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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

Sprouts: Katrina's Immediate Aftermath Vinny Lombardo 2005-12-08 9:37 PM
This week's Sprouts is a documentary on the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Ten days after the storm, Vinny Lombardo, a radio producer from Santa Cruz, CA travelled to Houston, TX, and New Orleans, LA to speak with Katrina survivors displaced by the hurricane. (audio/mpeg)

Lower Ninth Ward Recovery Operations Brian Denzer 2005-12-07 12:32 PM
Three months have now passed since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, the national press has shifted its attention to other affairs, and the public may have grown weary of tragic news from the Gulf Coast. Nevertheless, the tragedy continues to unfold in the most devastated areas, where emergency workers remain activated, and victims are still being found. Part one of a two-part report examines the role of emergency workers at the Lower Ninth Ward operations center. File size: 5.1 MB; Duration: 12 minutes. 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 + 1 comment)

Lippman road trip audio Dave Lippman 2005-11-28 3:42 PM
These are Dave Lippman's audio files from the Road Trip week. Please use as needed. (audio/mpeg)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

DC Guerrilla Radio keeps the focus on New Orleans WSQT Radio 93.5 in DC 2005-11-10 5:31 PM
This is the latest "Mad Max Beyond Superdome" segment from WSQT Guerilla Radio, The Squat. The name is taken from the resemblence of the news photos shortly after Katrina to the Mad Max movies. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Calls from Home - Prison Radio Nick 2005-11-10 10:44 AM
Grassroots radio show in Whitesburg, Kentucky expands to a national level for a holiday call-in special for the families and friends of prisoners nation wide. Lend your support to help the program grow for its second year. 5 min. sample of last year's show. (audio/mpeg)

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)

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)

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)

NO residents in the rebuilding New Orleans (FSRN) Christian Roselund 2005-10-29 10:20 AM
While the rebuilding of New Orleans is costing the government billions of dollars, few locals- particularly the poorer, African American residents, are being employees in the process. Chrisitan Roseland talks with labor and community leades about why those in need of work in New Orleans are not the ones getting it. (audio/mpeg)

Louisburg Square tenants face bullying landlord housing advocate 2005-10-27 11:31 PM
After harassment last night by local sheriffs, residents of Louisburg Square apartments decided not to be intimidated, but instead to hold a press conference this morning to expose the dirty dealings of their landlord. (audio/mpeg + 3 comments)

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