Opposition to commercial development is EASY and EFFECTIVE.

Sell the house. Sell the car. Sell the kids.

The Hipster blogs continually bemoan the impending commercial development throughout Brooklyn but consistently fail to even hope of doing anything about it. We can acknowledge the tragedy of what is happening but just have not been able to articulate our resistance or come up with viable strategy for opposing development.

Those bored with apathy and ironic withdrawal can take a lesson from the Iraqi insurgency- Opposition to capital development is EASY and EFFECTIVE. Here are two cues from the little red book of tactics:

-DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO UNDERMINE THE MARKETING OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Make them UNWELCOME. Spray paint your sentiments on their bistro.

-DESTROY PROPERTY VALUES BY ANY MEANS. Just take a shit on the street if you’re not up for noise pollution or arson. If we are going to be thrown off the farm, we might as well burn the fields.

No, These measures may not impede the march of gentrification, but they will help preserve and articulate the culture that we hold dear, or at least memorialize it with a lovely POTLACH.