On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Max B <maxb.personal@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's an amazing article with a ton of history:

http://www.bayofrage.com/from-the-bay/oakland-is-for-burning-beyond-a-critique-of-gentrification/

I would highly recommend anyone who thinks they have useful things to
say on the mailing list to read ALL of it and reconsider their remarks......

I bit, but I didn't like the taste. It's a long article, so let me quote the concluding paragraph here:

"By discovering together a practice that seeks to 1) identify and attack development, 2) subvert and destroy the infrastructure of the city, and 3) destroy whiteness as an identity and a set of practices, we can forge a response to gentrification that hinges not on inactivity out of guilt, but instead from action motivated by our insurgent spirit."

The anonymous author then goes on to enumerate an extensive list of "enemies," which are mainly business associations. In other words there's a pretty strong agenda driving this article, which might or might not align with various readers' visions of progress.

The article does offer some worthwhile historical nuggets, and in general I agree with the notion the author advances, that class or socioeconomic standing can be more useful anchoring concepts than race when considering the evolution of a city.

I am surprised that the Black Guerrilla Family doesn't get a mention among the radical groups with significant history here.

Max -- what do you see in this article that could inform the choice of a new location for Sudo Room?

Pete