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San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north
from Silicon Valley. Recent evictions of long-time San Francisco
residents, outrageous rents and home prices, and blockaded "Google
buses" are only the tip of the iceberg. James Tracy's book focuses
on the long arc of displacement over almost two decades of "dot
com" boom and bust, offering the necessary perspective to analyze
the latest urban horrors.
A housing activist in the Bay Area since before Google existed,
Tracy puts the hardships of the working poor and middle class front
and center. These essays explore the battle for urban space--public
housing residents fighting austerity, militant housing takeovers,
the vagaries of federal and state housing policy, as well as
showdowns against gentrification in the Mission District. From
these experiences, "Dispatches Against Displacement" draws out a
vision of what alternative urbanism might look like if our cities
were developed by and for the people who bring them to life.
James Tracy is a Bay Area native and a well-respected community
organizer. He is co-founder of the San Francisco Community Land
Trust (which uses public and private money to buy up housing stock
and take it out of the real estate market), as well as a poet and
co-author of "Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black
Power."
In 1572, towns in the province of Holland, led by William of
Orange, rebelled against the government of the Habsburg
Netherlands. The story of the Dutch Revolt is usually told in terms
of fractious provinces that frustrated Orange's efforts to
formulate a coherent programme. In this book James D. Tracy argues
that there was a coherent strategy for the war, but that it was set
by the towns of Holland. Although the States of Holland were in
theory subject to the States General, Holland provided over 60 per
cent of the taxes and an even larger share of war loans.
Accordingly, funds were directed to securing Holland's borders, and
subsequently to extending this protected frontier to neighbouring
provinces.
Shielded from the war by its cordon sanitaire, Holland experienced
an extraordinary economic boom, allowing taxes and loans to keep
flowing. The goal - in sight if not achieved by 1588 - was a United
Provinces of the north, free and separate from provinces in the
southern Netherlands that remained under Spanish rule. With Europe
increasingly under the sway of strong hereditary princes, the new
Dutch Republic was a beacon of promise for those who still believed
that citizens ought to rule themselves.
The story of how a national grassroots network fought a resurgence
of the KKK and other fascist groups during the Reagan years, laying
the groundwork for today's anti-fascist/anti-racist movements.
"Smash fascism! Read this book!"-Tom Morello, songwriter and
guitarist with Rage Against the Machine "Studying the John Brown
Anti-Klan Committee will give readers an understanding of the
complexity of deconstructing the weapon of white supremacy from the
inside out. Thank you Hilary and James for the precision of this
analysis, and the true north of this star."-adrienne maree brown,
author of Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy In June 1977, a
group of white anti-racist activists received an alarming letter
from an inmate at a New York state prison calling for help to fight
the Ku Klux Klan's efforts to recruit prison staff and influence
the people incarcerated. Their response was to form the first
chapter of what would eventually become a powerful, nationwide
grassroots network, the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, dedicated
to countering the rise of the KKK and other far-right white
nationalist groups. No Fascist USA! tells the story of that
network, whose efforts throughout the 1980s-which included exposing
white supremacists in public office, confronting neo-Nazis in
street protests, supporting movements for self-determination, and
engagement with the underground punk scene-laid the groundwork for
many anti-racist efforts to emerge since. Featuring original
research, interviews with former members, and a trove of graphic
materials, their story offers battle-tested lessons for those on
the frontlines of social justice work today. Praise for No Fascist
USA!: "Hilary Moore and James Tracy have written a magnificent book
that not only corrects the record but helps explain the mercurial
rise of white supremacist organizations in the 1970s, how the Klan
was (temporarily) defeated, and why this period has been largely
ignored. No Fascist USA! radically shifts our perspective,
challenging the prevailing wisdom that racist terrorism rises in
response to economic downturns, white downward mobility, or in a
vacuum created by progressive alternatives. I love this
book."-Robin D.G. Kelley, from the foreword "No Fascist USA! is not
only timely, but also essential in the present period of
accelerated white supremacist activity and anti-racist organizing
to combat it. In telling the story of the John Brown Anti-Klan
Committee, the authors, without romanticizing or condemning, draw
important lessons from the fifteen-year history of the
group."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Loaded: A Disarming History
of the Second Amendment "With its savvy blend of youth culture and
street confrontation, the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee tried to
stop Trumpism before Trump. They confronted the rise of white
nationalism in prisons, workplaces, and music scenes when precious
few paid attention to it . . . Hilary Moore and James Tracy have
gifted us with an urgent read."-Dan Berger, author of Captive
Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era "James
Tracy and Hilary Moore deliver a searing, bold new work that
examines another painful and complicated chapter in American race
relations. In an eye-opening account, They are able to connect the
dots of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, a band of contemporary
predominantly white activists, and its efforts to expose white
supremacist organizations. With a fresh eye and new research, their
book uncovers with stunning precision how these groups remain
active and exposes some of their unlikely alliances."-Laurens
Grant, filmmaker, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
and Freedom Riders "We learned from history. You can too!"-Terry
Bisson, author of Fire on the Mountain and former member of the
John Brown Anti-Klan Committee "This book is a must-read for anyone
wanting to understand the roots of what happened in
Charlottesville, and the burgeoning white nationalist membership
lists in the U.S. today. We cannot possibly take on the challenges
we face without learning from the past. This book is a necessary
and long overdue contribution to inform the way forward."-Carla F.
Wallace, co-founder, Showing Up for Racial Justice "I've waited
thirty years for this book! Our emergency hearts have always driven
uprisings to stop white terrorism, but it always takes more than
black-bloc tactics in the streets to stop fascists. No Fascist USA!
firmly connects today's militant anti-fascist street-fighting
movements with important living radical histories to disrupt the
cycles that keep the spectre of fascism alive in the modern era.
The struggles faced by the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee continue
today in our difficult arc towards collective liberation."-scott
crow, author of Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on
Community Armed Self-Defense
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