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GENERAL
Race,
Poverty, and the Neoliberal Agenda in the United States: Lessons from
Katrina and Rita
Nowhere
has this been more evident than in the southern part of the United
States devastated by the twin hurricanes of Katrina and Rita in the
last days of September and the early days of August 2005. In this
region of the country one finds exposed not so much the devastation
wrought by these hurricanes but, rather, the bankruptcy of an
ideology that has systematically stripped government of its social
functions, transformed government into a conduit for the massive
transfer of public funds into private hands, and legitimation of the
use of the state's coercive instruments for the security of the
wealthy elite in society.
Kenneth
E. Bauzon, MR Zine
,Share
the World's Resources, 14/02/2008
FEMA’s
Formaldehyde Foul-Up
At
a news conference Thursday, Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that tests of
519 trailers and mobile homes in Louisiana and Mississippi revealed
unacceptably high levels of formaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen that
can cause serious breathing problems even in people who do not
ordinarily have respiratory problems.
Dr.
Gerberding was followed by R. David Paulison, the director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, who briskly announced a
five-point program (or was it six?) to find more suitable housing for
the residents before they all keeled over.
The
New York Times, 15/02/2008
In
Court Ruling on Floods, More Pain for New Orleans
There
is disappointment but little surprise here at a federal judge’s
grudgingly absolving the Army Corps of Engineers of liability in the
flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
by
Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 01/02/2008,
