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HOUSING STATE OF EMERGENCY NO HEAT 2005-11-22 1:02 PM
Together we can stop evictions and fight for affordable housing, in the courts and in the streets! (text/plain)

United Peace Relief establishes volunteer base camp in Slidell, LA Iggy 2005-11-22 12:37 PM

Last week I spent four days with United Peace Relief (UPR) in Slidell, LA. Below I fill you in on who UPR is and share some of the photos I took. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

RETIRED COP CHRISTOPHER MERCADEL 2005-11-22 12:56 AM
What will the good citizens of New Orleans have to say about their fair city and has happened to them? (text/plain)

NOLA in NYC: Shoutouts Back Home From New Orleanians in Brooklyn Shelter Mary Beth Black 2005-11-21 8:27 PM
Trumpet maestro James Andrews and young people from New Orleans East and the Lower Ninth Ward speak their hearts and minds on post-Katrina New Orleans from the Savoy Red Cross Shelter in Brooklyn: love, loss, and hope - and "let the citizens decide" how to rebuild New Orleans. (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Pointe-au-Chien Tribe Hard-Hit by Katrina & Rita John Hamilton 2005-11-21 1:52 PM
An interview with Charles Verdin, Chairman of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, a small community of Indians that live along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien in South Louisiana. Members of the community were hard hit by the winds Hurricane Katrina, as well as the waters of Hurricane Rita. They've received little aid from FEMA, despite extensive damage to many homes. (audio/mpeg)

Photos from the 11/11/05 Common Ground Press Conference on Police Brutality Iggy 2005-11-21 12:55 AM

On the evening of 11/10/05 Greg Griffith, a medical volunteer with Common Ground Relief, was arrested while documenting police activity near the Common Ground Clinic in the algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. Included below are photographs from the press conference that was held at the Orleans Parish Prison on 11/11/05. (image/jpeg)

December 9-10 Mobilization Outrage 2 Action 2005-11-20 1:42 PM

FROM OUTRAGE TO ACTION !!! ********************************************** STATE OF EMERGENCY CONFERENCE AND SURVIVORS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JACKSON, MS DECEMBER 8, 9, 2005 ************************** MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHT OF RETURN DECEMBER 10, 2005 CONGO SQUARE, NEW ORLEANS (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Louisburg Square tenants receive new eviction notices louisburg 2005-11-19 7:32 PM
The tenants of Louisburg Square Apartments in Terrytown, who successfully won their fight against the landlord in court two weeks ago, today received another notice -- this time a 'notice to vacate', for which there is no appeals process. (audio/mpeg)

Please make a phone call: 52 families from New Orleans face Houston Eviction stop illegal evictions 2005-11-19 7:01 PM

New Orleans City Council Utility Meeting, 11-16-05 Christian Roselund 2005-11-18 6:46 PM
This is the audio recorded from the New Orleans City Council Utility meeting on Wednesday the 16th, where Entergy promised to turn on power to all the "non-devastated" parts of the city. (audio/mpeg)

Another Common Ground aid worker arrested (FSRN) Mayaba Leibenthal 2005-11-18 5:51 PM
Releif worker James Dunson was arrested on Thursday at Common Ground for "obstructing a public space". (audio/mpeg + 3 comments)

Entergy promises to restore power(FSRN) Christian Roselund 2005-11-18 5:40 PM
Meanwhile, the utility company that supplies power to New Orleans has finally given a timeline for restoring service to most parts of the Cresent City. However, after two-and-a-half months, many residents in the poorer neighborhoods in town have already been forced to leave. (audio/mpeg)

OPP Prisoners Contradict Sheriff's Statements, ACLU Saya Commondreamns Newswire 2005-11-17 8:57 PM
Katrina Abu Grhaib? (text/plain + 4 comments)

Volunteers still needed for animal rescue! miz kittinz 2005-11-17 3:33 PM
Volunteers are still desperately needed for animal rescue in New Orleans. Pet dogs roam in packs in parts of the city, and scared animals are hiding out under houses in areas scheduled for bulldozing. Help is also needed at temporary shelters in Tylertown and Bogalusa. (text/plain)

