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A Broadmoor Neighborhood Situation Report Brian Denzer 2006-01-28 11:04 AM
Almost five months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians are feeling discouraged by the lack of communication between local, state, and federal officials which might provide them with direction and hope as they try to rebuild their lives. This is an update on the status of rebuilding efforts in the Broadmoor neighborhood. 56 kbps file, ~12 MB. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/). (audio/mpeg)

Catastrophe as Blueprint Mike Davis 2006-01-28 10:20 AM
"The majority of the electorate is now living outside the cities. The people there don't want to spend one cent for the cities. This rejection of all public spirit arose through America's suburbanization." (text/plain)

Came To Help! Chris Edwards 2006-01-27 9:29 AM
How we were treated when we came to help rebuild New Orleans. (text/html + 1 comment)

LOUISIANA’S COASTAL TRIBES APPEAL FOR HELP Naomi Archer 2006-01-25 7:08 PM
Four of Louisiana’s coastal Native American tribes issued an urgent appeal for support in the aftermath of Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita. Despite the buzz of recovery activity in New Orleans and on other parts of the Gulf coast, tribal leaders say they have been forgotten and their people continue to suffer: (text/plain)

"Helping Persons with Disabilities Get Back to Work" Leif Nick 2006-01-25 1:14 PM
Access to Meaningful Employment is in the Metro Area helping individuals with disabilities seek employment. We also help employers find quilifed workers with no direct hire cost. (text/plain)

THE BARGE DIDN'T LAND ON THE BUS FluxRostrum 2006-01-24 9:12 PM

Home Depot takes over C.J.Pette pulbic housing Common Ground Legal Collective 2006-01-24 4:28 PM

Gross Injustice: New Orleans Gets Crumbs While Mississippi Eats Federal Cake Cheryl Seal 2006-01-24 1:56 PM
Since the Katrina disaster struck, the federal response to the disaster has been a grotesque "pantomime" of racism, incompetence, indifference to human suffering, and outrageous political favoritism. This disparity between aid to Nola and MS is one of the most glaring examples.... (text/plain + 1 comment)

Heart of Darkness - Resubmission Brian Denzer 2006-01-23 6:56 PM
Resubmission of part 1 of earlier submission -- this is the same content in a smaller file size. More information can be found at: http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/6832.php (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

The Contradictions of Black Comprador Rule:Understanding Nagin's 'Chocolate City' Remark Jay Arena 2006-01-22 11:51 PM
I argue Nagin's comments, rather than representing a real goal, reflect an attempt to manage the central contradiction of New Orleans--and by extension the U.S.’s-- post-civil rights Black political leadership: how to appear to serve the interests of the Black working class majority, while simultaneously meeting the real economic, political, and social interests of the predominately white ruling corporate elite. (text/plain)

Public Housing & Evacuees FluxRostrum 2006-01-22 1:36 AM
27 minutes - 70 mgs - QuickTime (text/html)

The Lower 9th Ward: The struggle continues Diane Krauthamer 2006-01-21 12:53 PM
Sitting right along side the Industrial Canal, the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans was the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina and Rita, due mostly to a levee that broke. In light of hardships that thousands of residents have gone through since September, the city is now telling them that they cannot go back to their homes. Residents say such a political battle is the last thing they need, as they're struggling to reclaim their homes and their lives. (text/plain)

Heart of Darkness: Common Ground Relief in the Lower Ninth Ward Brian Denzer 2006-01-21 10:02 AM
The Lower Ninth Ward is the heart of darkness -- the most-devastated neighborhood in New Orleans. But is the true heart of darkness found in the power center of a society that continues to deny residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, and the rest of the Gulf Coast, the hope of returning to rebuild their homes and their lives? This 1/09/2006 interview with organizer Brandon Darby explores the efforts undertaken by Common Ground volunteers to provide relief to Lower Ninth Ward residents, and to help them gut and rehab their homes. Two part program, each 56 kbps, ~12 MB MP3 files. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/). (audio/mpeg + 3 comments)

MLK Day in a Port-au-Prince Prison with Friar Jean-Juste Bill Quigley 2006-01-18 11:51 AM
(posted by Christian Roselund) In the prison in Port au Prince, Fr. Jean-Juste was in great spirits, frequently laughing. He admitted his neck and underarms ached from the cancer that threatens his life. He knows he is one serious infection away from death. But he remains unbowed. (text/plain)

