Upcoming demonstrations. A.N.S.W.E.R
National Day of Emergency Action
Support the People of New Orleans!
Jobs/Income & Housing for All Displaced Families
Real Relief - Yes! Racism - No!
Wednesday, September 7
Join a protest on September 7 see below for details of protests in
Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle - or organize one in
your community or on your campus. List your event on the A.N.S.W.E.R.
website! (www.pephost.org/Sept7localaction)
What is taking place today in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is
a crisis rarely seen in this country. It has provoked an outpouring of
concern for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Millions of people across
the United States and around the world are watching in horror at both the
scale of suffering and the lack of response by President Bush and the U.S.
government. Thousands are dead or missing; millions have been displaced or
lost their jobs and homes.
The African American community in New Orleans has been especially
hard hit, and on top of massive death and suffering has been the victim of
vicious racist scapegoating at the hands of government officials and the
corporate media. The real "looters" in this crisis are the big oil
companies that are making super-profits by jacking up the price of gas and
oil all over the country.
It is becoming clearer every day that this crisis goes far beyond a
"natural disaster." The massive death and destruction did not have to
happen as a result of the hurricane; rather it is caused by a government
that prioritizes profits, war and conquest over human needs. The danger
that a hurricane posed for New Orleans and the region had been known and
discussed for years-with no significant preparations taken. Funds were
diverted from securing the levees to pay for the war in Iraq and the
protective wetlands were sold off to the developers.
Global warming is a major factor in the big increase in tropical
storms, particularly Hurricane Katrina, which developed from a minimal
hurricane to one of the largest and most powerful ever recorded because of
the extremely high water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico. Still, the
Bush Administration continues to contemptuously turn its back on evidence
of climate change and stands by its position to cancel the Kyoto Accord.
Before the hurricane struck, the government issued a mandatory
evacuation order with a "free-market approach." In other words, people
were ordered to leave, but the means for evacuation were not provided. It
was the poorest sectors of the working class and predominantly the African
American community that did not have the means to leave and endured the
greatest personal suffering. Even days after the hurricane the U.S.
government has refused to commandeer all available buses and send them to
transport people out. With the city awash in a sea of sewage and
chemicals, the contemptible director of FEMA, Michael Brown, had the gall
to then accuse those who have suffered the most: "I think the death toll
may go into the thousands and, unfortunately, that's going to be
attributable a lot to people who did not heed the advance warnings."
(September 1, CNN)
The Bush administration has spared no resource in waging its war
against Iraq, taking more than $200 billion from the people of the United
States to do so. It spared no resource in destroying the entire city of
Fallujah last November. But when it comes to confronting this "natural"
catastrophe, the Bush administration has been criminally derelict. Bush's
relief package of $10.5 billion which equals just 7 weeks of the cost of
the occupation of Iraq is completely inadequate. As people, including
babies and the elderly, go without food and water, and corpses lie in the
street and float in the water, Bush has presented a meager and dilatory
response.
The government is preparing to bail out the oil companies, insurance
companies, other big corporations and casinos. Big Oil is also using this
catastrophe as an opportunity to line their pockets. Working people in the
United States need to stand with the victims of this crisis and demand
that the government provide both short and long-term assistance to those
who have lost everything.
Stop Racist Scapegoating of the Victims
Jail the Real "Looters" the Big Oil executives
Money for People's Needs, Not for War
Stop Bush's War Against the Poor at Home and Abroad
a.. Washington DC: 5 pm at the White House. Call 202-544-3389 or
email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information.
b.. San Francisco: 5 pm at Powell & Market Sts. Call 415-821-6545
for email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information.
c.. Los Angeles: 6 pm at the Westwood Federal Building (Veterans &
Wilshire). Call 323-464-1636 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more
information.
d.. Seattle: 5 pm at Westlake (Pine near 4th). Call 206-568-1661
or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information.
Join a protest on September 7 or organize one in your community or
on your campus. Let us know if you are planning a protest in your area.
Fill out the Event Listing Form (www.pephost.org/Sept7localaction) as soon
as you make your plans and your event will be listed on the A.N.S.W.E.R.
website.
Make your plans today for the September 24 mass protest
against the war in Iraq. Join the huge number of people coming together
from across the United States to demand that resources be used to meet
human needs rather than for war and occupation.
Details>>> (www.pephost.org/s24home)
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