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O22 Day of Action: Stop Police Brutality in New Orleans nolaw 2005-10-22 1:54 AM
October 22nd is the international day of action against police brutality. Consider taking action by making a couple of phone calls or sending a couple of emails to stop the police brutality in New Orleans and inhumane conditions in the jail. (text/plain + 3 comments)

New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods MC 2005-10-21 11:01 PM
Under the looming threat of a “re-envisioned” city that could reflect the whiter, wealthier designs of developers and planners, New Orleanians struggle to meet housing needs and eventually return home. (text/plain)

Forest Park Apartment Residents Pressure Complex's Management Into Conce Miike Howells 2005-10-21 9:55 PM
Forest Park Apartment Residents Pressure Complex's Management Into Concessions! (text/plain)

BTL:Accusations of Fraud and Uncertainty for the Future Surround Vote on... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-10-21 8:41 PM
..Iraqi Constitution ~ Interview with Hussein Ibish, executive director of the Foundation for Arab-American leadership, conducted by Between the the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

10/17 FSRN report on Forest Park housing project tenant struggle forest park 2005-10-21 3:57 PM
The residents of Forest Park apartments in New Orleans are celebrating a victory today, after the owners of their public housing complex agreed to most of their demands. But many other public and private tenants in New Orleans are facing imminent eviction, as the emergency freeze on evictions, made by the Louisiana Governor after Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans flood, will be lifted on October 25th. (audio/mpeg)

Volunteers needed to continue animal rescue David Meyer 2005-10-21 3:37 PM
Each morning at 7:30 a.m., volunteers meet in front of the Southern Animal Foundation, 1823 Magazine St. in downtown New Orleans. Working from a list of 1,267 homes where animals have been reported by their guardians to be trapped, this effort is to feed pets who are starving to death on the streets, and to rescue those whose owners have asked for our help. (text/plain)

Interview with man just released from Old Parish Prison - new orleans OPP 2005-10-21 1:19 PM
This is an interview with Dale, who was in OPP when Katrina hit, and almost drowned. He got arrested again two days ago, the day the authorities reopened OPP...... (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Interview with resident of Iberville public housing project - New Orleans iberville 2005-10-21 12:11 PM
This is an interview with Ivan, who describes the situation at Iberville housing project, which is section 8 housing near the french quarter. The homes are pretty much undamaged -- they weren't in a flood area, but developers have their eye on the property for years.....and are now using the storm as an excuse to kick the public housing residents out and tear it down to build condos. (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Old Parish Prison reopened: unclean and toxic OPP 2005-10-21 10:53 AM
this is an interview with stacey, who was held at the Old Parish Prison since tuesday in filthy conditions, with no food, no blanket and shackled hand and foot.......the conditions are the same as at the greyhound station, only the location has changed: back to the Old Parish Prison, where prisoners drowned in floodwaters during the New Orleans flood, and the prison remains toxic and filthy. (audio/mpeg)

10/03 FSRN feature about FEMA in New Orleans jdc 2005-10-21 9:58 AM
This is a 4 minute mp3 about FEMA and their failure to help the people of New Orleans (audio/mpeg)

Mama Dee talks about evictions and etc. mama dee 2005-10-21 12:18 AM
this is an interview with Mama Dee, a community activist in New Orleans, after the board meeting of the Housing Authority of New Orleans. (audio/mpeg)

Iron Rail Library/Bookstore re-opens Christian Roselund 2005-10-20 5:46 PM
Thursday, October 20th, the Iron Rail Library and Bookstore re-opened at the warehouse at 511 Marigny street for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. With state-run public libraries closed and unlikely to re-open for some time, the Iron Rail is the only non-academic library open in Orleans Parish. (text/plain)

EnviroMapper for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Matt Collier 2005-10-20 5:17 PM
The EPA has tested more than 600 soil and water samples in the city of New Orleans. The results of these tests are are publicly available through the EPA's EnviroMapper database. This database allows you to easily identify samples taken in specific geographic areas by: zip code, city, county, parish, and state. (text/plain)

Environmental Health Needs and Habitability Assessment CDC / EPA 2005-10-20 4:09 PM
This report discusses the colossal tasks facing government, citizens, and relief workers to rehabilitate the Gulf Coast region after Katrina / Rita. Notably, there is a discussion regarding methods that might be used to identify large swaths of land for demolition. The use of satellite imagery (one proposed method), "is significant because it will probably be the first attempt [historically] at quantifying the number of structures that will need to be demolished." (text/plain)

Fact Sheet: Flood Cleanup - Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems EPA 2005-10-20 3:50 PM
During a flood cleanup, the indoor air quality in your home or office may appear to be the least of your problems. However, failure to remove contaminated materials and to reduce moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks. Standing water and wet materials are a breeding ground for microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, and mold. They can cause disease, trigger allergic reactions, and continue to damage materials long after the flood. (text/plain)

