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9/22: United Press Conference Against Muni Service Cuts - Muni Fare Strike Bulletin *** United Press Conference Against Muni Service Cuts
*** Muni Cash Fare Revenue Stays Flat...
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 10:26am PDT
Higher-than-expected death toll seen in clustered New Orleans corpses Tentative optimism that New Orleans’ death toll from Katrina might be far lower than first projected has given way to somber reality over the past 36 hours as search and rescue squad turn up bodies by the dozen in the hardest hit areas of the city....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 6:59am PDT
Tax cuts to continue, social programs to be slashed in wake of Hurricane Katrina The day after his speech from New Orleans pledging that the government “will do what it takes, will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives,” President Bush hastened to reassure the American ruling elite on Friday that whatever spending is required, it will not hurt the pocket books of the wealthy. Bush vowed that spending on the hurricane-devastated region would come from cuts in other parts of the federal budget....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 4:55am PDT
Food Not Bombs opens community center in the 9th Ward, New Orleans Food Not Bombs has opened a community center and kitchen in the 9th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans....
Posted: Sun, Sep 18, 2005 1:28pm PDT
Report #4 from BARHC Caravan in New Orleans The medical relief effort at the Common Ground clinic in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans is shifting from "emergency response" to "primary care" mode. Many patients now are repeat visitors. The clinic is well stocked with first aid supplies and has a phone line and several donated computers....
Posted: Sat, Sep 17, 2005 5:50pm PDT
Investigation Finds Red Cross Withheld Aid, Operates In Tandem With Homeland Security Jennifer Van Bergen (of The RawStory.com) 16.SEP.05...
Posted: Sat, Sep 17, 2005 10:17am PDT
Eyewitness Report from New Orleans Resident who spent five days in the Superdome... Iraq, New Orleans and Sept.24:
The Deepening Crisis of the Bush Government and the Role of the People's Movement.
Featuring an eyewitness report by a New Orleans resident who spent five days in the Superdome.
Sunday Sept.18 5pm
2489 Mission St. Rm. 28...
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 7:03pm PDT
"Hey Buddy, can I borrow a medic?" Military requests assistance from Radical Medics The situation in Algiers got a bit more surreal this week when the U.S. military asked the anarchists for help in providing basic services to local residents. A medical military clinic commander asked the folks running the Common Ground Clinic if they could lend a few medics and doctors to the military until the military sets up a “permanent” health clinic on Newton Avenue on Monday....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 2:50pm PDT
The Militarization of New Orleans: Jeremy Scahill Reports from Louisiana We go to Louisiana to speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill who has been in New Orleans this past week. He has been looking into how the city has changed to a militarized zone and what that means for the residents who left....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:41am PDT
Recovering New Orleans’ dead subordinated to profit and politics One of the essential tasks in a disaster recovery operation—after evacuation and care for the living—is the removal of the dead. This is essential both to prevent the spread of disease and to identify the remains of those who were lost. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, however, federal and state authorities did not even begin the process for more than a week....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:37am PDT
Bush’s vision for New Orleans: a profiteer’s paradise Striding across a deserted field to a podium in Jackson Square, a landmark in a desolate city, President George W. Bush addressed the nation Thursday night in a rare nationally televised prime-time speech....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:36am PDT
UN Human Development Report pleads for reform as poverty and misery deepen The latest Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) documents the growing inequality and absolute decline in living standards and social conditions in large areas of the world....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:35am PDT
Trapped in New Orleans: Emergency Medical Worker Describes How Police Prevented Evacuation We speak with emergency medical worker Lorrie Beth Slonsky who was in New Orleans attending a conference when hurricane Katrina hit. She describes how she spent most of the next week in New Orleans trapped by the flooding - and the police....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:31am PDT
BTL:People of New Orleans Fight for Voice in City's Reconstruction Interview with Steve Bradbury, community organizer with New Orleans ACORN, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 5:37am PDT
10/16: Poor People's March What are you doing on Sunday, October 16 – "National Boss Day"? We hope
that you will be joining us for the *Poor People's March* and the *Low-wage
Workers Community Congress*....
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 10:33pm PDT
Memorial Service for Homeless People Begins Sunday 1,993 men, women and children died homeless over the past 18 years – 149 died last year alone. This Sunday, a three-day memorial held to honor their lives will begin. Organized by Religious Witness with Homeless People, the event will include a 94-foot memorial wall bearing the names of every person who died on the streets, as well as vigils, sacred song and dance, and a reading of the wall’s names led by religious leaders. The service presents a rare opportunity for San Franciscans to honor ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 3:30pm PDT
Profit system, not nature, main obstacle to rebuilding New Orleans With each passing day, the immense scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina emerges more clearly, along with the enormity of the effort required to rebuild homes and social infrastructure for nearly two million people. Nearly 700 bodies have been recovered so far, and the death toll seems certain to mount into the thousands as houses cut off by high water become accessible to search crews....
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 2:57pm PDT
Report #3 from BARHC Caravan in New Orleans I'm posting an update on the Algiers Clinic, and how things have been going in New Orleans. We're now calling the clinic Common Ground, and we're referring to the staffing as part of the Mutual Aid Collective of Algiers....
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 12:27pm PDT
Killing Americans By Health Care Policy Lack of health insurance kills Americans....
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 11:45am PDT
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