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Public Housing Supporters Speak Out Against Demolition Edwin Lopez 2007-12-07 7:54 AM

The Coalition to Stop Demolition attended a City Council meeting to address their concerns regarding the projected demolition of four public housing complexes. After speaking before the Council and asking them to state their position on the matter, Coalition members staged a protest to their lack of response. In the duration of the protest a prominent local attorney was manhandled by a City official and cited for disturbing the peace. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Stop the corporate takeover of the Gulf of Mexico Harry Bridges 2007-12-06 7:21 PM
On Tuesday, December 11th from 6pm to 9pm at the Hilton New Orleans Airport, the Gulf Council Fishery Management Council will hold a public meeting on Open Ocean Aquaculture, or OOA. Environmentalists, commercial and recreational fishermen, and citizens oppose OOA because it is an unproven technology, poses unknown risks to the ocean environment and marine biodiversity, relies on heavy public subsidies and privatizes public resources for corporate profit. Attend the meeting to tell the Gulf Council NO to OOA in the Gulf. (text/plain)

come to new orleans in december to stop ethnic cleansing by bulldozer mike howells 2007-12-04 6:35 AM
The one thing that can stop HUD's plan to demolish public housing in New Orleans beginning in mid-December is mass, determined resistance in the streets of the city to defend this precious source of affordable housing. This article addresses why the progressive community in the United States, including anti-racists, need to actively support the fight against HUD's demolition plan. The outcome of this battle will have a profound impact on the prospects for the return of the 150,000 N.O. Katrina Survivors still in exile. (text/plain)

audio: James Bernazzani is the FBI special agent in charge of New Orleans. Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-12-02 12:24 AM

CALL TO ACTION: Pledge of resistance in defense of the right to housing in New Orleans Stop the Demolition Coalition 2007-12-01 11:32 PM
December 10th is Human Rights Day. Come to New Orleans December 10th and join the Stop the Demolition Coalition as we mount a campaign to stop the demolition of public housing. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Gary Tyler’s last chance for justice through executive clemency? Amnesty International 2007-11-30 3:00 PM
Earlier this year, a petition was filed with the Louisiana Pardon Board requesting that Gary Tyler’s life sentence be commuted to a defined number of years so that the outgoing state governor can authorize his release before she leaves office in January 2008. This may be Gary Tyler’s last chance for justice through executive clemency. (text/plain)

Two Americas….Three Decades of Injustice for Gary Tyler Celeste Fremon 2007-11-30 2:10 PM
On Wednesday night, Mitt Romney made a point of taking potshots at John Edwards for Edwards’ “two America’s” campaign theme. “We do not have two Americas,” said Romney with a self-righteous flourish. Oh but we do. And nowhere is the schism more evident than in the U.S. criminal justice system. In the case of Gary Tyler, 49, the division had more to do with race, than it did with class. Tyler has been in prison in the Louisiana state penitentiary at Angola for over 30 years. At age 17 he was convicted of murdering a 13-year-old white boy in the fall of 1974 in Destrehan, Louisiana, during the height of that town’s school integration crisis. Tyler is black. (text/plain)

A Plea for Compassionate Release From Prison for Gary Tyler Debrah Constance 2007-11-30 1:50 PM
A short while back an acquaintance of mine approached me at a meeting and asked me for help on a pardon project for a prisoner. A part of me winced, "Oh, no! I don't see me getting involved in this", but I listened as he pleaded for help in the release of Gary Tyler from Angola prison in Louisiana. He was looking for employment for Gary Tyler in hospice care IF Gary Tyler could get through the pardon hearing that he had been granted a right to. (text/plain)

Urge Governor Blanco to Pardon Gary Tyler AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 2007-11-30 6:46 AM
Urge Governor Kathleen Blanco to ensure that Tyler gets a new pardon board hearing, and then pardon Tyler before she leaves office in January Gary Tyler, an African-American man, is currently serving a life sentence without chance of parole for the 1974 murder of a 13-year-old white student. Although he was only 16 at the time of the incident, Tyler was charged as an adult in a trial that was seriously flawed. Despite a climate of extreme racial tension in the town of Destrehan, Louisiana, there was no change of venue for the trial. In addition, the jury was all white; members of the black community were deliberately excluded. Tyler's defense attorney did not interview any witnesses, failed to prepare for trial, and spent only one hour with Tyler throughout the entire year previous to the trial. Furthermore, since the trial, key prosecution witnesses have recanted their testimony. (text/plain)

System's Plan for Public Housing in New Orleans carl dix 2007-11-27 4:32 AM
How the authorities' plan to demolish public housing will continue driving Black people out of the city and exacerbate the housing crisis in the city. This plan must be fought. (text/plain)

Prevent Future Floods in NOLA, close MR-GO! DO NOT trust US Gov with your safety! 2007-11-26 5:39 AM
Would like to reopen an investigation of possible deliberate levee breach during Katrina storm surge that was a preplanned action by unknown agents to prevent flooding of wealthier neighborhoods.. (text/plain)

They Kill Us; Then They Blame Us for Dying Tracie L. Washington and Louis X. Washington 2007-11-22 2:41 PM
This is an essay about poverty and housing in New Orleans (text/plain)