Cats rescued from bulldozer in Kenner, calls to FEMA needed for people, pets mz kittinz 2005-11-17 3:16 PM
Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) and Alley Cat Allies (ACA) rescued 50 cats today from a trailer park in Kenner (near the New Orleans airport). FEMA plans to bulldoze the park in order to put up trailers for displaced Katrina victims. People, many of whom are disabled, are still living at the trailer park, and now face being displaced themselves. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Groups Say Federal Officials Failing to Monitor, Warn Citizens of Serious Health Risk Repost - Will 2005-11-17 1:11 PM
NEW ORLEANS (November 16, 2005) -- New air tests taken by a non-profit environmental organization show that airborne mold levels in New Orleans pose a serious health risk to residents and workers returning to the devastated city. The tests confirm concerns that federal officials are neglecting a major safety threat affecting thousands of people both indoors and out, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, which administered the monitoring. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Join the ROADTRIP FOR RELIEF to New Orleans Nov 20 - 27! white chick 2005-11-16 1:38 PM
from flyer: "The Gulf Coast has been devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita...Despite the overwhelming destruction, hope is not lost. WE WILL REBUILD. (text/plain)

Common Ground Clinic Evolves Liz Highleyman 2005-11-16 3:58 AM

The Common Ground clinic in New Orleans faces new challenges as it continues to grow and evolve into a long-term community institution. (image/jpeg)

Help for N.O. Poets nolapoet 2005-11-15 4:19 PM
Aid for Katrina/Rita Poets and Writers (text/plain)

MusiciansCharity.com Dean Groover 2005-11-15 1:07 PM
Three plans to help save the music. (text/plain)

Do you have a story? Cynthia Garza 2005-11-15 2:48 AM

Rebuilding in the Big Uneasy Mimi Yahn 2005-11-14 8:38 PM
Article that appeared in the November 2005 issue of the Pittsburgh (PA) New People. Second in an ongoing series by former resident of the New Orleans area. (text/plain)

Radio Free Algiers Visited by New Orleans "Police Party" and FCC Indynewswire / diymedia.net 2005-11-14 8:36 PM

FCC agents paid a visit to Radio Algiers in New Orleans on November 2. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

Hurricane Katrina: Outraged and Enraged in New Orleans Mimi Yahn 2005-11-14 8:19 PM
Article published in the October 2005 issue of the Pittsburgh (PA) New People. First of ongoing series by former resident of the New Orleans area. (text/plain)

Entergy Corporation Rips off New Orleans watchdog 2005-11-14 1:52 PM
Entergy Corporation Rips off New Orleans (text/plain)

Update From Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (repost) FFLIC, repost by Christian Roselund 2005-11-13 8:03 PM
Update on the condition of the both the people who make up Families and Freinds of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children and the organization, which has recently opened an office in Lake Charles after having its operations in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina- (CR). (text/plain)

Common Ground speaks out about police harassment matt toups 2005-11-13 3:38 PM
The day after a common ground volunteer was arrested, threatened and brutalized by New Orleans Police, Rustbelt Radio spoke with Sakura Koné of Common Ground about the incident and the larger issues of repression and relief in New Orleans. (audio, mp3, 21:10) (audio/mpeg + 4 comments)

Aid worker jailed, battered (FSRN) Christian Roselund 2005-11-12 11:28 AM
FSRN story on the jailing and battery of Common Ground Aid worker Greg Griffith while engaged in legal copwatch activities (note: this summary differs from the FSRN lede, which I did not write) (audio/mpeg)

Animal Rescue New Orleans Needs You Now USA euthanizes 6 million healthy pets a year 2005-11-11 11:12 PM
ANIMAL RESCUERS NEEDED NOW: There are still lots of stray and abandoned animals on the streets in New Orleans and Louisiana. These are the katrina pets that have not been rescued. Katrina animal rescuers need help now, because there are not enough PEOPLE rescuing to save these pets. They need to catch them to save their lives, and to stop breeding creating a feral animal population that would mean there are more homeless animals. Katrina animal rescuers are working to save animals. (But Louisiana public animal control shelters are euthanizing pets that are brought into them, just like all the other animal control shelters throughout the United States. Most of these shelters keep pets for 7 days only, even though the pets are the same as pets who have homes, and most are healthy pets.) The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its animals. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Undocumented Immigrants Rebuild New Orleans (FSRN) Christian Roselund 2005-11-11 9:48 AM
Labor officials estimate that undocumented immigrants are the largest group employed in rebuilding New Orleans, and say that these worker's rights are being routinely and systematically violated. (audio/mpeg)

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