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Friendly Town (feat. Jon Berger)

November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Marianna (@gemini-at-work.bsky.social)'s knitted frog hat; my new No Kings sign... LET'S DO THIS.
#NoKings

Pic of hand-knitted frog cap and sign for demonstration: NO K(neeling) I(CE) N(azis) G(aslighting) S(ilence)

October 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

From novel>song: Friendly Town is one of the original lyrics in Charlie Haas’s wonderful 2024 novel The Current Fantasy. I set them to music and did a solo recording; Jon Berger added musical wizardry; & @gemini-at-work.bsky.social produced this video (3:48):
youtu.be/WC_RwjtvqVc
#singer-songwriter

October 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

A new song asking “What does ‘civilization’ mean?” — and concluding that whatever it is, we’re not it.
youtu.be/wjUxfjzUjPE

#ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #MusicSky #Civilization

Civilization

Rich People (Live at Red Rocks)

July 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Carsie Blanton:
"Rich people, stackin the deck
Rich people with big fat checks
Rich people, they're havin a ball
Rich people been fuckin us all"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Pf...

YouTube video by Carsie Blanton

NO WAR: Avoiding Disaster at the End of Empire

July 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Jared Yates Sexton

@jysexton.bsky.social

This war is illegal, immoral, and could be disastrous on a level that’s even hard to comprehend. It’s a copy of the Iraq War with even more combustible conditions.

If Trump pushes us into this war we must engage in mass collective action to stop it.

jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/no-war-avo...

We must avoid this unnecessary and cruel war.

jaredyatessexton.substack.com

June 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Even Costco's getting into the anti-fascist act!

Ad slogan for product: "Lasts Longer Than ICE"

June 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Marianne Greenberg

@gemini-at-work.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6gT...

OleFuckTrump - Lyric Video

YouTube video by rampagingflea

www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6slL...

June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Marianne Greenberg

@gemini-at-work.bsky.social

"No Kings In The USA" - Indivisible & Ole! No Kings

YouTube video by rampagingflea

Week Thirteen (bonus track)

June 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

From 'The Great Dictator': it hurts to realize how far this stirring 4-minute speech is from our reality... 85 years later. (Context: Chaplin as Jewish-ghetto barber as Hitleresque dictator, turning fascist conquest on its head; music from other film added to clip.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Hd...

June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Here's a church I can get behind; in fact, I did.

photo of church from behind, showing 4 shapes pointing upward, including 3 triangle rooflines

April 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Marianne Greenberg

@gemini-at-work.bsky.social

confession:
i started out with kill it, kill it! when i saw a spider.
then i evolved to: take it outside.
and this morning: how did you get here little guy?
and my motto now:

mercy after nikki giovanni:
she asks me to kill the spider.
instead, i get the most
peaceful weapons i can find.
i take a cup and a napkin.
i catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.
if i'm ever caught in the wrong place

at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone,
i hope i'm greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.
-rudy francisco

April 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Bonus track! "Week 13" of an antifascist song project. And as the song shouts, that's ENOUGH!!!!! Thanks to folks who’ve expressed support; onward….

#MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition

youtu.be/o33vwmqdkIw

April 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

"Week 12" — last in an antifascist song series. I’m really glad to have spent the past 12 weeks on this musical project, which is now over. Not that the struggle is, of course….
#MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition

youtu.be/M3O_5-0PLgI

Week Twelve

April 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Reed's Lullaby (video version)

Writing weekly anti-fascist songs is like musical doomscrolling. So, a lullaby to celebrate our 3-month-old grandson. With immense gratitude to
@gemini-at-work.bsky.social for her vision & tech-wizardry on the video.

#SingerSongwriter #lullaby

youtu.be/ARxsXnWVfcM

Reed's Lullaby

April 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

With appreciation to @jysexton.bsky.social for noting that music and fighting authoritarianism are both crucial... combining the two, here's "Week 10" of my Anti-Fascist Trump-II Song series:
#MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition

youtu.be/1XKnLAOIvcM

Week Ten

YouTube video by Bev Grant

March 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Marianne Greenberg

@gemini-at-work.bsky.social

from our local cartoonist R.L.Crabb

our local cartoonist with a drawing of vance and wife in greenland with a snowman flipping them off. titled: a cold reception.

March 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Anti-Fascist Trump-II Song, Week 9

"9 whole weeks with the fascist freaks
as they try to steal our country
Will it battle back against attack
or fall like Humpty Dumpty?"

All 9: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition

March 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Stephen Greenberg

@sgberg.bsky.social

Anti-Fascist Trump-II Musical Minute+, Week 8

"Eight weeks count with the fascist fountain
What has it been gushing?...."

8-week (so far) playlist on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

☮️⚖️🌎🎶❤️
#MusicSky #ResistanceMusic #ProtestSongs #SingerSongwriter #Resistance #Opposition

March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Reposted by Stephen Greenberg

Marianne Greenberg

@gemini-at-work.bsky.social

damn right. we were there by bev grant.
what an anthem, so inspiring, sing along loudly and remember: we were there!

#womenshistory #music #musicsky #protestsongs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjny...

We Were There