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BTL:Replace Wall Street's Phantom Wealth with Main Street's Real Wealth Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2009-02-14 4:51 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Staying for Hurricane Gustav & Witnessing the Demolition Executive Order Karen Gadbois 2009-02-12 11:34 PM
"All our work to build an open and transparent process for imminent demolitions via the Neighborhood Conservation District Review Committee was signed away with a stroke of Nagin’s pen. This was made even more troubling by the fact that if the buildings were in danger of collapse, they could have been demolished without the Executive Order. This seemed to be the worst abuse of power: power for power’s sake." Karen Gadbois galvanized for the creation of a citizen review committee before building demolitions were finalized by the city. (text/plain)

The Myth of the Building Boom: Master Plan for Schools Eli Ackerman 2009-02-12 11:29 PM
Without a concrete path to funding beyond Phase I of the plan, New Orleans could be left with extremely unequal educational facilities. Here’s what is meant when we talk about unequal facilities (from the OPSB’s own release touting the modified plan): “...Phase One building program will now include 32 schools and will make it possible for nearly 60% of public school students to be in newly built or completely renovated school buildings by 2014.” That means that just over 40% of public school students could remain in inadequate and dilapidated buildings a decade after Katrina. (text/plain)

The Baseball Test: how I learned about radical organizing from Middle School students Hannah Adams 2009-02-12 11:26 PM
This past summer I had the honor of working with the youth activist group Kids Rethink New Orleans Public Schools to prepare for a press conference on cafeteria improvements and food justice. Rethink is a group of students post-Katrina who come together to “learn more about how they can change their schools” and have a voice in rebuilding since they are the experts on schools they attend daily. My partner and I, both theater artists, showed how theater can be a tool for activists, a “rehearsal for life” in which we examine possibilities, tackle difficult questions, and collectively determine the best course of action by convincing them a baseball had gone through a car window outside and the police would arrive soon. Hence, the Baseball Test. (text/plain)

Demanding Evacuation Rights: In state Shelters during Hurricane Gustav Matt Olson 2009-02-12 11:21 PM
“Why can’t we build a facility here in New Orleans that can withstand a category four or five? Instead of going to a place out of the city where we’re not welcome?” suggested Brother Shabazz. He is a member of STAND, an organization spawned out of a large post-Katrina FEMA Trailer Camp that continues to fight for evacuee rights. He further advocated the creation of a task force—to include evacuated residents—that would shape city and state policy on evacuation. (text/plain)

Fighting Police Racial Profiling: James Williams and Grassroots Organizing Matt Olson 2009-02-12 11:15 PM
James Williams was falsely arrested in a suburb of New Orleans in April 2008. He was in the passenger seat of a car driven by a white co-worker when police pulled them over because they were lost. Upon seeing Williams, who is black, the white officer became irrate that the two were together and escalated the situation but never found drugs or any other evidence, according to Williams. The trial of James Williams has been continued to April 8, 2009 in Metairie. He faces two charges: resisting arrest and battery of a police officer. He will plead not guilty. (text/plain)

Tribute to Mary Owns 2009-02-12 5:01 PM
We are going to burn out alive spaniards from spain (text/plain)

"Eco-terrorist" Jeff Luers prison interview repost 2009-02-11 6:28 AM
"I would rather be in prison or dead than blindly submit to a government I know is corrupt and wrong. I would rather dare to live free and fight against injustice than cower in silence and despair. I think many people feel the same way. We just have to be smarter in how we speak out and in how we act." (text/plain)

COMMUNISM No.14 (January 2009) GCI-ICG 2009-02-10 7:51 PM
Central review in English of the Internationalist Communist Group (ICG) (text/plain)

Save the Date! April 24-26, 2009, IMF meetings in Washington D.C. Global Justice Action 2009-02-09 8:52 PM
Resist the upcoming April IMF meetings in Washington D.C. (text/plain)

B.W. Cooper II Verdict In mike howells 2009-02-06 10:31 PM
On January 28, 2009 Judge Karen Herman of Orleans Criminal Court I rendered a verdict in the case Jamie "Bork" Laughner of the B.W. Cooper II. The charges against Bork arose from the December 19, 2007 occuppation of the B.W. Cooper Development that she and two other public housing activists carried out to stop the demoliton of apartments at the project. Bork and the other activists were charged with possessing a false explosive device and criminal trespass. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Banks Injure Economic Stimulus Plan by Jacking up Credit Card Interest Sue Riley 2009-02-06 5:36 PM
Could banks jacking up credit card interest during a horrendous recession—delay U.S. economic recovery and destroy the expected benefits of the Economic Stimulus Plan? (text/plain)

HLS Electronic Sit In: Make Friday the 13 bad luck for HLS dsfs 2009-02-05 2:14 AM
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Interview with veteran and peace activist Allen Nelson Brian Covert / Independent Journalist 2009-02-04 8:30 AM
Allen Nelson, Vietnam war veteran and peace activist from the U.S., shares his extraordinary experience in war, his personal transformation, his work for peace in and outside Japan, and his hopes for the future at a time when U.S. militarism shows no sign of slowing down. (text/plain)

