Comments on: Is political activism turning Dia de los Muertos into a bummer?

By: Paddy O'Furniture

Paddy O'Furniture — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:36:45 +0000

Begorrah, you should try it, laddy — it worked for us!

By: Leonardo Vilchis

Leonardo Vilchis — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 04:31:41 +0000

Hacer la pregunta es ridículo, las imágenes y la tradición del día de los muertos ha evolucionado con el pueblo del que origino incluyendo la importancia de la lucha por el reconocimiento de lo indígena dentro de la religion colonizante y la hegemonía politica. Las imágenes de los esqueletos y la catrina están directamente a luchas políticas del pueblo mexicano y ahora de los oprimidos, los desplazados, y aquellos que el opresor quiere silenciar haciendo preguntas como esta

To ask the question is ridiculous, the images and tradition of the day of the dead have evolved with the people from whence it comes, including the importance of the struggle of indigenous people to be included within a colonizing religion and a political hegemony. The images of the skeletons and the catrina are directly connected to the political struggles of the meican people and now belong to the oppressed, the displaced and those that the oppressor wants to silence by asking questions like these

By: Ed Lee Rules

Ed Lee Rules — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:40:07 +0000

AirBnB doesn’t buy rental units. The Ellis Act is a State Law.

By: Marga Gomez

Marga Gomez — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:41:40 +0000

Dammit. No edit button. Oh well.

By: Marga Gomez

Marga Gomez — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:38:37 +0000

Hi M. McDonell If you really care about the culture that Dia De Los Muertos comes from- help stop the Ellis Act evictions in the Mission, stop Air BnB from buying rental units which means more evictions in the Mission.Stop Mayor Ed Lee. Mayor Ed Lee will end Dia De Los Muertos by the displacement of Latinos ,Artists, and working class. He has already displaced many which is why you saw less alters. FYI be careful bringing children – They say the procession is often visited by La Blancona – Some say she’s a spirit – some say she was only evicted. and shecomes to bite white children from out of town.

doesn’t get what is happen. But thanks for the idea MM next Dia De Los Muertos I am going

By: one

one — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:51:58 +0000

It’s now Burning Man-Halloween edition.

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:57:04 +0000

Says the troll who hasn’t been around long enough to know who Mission Mission’s friends are.

By: trixr4kids

trixr4kids — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:43:15 +0000

Thank you. Very well written and succinct.

By: dull artist

dull artist — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:43:25 +0000

get real. the artists are now busy gentrifying oakland.

By: shredeverything

shredeverything — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:22:22 +0000

Don’t feed the trolls.

By: shredeverything

shredeverything — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:21:10 +0000

No, the protestors were mostly Latino. There were also a number of lesbians and queers and seniors, who are also being forced out of the neighborhood. I saw exactly zero hipsters.

By: shredeverything

shredeverything — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:18:26 +0000

Sorry we ruined your entertainment for the evening. Evictions and the battle against them are reshaping everything in this neighborhood now. There is a very real risk that Dia de Los Muertos in San Francisco as it has been known (as a Latino organized event rather than some Disneyland appropriated version of the event) won’t happen in a few years because there won’t be any Latinos left to organize it. Also, if the event seemed less beautiful in years past, it’s because the city has allowed the great majority of it’s artists to be forced out. Purging the city of artists has a real cost. It’s not just a hip thing to complain about. Without artists, things get pretty dull. If the city seems less beautiful and magical to you now, look no further than the tech companies, real estate interests, your mayor and your board of supervisors. If you want things to be more like they use to be, jump in the March with the other protestors. You are not alone.

By: Carlos Texca

Carlos Texca — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:16:37 +0000

To Jamie
They weren’t paid $7000, they paid that amount for the new homes in the sunset district. They were not forced out, you asked me to state my sources -where are yours to claim that they were forced out by new ethnics in the Mission. To begin with the Mission was built by the Spanish then by the Californios and the Mexicans in the 1800s. Read Tomas Summers Sandoval- Latinos at the Golden Gate; Cary Cordova- “Hombres y Mujeres Muralistas on a Mission: Painting Latino Identities in 1970s San Francisco”; Carlos B. Cordova “The Salvadoran Americans; Marjorie Heins -Strictly Ghetto property and lots more. Get your story together and get educated!

By: Jonathan Bonato

Jonathan Bonato — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:07:54 +0000

Eviction = Death, so its relevant that residents marched on the day of the dead to try to save their homes and businessess against an onslaught of greed, displacement, and colonization by real estate speculators and high paid tech workers on mega salaries. This city is the home to real people whose home’s and livelihoods are at risk of displacement, Latinos are not a tourist exhibit for folks like M.McDonell.

By: Native

Native — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:00:49 +0000

You need to learn your history. The Irish were already leaving the Mission and other parts of the city. The suburbs were growing because they were building track homes by the thousands after world war two. The baby boom was happening. The GI bill gave money to thousands of returning soldiers so they could have an opportunity to buy a home and they were being built for them. Latinos have always been here before Spain and the US.
More were brought here for cheap labor through many programs establish by the US.They were lacking workers because of the war. It was happening all over the city. Housing was abundance and rents were low. Everyone was benefiting.