I have been recently purchasing video documentaries from an organization called “Left Books”. Today Left Books came out with an offer to help victims of Hurrican Katrina. Here is their announcement – be sure to check out their website for all the fabulous books and videos they have on all sorts of progressive issues.
Help Katrina Survivors Fightfor Self-Determination and Aid
There is a battle going on between, on one side, the vultures of Wall Street – from real estate interests to Halliburton subsidiaries – who want to see a “New South” in the Gulf states that does not include its previous inhabitants. The U.S. government is complicit in this gentrification scheme with tax write offs to businesses and, thanks to Bush’s repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act, an incentive to create plantation-type workplaces where they can pay the lowest wage possible (A little bit of the “New” and “Old South”).
On the other side are the residents of New Orleans and other cities hit by the hurricane who are not going to let this happen without a huge fight – a fight they can win as long as progressive-minded people stand in solidarity with them. This is where you and leftbooks come into the picture: A grassroots organization founded by residents of the disaster-hit areas, Community Labor United (www.communitylaborunited.net) is fighting back and providing aid and relief to make up for the lack of it due to the failure of FEMA and the Red Cross. These residents are utilizing the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund to finance their efforts.
Today you can both arm yourself with the reading material to help fight injustice while standing in solidarity with the victims of Katrina at the same time. How? All of the proceeds from every purchase you make at leftbooks.com from September 28 to October 4 [now through Oct. 11th! – l.b.] will go directly to the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund. Leftbooks.com will present the sum total to a representative of Community Labor United on Oct. 6 [and again on October 13 – l.b.]. And, as if that’s not enough incentive:
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 