9/7 at 12pm in SF: WCW Responds Hurricane Katrina

Emergency press Conference: On Hurricane Katrina called by the World Can't Wait
Drive out the Bush Regime - Wed Sep 7 at noon @ SF Federal Bldg, 450 Golden Gate SF

Stop the Mass Murder through negligence now going on in New Orleans and the Gulf
Coast, Rescue not repression,

at the press conference to formally issue thse demands will be held in many US
cities. The needs of the people whose lives have been devastated not only by the
natural disaster of Katrina but by the horrible aftermath due to the criminal
negilgence of the Bush administration and Congress.

The World Can't Wait Demands:

1) All the people still in New Orleans and the other devastated areas must be
immediately and safely rescued and evacuated before any more needless deaths occur
due to government criminal negligence. The massive resources of government--the
ships, helicopters, and transport planes--must be immediately put at the disposal of
the rescue effort.

2) The people should be housed in decent places and their needs must be immediately
met.

3) People who are attempting to meet their basic needs must NOT be shot down or
arrested! Bush's Azero tolerance orders must be withdrawn immediately. Government
should meet all expenses involved in getting food, water, medicine, and other basic
needs to people immediately.

4) The censorship of people in New Orleans and other devastated areas must
immediately cease, and people must be allowed to tell what is actually going on.

5) The full truth of what happened and how this came to be, including the deep
responsibility of the Bush administration, must be immediately made known, and those
responsible up to the very highest levels must be held accountable.

6) Volunteer rescuers should be assisted and supported, and not repressed by
government agencies, police, and national guard.

People are dying on the streets of New Orleans. This is criminal! The natural
disaster of Hurricane Katrina was magnified by the culpability of the Bush
administration and Congress for cutting $71 million from the budget for levees and
for other environmental policies that contributed to the devastating floods that
were predicted and could have been prevented. Scientists agree that global warning
has had a direct impact on the severity of this hurricane. The Bush Regime has
refused repeatedly to sign the Kyoto Protocols to stop global warming.

Bush's callous refusal to end his vacation even as the hurricane was killing people
and the terrible devastation was happening is outrageous. What is going on in New
Orleans is in no small part a concentrated example of how this administration views
and treats Black people, thousands of whom were left without the resources to
evacuate, and were not immediately rescued.

Billions of dollars and huge resources, including massive transport and medical
capabilities, are being devoted to slaughtering people in Iraq, while people are
dying in New Orleans for lack of these same resources.