Right to the City

(published originally in the Huffington Post)  I've learned a lot in my 45 years. I've learned from hustling in the streets of Boston, from more than two decades in the rap game, from being a landlord, a retail store owner, and the father of six daughters. But the some most important things I know, I learned from Bank of America. Before the economic crisis kicked in, things were good for me. People knew me around Boston from my career in the rap industry with the Mighty RSO. I was running a clothing boutique in my neighborhood. For almost 10 years,…

David Harvey, leading social theorist, Distinguished Professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution, discusses how cities are at the center of both capital and class struggles--and asks how cities might be reorganized to be more just.

Ah, spring.  Tulips, chocolate bunnies, and…. capitalist conspiracy. Each spring the shareholders of every major bank get together to make their strategic plans for the year.  Bank of America will meet in Charlotte, NC.  Wells Fargo’s meeting is at their headquarters in San Francisco’s financial district. What’s on their agenda? Plain and simple: profiting at the expense of our communities. I can just picture it: a guy in an expensive suit presenting a power point to a conference table full of other people in expensive suits, taking notes on their Ipads. Read Full Piece on OrganizingUpgrade.com