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Bargewatch: A Holiday Tale repost from nolafugees 2005-12-30 4:20 AM

article about the barge in the lower ninth ward (image/jpeg)

Purging the Poor: Naomi Klein naomi klein 2005-12-30 3:41 AM
this is an article by naomi klein on 'purging the poor' in new orleans (text/plain)

some Post-katrina songs chris chandler and etc. 2005-12-30 3:21 AM
The web sites below have moving songs about the aftermath of Katrina. (text/plain)

REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS - Rosa Clemente dispatches from the South rosa clemente 2005-12-30 2:56 AM
dispatch from late october trip to new orleans.... After a twenty one hour drive, we, Brad a videographer and King, arrived in New Orleans, as we crossed the border of Mississippi we spoke to folks displaced, white middle class folks who have not seen a FEMA or RED CROSS vehicle since the hurricane hit, many Mexican and Honduran immigrants just wandering, one thing the Latino brothers and sister stressed was the fear they are facing from white vigilantes trying to "move them out the city? and ICE-the federal immigration police who are down here in force, speaking to the white middle class man whom lost everything he told us , "America died to me on Tuesday Aug 30th, I voted for Bush and that rapper was right"(:-) go KANYE! (text/plain)

Southeast Louisiana Rebuilds Carson W. Maxwell 2005-12-30 2:33 AM

Some locales are recovering far faster than others. In slower areas, Louisiana politics and lackluster leadership reign supreme. (image/jpeg)

Southeast Louisiana Rebuilds Carson W. Maxwell 2005-12-30 1:58 AM

Some locales are recovering far faster than others. In slower areas, Louisiana politics and lackluster leadership reign supreme. (image/jpeg)

Interview with David Luke CommonGround 2005-12-28 6:50 PM
A 48 minute interview with David Luke. He was arrested by the NOPD and put in OPP ( Orleans Parish Prison ) before Katrina hit. (audio/mpeg + 4 comments)

Camp Slidell Open for Assistance & Volunteers United Peace Relief 2005-12-28 1:16 PM

United Peace Relief has set up a relief camp in Slidell, Louisiana to serve the surrounding region. The 10-acre camp acts as volunteer housing and a retreat center. Please contact us for help needed or to volunteer! (image/jpeg)

New Orleans Can’t Budge From Square One Carson W. Maxwell 2005-12-28 4:34 AM
After four months of procrastination, slow and uncertain is still the flavor of the day. (text/plain)

"To Protect & Preserve, Who? R A Pennington II 2005-12-27 3:10 PM
The dark cloud over New Orleans continues. (text/plain)

Multiple cases of police brutality, harassment documented common ground legal 2005-12-27 3:56 AM
We have documented cases of residents and volunteer relief workers being arrested without cause, beaten and humiliated during arrest and in holding cells, and denied water for over 24 hours. (text/plain)

Pictures after police killing CGC 2005-12-27 12:46 AM

Photos from the murder scene, where NOPD shot and killed a man. (image/jpeg + 61 comments)

Map of New Orleans home damage army corps, et al 2005-12-26 5:06 PM

This map displays the results of home assesments in New Orleans, with damage level categories broken down by color. (click on the image for a full size version, 4.2MB) (image/png)

Return of Books2Prisoners Simon Severe 2005-12-25 12:36 PM
After the old space for Books2Prisoners Louisiana was severly flooded it has found a new home and needs help raising funds to restart. (text/plain)

Yes Katrina, There is a Santa Claus--and he drives a bulldozer... Scott Boehm 2005-12-25 3:26 AM
2,500 New Orleans homes are scheduled for destruction during the holidays, and owners haven't even been notified. (text/plain + 2 comments)

OPP prisoners speak out stanley 2005-12-24 4:52 AM
stanley's story (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Mardis Gras or No mardi gras tkat 2005-12-22 2:26 PM
I have never been to mardi gras, I am not really into that type of behavior, but when I was in N. O. a ton of folks were encouraging me to come back for it this year. Then I hear of a supposed call to boycott, what is up? (text/plain + 1 comment)

