Hi all, Now that we all have some holiday time, Here's the YouTube address for a speech by David Harvey that explains neo-liberal capitalism's dependence on economic pumping of cities as redevelopment bubbles, including its constant need to unnecessarily parasitize cities and their communities by purposely defunding, decaying, driving out, demolishing, and rebuilding them. This speech shows -spot on- why we find ourselves continuously fighting gargantuan battles against rapacious developers over and over again; required viewing for anyone who wants to truly understand what we are up against, and then start developing ways to counter it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfd5kHb-Hc8 cheers Eric B