FRONT PAGE ...Tech workers protest Clooney event for Clinton

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FRONT PAGE in - The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/16/hillary-clinton-protest-george-clooney-fundraiser-bernie-sanders

Nearly 200 Bernie Sanders supporters gathered last night with pots and pans outside Shervin Pishevar’s star-studded Clinton fundraiser, co-hosted by George and Amal Clooney. The Sanders supporters argued corporate interests were buying Clinton that night – tickets for Pishevar’s dinner started at $33,400 (for a seat at the Fairmont hotel) and went up to $353,400 (for a seat at his house). Most of those in the streets were young, and many were in tech.

Massive protests outside Democratic fundraisers are rare in San Francisco, where most popular ire is directed at conservative events at South Bay estates. No major rallies rocked Nob Hill when Pishevar hosted Barack Obama for a fundraiser during his re-election campaign.

But today there’s a growing rift in the city, which may influence the 7 June Democratic primary. Among the tech community, as wealth consolidates, many young workers lured to town with images of striking it rich have been confronted by an increasingly depressing startup environment.