David Rovics
@drovics
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Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster, libertarian socialist, dad, lover of life. I also write songs under the name, Ai Tsuno. YouTube deleted all my albums.
Portland, Oregon
Joined March 2009
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!
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Meanwhile in Gaza, Israel's slaughter of the Palestinian children continues, regardless of any fake ceasefires or border openings.
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The War Department is going after Anthropic for daring to draw the line at participating in mass domestic surveillance or autonomous killing machines.
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‘Little Orange Toys’ is about the unexploded israeli ordinance all over Gaza, says @drovics and will be part of the album, Insurrection Act
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Meanwhile in the Caribbean, the new US oil blockade -- a blatant act of war -- intends to starve the Cuban people into submission.
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There are 5 US corporations that are responsible for so much of the killing. "The War Machine" originally appears on the David Rovics album, In Our Dreams, available on a streaming platform near you.
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"Little Orange Toys" is about the unexploded ordinance all over the Gaza Strip. It will be part of the album, INSURRECTION ACT, which drops on all the streaming platforms on March 1st (except YouTube Music, where I'm still banned).
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🟥 PART ONE | CHILDREN’S EVENT (Part Two will follow.) 🔳 A little girl in Gaza speaks about existence under israeli occupation with a clarity no child should ever carry. This is what prolonged siege does. It does not only destroy infrastructure, it restructures childhood itself.
PART ONE | Children’s Event Thank you to the @rebuildgaza24 team on the ground in Gaza for organising this for the most deprived children the ones the world rarely https://t.co/92hoTwpJNt this clip, a little girl speaks about existence under israeli occupation. About being
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If we want to grow a movement, we have to remember that music is the beating heart of any social movement.
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"The Rent is Too Damn High" is one of the tracks on our March 1 album release, INSURRECTION ACT.
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YouTube has removed the original video for Bruce Cockburn's 1984 anti-war classic "If I Had A Rocket Launcher." YT claims it violated "policy on violent or graphic content." Cockburn wrote the song after visiting a Guatemalan refugee camp.
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Your favorite obscure leftwing band never comes to your town? Don't complain -- organize a gig!
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"Round Up All the Billionaires" is a track from our March 1 album release, INSURRECTION ACT.
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🟥 Another Well Completed. The Need Has Not Stopped. 🔳Alhumdulilah, the Tel al-Hawa water well has now been refurbished restoring continuous access for around 10,000 people who were previously waiting 3–4 days in long queues for basic water. 🔳Right now in Gaza, families are
Tel al-Hawa Water Well | Refurbishment Complete The rehabilitation of this well will provide continuous water access to approximately 10,000 people in Tel al-Hawa, removing the need to wait 3–4 days in long lines for basic supply. In Gaza, families are surviving on just 3–5
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We've got a solution to our collective problems. "Round Up All the Billionaires" originally appears on Ai Tsuno's album, Class War Zone, available on a streaming platform near you. https://t.co/eZBP31pbh7
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Thanks to your efforts, my YouTube channel has been restored, says @drovics: my albums are currently still absent so keep up the pressure
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Songs are among the most powerful ways we can communicate. You can do it, too! Here's a very short lesson in topical songwriting.
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The whistle and the camera within everyone's phones have become emblems of resistance. https://t.co/xtVPT62tuy
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A must read. The lack of transparency and accountability of these platforms who are censoring content perpetuates this unfair, unjust, and arbitrary censorship.
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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.
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