A demonstration was held today in front of the 5th District Police Station to demand that Officers Scott Rodrigue and Joseph Waguespack Jr. be prosecuted for the murder of Jernard Thomas.

Oppose efforts to further gentrification and drive out the iberville public housing community.
Thursday, April 7
5 PM 'til ?
1201 Canal St. (@ Basin St) old Krause Department Store

Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Fighting the Location of an LNG Terminal on Their Land in Maine come to New Orleans Environmental Conference This weekend, the 10th annual Tulane Environmental Conference, April 1st and 2nd, include discussions on the topics of Agriculture and the Environment, Wildlife Law Updates, Energy law and Policy and the Urban Environment. Friday night’s keynote speaker is Anthony Oposa, the public interest lawyer who brought the case Oposa v. Factoran, establishing standing to sue in environmental cases for future unborn generations. Saturday night, Greg Palast, author of the book “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” will speak. Mid day on Sat will be a special session on How the Media Covers the Environment” http://www.law.tulane.edu/enlaw .

NEW ORLEANS, LA: The Second Annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival presents 17 days of new perspectives, from prisons in California to refugee camps in Lebanon, Americans in North Korea, and hip-hop artists in Gaza. MARCH 4 - 20, 2005 in theatres throughout New Orleans.

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