Poor, Black, and Left Behind Mike Davis Common Dreams, September 24th 2004 The evacuation of New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Ivan looked sinisterly like Strom Thurmond’s version of the Rapture. Affluent white people fled the Big Easy in their SUVs, while the old and car-less — mainly Black …
The struggle over the future of New Orleans An Interview with Mike Davis Mike Davis interviewed by Lee Sustar Socialist Worker, September 23rd 2005 The poor of New Orleans–especially poor African Americans–suffered the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in the city, thanks to the criminal neglect of authorities at every …
Catastrophic Economics: The Predators of New Orleans Mark Davis le monde diplomatique, October 2005 THE tempest that destroyed New Orleans was conjured out of tropical seas and an angry atmosphere 250km offshore of the Bahamas. Labelled initially as “tropical depression 12” on 23 August, it quickly intensified into “tropical storm …
Car Trouble — Tension Grows Worldwide Between Those With Autos and Those Without Philip Cunningham New America Media, September 23rd 2005 BEIJING–The world is quickly being split into two hostile camps: those with cars, and those without. Nowhere is this division more apparent than in this city of 14 million …
Louisiana NAACP Head Urges Shelter Denizens to Organize Branden Coyle The New Standard, September 14th 2005 Sep 14 – As part of an extensive and ongoing effort to aid those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the head of the Louisiana arm of the NAACP called on survivors staying in shelters to …
Old-Line Families Escape Worst of Flood And Plot the Future Christopher Cooper Wall Street Journal, September 8th 2005 NEW ORLEANS — On a sultry morning earlier this week, Ashton O’Dwyer stepped out of his home on this city’s grandest street and made a beeline for his neighbor’s pool. Wearing nothing …
The Two Americas Marjorie Cohn TruthOut.org, September 3rd 2005 Last September, a Category 5 hurricane battered the small island of Cuba with 160-mile-per-hour winds. More than 1.5 million Cubans were evacuated to higher ground ahead of the storm. Although the hurricane destroyed 20,000 houses, no one died. What …
Statement by Fidel Castro Fidel Castro September 4th 2005 Remarks by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, meeting with the medical doctors assembled to offer assistance to the American people in areas affected by hurricane Katrina. Havana Convention Center. Dear members of the medical force assembled …
New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters Officers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells Corinne Carey, researcher U.S. Program, Human Rights Watch, September 22nd 2005 “As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff’s department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city’s jail,” Human Rights Watch …
Bring the Ruckus Responds to Katrina Crisis Call for Volunteers to Help Friends and Families of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children Bring the Ruckus September 13th 2005 In response to the Katrina crisis, Bring the Ruckus (BtR) has formed a solidarity network with Friends and Families of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC – …