Author David Rovics
If a Song Could Raise an Army
Per quanto io condivida quasi tutta la "poetica" di Rovics, la sua esagerata prolificità, insieme ai suoi oggettivi limiti musicali, mi infastidisce...
La stessa sensazione che mi restituiscono le "canzoni" di Marco Valdo MI, pure lui prolificissimo, e senza neppure proporsi in musica...
Scrivere così tanto e invano forse soddisfa il loro ego, non certo l'ascoltatore/lettore...
Preferisco sempre la qualità alla quantità.
Parere personale...
La stessa sensazione che mi restituiscono le "canzoni" di Marco Valdo MI, pure lui prolificissimo, e senza neppure proporsi in musica...
Scrivere così tanto e invano forse soddisfa il loro ego, non certo l'ascoltatore/lettore...
Preferisco sempre la qualità alla quantità.
Parere personale...
πολεμικός 2024/5/5 - 16:24
WCNSF
ho sentito questa mattina la notizia dell'acronimo WCNSF a Radio Popolare e mi è subito venuta la voglia di scrivere un brano sull'argomento.
Facendo ricerche in rete ho trovato che il bravissimo e prolifico David lo aveva già fatto con molto tatto e profondità di racconto.
Il coinvolgimento complice dei suoi USA immagino lo faccia sempre soffrire e gli dia ulteriori ragioni per scrivere.
vi metto il link alla dichiarazione dell'infermiera del Gaza Doctors without Borders che ha dato l'annuncio
Facendo ricerche in rete ho trovato che il bravissimo e prolifico David lo aveva già fatto con molto tatto e profondità di racconto.
Il coinvolgimento complice dei suoi USA immagino lo faccia sempre soffrire e gli dia ulteriori ragioni per scrivere.
vi metto il link alla dichiarazione dell'infermiera del Gaza Doctors without Borders che ha dato l'annuncio
paolo Rizzi 2023/12/5 - 11:55
From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea
Bellissima anche la sua vecchia ma attualissima
Israeli geography 101
contro le politiche di Netanyahu
C'è anche lei questo sito
Israeli geography 101
contro le politiche di Netanyahu
C'è anche lei questo sito
Paolo Rizzi 2023/11/22 - 12:04
Rich Men North of Richmond
I wish politicians would look out for miners
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2023/8/28 - 23:21
The Death of Rachel Corrie
An article by Tony Smith:
No bulldozer can bury the truth: Remembering Rachel Corrie - Pearls and Irritations
In another echo of early 2003, the twentieth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie on 16 March went largely unreported.
2023/4/13 - 16:10
Behind These Prison Walls
Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo, 15-10-2022 17:03
Dietro a queste mura carcerarie
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2022/10/15 - 17:03
The Pogroms of 1969
2020
Rebel Songs (free the immagination)
Rebel Songs (free the immagination)
You could say it started long ago, or keep one lifetime in your sights
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Contributed by Dq82 2021/3/27 - 11:16
Song Itineraries:
Conflicts in Ireland
I Dreamed I Saw Anne Feeney
(2021)
An old friend of mine and Anne's suggested I do another rewrite of Earl Robeson's song about Joe Hill. I began with carrying out Robert's songwriting assignment, but then it turned into this. I miss you, Anne.
An old friend of mine and Anne's suggested I do another rewrite of Earl Robeson's song about Joe Hill. I began with carrying out Robert's songwriting assignment, but then it turned into this. I miss you, Anne.
