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Katrina blog on the Digital Divide Network (DDN) Carl Webb 2005-11-11 6:27 AM
This is a message from Gordon Soderberg the founder of the New Orleans Veterans For Peace: We are looking for Wireless Internet installers, computer and internet acess trainers, and funds to support our continued relief work for the next year. ( November 2005 -2006) While plans are still being formed we will be installing wireless internet access points and communty based computer labs in ten of the most effected areas in the City of New Orleans, LA. Please help us help others! (text/plain)

Show of support stops eviction of Welcome Home Kitchen thank you! 2005-11-09 8:22 PM
The eviction of the Rainbow Kitchen appears to have been stalled thanks to citizen support - a march and rally on Tuesday, call-in campaign, and media coverage.....but the city hasn't given any concrete info as to how long they will be allowed to stay (audio/mpeg + 4 comments)

Audio from March to Gretna new orleans 2005-11-09 8:09 PM
This is from Monday's rally and March on Gretna (audio/mpeg)

The Right of Return & the Reestablishment of Public Housing in New Orleans mike howells 2005-11-09 7:42 PM
The realization of the Right Of Return for the working class African-Americans of New Orleans and the reestablishment of public and section 8 housing in the same city are closely intertwined. Without the reestablishment of public and section 8 housing tens of thousands of local working class African-Americans will not be able to return from exile to New Orleans. Unfortunately, Washington and the Nagin Administration are stonewalling the reopening and replenishing of section 8 and public housing in the Crescent City. Supporters of the Right of Return and affordable housing need to join up with tenants in what could well prove to be the pivotal battle in shaping the future of New Orleans. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Housing Sub-Committee Meeting Christian Roselund 2005-11-08 7:51 PM
These audio clips are from the housing subcommittee of the Urban Planning Committee of Mayor Ray Nagin's Bring Back New Orleans Commission on Friday November 4th. The Housing Subcommitte was chaired by K. Laborde and Mtumishi (M) St. Julien of the Finance Authority of New Orleans, who replaced Pres Kabakoff of HRI, who was co-chair last meeting. The final clip is an interview with Lionel MacEntyre, a professor of Architecture at Columbia University in New York and resident of New Orleans, at the meeting which took place at the Ashe Cultural Center on OC Haley. These meetings take place every Friday at 10:00 AM at Ashe, and the Urban Planning Committee meetings take place on Thursdays. One more note- Mayor Nagin and real estate magnate Joe Cannizaro are the chairs of the Urban Planning Committee. See bringneworleansback.org for more (hopefully accurate) information. (audio/mpeg)

Activists March over Mississippi River Bridge (FSRN) Mayba Leibenthal and Christian Roselund 2005-11-08 7:01 PM
One hundred local and national activists crossed the Mississippi River Bridge from New Orleans to Gretna yesterday, to commemorate those who were stopped and shot at my Gretna Police when attempting to escape on that very bridge during post-Katrina flooding. Maybel Leibenthal reports from New Orleans.(2:52) (audio/mpeg)

Victory for tenants in Louisburg Square! NOHEAT 2005-11-08 2:40 AM
The tenants of Louisburg Square had a hard-won victory in court against their landlord. Now they hope to file a criminal case and launch an investigation against the landlord for the harassment, threats and obstruction of tenants' rights. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Towards a sustainable New Orleans Marty Rowland 2005-11-08 2:23 AM
article written October 25, 2005 Towards a Sustainable New Orleans – Dr. Marty Rowland Professional Civil / Environmental Engineer, Urban Planner, and Urban Infrastructure Expert (text/plain + 1 comment)

Report on Monday's succesful 'March on Gretna' bring down bush 2005-11-08 2:19 AM

blog entry by jeremy on the gretna march (image/jpeg)

Please call! Support the Welcome Home Kitchen against eviction! welcome home 2005-11-08 1:58 AM
The only kitchen serving fresh, nutritious meals to the people of New Orleans east of Canal St. is being threatened with closure by city officials. Please call ms. cynthia sylvan lear, the deputy chief administrative officer of the new orleans emergency operations center at 504-658-2180 to ask that it be kept open. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Help the Native American Communities in southern LA Naomi 2005-11-07 6:46 PM
The Native American communities of southern Louisiana still urgently need donations and volunteer resources. Four Directions needs your help... (text/html)