We’ll Send You Home Again, Kathleen Carson W. Maxwell 2006-01-16 11:37 AM
Alas, the recall process has begun for Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. As you read this, thousands are downloading, adding their signatures to, and passing along the recall petition, found at http://recallgovernorblanco.com/BLANCO_PETITION.pdf. Will this attempt at improving Louisiana leadership be successful? Probably not, but it is definitely worth a try. (text/plain)

Urge Sen. Landrieu to Support Filibuster of Alito Lisa 2006-01-14 2:05 PM
Call/write Sen. Landrieu and urge her to support a filibuster of Alito. (text/plain)

NOLA reconstruction workers challenge extortion by officials & “labor coyotes” Anonymous 2006-01-13 10:10 PM

Apache Nation members, transported to a largely-immigrant workers’ camp by a “herder” or “labor coyote” who brokered a deal with New Orleans officials, are now told they owe money to the City, and are faced with eviction. Other groupings of immigrant workers in the camp report that they have also suddenly been approached with demands of payment and threats of eviction. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

NYT Protest Coverage ADAM NOSSITER 2006-01-13 2:02 AM

New Orleans Schoolgirls Have a Message for the President Published: January 13, 2006 (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

B.W. Cooper, Malik & the Panthers FluxRostrum 2006-01-13 1:00 AM
9 minute quicktime video (text/html + 2 comments)

DC Guerilla Radio condemns "redevelopment" plan WSQT Guerilla Radio 87.9 in DC 2006-01-12 9:36 PM
In Occupied new Orleans, the government is proposing massive use of eminent domain to do what they failed to in September. When the National Guard was ordered to do mass armed evictions, they reportedly refused. (audio/mpeg)

Bringing New Orleans back a little late Diane Krauthamer 2006-01-12 12:04 PM
A cramped over-crowded meeting organized by local officials symbolized the main problem that has been plaguing New Orleans—poor planning (text/html + 2 comments)

Reader's viewpoint : Hurricane Katrina SAMANTHA SMITH, HERNDON 2006-01-12 10:46 AM
After the massive debate triggered by Hurricane Katrina, the BBC News website is asking readers in the US to send in their thoughts about what the disaster, and the response to it, revealed about American society. (text/plain)

New Orleans unveils controversial rebuilding plan Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters 2006-01-12 2:14 AM
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans officials on Wednesday unveiled a controversial recovery plan giving residents four months to prove they will rebuild in the devastated city before their neighborhoods could be declared off-limits to redevelopment (text/plain + 1 comment)

Demand Cat5 Protection Thu Jan 12 @ 10am repost from HealthyGulf.org 2006-01-11 2:06 PM
There will be a "no politics" rally at 10am in Jackson Square on Thursday to coincide with President Bush's visit to NOLA. Organizers are asking participants to focus on demanding category 5 levees and gulf coast restoration. (text/html)

Detained, Not Rescued: Katrina Survivors Testimony to Congress (AUDIO) Ben Frank 2006-01-10 8:06 PM

<p>On Dec 6, 2005 several Katrina Survivors testified before Congress- their testimony should have been headline news across America… You can still <a href="http://www.c-span.org/Search/basic.asp?BasicQueryText=katrina&SortBy=date">watch the testimony at C-span (12/6/05)</a>, but if you don’t have 4 hours, these four mp3s contain some of the best clips of the hearing.</p> <p>These are just a few of the Katrina stories that BushCo doesn’t want America to know.</p> (image/jpeg)

Let the People Rebuild New Orleans Naomi Klein 2006-01-09 7:42 PM
"Here's a better idea: New Orleans could be reconstructd by and for the very people most victimized by the flood." (text/plain)

From the Ground Up: Race and the Left Response to Katrina reposted/By Walidah Imarisha 2006-01-09 10:51 AM
“For a lot of people, people of color from New Orleans and the south, we’re all trying to put our lives together. If we had the means, if we had the same privilege, we would be here too, we would be organizing and fighting for our community. It’s important for people to realize the privilege they have and others don’t have.” (text/plain + 4 comments)

BTL:New Orleans Homeowners Coalition Stops House Demolitions in Court Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2006-01-08 11:21 AM
Interview with Bill Quigley, attorney representing New Orleans homeowners, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

The Orleans Parish School Board Selects a New Board President Carson W. Maxwell 2006-01-07 9:26 AM
Hopefully, this change will bring a new era of leadership to a struggling public school system. The following is a re-publication of an editorial from late last year. (text/html)

HOTEL FORCES DISPLACED KATRINA FAMILES INTO HOMELESSNESS Carolyn, Soleil 2006-01-07 2:43 AM
HOTEL FORCES DISPLACED KATRINA FAMILES INTO HOMELESSNESS (text/plain + 3 comments)

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