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How the punks beat Spotify

Liliana Harrington
"A People's History of Silicon Valley" by Keith A. Spencer (Eyewear Publishing/AP/Mark Lennihan)

The dark threat of tech's "platforms"

Keith A. Spencer
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015, file photo, the Uber application displays cars available for a pick up at 100 Centre St on a cell phone in New York. In four years Uber has gone from nearly non-existent to more than 26,000 drivers, joining over 13, 000 New York City taxis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (AP)

Don't fall for Uber's trap

Keith A. Spencer
Mark Zuckerberg; Julia Salazar (Getty/salazarforsenate.com/Salon)

Julia Salazar takes on Silicon Valley

Evan Malmgren
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Spotify wants your free labor

Charlie May
(Getty/Salon)

Uber and co-ops

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Salon)

Give Uber back to its drivers!

Keith A. Spencer
(Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

Worker-owned Twitter?

Keith A. Spencer
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