Code Pink, the DSA, and others have been declared by the State Department to be front groups for and fellow travelers of the Cuban revolution. Viva!
The amazing Emma’s Revolution is currently on tour around the northwest US, and then they head to the northeast for more. Looking forward to being at their show tonight in PDX! www.emmasrevolution.com/concerts
Emma's Revolution - Concerts
Concerts. Emma's Revolution, a songwriter group from Oakland, CA
emmasrevolution.com
Such a marvelous several days sharing stories and making music with the brilliant Laura Love.
I was interviewed the other day by Press TV. Unlike just about everything the western media has to say about the US-Israeli war against Iran, everything in this article is accurate. www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/...
US violations of MoU not surprising; war against Iran to spell end of US imperialism: Activist
US conduct after signing the Islamabad MoU with Iran shows diplomatic contempt, and this war will ultimately spell the end of American imperialism in the region.
presstv.co.uk
To whom it may concern: somehow holding musicians who use Suno responsible for the demise of the recording industry is exactly the same as blaming the demise of the taxi industry on former cab drivers who work for Uber. The logic is a form of punching down and victim-blaming.
The live album consisting of a song swap between Robb Johnson and I with an opening song from Attila the Stockbroker and Kamala Emanuel harmonizing is now up on all the streaming platforms!
Glenn Diesen often notes how the World War 2 generation of the western elite understood the difference between something like reality and their own propaganda, but with the current generation of the leaders of the west, they seem to believe the propaganda of their forebears.
One of the most popular chants in Iran today is "we will kill, we will kill, he who killed our imam."
🚨CODEPINK Statement in Solidarity with Fergie Chambers We are extremely concerned and outraged by the arrest of activist and funder Fergie Chambers in Spain and the U.S. request for his extradition on bogus charges.
One fire away -- radioactive Santa Fe. More info: burythebarrels.org
Two new albums drop on all the streaming platforms on August 1st -- THE WRITING ON THE WALL and WHO WILL STOP THE EMPIRE? Almost all the songs on both albums were collaborations between me and Ai Tsuno. You can decide whose renditions you prefer!
It's not very complicated, except in the minds of the Gulf Arab elite. If you host a US military base in your country which the US wanted to put there in the first place in order to "contain" Iran, and then the US military attacks Iran, you have already made yourself a military target.
We don't know the answer, but the question is certainly among the most important ones of our age.