A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 7

1970’s and 1980’s

• The blowing up of a dam and the birth of the Icelandic environmental movement

• The discovery of the FBI’s Cointelpro by the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI

• The imprisonment and escape from prison of Assata Shakur

• The CIA-backed coup in Chile, and solidarity from East Kilbride, Scotland

• The struggle for land and freedom at Big Mountain and the Navajo/Hopi dispute

• The collective construction of the world’s biggest windmill in Denmark

• The CIA-backed coup in Australia that overthrew Gough Whitlam’s government

• The Iranian Revolution and the seizure of the US Embassy by students

• Armed Republican resistance in Ireland, and the 1981 prison hunger strikes

• Civil war in El Salvador

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England! And Scotland, Wales, Ireland…?

Our New Year's resolution is to keep touring! I got my plane tickets to London -- I land on March 24 and depart on April 16. I'd love to hear from anyone who might be inclined to organize a gig between those dates, anywhere in England, Wales, Scotland, or Ireland!