With Death Comes Life: A Mayan Take on Katrina Patrisia Gonzales, Eastern Group Publications, September 27th 2005 Twenty years ago on Sept. 19 at 7:19 a.m., the earth opened up in Mexico City—Tenochtitlan, taking 85,000 lives. Mexicans called the earthquake Tlalliyollo, or Heart of the Earth. Tlalliyollo also created a …
Why Conspiracy Theories Help Bush Manuel Garcia, Jr. Counterpunch, September 14th 2005 Were New Orleans levees dynamited? By whom and why? Pick a conspiracy theory: “either by white racists in order to kill African-American residents, and/or by corporate ‘freelance’ special interests to provide lucrative public contracts — to companies like …
The Battle for New Orleans Only a Real Movement Can Win This War Glen Ford & Peter Gamble October 27th 2005, Black Commentator New Orleans represents a challenge to African Americans, unprecedented since the epic struggles of the Fifties and Sixties. The perverse reality, to which African Americans must rise, …
Don’t Let New Orleans Die Jordan Flaherty Left Turn, September 4th 2005 Its been a day since I evacuated from New Orleans, my home, the city I love. Today I saw Governor Blanco proudly speak of troops coming in with orders to shoot to kill. Is she trying to help …
Notes From Inside New Orleans Jordan Flaherty Left Turn, September 2nd 2005 I just left New Orleans a couple hours ago. I traveled from the apartment I was staying in by boat to a helicopter to a refugee camp. If anyone wants to examine the attitude of federal and state …
Back Inside New Orleans Jordan Flaherty Counterpunch, September 14th 2005 What actually happened in New Orleans these past two weeks? We need to sort through the rumors and distortions. Perhaps we need our version of South Africa’s Truth And Reconciliation Commission. Some way to sort through the many narratives and …
ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN PRISON WHEN KATRINA HIT? Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children September 8th 2005 Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) or Jefferson Parish Detention Center Call DOC hotline at 225.342.3998 or 225.342.5935 If you had family locked up in either of thesefacilities when …
Some Firms Hired in Katrina’s Wake Have Checkered Pasts Yochi J. Dreazen The Wall Street Journal, September 20th 2005 GoldStar EMS was on the ropes earlier this year, beset by legal problems. The Texas ambulance provider’s offices had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a …
Bechtel, Fluor Will Help Erect Emergency Facilities; Bush Suspends Wage Rules Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal, September 9th 2005 WASHINGTON — Accelerating efforts to rebuild the storm-ravaged Gulf of Mexico region, the Bush administration hired five private contractors — including some active in rebuilding Iraq — and took the …
Rescue Came From the Grassroots The People, Not FEMA, Saved Themselves Bruce Dixon Black Commentator, September 22nd 2005 From her Atlanta home, former Gulf Coast resident Latosha Brown and a few friends watched the man-made catastrophe unfold in the wake Hurricane Katrina. “We kept expecting to see the National Guard, …