Author David Rovics
Jabaliya
(2024)
As the genocide of the Palestinian people carried out by the Israeli military accelerates, I haven't written as much as I did during the first several months of the Israeli horrors. Every murdered child deserves many songs, but at the same time, what more is there to say? How many different ways are there to rephrase "stop killing the children"?
But I did write nine songs, and one poem, between August and October, 2024, and they're all on this album, along with a new recording of a song I wrote in 2016 (guess which one).
As the genocide of the Palestinian people carried out by the Israeli military accelerates, I haven't written as much as I did during the first several months of the Israeli horrors. Every murdered child deserves many songs, but at the same time, what more is there to say? How many different ways are there to rephrase "stop killing the children"?
But I did write nine songs, and one poem, between August and October, 2024, and they're all on this album, along with a new recording of a song I wrote in 2016 (guess which one).
Everything is burning as I watch the video
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2024/11/1 - 00:12
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Baby Jesus Lying in the Rubble
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
She was looking for a place to have a baby (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:27
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
The Apocalypse Will Be Televised
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
Such a carpet-bombing nowhere has ever borne (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:26
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Pogroms of Judea and Samaria
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
As the IOF is bombing Gaza into dust (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:24
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Famine and Disease
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
In the places they report it, if you listen to the news (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:23
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Once the Last Palestinian's Killed
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
In the Congress and the Bundestag you’ll see them wring their hands (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:22
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Humanitarian Pause
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
After targeting emergency responders (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:03
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Stop the Genocide
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
The story begins, they’ll say, in the fall of ‘23 (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 09:00
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
As the Bombs Rain Down
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
Hear the drones above your head (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 08:58
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Flour Massacre
2024
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness
Almost five months since the blockade was complete (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 08:52
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Taking to the Waves
2024
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness
Since the siege began, across humanity (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 08:51
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Song for Gaza
2024
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness
If I could sing a song for every bomb that flies (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 08:49
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
This Is Genocide
2024
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness
This is genocide, it is not a war (Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2024/5/4 - 08:45
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Boycott, Sanction, and Divest
April 24
I spent the day writing a song for the students, staff, and faculty at Columbia University who have been risking a lot to take a very bold stand -- and them along with growing numbers of students, staff, and faculty at growing numbers of other institutions!
Patreon
I spent the day writing a song for the students, staff, and faculty at Columbia University who have been risking a lot to take a very bold stand -- and them along with growing numbers of students, staff, and faculty at growing numbers of other institutions!
Patreon
It’s happening now, like it has before
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2024/5/3 - 14:24
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
The House Un-Israeli Activities Committee
(2024)
"Antisemitism" is the new "communism" -- have you ever said anything that could be construed in someone's convoluted mind as somehow anti-Jewish? Iran is the new USSR, Elise Stefanik is the new Joe McCarthy, and the House Un-Israeli Activities Committee is going strong, ruining one life at a time, and striking fear throughout academia and beyond.
New song: "The House Un-Israeli Activities Committee"
"Antisemitism" is the new "communism" -- have you ever said anything that could be construed in someone's convoluted mind as somehow anti-Jewish? Iran is the new USSR, Elise Stefanik is the new Joe McCarthy, and the House Un-Israeli Activities Committee is going strong, ruining one life at a time, and striking fear throughout academia and beyond.
New song: "The House Un-Israeli Activities Committee"
f you imagine when considering a slogan
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2024/5/3 - 09:12
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
A luta continua (Keep on Looting)
2020
I've long thought it was convenient and appropriate that the English word "loot" and the Portuguese word for "struggle" sound very similar. The powers-that-be are looting the people and the planet in so many ways every day of the year, but on rare occasions when some people dare loot back a little, like in Chicago a couple nights ago, it's time to call in the National Guard.
