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New Orleans unveils controversial rebuilding plan Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters 2006-01-12 2:14 AM
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans officials on Wednesday unveiled a controversial recovery plan giving residents four months to prove they will rebuild in the devastated city before their neighborhoods could be declared off-limits to redevelopment (text/plain + 1 comment)

Demand Cat5 Protection Thu Jan 12 @ 10am repost from HealthyGulf.org 2006-01-11 2:06 PM
There will be a "no politics" rally at 10am in Jackson Square on Thursday to coincide with President Bush's visit to NOLA. Organizers are asking participants to focus on demanding category 5 levees and gulf coast restoration. (text/html)

Lighting the Fuse Stan Goff - Feral Scholar 2006-01-11 4:58 AM
Members of Veterans’ for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Military Families Speak Out, at the call of the Mobile, Alabama Veterans for Peace Chapter, will conduct a 135-mile march between Mobile AL and New Orleans LA from March 14 to March 19, 2005. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Detained, Not Rescued: Katrina Survivors Testimony to Congress (AUDIO) Ben Frank 2006-01-10 8:06 PM

<p>On Dec 6, 2005 several Katrina Survivors testified before Congress- their testimony should have been headline news across America… You can still <a href="http://www.c-span.org/Search/basic.asp?BasicQueryText=katrina&SortBy=date">watch the testimony at C-span (12/6/05)</a>, but if you don’t have 4 hours, these four mp3s contain some of the best clips of the hearing.</p> <p>These are just a few of the Katrina stories that BushCo doesn’t want America to know.</p> (image/jpeg)

organic school gardens Johny Appleseed 2006-01-10 4:56 PM
utilizing organic school gardens for improving Academic Performance and social development. Many Links to sustainable technology, Recycling, organic gardening-farming, renewable energy, Permaculture and disaster relief web sites. (text/plain)

Documentary about NYPD's Attack on Critical Mass Time's Up! 2006-01-09 8:29 PM
Get the word out! Host a screening of Still We Ride, a powerful new documentary about the suppression of free speech and free assembly of New York City's bicycling community. Check out: www.times-up.org/swr_screening.php. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Let the People Rebuild New Orleans Naomi Klein 2006-01-09 7:42 PM
"Here's a better idea: New Orleans could be reconstructd by and for the very people most victimized by the flood." (text/plain)

A Call to Conscience for the U.S. Congress The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistan 2006-01-09 12:41 PM
A campaign of nonviolent action to compel our elected representatives in Congress to meet the demands of justice and peace: (text/plain)

From the Ground Up: Race and the Left Response to Katrina reposted/By Walidah Imarisha 2006-01-09 10:51 AM
“For a lot of people, people of color from New Orleans and the south, we’re all trying to put our lives together. If we had the means, if we had the same privilege, we would be here too, we would be organizing and fighting for our community. It’s important for people to realize the privilege they have and others don’t have.” (text/plain + 4 comments)

HSUS APPLAUDS GREENLAND FOR ENDING ALL IMPORTS OF CANADIAN SEALSKINS The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS 2006-01-08 5:43 PM

WASHINGTON (January 6, 2005) - The Humane Society of the United States and its international arm Humane Society International/Canada today congratulated the Greenland government for choosing to eliminate all purchases of Canadian sealskins through its sealskin trader and tannery, Great Greenland. The decision, announced today to the Greenland and Danish media, will be a significant move forward in the campaign to end Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt. (image/jpeg)

Impeach the Liar-in-Chief populist 2006-01-08 4:30 PM
Our Founding Fathers would not have approved of Bush concerning his honesty or his abuse of the powers of his office. (text/html)

BTL:New Orleans Homeowners Coalition Stops House Demolitions in Court Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2006-01-08 11:21 AM
Interview with Bill Quigley, attorney representing New Orleans homeowners, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

Abramoffgate: It’s the Same Sleaze, Just Bigger! william Hughes 2006-01-07 11:43 PM

Jack Abramoff may be the sleaziest influence peddler to hit the halls of power in Congress - ever. As many as 20 Congressmen may be caught up in the crimes of this confessed master briber. Yet, there is nothing really new about corruption scandals on Capitol Hill. The biggest obscenity is this: Brave U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq in a war sanctioned by the “most corrupt Congress in history,” and started by a wacky President - George W. Bush. (image/jpeg)

'Energy Dissent' and the 2006 G8 Summit in Russia acornista 2006-01-07 8:10 PM
Reclaim the debate! Resist the G8! In July 2006, the G8 will hold its annual Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Putin says he's placing "energy security" at the top of the G8 agenda during Russia's presidency. The G8 countries consume 45% of world oil and produce 47% of global CO2 emissions. Their "energy security" is our energy grave! (text/plain)

BTL:Evo Morales' Election as Bolivia's President Stengthens... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-07 9:58 AM
...Progressive Political Movements Sweeping South America ~ Interview with Jeff Vogt, senior associate for rights and development, with the Washington Office on Latin America, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