I dreamed I saw Anne Feeney, it was on a picket line
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2021/2/13 - 19:53
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Normandy
2020
Viral Solidarity
Viral Solidarity
If I could live to see the day, say eighty years from now
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/7 - 19:55
Say Their Names
2020
Say their names
Say their names
Jacob Blake(1) was walking to his SUV
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/7 - 19:43
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Elijah Played the Violin
2020
Say their names
Elijah Jovan McClain, un massaggiatore afroamericano di 23 anni di Aurora in Colorado, fu ucciso la sera del 24 agosto 2019 a seguito di un'aggressione perpetrata dagli agenti di polizia Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt e Randy Roedema e di un'iniezione di ketamina come sedativo dai paramedici. Un cittadino di Aurora aveva segnalato alla polizia che McClain si stava comportando in modo sospetto indossando una maschera da sci. La stessa persona aveva però anche indicato che non credeva che qualcuno fosse in pericolo e che pensava che McClain fosse disarmato. I tre poliziotti [1] dichiararono che le loro telecamere a corpo andarono fuori uso durante una colluttazione con McClain ma le riprese della telecamera di almeno un ufficiale dimostrano che l'affermazione era falsa. La registrazione mostra come all'agente fu chiesto di allontanare la telecamera dall'immagine di... (Continues)
Say their names
Elijah Jovan McClain, un massaggiatore afroamericano di 23 anni di Aurora in Colorado, fu ucciso la sera del 24 agosto 2019 a seguito di un'aggressione perpetrata dagli agenti di polizia Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt e Randy Roedema e di un'iniezione di ketamina come sedativo dai paramedici. Un cittadino di Aurora aveva segnalato alla polizia che McClain si stava comportando in modo sospetto indossando una maschera da sci. La stessa persona aveva però anche indicato che non credeva che qualcuno fosse in pericolo e che pensava che McClain fosse disarmato. I tre poliziotti [1] dichiararono che le loro telecamere a corpo andarono fuori uso durante una colluttazione con McClain ma le riprese della telecamera di almeno un ufficiale dimostrano che l'affermazione era falsa. La registrazione mostra come all'agente fu chiesto di allontanare la telecamera dall'immagine di... (Continues)
His family moved from Denver to Aurora
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/7 - 19:08
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Ballad of Lachlan Macquarie
2020
Say their names
Lachlan Macquarie (Ulbha, 31 gennaio 1762 – Londra, 1º luglio 1824) è stato un generale scozzese. Fu governatore coloniale nel Nuovo Galles del Sud, in Australia, ed ebbe un ruolo cruciale nello sviluppo economico e sociale del territorio, che sotto la sua guida cominciò la transizione da colonia penale a libero insediamento.
Say their names
Lachlan Macquarie (Ulbha, 31 gennaio 1762 – Londra, 1º luglio 1824) è stato un generale scozzese. Fu governatore coloniale nel Nuovo Galles del Sud, in Australia, ed ebbe un ruolo cruciale nello sviluppo economico e sociale del territorio, che sotto la sua guida cominciò la transizione da colonia penale a libero insediamento.
Lachlan Macquarie was a Scotsman who
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/12/7 - 19:03
November 2020
[2020]
The election has been won but the loser won't concede
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Contributed by hmmwv 2020/11/25 - 22:01
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Born on the Fourth of July
[2020]
I'm watching a country built on the foundations of slavery, genocide, real estate speculation and fantasy crumble before my eyes. May it crumble faster, and may I live to see the dust settle.
I'm watching a country built on the foundations of slavery, genocide, real estate speculation and fantasy crumble before my eyes. May it crumble faster, and may I live to see the dust settle.
As I walk down the streets of this city
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Contributed by adriana 2020/7/7 - 09:29
Ballad of Alvaro Luna Hernandez
[2020]
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: Notes from a Failed State
A handsome man targeted by the local police in Alpine, Texas from an early age, Alvaro Luna Hernandez has been in prison since 1996, for the crime of daring to defend himself against a racist police officer with murderous intent.
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: Notes from a Failed State
A handsome man targeted by the local police in Alpine, Texas from an early age, Alvaro Luna Hernandez has been in prison since 1996, for the crime of daring to defend himself against a racist police officer with murderous intent.
Alvaro Luna Hernandez
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Contributed by giorgio 2020/6/15 - 08:45
If They Defunded the Police
[2020]
No matter what is said about it, the ruling class in the US will not defund the police. To do so would be to overthrow their brutally unequal, sick form of society. But it's nice to imagine what it might be like to be liberated. David Rovics
No matter what is said about it, the ruling class in the US will not defund the police. To do so would be to overthrow their brutally unequal, sick form of society. But it's nice to imagine what it might be like to be liberated. David Rovics
If they defunded the police, what would we do
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Contributed by adriana 2020/6/13 - 17:00
As I Watch Minneapolis Burn
[2020]
Notes from a Failed State
Notes from a Failed State
Are people still lynched in America – and what happens when they die
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Contributed by adriana 2020/5/30 - 07:58
I Can't Breathe
from The Other Side, released August 31, 2015
I Can't Breath, non respiro! Le stesse parole di Eric Garner 5 anni fa e oggi di George Floyd, afroamericano di 46 anni, ucciso per soffocamento da un agente di polizia a Minneapolis, USA davanti a diversi passanti che hanno iniziato a riprendere la scena. Nel video si vede il poliziotto che lo blocca a terra con un ginocchio all'altezza del collo rimanendo in quella posizione con tutto il peso del corpo per diversi minuti nonostante le proteste dei presenti.
