To the previous two posters; your responses are classic indymedia troll nonsense.

Domhoff’s work is part of an essential corpus of work for anyone (no matter what your perspective, be you an anarchist, liberal, “commie sympathizer�, conservative, etc.) seeking a more nuanced understanding about how power operates.

Regarding the Grove, Alex Jones didn’t do a better job, Alex Jones essentially cribbed from Domhoff’s earlier work – see:

The Bohemian Grove and other retreats : a study in ruling-class cohesiveness / by G. William Domhoff. Publisher New York : Harper, Colophon Books, 1975, c1974

“Summer camp for the powerful� [videorecording] : the power elite at the Bohemian Grove / with G. William Domhoff ; directed by Joel Domhoff, New York, NY : Paper Tiger TV, 1994.

You can find these in the UCSC Library.

Plus, Alex Jones is a half-baked conspiracy theorist. Domhoff’s analysis of the Bohemian Grove and other social networking institutions like it supports a larger thesis regarding the cohesiveness of the ruling class, and their organizational ability. To drag him down to the level of Jones is silly. Domhoff’s work is serious scholarship.

Besides, the Bohemian Grove is not the most important, or even major part of this web site. Look at the other stuff, especially the section on power in America. Read his classic reprisal of Dahl’s New Haven. Dig into the information on social networks of the elite. This is about community power vs. the power of capital, the poor vs. the elite. Domhoff has a lot of important things to say about all of this. You might agree or disagree, I do about some things, but he’s a key thinker, and actor. Not all academics are stuck in the armchair.

Peace,
Darwin