New Orleans: The Perfect Storm Elizabeth Cook 2007-11-22 2:02 PM

With demolition of public housing set to begin mid-December, New Orleans residents are about to loose over 5000 units of public and affordable housing, possibly forever. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

ENTERGY RAIDED NUKE SHUTDOWN FUNDS Michael Steinberg 2007-11-22 3:41 AM
New Orleans-based Entergy Corporation reported that it withdrew $26 million from funds set aside to pay for the costs of shutting down and dismantling its nuclear power plants. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Late Notice Action Event - Vitter's office - Nov 20, 10AM MultiOrg Event/Ed Ward, MD 2007-11-19 11:30 PM
A Multi-Org action Katrina event - Vitter's office - 2800 Veterans Blvd - 10AM (text/plain)

Public Housing Demolitions Set for December: Call for National Support! new orleans indymedia team 2007-11-17 1:12 AM
Many activists believe New Orleans is a test ground for the US Government to demolish public housing across the nation and replace it with "mixed-income" developments that would displace thousands of families. Pledge to come to New Orleans and resist this privatization of public housing! (text/plain)

“What do we want? Housing!” Movement Unites in New Orleans to Re-Open Public Housing Evan Casper-Futterman 2007-11-14 3:49 PM

Against the backdrop of impending demolitions and redevelopment of public housing, residents, organizers, and supporters gathered in front of the federal courthouse in New Orleans to demand the re-opening of public housing. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Rally To Save Public Housing Michael Steinberg 2007-11-14 6:00 AM
People rallied on Tuesday, November 13, at the federal building in downtown NO to save public housing. (text/plain)

Toxic gas pervasive in FEMA units, tests show MSNBC/Mike Brunker/Ed Ward, MD 2007-11-14 1:07 AM
More government coverups regardless of consequences to The People. (text/plain)

Women in Struggle Film Series @ Tulane U. sa 2007-11-12 9:16 PM
Women have made legendary contributions to movements and revolutions around the globe which have fought for the self-government of oppressed people. Despite the frequent characterization of women at home and abroad as "victims," "backwards" or "brainwashed", there exists a long and rich tradition of women's struggles which oppose not only patriarchy within their own communities but also white supremacy, Western empire and colonialism. (text/plain)

New Orleans rallies against “Jenacide” Evan Casper-Futterman 2007-11-08 12:08 AM

On November 7, 2007, as another round of hearings went underway this morning in Jena, Louisiana for two of the “Jena Six,” dozens of organizers and activists gathered in front of the New Orleans criminal courthouse to show solidarity. (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

audio: Sandy Whann, Leidenheimer Bakery owner, on the "Magna Carta" of the Poor- Craig Kraemer with New Orleans PodCasting 2007-11-06 1:10 PM

Activist Lawyer Speaks Out Against Green Scare Michael Steinberg 2007-10-30 5:45 AM
Activist Brenna Bell spoke out against the Green Scare at Loyola Law School on October 29. (text/plain)

NO Says No To War Michael Steinberg 2007-10-28 5:35 PM
Opponents of the US war in Iraq rallied in Washington Square Park and marched through the French Quarter on the afternoon of Saturday, October 27. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Press Release - Thousands Come on New Orleans To March for Peace & Justice on October 27th ian 2007-10-26 7:35 PM
Thousands are expected to gather in New Orleans to participate in a coordinated day of opposition to the ongoing war and occupation of Iraq, and the injustice at home. (text/html + 2 comments)

No money for the FEMA trailer park children Briley Richmond 2007-10-26 6:55 PM
You think maybe the people of this nation expected the money given for housing following Katrina would be given to those in need of housing, and not Dole Pineapple? (text/plain)

Iron Rail Radical Library Nov. Update i.r. 2007-10-24 9:40 PM
-November Movie Nights -Green Scare Event -Policing Forum -New Books -Slingshot Organizers -NOLA Bookfair Nov. 10th -Iron Rail Bookfair Event -VoodooFest Flyering (text/plain)

Dorothy Moore Sings Away Katrina Blues Marcia Weaver 2007-10-23 5:14 PM
Dorothy Moore, best known for the song Misty Blue, sings away Katrina Blues Nov 23-24. She will play three locations Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge, Old Point Bar and LA Music Factory. She will also read from her children's book in at other two sites. (text/plain)

City Park, Affordable Housing at Risk Elizabeth Cook 2007-10-23 1:49 PM
Fore Kids Foundation plans for City Park and the St. Bernard Housing Development will endanger the park, and affordable housing. Deadline to submit comments for the Master Plan for City Park is today (October 23). Send in your comments to this email address: plan@nocp.org (text/plain + 1 comment)

AWESOME! EVENT!: COULTER QUESTION? In view of the current Constitutional backlash, and th Ed Ward, MD 2007-10-23 6:18 AM
Oct 22 - McAlister Auditorium - Tulane University - coulter NeoFascist Racist/RP Exposure Event AWESOME! EVENT!: COULTER QUESTION? In view of the current Constitutional backlash, and the fact that subversion of The Constitution involving matters of War is classic, textbook Constitutional Treason. Do you think you will be hanged or just given jail time? (text/plain)

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