Many of the Australians I know who are now in their forties or older participated in the convergence on the Woomera detention center for refugees just after Easter, 2002. It was a protest that became especially legendary because it was during this protest that a successful breakout of refugees detained in the facility took place. It would be hard t…

Yesterday I wrote a song about the murdered and missing indigenous women of Canada, and one in particular. Kamala and I recorded it with one microphone here in Australia, and in less than 24 hours, Chet in Hawai'i has delivered a gorgeous remix.By drovics

One among the ranks of the thousands of missing or murdered indigenous women in Canada who I learned about recently is Chelsea Poorman, found dead in Vancouver, BC after being missing for 18 months.By drovics

Chet Gardiner has delivered a wonderful, old-timey remix of this song I just wrote, which shall be included in our ever-expanding upcoming album, to be titled I Heard A Rumor. The song may or may not be the best song I've ever written. Judging from the vast majority of comments thus far, most people understand where I'm coming from here. Especially…

Key factors to a successful rent strike include people doing it at the same time, and being organized for collective action when the cops come to try to evict. It worked in the 1930's, but since then society and the laws have backtracked a whole lot.By drovics

Ever feel like a marionette whose strings are being pulled by billionaires who like to watch their puppets form circular firing squads? Me, too.By drovics

Here's another song destined for my next album, which focuses on life in the matrix -- the operation of the rumor mill in its various toxic, destructive forms. The aspect of the disinformation nexus highlighted here are the sectarian cancellation campaigners, and one of them in particular -- author, journalist, and serial liar, Shane Burley, guru o…

Since when did we all become Nazis?By drovics

In 1834, organizing a union in England was legal on the books, but not in reality. Farmworkers in Tolpuddle, on the south coast of England, tried to organize a union and were deported to Australia for it. A massive movement across the country forced the government to pardon the Tolpuddle Martyrs, as the farmworkers became known, and transport them …

The governor of New York's U-turn on imposing a congestion charge on car traffic in lower Manhattan has been in the news today. Read certain news sources and you'll even find out what the U-turn was actually about. Here's the rhyming version of the story.By drovics

I wrote a lot of songs during the pandemic that had a short shelf life, for one reason or another. This one still evokes, for me, the longing that I and so many others felt for the idea of being in a place that kept Covid out along with everything that generally accompanied it, like the isolation and misery. Chet Gardiner has brought so much more t…

Australian musician Mark Cronin shared with me his rendition of my song about imprisoned Australian journalist, Julian Assange, "Behind These Prison Walls," and I had to share it with you, because it's gorgeous. Looking forward to being in Australia again myself very soon!By drovics

57 years ago this week, the Israeli military tried to sink an American ship and kill all the crew -- knowing full well that's exactly what they were doing.By drovics

How close are we to being in the movie?By drovics

A song for all those canceled or awaiting cancellation, I wrote it last year, and Chet Gardiner has just made it much more relevant with some brilliant instrumentation.By drovics

In light of the Blockout 2024 social media campaign, some thoughts on celebrity.By drovics

There is a widespread belief that the FBI was not just running a character assassination campaign on Martin Luther King, Jr., but that they were also directly culpable for his murder. There is also a widespread belief that the reason why they escalated their campaign to the point of killing him was that the establishment was deeply worried about th…

As I sit here, most of the journalists still reporting from Gaza seem to be somewhere in a hospital complex in Rafah that is currently under siege by the Israeli military. This song is not a prediction of their deaths, but rather a plea for their lives.By drovics

Out of the ashes of the free internet, our techno-fascist future has arrived, with billionaires and their algorithms in control of our means of communication and our very minds. Here's Chet Gardiner's remixed rendition of the song.By drovics

And now watch them justify the missiles that they sent To bomb the starving children dying in their tentsBy drovics

Amidst all the solidarity is the unavoidable observation there is a whole lot of fear and suspicion making sure it's unlikely to spread.By drovics

On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, as what Israeli politicians have openly dubbed "Nakba 2.0" is well underway, I livestreamed a concert from my living room consisting of relevant songs.By drovics

As the Israeli military shoots its way into the center of Rafah, they have made it abundantly clear that there are certain broad classes of Palestinians that are targets for assassination, and that seems to include anyone who works for Al-Jazeera. Those of us who have been watching this genocide unfold live on Al-Jazeera's English channel for the p…

A brief analysis of some of the considerations that go into deciding whether or not to have live music at your protest rally or other social movement event.By drovics

A song for Mother's Day, 1968 -- in deep appreciation for Cheri Honkala and the great organizing work of the Poor People's Army, the heir to the spirit of Resurrection City, who are organizing marches to both the RNC and the DNC this summer.By drovics