Who is the Urban Land Institute? Jay Arena 2005-11-07 11:49 AM
Exposes role of Urban land Institute in destruction of the St. Thomas housing development. Now ULI and friends want to do the same for the whole city. (text/plain + 7 comments)

Changing New Orleans Jordan Flaherty 2005-11-06 4:06 PM
November 4, 2005 Its bittersweet being back in New Orleans. Although the architecture is the same, and its a relief to walk the streets and reunite with old friends, already this is a very different city from the one I love. Its a city where some areas are quickly rebuilding and other parts are being left far behind. A city where people who have lived here for generations are now unwelcome in a hundred different ways. (text/plain + 5 comments)

Film Makers Raising Awareness On Local Groups Darren Martinez 2005-11-06 1:37 AM
Two film makers, one from Chicago and one from New Mexico, have become inspired by the efforts of local groups such as Common Grounds and are making a feature length film on the amazing people in those groups. (text/plain)

Hands off Iberville, Ryan Mike Howells 2005-11-06 12:36 AM
Letter to editor attacking UNO Chancellor for calling for the ethnic cleansing of the Iberville development (text/plain)

Using Katrina to exploit immigrants Emile Schepers 2005-11-04 9:30 PM
Opinion piece by immigrants rights activist. (text/plain)

A Beacon of Hope in the 9th Adam Gordon 2005-11-03 6:01 PM
The Common Grounds Collective, a grassroots, community based organization working on the ground in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit, has announced the opening a Community Distribution Center in the Upper 9th ward. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Brownie: Livin' for the next photo op Frank Davies (repost from Common Dreams) 2005-11-03 3:14 PM
The e-mails indicate that Brown had intended to leave the FEMA job before Katrina hit. In one dated Sept. 2 he tells a colleague of his plans: "Last hurrah was supposed to have been Labor Day. I'm trapped now, please rescue me." (text/plain + 1 comment)

Luchando por trabajadores de Luisiana Terrie Albano 2005-11-03 1:40 PM

Vestidos con camisetas con el nombre de su sindicatos, la NAACP o ACORN, más de mil hicieron una manifestación por empleo, salarios justos, viviendas asequibles, y servicios públicos para el sur de Luisiana. (image/jpeg)

Day of the Dead in O.P.P luette 2005-11-02 5:27 PM
Report from the inside of Orleans Parish Prison since its opening post Hurricane (text/plain + 6 comments)

Terrytown Evictions Press Release for 11/2 Event sabot 2005-11-02 11:26 AM
Press release for 11/2 event featuring 1 p.m. support rally for tenants of the Louisburg Square Apartments facing an eviction hearing at 2 p.m. at General Government Building, 200 Derbigny St, Gretna, LA (text/plain)

The Second Storm Elizabeth Cook 2005-11-01 8:35 PM
Evictions and homeless rates are rising drastically across the metro area. (text/plain)

Abuses in Orleans Parish Prison (FSRN) Christian Roselund 2005-11-01 5:28 PM
Prisoners locked up in New Orleans are saying that their human and civil rights are being abused at a newly re-opened section of the Orleans Parish Prison. Inmates and legal aid workers allege that those inside the recently opened central lock-up facility are being denied access to phones, lawyers and clean water, and are being beaten and held in filthy condition. Christian Roselund reports from New Orleans (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Audio from prisoner advocacy groups' press conference nolaw 2005-11-01 11:50 AM
this audio is from a press conference held by various prisoner support groups outside of the orleans parish prison on october 12th. (audio/mpeg)

mp3 interview with jenka in algiers / new orleans part 2 by blast furnace radio vincent / blast furnace 2005-10-31 9:41 PM
great update! good quality for a ph. interviw (text/plain)

Why are they making New Orleans A Ghost Town? bill quigley 2005-10-31 8:47 PM
Here is an article about New Orleans by local human rights lawyer Bill Quigley. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Wolf in volunteer's clothing F.P. (Free Person) 2005-10-31 5:28 PM
Scientology is preying on the victims of Hurrican Katrina. Please read and repost!!!! (text/plain + 2 comments)

