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St. Bernard Parish to pay settlement in rental ordinance lawsuit nicola 2008-07-03 10:07 PM
St. Bernard Parish must pay $123,771.92 in fees and costs in settlement of the blood-relative rental ordinance lawsuit, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center v. St. Bernard Parish (text/plain)

HOMELESS EMERGENCY Daniel Kallich 2008-07-03 8:16 PM
Stop the NOPD and the arms of oppression from evicting homeless residents of New Orleans from their last resort underneath the Claiborne Highway Underpass at Canal! (text/plain)

Juvenile Justice Story Circle Planned for July 19 anon 2008-07-03 8:04 PM
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana is hosting a Story Circle event for recently or formerly incarcerated juveniles, parents, relatives, citizens and others affected by the juvenile detention system to share their stories. (application/pdf + 1 comment)

Day Laborers Gives New Orleans a Gift Edwin Lopez 2008-06-23 1:35 PM
On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 the Congress of Day Laborers, sponsored a mural that pays homage to African-American Heritage. The event was part of a national campaign, "Echando Raices" or "Growing Roots," that aims to change the image of day laborers (text/plain)

audio: Ed Blakely, New Orleans Recovery Czar talks about the future of New Orleans. Craig Kraemer 2008-06-20 12:11 PM

So You Want to be a Socialist? D. Hardegree 2008-06-19 11:15 PM
An underground of socialists are organizing in New Orleans, and we want you to be a part of the revolution! (text/plain)

LA Fluoridation Mandate Bill in the Senate nyscof 2008-06-17 10:58 AM
The Louisiana Senate Health Committee will today (6/17/08) vote on a bill to mandate fluoridation throughout the state. Modern science shows adding fluoride chemicals into the drinking water to reduce tooth decay is ineffective, harmful and a total waste of money and manpower. (text/plain)

Louisina Politics 2008: Tax Cuts for the Rich; Subsidies for Big Oil Roberto Calderra 2008-06-11 3:44 PM
Louisiana Legislature Gives Tax Breaks to Middle and Upper Income; US Congress refuses to increase tax on Big Oil (text/plain)

FBI and/or ATF may be involved in efforts to frame Bork for BW Cooper lockdown Luke from DC 2008-06-10 12:26 AM
There is new evidence(a cop overheard in DC and testimony in Jaimie Bork's hearing Friday) that the FBI and ATF are making an all-out attempt to jail protesters and treat us as many of them treated insurgents in Iraq. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Non-Profit Gate-Keepers and Visit of U.N. Human Rights Investigator Jay Arena 2008-06-09 5:46 AM
First, we are deeply concerned about the exclusionary manner employed to organize Mr. Diène’s public engagements. Second, we are disappointed over their failure to address key issues around public housing, including the case of African American female public housing tenant Kim Turner, the larger defense campaign of New Orleans’ Iberville public housing development, and political repression of the movement. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Two N.O. Public Housing Activists to be tried on felony charges Mike Howells 2008-06-09 5:42 AM
Judge Rules Two N.O. Public Housing Activists Will Be Put ,On Trial For Felony Charge (text/plain + 2 comments)

Orleans Parish Engages in Vote Caging Maggie Barr 2008-06-05 11:48 PM
The names of over 89,000 "inactive voters" in jeopardy of being kicked off the LA State voter Rolls if set protocol is not followed was supplied by the Orleans Parish Registrar of voters and published in this Thursday's Times-Picayune under the Official Notices heading. (text/plain)

FEMA continutes to kill; City in dire need of mental health facilities by way of Tracie Washington and others 2008-06-05 4:19 PM

Death of FEMA trailer resident could have been averted if the police had simply left the scene (or visible presence)... An even larger issue looms in the backdrop of this story – mental health crisis. Katrina because of the failure of insurance, road home, etc. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Guest workers win major US human rights award; Hunger Striker fasts longer than Gandhi NOWCRJ 2008-06-04 5:52 PM

Indian guest workers win major US human rights award on Day 20 of hunger strike. Prestigious US institute hails workers' 'courageous stand against modern-day slavery' On Day 21, Hunger Striker Paul Konar exceeds Gandhi's longest hunger strike record. (image/jpeg)

