[Peace-discuss] New Orleans

[Tom Mackaman]

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"Gordon Russell of the New Orleans Times-Picayune noted pointedly that these hellish conditions [at the Superdome] “stood in stark contrast to those of people nearby in the restricted-access New Orleans Centre and Hyatt Hotel, where those who could get in lounged in relative comfort.” A line of state police armed with assault rifles drove the crowds of homeless refugees back from the entrance to the facility.

Russell continued, “A few blocks farther away, guests were being fed ‘foie gras and rack of lamb’ for dinner, according to a photographer who stayed there, while the masses, most of them poor, huddled in the Dome.”"  "Hurricane’s victims left to die on New Orleans streets"  http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/norl-s02.shtml

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"The same line has been parroted by the media. A Washington Post article on Thursday (“In New Orleans, a Desperate Exodus”) referred to those still in New Orleans as “people who had resisted previous evacuation orders, including many elderly and infirm residents” (emphasis added).

In fact, the government has long known that in the event of a major hurricane requiring an evacuation of the city, more than 100,000 people would be unable to get out, mainly for lack of transportation. In an article entitled “Left Behind” published in the Times-Picayune in 2002, the paper warned, “Once it’s certain a major storm is about to hit, evacuation offers the best chance for survival...And 100,000 people without transportation will be especially threatened...A large population of low-income residents do not own cars and would have to depend on an untested emergency public transportation system.”"  Washington tries to evade political responsibility for Katrina’s devastating impact.  http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/prep-s02.shtml

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