"
For one to be a revolutionary ... at all, there must
first be a revolution.
Isolated individual
endeavor, for all its purity of ideals, is of no use, and
the desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest
of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone, solitarily,
in some corner of America, fighting against adverse governments
and social conditions which prevent progress."
-- Che Guevara
The 1st Common Ground Relief owned facility in New Orleans has been dedicated
to Anita Roddick, recently deceased owner of the Body Shop
and Champion of Humanitarian and Civil Rights issues world wide.
The dedication ceremony took place next to where the barge landed in the lower 9th ward
and features Malik Rahim, CoFounder of Common Ground Collective;
Sakura Kone, media relations director of Common Ground Collective;
The Rebirth Brass Band, The Revolution 2nd Line and Fiyaya.
The Bio Liberty relief / redevelopment camp in Slidell Louisiana is pioneering sustainable, off the grid, weather resistant and affordable housing solutions for the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast region. The property itself was a landing/launching pad for numerous groups of grassroots hurricane relief workers and is now being developed as a model for Solar, Geothermal and BioDiesel powered communities.
Veterans and Hurricane Survivors March from Mobile to New Orleans The Iraq War 3rd Anniversary Special Click Image to Download 34 mgs 8.5 minutes
Here's a Bandwidth Challenged Version 3 mgs Walkin' to New Orleans < story & additional videos
Scavenging Your Own Home
New Orleans. December 2005
MB Black returns to her former apartment, to salvage what she can.
Rambling About the Grounds
On a stroll around post-katrina Washington Square Park, Brian (who stayed through the hurricane) and his partner Micah (who seems to have a lot to say about it) interrupt their quest for weed and talk about the changing face of New Orleans: Is the 'spirit' of a city independent of the people who call it home?
