New Orleans and the Third World Mukoma Wa Ngugi ZNet, September 8th 2005 The devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina is being compared to disasters in the “Third World” but with no specific countries or disasters named. And if not compared to this black hole or repository of …
The Difference Between being Displaced and a Refugee as it Relates to ‘African American Refugee’ Debate after Katrina Tamara K. Nopper September 19th 2005 Since Hurricane Katrina, various political leaders, pundits and the general public have debated about how to describe Black people displaced by one of the greatest “natural …
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Grassroots Movement Mobilization and Demand Statement September 13th 2005 The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), a national New Afrikan (Black) human rights organization, calls on every sector of the Black community, including civil rights organizations, human rights activists, workers organizations, religious communities and civic and cultural …
The Impact of Disaster on Battered Women National Coalition Against Domestic Violence September 2005 The current state of chaos and devastation in the City of New Orleans and other impacted regions affords little solace to battered women – many of whom fled their abusive homes for the protection of the …
NCAI Coordinating Hurricane Relief Fund for Tribes in Gulf Region Adam McMullin September 1st 2005 CONTACT: Adam McMullin, amcmullin@ncai.org or 202-721-1386 WASHINGTON-September 1, 2005-As our brothers and sisters in southern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama deal with the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike the U.S., …
Murder and rape – fact or fiction? Gary Younge in Baton Rouge The Guardian, September 6th 2005 Note from Kersplebedeb: It is early days yet, and the fact that women have not gone to the police is no proof that sexual violence did not occur in the Superdome – one …
Katrina’s Racial Wake Salim Muwakkil In These Times, September 7th 2005 Hurricane Katrina and its disastrous aftermath have stripped away the Mardi Gras veneer and casino gloss of the Gulf Coast region, and disclosed the stark disparities of class and race that persist in 21st century America. The growing gap …
In New Orleans, Once Again, the Irony of Southern History Christopher Morris History New Network September 3rd 2005 Once again the entire country is confronted with the legacy of Reconstruction. It is too simple to chalk the tragedy that continues to unfold in New Orleans to the force of nature, …
Hurricane Katrina: The Black Nation’s 9/11! Saladin Muhammad of Black Workers for Justice September 5th 2005 The magnitude of the destruction and human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina to the people and communities of the Gulf Coast Region, while not the results of an act of “terror”, is directly …
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 …