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Don’t Let New Orleans Die friend of Jordans 2005-09-05 6:09 PM
I was one of the fortunate ones.  I had food and water and a solid home.  Below are notes from my week in the disaster that was constructed out of greed, corruption and neglect. (text/plain)

Pastors for Peace organizing grassroots emergency aid caravan to New Orleans p4p 2005-09-05 4:23 PM
WE ARE ANNOUNCING THAT PASTORS FOR PEACE IS NOW ORGANIZING AN EMERGENCY AID CARAVAN TO LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. We see an opportunity to do what our government has not done and does not intend to do: to reach out quickly to those who hunger and thirst. We cannot fail to respond to the needs of our sisters and brothers; neither can we remain silent in the face of our government's racism and callousness. (text/plain + 3 comments)

Details from a week ago - News Anchor warned to leave area Tabia 2005-09-05 3:21 PM
Now it can be told: Notes on the eve of destruction by the Anchor and Managing Editor of MSNBC - NOTIFIED ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE (text/plain + 1 comment)

First Hand Account - AUDIO Tabia 2005-09-05 1:33 PM
From the Houston Chronicle - Businessman Robert Lewis shares his evacuation experiences 9/02 (text/plain)

The Right Of Return To and the Right To Remain In New Orleans. Lloyd Hart 2005-09-05 1:23 PM
As the White House launches its sociopathic defense of the FuckYou Government response to Hurricane Katrina the latest from the dry ground in New Orleans is that even neighborhoods that did not flood, that are high and dry must be evacuated. (text/plain)

Cuba's Aid Offer Now 1,586 Doctors With 36 Tons of Medicine; Feds Still Have Not Accepted Karen O'Keefe 2005-09-05 12:56 PM
The doctors are standing by and ready to travel to aid the Gulf's hurricane victims. (text/plain + 5 comments)

Tell Bush & Congress: Accept Cuba's offer to send doctors to the hurricane victims! Ytzhak 2005-09-05 12:38 PM
On the evening of September 2, Cuban President Fidel Castro reiterated Cuba's offer (first made on August 30) to send doctors and medical equipment to provide desperately-needed assistance to those who have become the victims of both Hurricane Katrina and of the Bush administration's meager and dilatory response. (text/plain)

Color-coded Wristbands for Katrina Survivors? deborah simon 2005-09-05 11:16 AM
As heard on an interview on the Laura Flanders radio show 9/4/05.A guest specking with Katrina survivors stated(and has in on tape),survivors were given color-coded wrist bands,African-Americans were of diffent colour than Anglo-Saxons... (text/plain + 6 comments)

Hip Hop: Chuck D Poem and New Orleans Commentary mp3 download Ytzhak 2005-09-05 10:51 AM
"Hell no we ain't alright" - the poem that Mistachuck posted on here last week is also on his Air America radio show. Download this week's show from the link below, then about 1 minute 45 seconds into it, Mistachuck reads his poem. (text/plain)

Jefferson Parish President Broussard- FEMA IS SABOTAGING (Meet the Press Video Clip) steffey 2005-09-05 8:40 AM
Jefferson Parish President Broussard:"Yesterday, FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines without any notice...." (VIDEO)(aired sept 3rd) THERE IS ALOT MORE TO THIS STORY... see full text (text/plain)

Hartford FNB Heading to Baton Rouge dave rozza 2005-09-05 1:06 AM
Hartford, CT. FNB is heading to Baton Rouge on tuesday sept 6. We are bringing a mobile kitchen . (text/plain + 1 comment)

4 Killed by NOLA Cops Jan Oh 2005-09-05 12:26 AM
First reports stated that 4 “looters” (which would be people seeking food and water, most likely) were shot by police. Thirty minutes later this report was changed to state that the “looters” had fired on contract workers crossing a bridge and that is why they were killed. Miraculously, none of the contract workers fired upon were hit. (text/plain + 3 comments)

Hurricane Katrina Mutual Aid Relief Chuck Munson 2005-09-04 11:56 PM

Want to help out the people affected by Hurricane Katrina? Are you interested in supporting grassroots efforts to help people, instead of religious or corporate charities like the Starvation Army and the Red Cross? (image/jpeg)

"If FEMA responded like WalMart has, we wouldn't be in this situation" President, Jefferson Parrish 2005-09-04 11:21 PM
An interview with the President of Jefferson Parish on FEMA's failure. Heart-breaking, very emotional. (video/x-ms-wmv)

