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podcasts How Woody Guthrie's second wife changed modern dance and mental healthcare Thom Dunn

Oakland Oakland Symphony performs radical social justice song of yore Rusty Blazenhoff

copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn

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murder Singer murders National Anthem at CPAC Gareth Branwyn

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censorship Citing "violence," Facebook officially has banned anarchist and anti-fascist content, alongside QAnon Thom Dunn

music What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon Thom Dunn

happy mutants Just This Banjo: free/open banjo instruction for an angry moment, because you can't be sad while playing the banjo Cory Doctorow

music NYC to name streets after Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, and Woody Guthrie David Pescovitz

Copyfight "We Shall Overcome" has overcome copyfraud and is now unambiguously public domain Cory Doctorow

uk Print of "lost" britcom discovered in Nigerian basement and restored with X-rays and laser-cutters Cory Doctorow

music The Sounds of the Junk Yard, a 1964 vinyl record David Pescovitz

noads Listen to the sounds of an office, a vinyl record from 1964 David Pescovitz

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