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Oakland Demo against NOLA home Demolitions
by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective
Thursday Dec 20th, 2007 10:21 AM
over 200 people gathered in oakland to protest HUD's plans to demolish new Orleans public housing.

On Friday, December 14, 2007, over 200 people gathered in downtown Oakland for a lively lunch time protest against HUD’s plans to demolish housing units in New Orleans.
§Making links
by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective Thursday Dec 20th, 2007 10:21 AM

Gentrification is displacing people in New Orleans and here in the bay.
§More links
by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective Thursday Dec 20th, 2007 10:21 AM

Home demolition in New Orleans has echoes of home demolitions elsewhere, like Palestine and Iraq.

for a summary of activities in NOLA against the demolitions, see
http://hupcollective.livejournal.com/19828.html
§speaker
by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective Thursday Dec 20th, 2007 10:21 AM

for photos of the recent resistance activities in new orleans

1000words.webofchaos.net (click on the photo for more photos)

flickr.com/photos/21844279@N05/
§another speaker
by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective Thursday Dec 20th, 2007 10:21 AM

here is a link to a BIG NOISE film about the demolitions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mygOYj6NcR8