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After Katrina: A View from the Ground: Against The Current vol. 122
Steiner, Isaac
Article
2006
interview with Isaac Steiner. Against The Current interviewed Isaac Steiner, a member of Solidarity in Atlanta, about his experiences in a grassroots reconstruction project in New Orleans.
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Solnit, Rebecca
Book
2010
The most startling thing about disasters, according to Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearni...
"Solidarity, Not Charity" - Revolution in the Ninth Ward
Moore, Beth
Article
2006
In New Orleans, the people have stopped being patient with false choices. They have stopped trusting in politicians who represent only themselves and their contributors. They have chosen the common go...

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Season of dread returns as Haiti awaits devastating hurricane season
Decades of deforestation left the Carribbean island defenceless against last year's catastrophic hurricanes. But Haiti hopes attempts to sav
Goldenberg, Suzanne
2009
An examination of the continuing effects of recent hurricanes on the economy and ecology of Haiti.