The Orleans Parish School Board Selects a New Board President Carson W. Maxwell 2006-01-07 9:26 AM
Hopefully, this change will bring a new era of leadership to a struggling public school system. The following is a re-publication of an editorial from late last year. (text/html)

HOTEL FORCES DISPLACED KATRINA FAMILES INTO HOMELESSNESS Carolyn, Soleil 2006-01-07 2:43 AM
HOTEL FORCES DISPLACED KATRINA FAMILES INTO HOMELESSNESS (text/plain + 3 comments)

Wrong Doers Versus Whistleblowers: How Patriots Act Mary La Rosa 2006-01-06 11:54 PM
Remorse and religion is the standard of those representatives pleading guilty to government bribes and lies. Courage and conviction is the standard of American whistleblowers, Sibel Edmonds and Bunnatine Greenhouse. Is there a Patriot Act that can protect whistleblowers and reflect the standards of how patriots are free to act? (text/plain)

Bush to return to New Orleans Thu Jan 12 reposted from nola.com 2006-01-06 8:12 PM
Bush is coming back to New Orleans, according to a post on NOLA.com. They say next Thursday, Jan 12. Perhaps some spirited protests? Some signs saying, "don't drown us again"; "we have your words but so far little else"; or.. something better hopefully. (text/plain + 2 comments)

An Unfragmented Movement: Interview with Shana Griffin Joanna Dubinsky 2006-01-06 12:50 PM
An interview with Shana Griffin, one of the leaders of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and the People's Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition. This article was first published in the independent journal Against the Current. "It is not “what can I do,” but “what can we do.” Shana argues that organizing, especially organizing post-Katrina, requires collective action. "To build this [movement] we have to put all our own agendas aside and look to the people most adversely impacted, and that is the challenge." (text/plain)

City of New Orleans Violates Restraining Order Cassandra Burrows 2006-01-06 10:10 AM

New Orleans residents faced a standoff with demolition workers in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans on Thursday morning after city officials ordered the violation of a temporary restraining order against demolition. Community members and legal activists have been working to insure that all residents receive notification and give permission when their property becomes a target for demolition. (image/jpeg)

BTL:One Year Delay in New York Times' Coverage of NSA Spying Scandal Exposes... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-06 9:14 AM
...Flaws in U.S. Corporate Media ~ Interview with Norman Solomon, author and columnist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Rebuild? Not if FEMA has its way! "Elevation requirements" a ploy for the rich Edward Miller, UNO Professor of Economics 2006-01-05 11:57 PM
There is another issue that is perhaps even more important [than the bulldozing], the FEMA sponsored elevation requirements. As you probably know New Orleans and most other cities will not issue building permits to repair structures in the statutory flood plain (most of New Orleans and vicinity) when they are more than 50% damaged unless they are elevated to the base flood level. This is not because this is believed to be a wise policy but because FEMA threatens to withdraw flood insurance from communities that do not require this. (text/plain)

The Root of Poverty is, Literally, Belief in Pride DAJ 2006-01-05 11:07 PM
analysis (text/plain)

Building Free Clinics instead of Bulldozing m.b.black 2006-01-05 9:46 PM

As activists and residents oppose city "rebuilding" efforts of bulldozing the lower 9th ward, common ground volunteers gut the newest free clinic on N.Robertson and Pauline St. in the 9th Ward. VIDEO interview with nurse mid-wife volunteer, Ellen Catalinotto, about the Common Ground Free Clinic and the needs of a nascent Women's Center follows. It is approximately 23 MGS and 13 minutes in Quicktime.mov format. Click on link or cut and paste url to view VIDEO. (image/png)

Bulldozing in 9th Ward- Please Help Common Ground 2006-01-05 7:33 PM
Immediate Call To Action! Bulldozing in 9th Ward Imminent!!!! (text/plain)

Push For Peace - Disabled Vets Wishing to Protest War reposted 2006-01-05 6:58 PM
There are many home-bound, or otherwise disabled, American citizens and veterans that have been unable to participate in past marches supporting the peace message. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Big Profits, Buried Lives: Bulldozing the Dead in New Orleans Scott Boehm 2006-01-05 1:35 PM
As the city attempts a Lower 9th Ward land grab, concerned community members and groups are fighting back. (text/plain + 1 comment)

D.C.Terrorbaggers:James Dale Davidson, ex-CIA Chief Woolsey,Asa Hutchinson,Tom McMillen,D Tony Ryals 2006-01-04 11:26 PM
By entering into the land of penny stocks to support their 'Homeland Security' penny stock operation they increase the chance that U.S.penny stocks might be used for money laundering and by operating like a typical offshore penny stock scheme they encourage others by their examples to do the same.If Woolsey or Asa Hutchinson or Tom McMillen can think of no better way to help their homeland perhaps they should all retire. (text/plain)

The Best Housing & Poverty Review of 2005 Lynda Carson 2006-01-04 6:36 PM
The Nation's Housing Policies Are A Complete Disaster! (text/plain)

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