Message From Katrina: Code Red for Global Warming Bil McKibben Pacific News Service, September 12th 2005 If the images of skyscrapers collapsed in heaps of ash were the end of one story — the United States safe on its isolated continent from the turmoil of the world — then the …
This is global warming, says environmental chief As Hurricane Rita threatens devastation, scientist blames climate change Michael McCarthy, Environmental Editor The Independent, September 23rd 2004 The growing violence of storms such as Katrina, which wrecked New Orleans, and Rita, now threatening Texas, is very probably caused by climate change, said …
Clinic out of chaos Montreal nurse helps bring some health care to a poor community ravaged by Katrina Joseph Patrick Lejtenyi Montreal Mirror, September 22nd 2005 “I arrived at the Atlanta airport and was transferring to the plane that was leaving for Baton Rouge,” says Montreal nurse Scott Weinstein. …
Let the People Rebuild New Orleans Naomi Klein The Nation, September 26th 2005 On September 4, six days after Katrina hit, I saw the first glimmer of hope. “The people of New Orleans will not go quietly into the night, scattering across this country to become homeless in countless other …
New Orleans and the Demise of the Democrats Margaret Kimberley Black Commentator, September 8th 2005 “They have M-16s and they’re locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so.” – Kathleen Blanco, Democratic Louisiana Governor “But I want to …
Toledo, New Orleans and the Failure of Black Leadership Margaret Kimberley Black Commentator, Oct. 27th 2005 October 15, 2005 is a day that should live in infamy. On that date a group of white supremacists from the National Socialist Movement (NSM) were given permission to march in a racially mixed …
Where Was Dick Cheney During Katrina Margaret Kimberley The Black Commentator, September 22nd 2005 Where was Dick Cheney? In the days following the devastation wrought by hurricane Katrina, the Vice President of the United States became the invisible man. The vice president’s job is to succeed the president in case …
Religion, science and Hurricane Katrina Joseph Kay World Socialist Web Site, September 19th 2005 In his address to the nation from New Orleans last Thursday, Bush repeatedly invoked religion and religious organizations. The maudlin appeals to God went beyond even the president’s stock-and-trade sermonizing. Speaking of those who had …
Ready for Revolution: A message for Barbara Bush Toronto Jones The Black Commentator, September 22nd 2005 By now everyone that reads this article has been affected in some way by the images that have been transmitted via the television in regards to the crisis in New Orleans. To some, it …
Statement on the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina The Internationalist Workers Group section of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party in the United States and Canada September 2nd 2005 The flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina has resulted in a social disaster of epic proportions and has shown once again …