Musicians rally Oct. 1, 2013, to mark one year of the lockout. https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1.0-9/1383632_514114728680754_613801427_n.jpg Musicians rally Oct. 1, 2013, to mark one year of the lockout. https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1.0-9/1383632_514114728680754_613801427_n.jpg

Locked out Minnesota musicians return

March 26, 2014

On Feb. 1, 2014, the Minnesota Orchestral Association [MOA] ended its lockout of striking union musicians. The lockout began on Oct. 1, 2012, the longest work stoppage in U.S. orchestra history. in a focus that would not have been possible without union and community solidarity, the Tea Party destruction of nonprofits everywhere in Minnesota and in the U.S.

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Hyper-‘gentrification’

March 5, 2014

Displacement of lower income people in San Francisco has entered a new stage because of the massive expansion of Silicon Valley and massive real estate speculation.

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Rampant U.S. surveillance slouches toward totalitarianism

February 6, 2014

So overwhelming has been the past year’s flow of revelations about the U.S. government’s spying on virtually everyone that even President Obama’s hand-picked review panel had to acknowledge it. Though noting the potential for abuse of the state’s mountains of covertly gathered data, nowhere does the report by Obama insiders grapple with the question of just what sort of totalitarian instrument the militarized top secret government has become.

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