I've long thought it was convenient and appropriate that the English word "loot" and the Portuguese word for "struggle" sound very similar. The powers-that-be are looting the people and the planet in so many ways every day of the year, but on rare occasions when some people dare loot back a little, like in Chicago a couple nights ago, it's time to call in the National Guard.
Since before Massasoit let the settlers in, long since they took over the west
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Contributed by Dq82 2024/4/4 - 09:45
Song for Aaron Bushnell
(2024)
Bearing Witness
On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old serviceman of the United States Air Force, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to the live-streamed act, Bushnell said that he was protesting against "what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers" and declared that he "will no longer be complicit in genocide", after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire.
As he burned, Bushnell repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine!" while one Secret Service officer pointed a gun at him and two others attempted to extinguish him.
Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell - Wikipedia
Bearing Witness
On February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old serviceman of the United States Air Force, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. Immediately prior to the live-streamed act, Bushnell said that he was protesting against "what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers" and declared that he "will no longer be complicit in genocide", after which he doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire.
As he burned, Bushnell repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine!" while one Secret Service officer pointed a gun at him and two others attempted to extinguish him.
Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell - Wikipedia
On the 25th of February, 2024
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2024/3/6 - 23:01
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Lines Are Drawn
(2024)
One of the most well-known aspects of the Second World War was that the virulently anti-communist leaders of countries like the United Kingdom made an alliance with the Soviet Union, because of the mutual interest they all thought they had in defeating Hitler. Here we are again -- but where's the united front against fascism?
One of the most well-known aspects of the Second World War was that the virulently anti-communist leaders of countries like the United Kingdom made an alliance with the Soviet Union, because of the mutual interest they all thought they had in defeating Hitler. Here we are again -- but where's the united front against fascism?
Around the world people try to read the signs
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2024/1/28 - 15:09
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Antisemite
(1 Jan 2024)
Word on the street is the Zionist narrative is losing traction, so to help shore it up I have written a wee jingle for the ADL.
Word on the street is the Zionist narrative is losing traction, so to help shore it up I have written a wee jingle for the ADL.
If you are a fan of democracy
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2024/1/6 - 18:31
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Just Like the Nazis Did
December 14, 2023
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
After so many decades of patronage
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2023/12/25 - 18:11
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
Without Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger's reign of terror is over (having been very effectively passed on to his protege, Antony Blinken).
He was born in 1923
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2023/12/25 - 18:05
It’s Christmas Eve
December 24, 2023
It’s Christmas Eve, stores are stuffed to the gills
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2023/12/25 - 18:01
Once the Last Palestinian's Killed
2 dec. 2023
Once the last Palestinian is killed, then the pundits and politicians will say "how could we have known," and they'll open another museum.
Once the last Palestinian is killed, then the pundits and politicians will say "how could we have known," and they'll open another museum.
In the Congress and the Bundestag you’ll see them wring their hands
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2023/12/25 - 17:56
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
They're Killing Off the Journalists of Gaza
Samer Abudaqqa had his camera in his hand
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2023/12/17 - 23:55
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
They Were Raising a White Flag
2024
Notes From A Holocaust
Notes From A Holocaust
They were raising a white flag
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2023/12/17 - 23:48
Song Itineraries:
The Palestinian Holocaust
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
At the End of World War 3
2022
Also recorded by Chet Gardiner
It is abundantly evident that the world is closer to a nuclear holocaust than at any time since 1962.
Also recorded by Chet Gardiner
It is abundantly evident that the world is closer to a nuclear holocaust than at any time since 1962.
At the end of World War 3, amid the lightning and thunder
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2022/7/9 - 18:28
So This Is What It's Like
[2019]
Parole e musica di David Rovics
Album: Strangers & Friends
"To live in a country with concentration camps." - David Rovics
Parole e musica di David Rovics
Album: Strangers & Friends
"To live in a country with concentration camps." - David Rovics
So this is what it's like to live in such a place
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Contributed by hmmwv 2021/4/16 - 20:18
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
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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)