NOLA Property Owners Beware: "Usufruct" = U So F*cked Leenie Halbert 2005-10-31 1:34 PM
Official support is increasing for using the arcane legal doctrine of "usufruct" to put private homes in government hands. (text/plain + 5 comments)

NOLA action Nov2: Drive Out The Bush Regime World Can't Wait 2005-10-31 1:24 PM
NEW ORLEANS: 6:30pm, Jackson in the French Quarter (text/plain + 2 comments)

Independent Filmmaker Seeks Support Bruce Weaver 2005-10-30 10:36 PM
Independent Filmmaker coming to New Orleans to shoot footage of devistated areas of New Orleans to interview individuals within the context of his vision. Dance With Destiny is a documentary that revives humanity’s ancient spiritual past through interviews with Native American spiritualists, secular prophets, environmentalists, healers and leaders in the global sustainability movement. Through a collage of interviews, music, imagery and reporting, Director Bruce Weaver shows that only a spiritual and mythic revival can correct humanity’s course. From stories by Sequoyah Trueblood, a former Green Beret and Choctaw medicine man, to the economic insights of environmentalist entrepreneur Paul Hawkins, Dance with Destiny will challenge the world to rethink, regroup and revive the ancient spiritual paths modernity has lost to its peril. It is, at heart, a call to end mechanized ways of existence by waking to the buried callings of our ancient soul song. The time is now. Humanity is barreling past the point of no return. Fueled by hope but awake to our catastrophic path, this film explores in a penetrating and, at times, disturbing way the fate of the planet and the potential of the individual to shift the collective course – if changes are made. Some viewers may close heart and mind to the revelations in this film. Others will walk anew with increased hope, less threatened and fearful, more deeply inspired to build a sustainable future for posterity. There is an undeniable disconnect between humanity and the earth rooted in the notion that we are separate. It is causing a longing to revive humanity as spiritual, connected beings, not religious ones. This longing is evidenced in part by the New Age movement and the success of books like The Celestine Prophecy, a book which sold 10 million copies worldwide, The Da Vinci Code, one of the best selling novels of all time, and the recent film “What the Bleep Do We Know?” Dance with Destiny asserts not a New Age philosophy or science, but rather an old-age return to sanity, common sense, and wisdom that has been buried deep in the collective human psyche. The definition of “insanity” is repeating the same actions while expecting different results. The modern expression of our collective insanity is the failure to acknowledge glaring signs of doom and correct root causes before it is too late. The ancient seers, wisdom keepers, teachers or environmentalist in this film hail from ancient traditions. They were chosen because they see The World As Is through eyes that are clear and immune to anesthetizing power of media propaganda. In the words of director Bruce Weaver, “All of my interview subjects are saying much the same thing: wake-up and see the true consequences our actions have brought, and if we are able to see clearly, we have an obligation to act on that seeing. Once one sees things as they are, one cannot help but feel heartbreak. I believe that compassionate action is the by-product of that seeing, one that flows toward others and the planet.” Compassion is an ancient, awakened heart, the cornerstone of all real, true traditions be they Native American, Buddhist, Mystical Christianity or Kabalistic. Are we as human beings capable or willing to walk into the mouth of our own demons, the black source of un-compassionate, un-conscious action? The men and women featured in Dance With Destiny have valiantly done so and now are sharing with viewers what they have learned. One featured seer, Jesse Wolf Harden, also writer, activist, environmentalist and teacher, writes about Dance With Destiny: “Here is a film that awakens in us awareness as unsettling as it is exhilarating, a vision in which we are not victims of fate but “response-able” participants in the illusion shattering dance of destiny. Dance With Destiny explores the true frontiers of consciousness, where past, present and future meld seamlessly into activist art, an inclusive pulsing web of which we are both but a single inextricable strand and one of the crucial conscious weavers. We learn that our work is not only to create a sustainable future, but to develop the presence and judgment necessary to discern what values and ways of being are truly worth sustaining. Even as we face political repression and wars, environmental destruction and a culture of distraction and denial, we are each being given an assignment and opportunity to create holistic alternatives. We see that our personal struggles are part of a shamanic process of falling apart and being remade, much as the tumultuous Earth Changes tell the story of a living planet restoring balance through dramatic transformation. We come away from watching this film not paralyzed with fear of what so many have prophesied, but called to boldly attempt the so called “impossible.”’ (text/plain)

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