July 1 deadline set for removal of trailers from Orleans Parish Sarah Cameron (repost) 2008-06-04 2:24 AM

The City of New Orleans has begun to notify those residents still living in trailers in Orleans Parish that they will be required to vacate and remove trailers from their property by July 1. (image/jpeg)

NoLA Rising Has Victory in Court ReX - NoLA Rising 2008-05-26 6:07 PM
Details of the end result of NoLA Rising Founder Rex in his legal battle against Graffiti Artist Fred Radtke (text/plain)

Books 2 Prisoners Movie Benefit Tonight Mon. 26th Dickie Haskell 2008-05-26 3:58 PM
Books 2 Prisoners Showing Double Feature Comedies Tonight (Mon. 26th) 1330 Music St. 8:00 pm. (text/plain)

New Orleans guest workers protest SLAVERY at US Capitol WSQT Guerrilla Radio 87.9 in DC 2008-05-21 9:41 PM
The Indian Workers Congress and the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignityhave been staging a hunger strike in DC at the White House, the Capitol, and the Indian Embassy. (audio/mpeg)

Katrina survivors struggle years after hurricane Pepe Escobar, Analyst, The Real News 2008-05-21 6:34 PM
Documentary report presents voices of Katrina survivors still fighting for survival (text/plain + 3 comments)

Neo-Liberalism, the SPP, and the assault on the Black Nation Kali Akuno 2008-05-20 10:22 PM
The 4th SPP summit demonstrated to transnational capital how successfully a major US city and state can be transformed to realize profits. If transformation can be done in New Orleans, it can done anywhere in the US. (text/plain)

Stop State Legislation criminalizing immigrants Freedom of Movement 2008-05-19 11:25 PM
Please, please, *please* look at the below forwarded email and do something to help. Even if you don't live in Louisiana, it will potentially have repercussions for all of you in other states if this is allowed to pass in the Senate here. Think Sensenbrenner bill two years ago- we didn't let it happen then so please help us keep it from happening now in Louisiana. (text/html + 2 comments)

International Workers Day in New Orleans Damien Ramos and Robert Caldwell 2008-05-14 5:54 PM
Over two hundred march from Armstrong park through the Central Business District to New Orleans City Hall to commemorate International Workers Day (text/plain)

Fair Rents Advocacy Group of New Orleans Established! Drue Hardegree 2008-05-14 9:12 AM
We are sick of outrageous rents in New Orleans! The Fair Rents Advocacy Group of New Orleans has been established. Come to our web site or e-mail us for more information. We can fight for better rent, better living conditions!! (text/plain)

ARISE! New Orleans Indymedia Launches Print Project new orleans indymedia team 2008-05-06 1:05 AM

On May 1, New Orleans Indymedia launched the inaugural issue of "Arise," a quarterly print project. covering a broad net of social justice issues affecting our city. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

May Radical Movies at Iron Rail Books a 2008-05-05 1:59 AM
come check out these free movies, showing each tuesday at 8pm at 511 marigny st. (text/plain)

AUDIO: Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Craig Kraemer 2008-05-02 11:07 PM

No Way to Treat Our People: FEMA Trailers 30 Months After the Flood LJI Press Release 2008-04-30 2:58 AM
Louisiana Justice Institute (LJI), in partnership with the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will release their public report on the dire circumstances of residents still living in FEMA trailers over two years after Katrina on April 30. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Homeless Residents of New Orleans Wait for Help Susan Hall 2008-04-23 5:09 AM
In New Orleans, 12,000 homeless persons are sleeping in cars, flooded out houses, abandoned buildings, emergency shelters and beneath freeway overpasses. (text/html)

NAU resistance FluxRostrum 2008-04-22 3:19 PM
video of resistance to NAU Summit (text/plain)

SPP Summit New Orleans 2008 Phil 2008-04-22 10:24 AM
April 21st, 2008, was the first day of the Security and Prosperity Partnership Summit, in which the presidents of Mexico and the United States, and the prime minister of Canada met to discuss security and trade, as well as the neoliberal and militaristic integration of North America. In protest, the local community organizers of New Orleans held the People's Summit, in which visiting activists met with local organizers to discuss the history of racism, oppression and capitalism in North America and how to resist those things now and into the future. (audio/mpeg)

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