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Two Years Post-Katrina:
Racism and Criminal Justice in New Orleans
By Jordan Flaherty
August 29, 2007


Two years after the devastation of New Orleans highlighted racism and
inequality in the US, the disaster continues. New Orleans' health care
and education systems are still in crisis. Thousands of units of
public housing sit empty. Nearly half the city's population remains
displaced. A report released this week by the Institute for Southern
Studies reveals that, out of $116 billion in federal Katrina funds
allocated, less than 30% has gone towards long-term rebuilding—and
half of that 30% remains unspent.

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Like most of you, two years ago I spent several days watching in horror and grief as the City of New Orleans was first hit by a fierce hurricane, then flooded, then abandoned by a racist, corrupt government.

Two years on, thousands of residents are still displaced, many neighborhoods are still without services like water and electricity, opening schools is a huge struggle, and the eye of the nation has turned elsewhere. A blogger friend recently pointed out the discrepancy between the amount of mainstream media coverage of the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana Princess of Wales in comparison with the amount of mainstream media coverage of the two year anniversary of Katrina. It’s sickening.

We have a responsibility to remember, to refuse to forget what happened in New Orleans and what is ongoing in New Orleans; to keep our eyes open, to demand the right of return for displaced residents and the rebuilding of New Orleans. In September we’ll be posting a list of grassroots organizations working for justice for New Orleans and the gulf coast, which a comrade is currently compiling; for now, please check out this compilation of articles written about New Orleans and the aftermath of Katrina on this second anniversary .

In solidarity,

Rahula Janowski
For the Heads Up Collective



And Still They Rise: Confronting Katrina by Dave Zirin

New Orleans Hit By Another "Hurricane of Racism, Greed and Corruption" - Community Activist Malik Rahim on Democracy Now!

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A Farewell Letter on the Second Anniversary of Katrina A Message from an Organizer to the Left and Progressive Forces inside the USA by Curtis Muhammad

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Two Years Post Katrina: Racism and Criminal Justice”

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New Orleans After 24 Months By Greg Palast

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Another resource is cws.workshop.org/katrinareader which will eventually have a whole bunch of second commemoration materials up.

Hurricane Katrina: The Black Nation’s 9-11! By Saladin Muhammad

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