A History of California, Capitalism, and the World: Malcolm Harris on New Book “Palo Alto” 

I grew up in palo alto, I remeber when the city hired people to sit at rail crossings all day to make sure people didn't kill themselves, it is really a quite grotesque place when you take off your glasses of normalizations, and look plainly at the state of things. Mass inequality, load bearing non- negotiable poverty, and absolute contempt for those in that state by the very people whose selfishness dooms them to live in the poverty. I see so many people who are clearly in need of help and healthcare on the streets, and we seems so ideologically callous that we spend more money to keep them in that state than simply housing and healing them. Look it up, it costs more to be cruel in this instance. You can't do anything if you don't have a car, everywhere you look is natural beauty jarringly bisected by sprawling incoherent suburban sprawl so carelessly spreading out and wasting space, its repugnant, and the liberal hypocrisy. So many feign progressive values but when it comes to put their money, vote, or time to the test, their values fade away and they will support any evil as long as it raises their real estate value. I could go on forever, it is truly the embodiment of what is wrong with America and capitalism.

I’m from there. The tech industry moved in with zero regard for locals, historically black communities etc. From Valley of the Heart’s Delight to a valley of toxic waste. Normal working people have all left. Santa Cruz and Monterey bay are next as the tech money goes outward. Displacing essential workers, displacing locals, driving up costs etc etc. Prop 13 used to help people stay in homes, now it strongly favors the 1%.

This kid knows what he's talking about. His information in this piece is spot on and what many of us who live in the area know is correct. i will go ahead and purchase the young mr. harris' book post haste. Kudos to Democracy Now for this specific piece. THIS, here, is the DN I remember and what gave me hope for my country and it's political ideals. Amy's line of questioning is intuitive, incisive and drew out the necessary detail to give us a clear sense of this author and his work. This is typical Amy Goodman brilliance. i miss that version of DN. I wish it would show more often.

I live in Seattle, and I hope someone someday does this kind of book in regards to Amazon’s affect on us. It changed the culture, livability, and personality of our city DRAMATICALLY.

Thank you for featuring him

What a remarkable writer Malcolm Harris is. Knowing our history here in America of big tech and corporate powers, even Leland Stanford. Great interview Amy with this young man.

one of the saddest things is to drive back and forth from the Palo Alto area on the rich side of the bay to San Leandro/Hayward on the other side and the difference in class and ... everything. like how the train stations near Stanford look like a dream world made for rich people. everyone is biking for enjoyment, not necessity. the tents are mainly on the east bay side. so much inequality in the richest places on earth.

Thank you Ms. Goodman and Democracy Now for this interview with Mr. Harris.

Great interview, Amy! More of this please.

I was born and raised in Palo Alto under the umbrella of Stanford. What was once a quaint albeit well to do town was ruined by big tech and the millionaires/billionaires. Most of us raised there can't afford to live there, our hometown no longer existing as we knew it. It makes me mad. It was a beautiful place to grow up and being in the shadow of Stanford added extra benefits. We'd ride out bikes and roller skate everywhere, were exposed to alot of culture and diversity because of Stanford and enjoyed all the amenities and safety of a small town. Now it's overgrown, overrun with mcmansions and wealthy infiltrates. It's sad and maddening. Who doesn't want to be able to return to their ancestral hometown. Now I feel disconnected and dislocated. It makes me mad.

Great interview... 100,000 tech workers laid off in one year in the US, almost unfathomable. And indeed the stock prices have benefitted per that "signal" of control Malcolm Harris spoke of.

Ironically the Martin Luther King Jr. papers are housed at Stanford University, also one of the first research institutions to offers free or reduced tuition education based on income.

Great Job Amy Democracy Now!

Do people notice just how great Amy Goodman in terms of interview prep?

I’m surprised that Mexican Ancestry, which is central to California, is not mentioned in the interview. I’m not specifically informed about Palo Alto, but certainly there is a reason to be in Spanish.

Thank you Democracy Now! You keep me informed and if I need to find a topic that is important, you are there. Grateful for your service to journalism.

2:08 1870s railroad workers protest at the posh Nob Hill home of Leland Stanford, who flees the area. 8:56 Teen suicides on train tracks, Apple Foxconn plant suicides. 9:53 Stanford Eugenics. 11:45 Black Panthers, anti-colonial revolt.

This was a fascinating interview! I can’t wait to read the book

My goodness this is some of the best reporting ever on Big Tech and Silicon Valley. I need to read this book!

The 18 Treaties between Californian Tribes and the United States of America 1851 to 1852 were never ratified even though the 1850 Act to make California a State had provisions to do so. The United States Senate refused to ratify the 18 Treaties. (Land in California,W.W. Robinson)

John Ashcroft! I remember a headline in The Onion: "John Ashcroft's blood donation burns through bag"!

Michael Harris God bless you, you are out here doing Gods work. Thank you 🙏🏾

Wanted to hear more about the Black Panthers. Was a great interview.

how wonderful to see a young investigative writer bring to light the true history of his world. But now the real question, " what does this mean for me and the reason I / we are here on this earth?" Do you believe in the Law of Cause and Effect , if so, how does this history impact our lives today? Remember today is a result of yesterday. What is happening today and all the man-made and natural catastrophies occurs because of our actions yesterday. Evvery single soul (human and animal ) comes from our almighty, so respectt and love everry creature on earth. We need to remember who we are and that we are here dealing with this world situation because of our past actions.

The alternative derogatory name for Palo Alto is Shallow Alto The place turned into a Rodeo Drive type place but was a pleasant grow up

Nice to hear 'TRUE HISTORY' of California! ~Peace-Paz C/S~

Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, Electric Kool Aid Acid tests are all from Palo Alto too.