I wrote this song, "I Can't Breathe," after the death of Eric Garner. Unfortunately, it's now also about George Floyd.
I Can't Breath, non respiro! Le stesse parole di Eric Garner 5 anni fa e oggi di George Floyd, afroamericano di 46 anni, ucciso per soffocamento da un agente di polizia a Minneapolis, USA davanti a diversi passanti che hanno iniziato a riprendere la scena. Nel video si vede il poliziotto che lo blocca a terra con un ginocchio all'altezza del collo rimanendo in quella posizione con tutto il peso del corpo per diversi minuti nonostante le proteste dei presenti.
Wake up in the morning, nowhere you can hide
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2020/5/27 - 22:52
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
1933
[2018]
Parole e musica di David Rovics
Album: Historic Times
Parole e musica di David Rovics
Album: Historic Times
History doesn't repeat, they say, but it often appears it does
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Contributed by hmmwv 2020/5/24 - 19:27
Neither King Nor Kaiser
[2014]
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: When I'm Elected President & Wayfaring Stranger (double album)
NeitherKingNorKaiser is the tag the Europe-based campaign is using to remember the imperial carnage that was World War I in a more accurate light.
It was a war that was opposed by the majority, and fought on behalf of the few.
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: When I'm Elected President & Wayfaring Stranger (double album)
NeitherKingNorKaiser is the tag the Europe-based campaign is using to remember the imperial carnage that was World War I in a more accurate light.
It was a war that was opposed by the majority, and fought on behalf of the few.
A hundred years ago today
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Contributed by giorgio 2020/5/4 - 14:25
The Draft Is Coming
David is brilliant but this song shows a surprising lack of unnderstanding of America's military strategy at home. Vietnam taught American politicians that a draft results in protests & makes war unpopular. We now boast of our all-volunteer military because it keeps Americans supportive of war. But the majority of the massacre-ing is done by mercenary forces like Blackwater (now operating under different names) because soldiers are subject to ptosecution for ear crimes
2020/5/2 - 10:28
Still Waiting for the Change
[2011]
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: Ten New Songs (double album)
A song for president Obama. (And his entire party. And the other party, too, for that matter) ..
A perfect example of a politician. That is, he unfailingly represents the basic truth about politicians worldwide – that it doesn't matter what they say, or how eloquently they say it. All that matters is what they do. And with Obama, what he says and what he does have nothing to do with each other. Any progressive person who still thinks otherwise is either deluded or not paying attention (or both).
Lyrics & music by David Rovics
Album: Ten New Songs (double album)
A song for president Obama. (And his entire party. And the other party, too, for that matter) ..
A perfect example of a politician. That is, he unfailingly represents the basic truth about politicians worldwide – that it doesn't matter what they say, or how eloquently they say it. All that matters is what they do. And with Obama, what he says and what he does have nothing to do with each other. Any progressive person who still thinks otherwise is either deluded or not paying attention (or both).
I remember in 2008
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Contributed by giorgio 2020/4/21 - 15:25
Waiting for Their Checks to Come
[2020]
At least ten million renters in the US began the month of April, 2020 by withholding their rent -- for most of them, because it was either pay rent this month, or eat. Those among the now teeming ranks of the unemployed and housing insecure in the US who qualify for it are now anxiously awaiting the money the federal government says it will start disbursing in the coming week.
At least ten million renters in the US began the month of April, 2020 by withholding their rent -- for most of them, because it was either pay rent this month, or eat. Those among the now teeming ranks of the unemployed and housing insecure in the US who qualify for it are now anxiously awaiting the money the federal government says it will start disbursing in the coming week.
The world shut down last month
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Contributed by adriana 2020/4/12 - 13:49
Viral Solidarity
2020
"We recorded my latest ditty, "Viral Solidarity," Saturday evening in Brisbane, Australia, at what will probably be my last gig for a little while. Now I'm back in the US, heading home to Portland, to see what happens next."
