This day in history

2002, 2007, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Me reading from Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom https://craphound.com/audio/Doctorow%20-%20Down%20and%20Out%20in%20the%20Magic%20Kingdom%20-%20Chapter%206%20-%20SXSW%202002.mp3

#15yrsago RIAA explains why they’re suing your children https://web.archive.org/web/20070319210522/https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/03/15/sherman

#15yrsago David Byrne: Who needs music labels? https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-byrne-dc/rocker-david-byrne-making-sense-at-sxsw-fest-idUSN1625935020070316

#5yrsago The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144750/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-minnesota-mark-dayton-kansas-brownback-liberal-perspe-0506-jm-20150505-column.html

#1yrago How unions de-risk work https://pluralistic.net/2021/03/17/there-once-was-a-union-maid/#solidarity-forever

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults…