Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Arrestata a Los Angeles per aver scritto "la verità" su New Orleans

14 settembre - "Rosa Clemente è stata arrestata a Los Angeles per aver 
scritto la verità sulle condizioni delle sistemazioni per i rifugiati 
[deportati] vittime di Katrina."
Wed Sept 14-ROSA CLEMENTE WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR REPORTING ON 
CONDITIONS OF THE SHELTERS HOUSING KATRINA VICTIMS ...MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
http://www.daveyd.com/
"[...] quando siamo arrivati a New Orleans siamo stati fermati a due check 
point, da militari che ci puntavano addosso i loro M16 [...]
[...] quando siamo andati in Canal street i danni erano surreali, c'erano 
barche nella strada, materiali tossici per strada, quel che abbiamo subito 
notato era il numero di poliziotti, militari e mercenari della Blackwater 
che porteggevano la proprietà [...]
[...] siamo arrivati al Convention Center che, nonostante tutta la ripulita, 
continuava a sembrare un inferno vivente, l'odore dei cadaveri era 
insopportabile, ma ciò che era più folle e mostrava la disumanità, la 
violazione dei diritti umani [...] e la condotta criminale di questi diavoli 
[...] era l'abbondanza di hotel , il Marriot, il Wyndham, l'Holiday Inn, che 
erano completamente abitabili. [...]
[...] vorrei far sapere alla gente che c'erano 4 o 5 hotel nel raggio di un 
isolato che erano completamente intatti, questi hotel avrebbero potuto 
ospitare migliaia di persone [...] un uomo di circa 40 anni, bianco, ci ha 
detto " non posso credere che abbiano sparato a quei giovani che stavano 
cercando di portare gente dentro gli hotel" [...] ha detto che tre giovani 
neri stavano cercando di penetrare nell'hotel per renderlo un centro medico 
di fortuna, ed evacuarci bambini ed anziani in condizioni più sicure, appena 
hanno approcciato l'hotel gli hanno sparato addosso e li hanno assassinati 
[...]"
REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS
by Rosa Clemente
Listen to this incredible account of New Orleans from Hip Hop activist Rosa 
Clemente..
odeo.com/audio/229956/view
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
After a twenty one hour drive, we, Brad a videography and King, arrived in 
New Orleans, as we crossed the border of Mississippi we spoke to folks 
displaced, white middle class folks who have not seen a FEMA or RED CROSS 
vehicle since the hurricane hit, many Mexican and Honduran immigrants just 
wandering, one thing the Latino brothers and sisters treesed was the fear 
they are facing from white vigilantes trying to "move them out the city? and 
ICE-the federal immigration police who are down here in force, speaking to 
the white middle class man whom lost everything he told us , "America died 
to me on Tuesday Aug 30th, I voted for Bush and that rapper was right"(:-) 
go KANYE!
As we approached New Orleans after two military checkpoints with M16's 
pointed at us we found our way to Canel Street,
As we went down Canel street the damage was surreal, there was a boat in the 
street, toxic sludge in the streets, what we immediately noticed, was the 
number of police, military, contractors, and Blackwater mercenaries 
protecting property,
We came up on the Convention Center, and after all the clean up, it still 
looked like a living hell, the smell of dead bodies was overwhelming, what 
was more crazy and shows the inhumanity, the VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as 
defined by the Internatinal Convention on Human Rights and the CRIMINAL 
MISCONDUCT of these devils, and that includes, Condi and Alberto, is that 
there were plenty of hotels, The Marriot, The Wyndham, The Holiday Inn, that 
were completely habitable, if this @#%$ supreme court can take my house on 
some eminent domain @#%$, why didn?t they declare eminent domain and take 
corporate property for the public good,
As Brad stated "This, the Convention center is our modern day slave vessel 
and our people are in the midst of the Middle Passage" meanwhile five feet 
from this hell were the castles; The Marriot, The Wyndham, Holiday Inn,
If one thing I would like people to know now is that their were four to five 
hotels within a one block area that were completely intact, these hotels 
could have housed thousands of people, as we were outside the Convention 
Center looking in, a man about the age of 40, white man, said "I can't 
believe they shot these young men as they were trying to get people into the 
hotel,? as we spoke with him, he said that three young black men, were 
trying to take over the hotels and make it a makeshift medical center, and 
evacuate the elderly and babies into safer conditions, as they approached 
the hotel the were fired upon and murdered, this had not been confirmed by 
anyone, but we know that this is possible,
Outside all the hotels you could see makeshift camps where people had lived, 
the conditions were atrocious, as we continued to document and talk to 
people, we were approached by two military people that said we had to leave 
now, that we were not official, when we began to question this, and say 
there are all kinds of people walking around, the entire city of N.O. they 
informed us we could follow orders or be arrested, as we left we saw a few 
black man and women still wandering around the city, dazed and physically 
exhausted, we talked to them and asked them ?Are you leaving and they said 
no, this is our only home?
As we traveled into Algiers, the destruction kept going, as much as folks 
want to talk about looting, we ran into many white folks who said, "of 
coursed we looted, we had to survive,? we saw four different WINN DIXIES and 
WALMARTS in white communities that were completely destroyed,
We then met up with brother Malik Rahim and Errol Maitland from WBAI, and 
met up with over 30 organizers that are organizing here, they are committed 
to staying fro three weeks, so folks need to come and try to spend a couple 
of days, every skill is needed
Malik Rahim and his wife Sharon are the peoples command center, in Algiers, 
it is amazing to see the people helping the people, self-determination has 
manifested here, they have opened up their own media clinic, there are 50 
bikes that are being given to anyone who wants them, anyone can come and 
sleep here, eat, take a shower, etc., Algiers did not have to deal with the 
flooding but many houses were destroyed, and in a community that numbered in 
the thousands there are only five kids and about 100 adults left here, but 
they are refusing to leave, the military is trying to cajole people to 
leave, by telling them soon electricity will be shut down, there is no gas, 
so even for the survivors they are being forced out
Algiers is the hub for Black people, and we need to support them, the young 
cats part of the alternative media world, have set up a community media 
command center, today the five young people in the neighborhood came and got 
bikes, crayons, paper, and bubbles, yes bubbles because everyone who is a 
child should skip rope, blow bubbles and be allowed to be a child
As New Orleans is under marshal law, last night around 6:30pm the military 
informed us that anyone on the streets would get a warning shot, and after 
that be shot on the spot, throughout the night, we saw groups of white men 
riding around in pickup trucks, vigilantes, along with the NOPD and the @#%$ 
NYPD, yes, yes yall the NYPD is in the house, this is the battle ground, 
this is the BATTLE FOR ALGIERS, we are on our way to Baton Rouge, Houston, 
TX and Jackson, MI, more to come
Lastly, I love my people, I love my people more everyday, check out these 
pictures even in the midst of hell on earth, cats are politically clear on 
what they want and need, many have expressed they don?t want to se no more 
press conference, no more marching they want action and long term strategy, 
?GET DOWN HERE AND HELP US?
Dispatches from the South
Rosa Clemente
September 13, 2005
http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm68.showMessage?topicID=80.topic
 