(David Rovics)
"We recorded my latest ditty, "Viral Solidarity," Saturday evening in Brisbane, Australia, at what will probably be my last gig for a little while. Now I'm back in the US, heading home to Portland, to see what happens next."
(David Rovics)
There's foreboding in the air
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2020/3/15 - 15:45
Song Itineraries:
2020-2023: COVID-19 Songbook
Frieden Und Freiheit
[2015]
Album : The Other Side
Franz Jacob (August 9, 1906 – September 18, 1944) was a German Resistance fighter against the National Socialists and a Communist politician.
Album : The Other Side
Franz Jacob (August 9, 1906 – September 18, 1944) was a German Resistance fighter against the National Socialists and a Communist politician.
Franz Jacob was a man, grandfather of a friend of yours
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Contributed by DQ82 2018/12/28 - 14:29
They All Sang the Internationale
[2015]
Album : The Other Side
Katharina Hochmuth Jacob (March 6, 1907 – August 23, 1989) was a teacher and member of the German Resistance movement against National Socialism. She was married to Franz Jacob, a German Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis.
Album : The Other Side
Katharina Hochmuth Jacob (March 6, 1907 – August 23, 1989) was a teacher and member of the German Resistance movement against National Socialism. She was married to Franz Jacob, a German Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis.
Katharina Jacob, long before she took that name
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Contributed by Dq82 2018/12/28 - 14:24
Denmark 1943
[2015]
Album : The Other Side
Album : The Other Side
When we heard the news that we were to be arrested
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Contributed by Dq82 2018/12/28 - 14:14
Stolpersteine
2016
1939
Stumbling stones. A German artist named Gunter Demnig started putting little bronze squares in the sidewalks of German cities in 1992. Now there are thousands of them in several different countries in Europe. They are placed in front of the homes and workshops from which people were taken to be sent to concentration camps, primarily. It's a powerful form of art, turning much of Germany into a permanent exhibit, a constant reminder of what has been, and what must never be.
Pietre d'inciampo. Un artista tedesco Gunter Demnig ha iniziato a posizionare delle piccole lapidi di bronzo sui marciapiedi delle città tedesche nel 1992. Adesso ce ne sono migliaia sparse in diverse nazioni europee, posizionate di fronte alle case o alle botteghe, da cui le perosne sono state prelevate per essere portate nei campi di sterminio. E' una forma d'arte piena di forza, che trasforma la Germania... (Continues)
1939
Stumbling stones. A German artist named Gunter Demnig started putting little bronze squares in the sidewalks of German cities in 1992. Now there are thousands of them in several different countries in Europe. They are placed in front of the homes and workshops from which people were taken to be sent to concentration camps, primarily. It's a powerful form of art, turning much of Germany into a permanent exhibit, a constant reminder of what has been, and what must never be.
Pietre d'inciampo. Un artista tedesco Gunter Demnig ha iniziato a posizionare delle piccole lapidi di bronzo sui marciapiedi delle città tedesche nel 1992. Adesso ce ne sono migliaia sparse in diverse nazioni europee, posizionate di fronte alle case o alle botteghe, da cui le perosne sono state prelevate per essere portate nei campi di sterminio. E' una forma d'arte piena di forza, che trasforma la Germania... (Continues)
When I first showed up in Deutschland, camping on the Rhine
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Contributed by Dq82 2018/12/27 - 15:57
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Gianni Sartori
Sarà stata anche una coincidenza, ma l’attacco turco del 25 dicembre contro un’abitazione nel distretto di Şehîd Peyman (a est di Kobane) che è costato la vita a cinque persone, (due al momento dell’attacco, altre tre il giorno dopo per le ferite riportate) ha tutta l’aria di una ritorsione per un attentato già pianificato dallo Stato islamico, ma sventato dalle FDS.
Questi i nomi delle cinque vittime, forniti dall’Amministrazione autonoma del Nord e dell’Est della Siria (AANES): Nûjiyan Ocalan, Viyan Kobanê, Rojîn Ehmed Îsa, Mirhef Xelîl Îbrahîme un giovane chiamato Walid (di cui non si conosce ancora il nome completo).
Tutti loro militavano nel Movimento delle giovani donne o nel Movimento dei giovani rivoluzionari.
Almeno quattro degli altri feriti sono ancora all’ospedale.
Mentre gli abitanti di Kobane scendevano... (Continues)