CLASS PRIVILEGE

US elites celebrate patriarchy, racism and class privilege

The San Francisco Bohemian Club's summer encampment is the institutionalized embodiment of elite class privilege, a de facto celebration of race and gender exclusiveness, and a slap in the face to democratic process in the United States.
Members and guests from around the world recently completed two weeks of celebration, self entertainment and partying at their private 2,700 acre redwood retreat on the Russian River in Sonoma County, California. Described as the "Greatest Men's Party on Earth" -- women are prohibited from 90 per cent of the Grove and can only work in the main dining area, the skeet range, and the parking lots -- the members of the Club and international elites have been gathering in their redwoods for over 100 years. The collective corporate stock ownership by members and guests conservatively exceeds $100 billion.

[On June 4, 1994 a presentation at the Grove from a University of California Berkeley professor stressed that, elites are important and must set the values for society that are translated into "standards of authority," and that elites cannot allow the "unqualified masses" to carry out policy. The speech was given an enthusiastic standing ovation by the over 1000 men present.]