Molly Goldberg, SF Anti-Displacement Coalition; Katelynn Cao, tenant organizer and strategist; Erin McElroy, co-founder of Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and author of Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times
Real estate and tech capitalists, including CEOs of prominent tech companies, form a key element of the far-right coalition mounting an authoritarian takeover of the country. What organizing strategies are proving effective in the fights against tech capital and their private equity backers? We’ll hear stories from the frontlines of tenants taking on these battles, and actually winning, here in the Bay Area. We’ll discuss what we can learn about how to wage the national struggle against fascism from focusing on local organizing against the real estate and tech agenda.