2/10/2007 Community Gumbo

Democracy Now (2/08/07)

• Court Martial of First Officer to Refuse Iraq Deployment Ends in Mistrial
• Blackwater USA Takes Congressional Hot-Seat as Landmark Hearing Probes Mercenary Firm’s Role in Iraq
• The Missing Billions: Ex-Iraq Occupation Chief Paul Bremer Questioned on Oversight, Spending of Iraqi Money
• Cheering Movers and Art Student Spies: Was Israel Tracking the Hijackers Before the 9/11 Attacks?

Civic Activism, Blogging, and Media Democracy in the Rebuilding of New Orleans

In perhaps an unprecedented manner, the internet has become for New Orleanians an essential tool for re-establishing personal connections, for sharing stories, for communicating the will of residents, for organizing residents to rebuild their neighborhoods, and for fighting for desperately-needed answers and resources from every level of government.

New Orleans bloggers Karen Gadbois and Laureen Lentz have become champions of many causes, but their primary focus is preserving New Orleans historic heritage in a blog called “Squandered Heritage.”

Links:

Squandered Heritage

The Citizens' Road Home Action Team

Other Local Bloggers

Music played:

Dr. John, "Iko Iko," Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens, The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans, Shout Factory, 2004.

Allen Touissant, "Me and Tipitina," "Yes We Can Can," Our New Orleans 2005, Nonesuch, 2005.