A song about the Bisbee Deportations of 1917. "Bisbee, Arizona, 1917" originally appears on Ai Tsuno's album, War with the World, available on a streaming platform near you. davidrovics.substack.com/p/bisbee-ari...

I wrote this song many years before Trump kidnapped Maduro. Among other places, it appears on the David Rovics album, Strangers and Friends. davidrovics.substack.com/p/in-venezuela

ON THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR #PODCAST The 2026 Labor Grammys winner, @davidrovics.bsky.social on why stories move people, Songs for #Minneapolis, The 1902 anthracite strike and the roots of modern policing, and more! Listen now: yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/e/songs-for-... #PODCAST#Minneapolis#LaborRadioPod

Trump is waiting for a good enough excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare himself dictator, seems to us. "Insurrection Act" originally appears on Ai Tsuno's album, War With the World. davidrovics.substack.com/p/insurrecti...

A song for Renee Good of Minneapolis. "If the Rest of Us Could Be So Good" appears originally on Ai Tsuno's album, War With the World, available on a streaming platform near you. davidrovics.substack.com/p/if-the-res...

Well, I can't post my essay about being deleted from YouTube on YouTube, nor can I share the video there, comment on it, like it, or subscribe to Indie News Now there. But if you want to hear about my deletion from YouTube on YouTube, here you go! youtu.be/VuVHvfcsNPI?...

To me, this statement from Valeria Chomsky makes sense, 100%. open.substack.com/pub/mate/p/n...

My dear old friend, comrade and colleague Chris Chandler has had a terrible fall from a ladder, and is in intensive care with a brain injury. He's improving but he'll need help. gofund.me/528f25413

First we take the Labor Heritage Power Hour, then we take LA... davidrovics.substack.com/p/ai-and-i-w...

The last show on our tour of California is Friday evening at the Workers Circle in Los Angeles! The show is at 8 pm, contrary to what it said on my website, and Peter Alsop will be doing a little opening set!

“If you wanna move people emotionally, you have to tell a good story.” — @davidrovics.bsky.social Hear his take on art, AI, and solidarity RIGHT NOW on the Labor Heritage Power Hour on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC or online at wpfwfm.org/radio/ #WashingtonDC#WPFW #LaborRadioPod #music

Our last concert on this tour of California will be Friday evening at the Workers Circle in Los Angeles. Please tell folks in LA!

Looking for good music with English lyrics for playing through the sound system at a Palestine solidarity event? Here you go. on.soundcloud.com/X4ruMcSZ2CrW...

No rock icons involved with this album (unlike some others I've put out), but if you want to hear some more kick-ass songs about current subjects like Minneapolis, Venezuela, Cuba, & Iran, you can find the Ai Tsuno Project's new release, War with the World, on all the platforms.

Sunday: Santa Cruz, California!

Saturday: San Francisco!

Tonight in Sacramento!

YouTube banned me and YouTube Music deleted all my albums, who knows what's next. But I've populated my Rumble account with close to 100 videos now, including a bunch that weren't on YouTube and which you won't find anywhere else. Check it out! rumble.com/user/davidro...

Friday: Sacramento, California!

My latest collaboration with the Ai Tsuno Project drops on all the music streaming platforms on February 1st. Here's a guided tour of the album. www.patreon.com/posts/war-wi...

This man currently in jail in Clackamas, Oregon, does not deserve the murder sentence he is facing, in my humble opinion. davidrovics.substack.com/p/song-for-c...

YouTube has 50x as many users as Rumble. However, having been blacklisted from the world's biggest platform, you can look for future videos from me on the platform most people migrate to when that happens. Here's a recent concert recording from Vermont. rumble.com/playlists/JG...

Just before our Berkeley show last night, Kamala and I spent the hour with Dennis Bernstein as guests of Flashpoints on KPFA Community Radio. davidrovics.substack.com/p/the-minist...

