A song of appreciation for all the protesting students, staff, and faculty at Columbia and many other institutions across the US ..read more

The third in my series of musical broadcasts about the history of resistance in its many forms. In this session I share songs and thoughts exploring: The mostly Irish soldiers who left the US Army and joined the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War The gold diggers' rebellion in Ballarat, Australia in 1854 The syndicalists' occupation of the Danish Stock Exchange in Copenhagen in 1918 The Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Polish Jews during WWII The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam in 1968, and helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson's stand in defense of the survivors The explosi ..read more

The story behind the song, "St Patrick Battalion ..read more

Israel wages real, genocidal war against Palestinians. But in other arenas, the pro-Israel lobby in its various forms wages war against global public opinion. The Zionist entity targeting me in recent months has been UK Lawyers for Israel, so I wrote them a jingle. UK Lawyers for Israel I woke up one morning with an email in my inbox Containing lies and slander, known locally as “bollocks” I was about to tour in England, singing songs about The holocaust in Gaza, when one of the venues pulled out They had gotten a letter from UKLFI Threatening consequences if they did not comply As Israel comm ..read more

And now for a few words on eating and paying the rent ..read more

When people die, they leave behind many different kinds of echoes ..read more

My pet battalion of pro-Israel internet trolls have migrated their operation from Facebook to X, and refined their emphasis as well ..read more

I humbly submit that the pretense of the leadership of the Democratic Party that it's different because it believes in the rule of law is nonsense ..read more

Shaun McCafferty has a brilliant new live album that will be going out on all the streaming platforms tomorrow. Here's a sneak peek of one of the tracks -- a wonderful rendition of "St. Patrick Battalion ..read more

Today I did a live broadcast which will be the first of a series of online concerts I plan to do about resistance. Whether we're talking about armed uprisings, mass civil disobedience, or actions carried out by much smaller groups of people, current events and history are full of stories of resistance. "When you fight, you win" may not quite be actually true, even if it's a good slogan. But even if making the effort doesn't always get the desired results, resistance in its many forms often leads to positive changes that wouldn't have happened otherwise. The themes I explore in this episode inc ..read more