EPA Hurricane Response Activity EPA 2005-10-20 3:44 PM
The EPA is publishing weekly activity updates on their Hurricane Response website. This includes up-to-date: Drinking Water Assessments, Wastewater information, Debris Assessment and Collection information (text/plain)

Repairing Your Flooded Home FEMA / Red Cross 2005-10-20 3:31 PM
This information is published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross to help flooded property owners. (text/plain)

Interview about public housing situation in New Orleans public housing advocate 2005-10-20 2:12 AM
This morning, a number of residents from public housing complexes in New Orleans attended a public meeting of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and expressed their anger at the mess HANO has made of public housing following the disaster. This interview is with Cynthia Wiggins, who administers one of the housing projects in New Orleans and, as a public housing landlord, has kept track of all her residents through the evacuation and hundreds of residents from other housing projects -- as an individual, she has been doing the job that the Housing Authority failed to do. (audio/mpeg + 5 comments)

THE NEW ORLEANS BOOKFAIR A Bookfair Woman 2005-10-19 5:42 PM

A celebration of independent publishing featuring small presses, zinesters, book artists, anarchists, rabblerousers, weirdos, and more! (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

EPA's Mold Remediation Guides Matt Collier 2005-10-19 2:48 PM
The citizens of New Orleans and relief workers should be made aware of the risk factors involved while doing indoor mold remediation. The EPA has published a number of guides that explain the risks and the types of safety equipment and procedures that should be used when performing mold remediation. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Safety Places a Distant Second in Race to Repopulate New Orleans Michelle Chen 2005-10-19 2:14 PM
Mixed messages from officials at all levels are conpounding danger with urgency as thousands of residents and workers try to clean up and rebuild in places where hazards are at best uncertain. (text/plain + 1 comment)

March 2006: A CALL FOR ACTION FROM THE GRASSROOTS! Malachy Kilbride 2005-10-19 1:28 PM
On October 18, 2005 the DC Anti-War Network/DAWN issued a call for decentralized actions to mark the third anniversary of the war-occupation. (text/plain)

Send in the Clowns NOLA 2005-10-19 12:42 PM
when the going gets weird the weird turn pro (text/plain + 1 comment)

El Huracán Katrina: la disolución de la Historia y la miserabilidad de nuestras vidas Andrés Devesa 2005-10-19 4:35 AM
Análisis de las consecuencias del huracán Katrina (text/plain)

STOP THE ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS FROM NEW ORLEANS new orleans housing 2005-10-18 3:05 PM

As public housing residents and supporters in the New Orleans area, we demand that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and landlords stop using alleged hurricane damage to public housing projects as a pretext for cutting off section 8 payments to its residents. Our association knows full well that the agencies in charge of these housing complexes are using allegations of storm damage to the complexes as a pretext for expelling working class African-Americans, in a very blatant attempt to coopt our homes and sell them to developers to build high-priced housing. In this way, they are taking HUD secretary Alfonso Jackson's statement that this disaster will result in a "whiter New Orleans" and turning it into a reality, and we say no to this ethnic cleansing. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Totally Bootleg: Cops and Jails in New Orleans Don A. 2005-10-17 10:04 PM
Until today, the New Orleans jail and courthouse were situated in a Greyhound bus station, the DA office was in a gift shop in the station lobby, and the cells were cages set up outside where the buses were once parked. According to police documents, over 1000 people were booked there following hurricane Katrina. (text/plain + 1 comment)

LCCR Katrina Letters to White House Arizona Disabled 2005-10-17 9:55 PM
In contrast, however, many of the reported proposals and initiatives being pursued would frustrate this promise to rebuild by taking advantage of Hurricane Katrina to promote an ideological policy agenda that is of limited value to hurricane survivors. We urge you to ensure that all federal efforts and expenditures related to Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction comply with existing federal laws that protect civil rights, worker protections, health and safety, and that the victims of Hurricane Katrina do not suffer any violations of their civil or individual rights. (text/plain)

Forest Park HUD apartments update forest park 2005-10-17 9:34 PM

The residents of Forest Park apartments in Algiers received a notice on their doors last Wednesday that they would have to vacate the premises by Oct. 17th (today). Concerned tenants called community organizations, media and congresspeople to come to a rally on Friday, and lawyers from Louisiana Legal Aid have now gotten involved on behalf of the residents of Forest Park. (image/jpeg)

Ressurrecting Climate Indy kimk 2005-10-17 8:14 PM
The global importance of reporting on climate issues and community climate action/protests cannot be overstated. To this end, I am proposing the resurrection of climate indymedia. (text/plain)

Roadtrip for Relief tyler 2005-10-17 1:57 PM
The Common Ground Collective is organizing a mass mobilization of activists and allies to provide support to residents and returning evacuees.. (application/pdf + 5 comments)

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