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ARISE! Second Issue of New Orleans Indymedia Print Publication New Orleans Indymedia 2009-02-12 11:43 PM
ARISE is a call to action, to confront injustices deeply rooted and ever-affecting our communities. It is an attempt to open up an engaging space that will add to the conversations that educate and inspire people to act. This is the print spin-off of New Orleans Indymedia, a news and story-oriented website designed for everyone to self-publish articles, photos, audio and video for the world to see. Knowing that internet access is limited, our purpose in making this quarterly was to democratize information. (If you do have the internet, please print off copies to put in your neighborhood. We have made it free in the hopes that we can share the burden of distribution.) (application/pdf)

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)

black history month; in review Latel Olson 2009-02-10 9:25 AM

black history month; in review (image/png)

Oil Extraction On Verge of Major Declines in Gulf Ace of the Oil Drum 2009-02-10 2:54 AM

Deepwater GoM projects face numerous production constraints. These include hurricanes, planned and unplanned maintenance, and production ramp up delays due to engineering challenges. In addition, current low oil prices and credit constraints may delay some projects. Production decline rates for mature GoM fields are about 20% per year according to the IEA. If it's assumed that a 20% decline rate is applied to 1 mbd of GoM production, then additional production additions of 200 kbd are required every year just to keep GoM production constant. 2008 total GoM capacity additions might be as high as 360 kbd. However, 2008 production additions are probably closer to 250 kbd, on an annual basis. Similarly, 2009 GoM capacity additions might be 270 kbd of which about 200 kbd will probably be production additions for 2009. (image/jpeg)

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)

MODEL BEVERLY JOHNSON COMMITS HARI ~ CARI PERJURY ??? LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS 2009-02-09 3:21 PM

LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS HAS BEGUN TO FEATURE CURRENT LEGAL STORIES DIRECTLY RELATING TO OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POORER AMERICANS INABILITY TO HAVE PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION AFFORDED THEM IN OUR US CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS ALL ACROSS AMERICA. (image/jpeg)

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)

Protest at Lafitte Leading Up to DC Visit by Housing Residents Darwin 2009-02-06 4:24 PM

Residents of public housing and supporters gathered in the cold outside of the Lafitte development today rallying against evictions and demolition. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

HLS Infiltrated by Undercover Investigation SHAC 2009-02-05 6:28 AM

HLS caught on camera abusing primates - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg-uetBwGho (image/jpeg)

Protest Against Demolition of Lafitte D 2009-02-05 4:23 AM

Residents of public housing and supporters gathered in the cold outside of the Lafitte development today rallying against evictions and demolition. (image/jpeg)

derechos humanos Dagnel (Ideas de Fidel Castro) 2009-02-05 2:34 AM

Respeta Cuba los derechos humanos?, tomese la molestia de verificar los datos referentes a este tema anos anteriores... y se dara cuenta que en ginebra siempre salen ganando los cubanos a los cuales no se les da ningun merito... detengase y mire bien, no se deje enganar por los que dominan los medios de difución (image/jpeg)

HLS Electronic Sit In: Make Friday the 13 bad luck for HLS dsfs 2009-02-05 2:14 AM
dfd (text/plain)

1 of Austin 2 set free after mistrial declared repost 2009-02-04 3:49 PM

New trial date to be set while McKay returns to Texas. Brandon Darby is alleged as provocateur in addition to his confirmed status as FBI informant. (image/jpeg)

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)

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Continues to Spread More Lies about the EFCA The Committee to Expose the CDW 2009-02-04 5:39 AM

The 500-member Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today released a letter it delivered to every member of the 111th Congress. In the letter, CDW urged members of the Senate and House "to oppose all efforts to pass any provision included in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA H.R. 800/S. 1041 in the 110th Congress)." (image/jpeg)

Philippines: Don’t revive the “Monster of Morong, Bataan” Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) 2009-02-04 4:27 AM

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) to Philippine Congress: Don't revive Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (image/jpeg)

Obama Issues Pro-Labor Executive Orders Employee Free Choice Act Now .Org 2009-02-03 5:24 PM

In what may be considered a gift to organized labor, President Obama issued a series of Executive Orders on Friday aimed at undoing Bush-era policies involving federal contractors. Issuing executive orders is a quick way to implement labor policy - and appease unions - without enduring the time and uncertainty inherent in the legislative process. Moreover, reversing the prior administration's executive orders has become a tradition whenever a new party takes over the White House. (image/jpeg)

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)

Venezuela: Terror in Perija El Libertario, Venezuela 2009-02-02 9:33 PM

* The following article was originally published on Jan. 30 2009 in El Mundo, a Caracas daily. Written by a member of the editorial collective of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario , it calls attention to what we fear is a bloody attack against these original inhabitants of the western part of the country. (image/gif)

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

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Exposed Employee Free Choice Act Now . Org 2009-02-01 9:25 PM

You'd think a group called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) would be dedicated to promoting the needs and desires of America's workers. (image/jpeg)

What's the Real Secret that big-business, SIG don't want you to know about the EFCA? Employee Free Choice Act Now . Org 2009-02-01 5:44 PM

The Employee Free Choice Act does not eliminate the secret ballot. http://efcanow.blogspot.com/ (image/jpeg)

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