Free tax prep at the Community Center of St Bernard Community Center of St Bernard 2009-02-03 2:03 AM
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law will be doing free tax prep at the Community Center of St Bernard. (text/plain)

Healthcare is a Right! in this week's Socialist WebZine SP-USA 2009-02-02 5:53 PM
* Healthcare is a Right! (text/plain)

Common Ground and Conflict: Looking Back on New Orleans and Working With Brandon Darby C. 2009-01-29 1:42 AM
This is a retrospective look on volunteering at the Common Ground Collective in New Orleans from December 11th, 2006 to January 3rd, 2007, and then later from mid-February to mid-March '07, under FBI-informant Brandon Darby's new hierarchy. How did he change things, and how could his involvement with federal agents have affected the group? (text/plain)

Darby not informant in NOLA Cassidy Sheek 2009-01-28 8:01 PM
Brandon Darby didn't inform on Common Ground. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Alexander: Obama’s $825 Billion Stimulus Plan offers too little, too late Stewart A. Alexander 2009-01-28 6:47 PM
With less than 10 days in office, President Barack Obama has indicated that his $825 billion economic stimulus package will energize the U.S. economy and create future jobs for more than three million Americans. Socialists nationwide are rejecting this new call for deficit spending and are calling for programs that will meet the short and long term needs of the nation and create immediate employment for the millions of working people that are unemployed or under-employed. (text/plain)

New Terror Detention Facility Bill Ness 2009-01-28 10:11 AM
New Terror Detention Facility (text/plain)

Gambit Omits Letter from Indymedia on Censorship New Orleans Indymedia 2009-01-28 5:28 AM
Ironically, Project Censored's #2 story, the Security and Prosperity Partnership was in fact convened in New Orleans in April of this year. Unfortunately, Gambit Weekly did not cover this "NAFTA on Steroids," as it was described in last week's feature. Nor have major local media such as the Times Picayune reported in any depth on other Project Censored stories with local relevance. originally sent to the Gambit on December 5, 2008. (text/plain)

The Landless Workers Movement and the American "bubble"... Emilio de Lima 2009-01-27 4:16 PM
We all know that tiny and small business those that employ more, we all know that the smart guys of the market should cover the leak that they have produced and they are all free and happy while people like the federal policeman Protógenes suffers mysterious accidents. Pictures at http://rvcb.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/511/ (text/plain)

Treatment Worsens at Juvenile Jail, City Enters Settlement Talks Matt Olson 2009-01-27 12:38 AM
“Things have actually gotten worse since the lawsuit.” This is Wesley Ware, a youth advocate for Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (JJPL), describing conditions at New Orleans’ juvenile jail eight months after the group filed a last-resort lawsuit to shut down the decrepit, hurricane-damaged facility. (text/plain)

The City that Health Care Forgot Darwin BondGraham 2009-01-27 12:37 AM
An overview of the controversy between renovating and modernizing Charity Hospital or the creation of an entirely new and expensive teaching hospital that would displace the Lower Mid-City neighborhood. (text/plain + 1 comment)

New Terror Detention Facility Ben K. 2009-01-26 8:44 AM
President Obama this week signed an executive order (text/plain)

Organizing Call- Workers' International Industrial Union WIIU 2009-01-25 3:24 PM
A call to organize under the Workers' International Industrial Union- a union for all wage workers, no matter what your job and whether you are employed or unemployed. (text/plain)

Free Dinner Dance on January 31 Community Center of St Bernard 2009-01-23 11:19 PM
The Community Center of St Bernard at 1107 LeBeau St in Arabi will hold a free dinner dance featuring Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove on January 31 from 5 PM - 10 PM. (text/plain)

Documentary Film Series Jan Clifford 2009-01-23 10:23 PM
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities continues Documentary Film Series W/ Louisiana Story, The Reverse Angle Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7 pm 938 Lafayette St., New Orleans 504.523.4352 $5 adm. (text/plain)

Demand a "Bailout" on your Credit Card Debt & Interest!!! k.hawley 2009-01-23 5:21 AM
If these very same "Bailed_Out Banks" are freely being extended hundreds of $Billions and even $Trillions of dollars of "Free Money" (courtesy of the unwitting US taxpayers!) to offset their "self created" financial calamity,then why shouldn't American consumers also be "Bailed Out" of their vastly inflated and criminally exploitive cedit card debt plus interest payments!!! (text/plain)

Free Home Decor Items To be given out on January 30 Community Center of St Bernard 2009-01-23 1:09 AM
On January 30, low-income residents can receive free home decor items, including rugs, sofas, lamps, etc. Residents must be enrolled in the Mustard Seed Program at the Community Center of St Bernard in order to participate. (text/plain)

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