Democracy Now! 9-4 Fight to Reopen New Orleans Public Housing "Horrible Slow and Tragic'

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

With Amy Goodman
* Battle Over Right to Return: Housing Advocates Occupy New Orleans Public Housing Office *

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, over 5,000 families in New Orleans lived in public housing. Today, less than one quarter of them have been able to return home. Last Friday, over two dozen public housing residents and activists took over the HANO offices in New Orleans. They demanded that the government reopen the buildings.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/144238

* Fight to Reopen New Orleans Public Housing "Horrible Slow and Tragic"
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We speak with Tracie Washington, a lifelong New Orleans resident and civil rights attorney who has sued the city over its housing policies. "Somehow we've got to get to a critical mass of people where they are all telling the government that it's wrong, so that the government will stop on its own," Washington said. "We just can't keep suing every single day. They'll wear us out."

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/144244

* The Privatization of New Orleans: Curtis Muhammad on Tycoons, Trump and Gulf Coast Oil *

We speak with longtime activist, Curtis Muhammad, a member of the People's Organizing Committee and a native of New Orleans. On the second anniversary of Katrina, Muhammad wrote a farewell letter to the left and progressive forces in the United States. He is leaving the country and heading south.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/145214

* Headlines for September 4, 2007 *

- Israeli Court Orders Re-Routing of West Bank Wall
- Anti-War & Climate Change Protests Greet Bush In Australia
- Report: U.S. Military Planning Massive Air Strikes Against Iran
- Steelworkers and Mine Worker Unions Endorse John Edwards
- Calderon Criticizes U.S. Immigration Policies
- Foreclosures Close to Highest Rates Since Great Depression
- Judge To Hears Arguments in Jena Six Case

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/144231