Gli USA non sono piu' una democrazia.
Stanno subendo la stessa mutazione che subi' la Germania, purtroppo.

 Stanno subendo la stessa mutazione che subi' la Germania, purtroppo.
Certo, certo...l'importante è che tu ne sia veramente convinto.
Raffaele

Certo, certo...l'importante è che tu ne sia veramente convinto.
Basta guardare i fatti.
E se non credi ai fatti, guarda le leggi che hanno varato negli ultimi anni:
ci vuole molta fantasia per definirle "democratiche".
Saluti                    Nuovomedioevo

 [deportati] vittime di Katrina."
*** Rosa Clemente della WBAI non e' mai stata a Los Angeles, almeno non 
di recente. L'episodio e' accaduto a Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Chi ha 
tradotto l'articolo originale (male fra l'altro) ha scambiato la sigla 
della Louisiana (LA) per Los Angeles.
La Clemente e' stata fermata da una pattuglia della National Guard 
locale, arrestata e subito dopo rilasciata dopo che un guardsman aveva 
tentato di confiscare le personali apparecchiature di registrazione.
Sul presunto assassinio, chi ha tradotto ha omesso la parte conclusiva 
del periodo, ossia "this had not been confirmed by anyone, but we know 
that this is possible".
-- 
Cheers
Aleks
Http://www.vietnamwarart.tk/
 - Vietnam War Color Plates (1945/1975)
Http://www.Air-America.org
 - From WW2 to downtown in Saigon (1945/1975)
Http://sherylcrow.co.nr
 - Sheryl Crow Italian Resource 1996/2005
Http://www.vanessapeters.com/
 - A Texan folk singer in Tuscany

 ci vuole molta fantasia per definirle "democratiche".
Basta guardare la storia della Germania dal primo dopoguerra fino alla
salita al potere del partito nazista per capire che invece le due
realtà non ci azzeccano un accidente.
Raffaele

 that this is possible".
Ma che novità...come se non fosse mai successo!
Sempre meglio leggere gli originali, e diffidare delle traduzioni che
non riportano riferimenti all'originale...
Raffaele

 said:
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Quella che porto' alla vittoria 'lo statista piu' grande del mondo'?
Be' Giorgino ambisce allo stesso posto grazie ad un partito di 
minoranza non meno potente: quello dei petrolieri.
E noi gli auguriamo: buoni uragani giorgino!
Am.

 
Non so chi ha fatto questa, ma certo che quando le riportano Il 
Manifesto e soci c'è da farsene di risate :)
Bye
DonJuan