Rebuilding New Orleans in 2005 Ginny Casamia 2005-12-21 5:48 PM
An audio interview with a Common Ground Collective relief worker. Produced by Ginny C at the WMU A studio in Amherst, MA. (audio/mpeg)

Critical Mass-JUSTICE FOR KATRINA SURVIVORS! revolutionrock 2005-12-21 1:42 PM
Critical Mass-JUSTICE FOR KATRINA SURVIVORS! (text/plain + 1 comment)

Kalamu ya Salaam: Listen To the People Project; Oral History Call to Action m.b.black 2005-12-21 5:12 AM

Kalamu ya Salaam, New Orleans' veteran neo-griot poet historian dj activist & radical educator, announces the "Listen to the People Project" & then blows the roof off the hearts and minds of a large audience gathered at the Bowery Poetry Club for a Katrina benefit. 2 separate audio files, approximately 13 min. & 12 MB and 7 min.& 7 MB in mp3 format. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Interview with Maia and Sam, Common Ground Relief Volunteers from Santa Cruz, CA ~Bradley 2005-12-17 3:33 AM
On December 12, 2005, Maia and Sam, two Santa Cruz activists volunteering with Common Ground Relief in New Orleans, called into the Indynewswire show on Free Radio Santa Cruz, 101.1fm. (30 minutes) (audio/mpeg)

What would MLK do in NOLA? Jay Arena 2005-12-16 1:14 PM
National March on New Orleans MLK Day, Monday, January 16th, 2006 (text/plain)

Green Party’s Kevin Zeese Has New Approach William Hughes 2005-12-15 10:16 PM

On Dec. 14, 2005, the Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in MD, Kevin Zeese, ripped into President Bush calling his Annapolis speech, “filled with lies!” He also demanded the U.S. get out of Iraq and admit it’s a “failed policy.” He labeled the Military-Industrial Complex, the “greatest threat to our country.” Zeese also wants a “Single Payer” health care system, a “share the wealth” economy and a fair and balanced Middle East policy. (image/jpeg)

Locate Your Lost Katrina Pet gathering -- December 16-18 in New Orleans Best Friends Animal Society & other charities 2005-12-14 11:51 PM
There is a free event to help the people of New Orleans, Louisiana and those from hurricane katrina, rita and wilma who are missing pets. If you are looking for your cat, dog or other animal please attend. Some miracle animals survived 2 months without food or water. Please tell everyone about it, ask everyone to let people know about this Event. If you can, please put posters up. (text/plain)

What It Takes: A New Reconstruction Mimi Yahn 2005-12-14 6:35 PM
Third in a series about Katrina by former resident of the New Orleans area (currently living in Pittsburgh, PA). Article first appeared in December 2005 issue of New People Pittsburgh). (text/plain)

We Need an Election Carson W. Maxwell 2005-12-14 12:44 PM
In New Orleans, we need an election-- the sooner, the better for all involved. (text/plain)

GRARLINE OFFER KATRINA TOUR Luther Blissett 2005-12-14 12:20 PM

Grayline bus lines offers "An eyewitness account of the events surrounding the most devastating natural disaster on American soil!" (image/jpeg)

Meg Perry, 1979 - 2005 friend 2005-12-13 2:11 AM

On Dec. 10, volunteer relief worker Meg Perry, 26, from Portland, Maine, was killed in a bus accident in New Orleans. (image/jpeg + 9 comments)

From Congo Square to City Hall: New Orleans Demands Right to Return Jennifer Connor 2005-12-12 9:39 PM
"We're back- to take it back!" was the call in the streets as Katrina survivors and their supporters marched on New Orleans city hall on December tenth. (text/plain)

Evictions Reach the Governor's Mansion FluxRostrum 2005-12-11 11:49 PM
QuickTime video 6 minutes (text/html + 1 comment)

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