If there's anyone out there interested in civil liberties, now might be a good time to help me sue YouTube, for the sake of society at large. davidrovics.substack.com/p/meanwhile-...

Monday: Berkeley, California!

Sunday: Sebastopol, California!

Friday: Garberville, California!

Any website that has a video embedded from my YouTube channel now looks a lot like the lower half of this screen shot from my website.

What does a musician look like whose music is so threatening to the rule of law that his YouTube channel must be deleted, and all his albums wiped from YouTube Music? Like this.

The latest chapter in David's Disappearance. davidrovics.substack.com/p/youtube-ch...

The response to my appeal came almost immediately. "We won't be putting your channel back up on YouTube."

I had a very nice and wide-ranging interview with Rebel Fagin on his Radio Resistance radio show recently, which was broadcast on his show on KBBF Community Radio on Sunday. Here's the podcast version. www.patreon.com/posts/148700...

YouTube, the world's biggest platform, today decided to delete my channel. Appeal denied. The suppression of my career continues.

Lots of attention on a very large island in the Arctic of late, but is it possible there's a very small island in the Caribbean that is at the root of Trump's incessant flood of distractions? davidrovics.substack.com/p/that-island

CALIFORNIA! From January 23rd to February 6th the Ministry of Culture is doing concerts all over the state. Please spread the word, and ignore the FBI/CIA/Mossad/Antifa trolls who seem to know better than anyone how powerful our music is, & how much it needs to be suppressed.

Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act? Stay tuned... davidrovics.substack.com/p/insurrecti...

The Ministry of Culture has gigs coming right up all over California in Garberville, Sebastopol, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and this one just confirmed in Santa Cruz! davidrovics.com/tour

A lot of people are saying a lot of things about AI to me, and in general. Here I make a bit of effort to distinguish the baby from the bathwater. davidrovics.substack.com/p/of-babies-...

If there's someone out there with extra hotel points or a guest room or two, Kamala and I are looking for somewhere to stay in or near Garberville, California on the nights of January 22-24.

Our first gig in San Francisco on this tour of California will be taking place throughout Saturday and Sunday -- the Social and Economic Justice Music and the Arts Festival. We'll be doing workshops and performing on both days. davidrovics.com/tour

Trump is making war with the world. davidrovics.substack.com/p/war-with-t...

Day 2 of woodshedding in Weed, before the gigs start this weekend! davidrovics.com/tour

The 10th album from the Ai Tsuno Project, SAVE THE HUMANS, is up on all the music streaming platforms as of today. If you like our commentary on world affairs then please share, review, playlist, etc.!

The governor of Oregon has renewed her declaration of a housing emergency in the state, because after spending billions of dollars to try to resolve it, it's only gotten worse. davidrovics.substack.com/p/the-rent-i...

Next weekend's event in Sebastopol is a fundraiser involving lots of delicious food and lots of live music! No advance tickets required, but they are available. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

CALIFORNIA! The Ministry of Culture is here in Weed, and we're thrilled to be doing gigs all over the state over the next few weeks! Also, we'll play at your protests for free, so hit us up. davidrovics.com/tour

Hello CALIFORNIA! Kamala and I are rehearsing for the tour, which starts this weekend in San Francisco, where we're doing workshops and concerts on both days of the Social & Economic Justice Music & Arts Festival. Please spread the word about the tour! davidrovics.com/tour

The Ai Tsuno Project's latest album, Save the Humans, drops on all the music streaming platforms on January 15th. Our 10th album includes such instant classics as “Disarm Israel,” “Message from Gaza,” and “Bisbee, Arizona, 1917.” Here's a guided tour! davidrovics.substack.com/p/save-the-h...

A song for Renee Nicole Good, killed by ICE in Minneapolis on January 7th, 2026. davidrovics.substack.com/p/if-the-res...

A song for Renee Nicole Good, killed by ICE in Minneapolis on January 7th, 2026. www.patreon.com/posts/if-res...