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Anti-Yuppie Action

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About Me

Hate yuppies. Hate development. Hate luxury cars. Hate landlords. Love puppies.

My Interests

Fighting gentrification, raising crime rates, attacking developers.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Madlib, Nas, His Hero is Gone, Nirvana, T.I., Common, Man is the Bastard, Miles Davis, Rage Against the Machine, The Game

Movies:

Brazil
Children of Men
City of God
The Empire Strikes Back
Libertarias

Television:

Mr. Show
The Simpsons

Books:

Pacifism as Pathology by Ward Churchill Elements of Refusal by John Zerzan

Heroes:

The resisters of the ungdomshuset squat eviction.

My Blog

Tacoma Condos Paintbombed And Tagged

Over the past several days, a massive campaign of vandalism has been waged against development in Tacoma. Several condos, construction sites and overpriced restaurants catering to condo dwellers have ...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:43:00 PST

YUPPIES CAN’T GO HOME

YUPPIES CAN'T GO HOME"At home he feels like a tourist." -- Gang of Four (the band), 1979.Graffiti has appeared around Bedford Avenue that proclaims YUPPIE GO HOME. While we sympathize with what we ass...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PST

Scientists find out: gentrification is bad for you

At a time when we hail creativity as an urban panacea from New York to Toronto, from Berlin to Shanghai, those who research the downside of gentrification, and expose social exclusion and marginalizat...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:32:00 PST

’Basque land not for sale’ - bombers hit holiday homes

Victims include 'les britanniques' amid local anger at rising property pricesAngelique Chrisafis in Tardets-SorholusSaturday August 18, 2007The GuardianThe medieval mill in a quiet valley of the Frenc...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:42:00 PST

Oakland housing activists demand City Council action

Friday, June 29, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif.  Expressing concerns shared by many California communities, affordable housing activists gathered on the City Hall steps, June 19, to protest long delays by th...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:12:00 PST

Asheville, NC: Real estate offices struck

Asheville, NC - real estate offices struck!Early in the morning of June 14, windows were smashed out, locks were glued, and spray paint was left behind at the offices of Beverly Hanks Realtors and Pri...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:59:00 PST

St. Louis: Blaze parallels string of unsolved arsons

Blaze parallels string of unsolved arsonsBy Patrick M. O'ConnellST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH06/14/2007St. Louis firemen continue to apply water to the remains of a residential compex under construction at ...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:57:00 PST

Tempe, AZ: Business owner goes on hunger strike over action taken by developer

Tempe business owner goes on hunger strikeDavid Woodfill, TribuneTempe entrepreneur Amandeep Sandhu said she's run out of options. Sandhu, who owns Plaid Eatery at 1044 S. Terrace Road in Tempe with h...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:53:00 PST

Communique of the Clandestine Revolutionary Development Committee

Communique of the Clandestine Revolutionary Development Committee General Command of the Rebel Stop Sign Brigade Asheville, North Carolina June 5, 2007 To the People and Signs of Asheville: To the P...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:55:00 PST

Will Gentrification Spoil the Birthplace of Hip-Hop?

Will Gentrification Spoil the Birthplace of Hip-Hop?By DAVID GONZALEZ New York Times Hip-hop was born in the west Bronx. Not the South Bronx, not Harlem and most definitely not Queens. Just ask anybo...
Posted by Anti-Yuppie Action on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:52:00 PST