Every analyst should be able to map these routes of history. ✨

Looking polished tonight Amy- love that jacket!

WOW. Good work, Malcolm. Thank you Amy.

Great interview!!

Palo Alto gained traction with the leaders of Davos. DAVOS was talked about by Art Bell when he was still alive.

Thank you.

THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY AWSOME INTERVIEW 👏🏽🍂VERY GOOD QUESTIONS N INTELLIGENT, EASY ANSWERS 👍🏽💗

i like the spanish revival architecture of Stanford. it's a shame the office parks were not built that way around stone fruit trees courtyards.

Fascinating subject! We need more coverage on Big Tech in all its aspects

Why is the American taxpayers dollar going to Ukraine, while the American public is getting poor every day. It is time for Americans to vote out both parties and start a new peoples party.

Our congress is made up of "lawmakers" people who represent the "US". This is a perfect example of Russell's Paradox. The question now becomes who does the U.S. represent?

I grew up south of here. My main memory beyond be friends w those that defended the Panthers and all the horrors was Bill Clinton exploding wealth of silicon valley. Bless this young man. He did not mention east Palo Alto where black and poor were forced to live and I wonder now I grew up near Carmel Valley where Leon Penetta lives on a long time ranch. I am sure he lives in comfort. The valley like our economy and silicon has been ruined. This is 2 hours from silicon. Many moved in. The elite took over pastoral beauty

Well said!

he also had the good luck 2 make it out alive: Amy's introduction of Malcolm Harris.

Smart guy.

The layoffs are exactly the same as the last time the tech industry laid off hundreds of thousands of people in Arizona Motorola closed all their microchip facilities. Sold to China shipped all equipment for build building semiconductors to China. Laid off all employees. This is a pattern.

how beautiful are the stone fruit trees

I read of this guy on Calmatters. Might just be a coincidence, but go figure he's popping up again here. I might just need to read it.

Palo Alto is a delicious cranberry in this beautiful California salad!

More than a hundred years ago.... Try 150 yrs. It was a nice town until c.1976 when the fern bars and Berkinstock crowd arrived. I was at High and University, "The Poppycock", c.1969. We lived on the 3rd floor for $50 month. Ed McClanahan was on the 2nd floor and paid $25month. We did the light shows and managed Poppycock. John Darcy did the bookings and Lighning Hopkins, Earl Hooker, Magic Sam, Dan Hicks, Mose Allison and Many more played.... You'll never see That Palo Alto again.

Silicon Valley is one of the most segregated places in America.

And all this time I thought Deadheads invented the internet to share bootlegs, haha! In all seriousness, very interesting interview, I'll add this book to my reading list

Upton Sinclair

Check out the big brain on Malcolm!

Greetings from the 254

I read a review of this book on NYT. lol.

The telecom pyramid is fascinating 6:47

As lawlessness became the Norm, vigilantism will Also become the norm.

who is author: malcom Harris?

He grew up in a very different town than I.

Poor Amy, it was like drawing teeth.

*history of california, capitalism and the world*

I will never not find those transitions from precolombine Americans to Anglosaxon rule with no in between curious, to say the least. You would thing that in California form all places the in between would have been the hardest to ignore...

what is happining now in Palestine in Nabls and Genin remind the world of Dwabsha's family who were burnt by Israeli settlers, they burnt the mother holding her 6 months infant and the father all were burnt to death as did the 4 years old who survived with great deal of injuries freedom and justice to Palestine and Palestinians

*Dude with the Dragon 🦎 Tatoo.*

The person who should have told you about is Paul popenoe

I lived in Palo Alto in the mid60s. I graduated from one of the three high schools in the city. I just received my copy of "Palo Alto" and I have to say Malcom's view is pretty limited. Not from his age, but from what he is saying. I guess I figured I'd be reading a historical book and not a left agended writer's viewpoint. So far, his writing is talented, but it is way too slanted to the left for me. Where is his anger toward the Spanish and how they came into the area to dominate the locals? The Spanish were responsible for the start of the western world's damage to the area. Hope it gets better.

Larry Ellison Oracle (democratic google hillary) 6:18

"Democracy is the road to socialism." Karl Marx.

*must be thousands of them holding in important info/data/stats*

Tatooz need to get on that and assist and expose the racial diaspora.

In this interview, this man does not connect the historical dots he claims in a way that someone not familiar with the topics can understand.

*Malcolm Harris*

Interesting bits, but the interview also feels schizoid.

What about Margaret Sanger?

Good lad

Amy is too cute . My wife would kill for her hair.

*Palto Alto*

@9:30 I don't think the connection between suicides and tech companies and China was fully explained. This interview felt disjointed and scattered to me. I guess it's just a general book about Palo Alto.

The lying rectangle - algorithm = Oz curtain

The history ad capitalism, I n this country."

waves🌊🌊 of layoffs

*Palo Alto*

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some tymes yah gotta pause from reading and stop and listen.

Yet another great Democratic Now video exposing our dark history. 🙏🏻

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he no he a bad oz🏆

Palo Alto means ( "world new Order " ) world Media control office.

Hand Sign

*Leland Stanford*

eugenics in standford

At smellysoccky yeah prepared but … she should have handed the questions over to an Indian anchor woman

*research*

ultra super evil supergreedies

*he a d shake expressionism*

whitney webb type

He's looks yun

Waves 🌊 of Suicide.

Does he suffer from the head wobble illness? My grandmother had that illness. He seems too young to suffer from that type of dementia.

🤺

Ston Fruit Court

suicides of apple farmers in chyna.