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Oakland Demo against NOLA home Demolitions

by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:21AM

over 200 people gathered in oakland to protest HUD's plans to demolish new Orleans public housing.

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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.

by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:21AM

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Gentrification is displacing people in New Orleans and here in the bay.

by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:21AM

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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

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by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:21AM

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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/

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by Rahula Janowski, Heads Up Collective

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:21AM

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

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Alan Gutierrez

Wed, Dec 26, 2007 1:59PM

Housing demolitions foolish, wasteful

no future under gentrification!

Fri, Dec 21, 2007 11:36AM

TG

Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:26AM

Update on Bork: Out of Jail, Tasered at City Council Protest, Taken to Hospital

katrinaresponse@lists.riseup.net

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 5:07PM

repost - Police, protestors clash in New Orleans

pooterama reposting

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 12:19PM

shoot - i wish i had known about this

pooterama

Thu, Dec 20, 2007 12:18PM

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