New Orleans: Police kill army contractors (SA) 2005-09-04 9:32 PM
New Orleans: Police kill army contractors (text/plain + 2 comments)

Coast Guard: Hang Out Bright or White Linens if Need Rescue Karen O'Keefe 2005-09-04 9:22 PM
"To expedite the rescues, the Coast Guard requested through the media that anyone stranded hang out brightly colored or white linens or something else to draw attention ..." (text/plain + 2 comments)

The People of the Dome Mitchel Cohen 2005-09-04 9:06 PM
Firsthand account from the French Quarter of life in the disaster zone. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Police Murder Five in New Orleans David 2005-09-04 8:18 PM
Two days after Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco told police and National Guardsmen to “shoot to kill” people looting in New Orleans, the New Orleans Police Department has shot at least five people dead, according to the BBC. The killings come during a government attempt to evacuate refugees from New Orleans, eight days after category four Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, wrecking destruction and killing thousands of people. The five people killed were reportedly part of a larger group crossing a bridge while carrying weapons, but there is no indication that the group incited the conflict with the police. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Mayor of Detroit in discussion with HUD to provide housing for 500 Tabia 2005-09-04 7:00 PM
Mayor of Detroit Willing To Accept Evacuees (text/plain + 2 comments)

Phone interview with Malik Rahim, former BPP member on the ground in New Orleans TinuOgun 2005-09-04 6:47 PM
An interview by DJ Lotus with Malik Rahim, former member of the Black Panther Party, who is currently in New Orleans, Louisiana. 30 min (text/plain)

Popular New Orleans musician Charmaine Neville was evacuated to Baton Tabia 2005-09-04 6:37 PM
Neville describes the first few days of survival and saving people. (30 min) (text/plain)

School bus comandeered by renegade refugees first to arrive at Astrodome vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-09-04 5:42 PM
right on! (text/plain)

Story of one of the many who drowned while waiting for rescue Reuters 2005-09-04 5:34 PM
[reposted by Karen, title above is Karen's] "And [a trapped woman's son] said 'yeah mama, somebody's coming to get ya, somebody's coming to get ya on Tuesday, somebody's coming to get ya on Wednesday, somebody's coming to get ya on Thursday, somebody's coming to get you on Friday.' "And she drowned Friday night, she drowned Friday night. Nobody's coming to get us." [said Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish.] (text/plain)

Government Interference With Relief Efforts: Links AmSam 2005-09-04 4:22 PM
Growing list of links documenting government interference with relief efforts. (text/plain)

Camp Casey moves to LA, Vets for Peace plea for help! realitrii 2005-09-04 4:08 PM
We are here, CAMP CASEY is alive, the food is cooking, and we are handing out supplies to the citizens of the community. We need help. Louisiana Activist Network and the VFP Chapter 116 are the only ones here in Covington. (text/plain)

Bywater evacuated at Gunpoint Andrea Garland 2005-09-04 3:52 PM
(reposted by Christian Roselund) By Andrea Garland of Get Your Act On and member, Green Party of Louisiana. The entire city of New Orleans is under evacuation orders. I just spoke to my friend Daniel in the Bywater (9th ward). He reports that unmarked police vehicles (cadillacs) are driving through the neighborhood with SWAT team police armed with 'big black machine guns' telling people through bullhorns they are under orders to evacuate and must leave the city now. (text/plain + 30 comments)

Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director indykid 2005-09-04 1:06 PM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 - HalliburtonWatch.org -- The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle reported today... (text/plain + 1 comment)

Peering Through the Broken Window TC Hughes 2005-09-04 11:20 AM
A sincere poetic submittal written in the spirit of saving lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and in the spirit of rebuilding the Big Easy (to sea level or above). (text/plain)

Making of an Urban Catastrophe Robert Caldwell 2005-09-04 6:32 AM
The deadly results of Katrina were as much a produce of human callousness as an act of nature. (text/plain + 2 comments)

As Public Health Crisis Continues, Bush Fails to Act on Cuban Offer of 1,100 Doctors Karen O'Keefe 2005-09-04 1:47 AM
Hurricane victims from New Orleans desperately need medical attention, and there are not enough doctors available to meet all of their needs. However, the federal government has not yet accepted Cuba’s offer to send 1,100 doctors with more than 20 tons of medicine. (text/plain + 8 comments)

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