Podcast: Preston Wood. Reportback from the Philippines

ANSWER Coalition activist Preston Wood attended the international Muslims-Christian Solidarity Conference in Mindanao, Philippines in August. The conference was called to support the democratic movement in Mindanao, self-determination by those under attack by the US and Philippine government, and  to…

Communications sabotage in NOLA

FEMA cut communication lines to Jefferson Parish Broussard [the president of Jefferson Parish] then discussed the difficulties local authorities had with FEMA, including one case where they actually posted armed guards to keep FEMA from cutting their communications lines: Three…

Podcast: Katrina. The devastation. What activists can do.

ANSWER LA activist John Beacham discusses the devastation, the appalling response by the government, and what activists can do. Fellow activist Mike Patin, a New Orleans native, speaks movingly about what’s happening there and his outrage that this once beautiful…

Rant: On Standards Here and There

From DJ Mitchell, who just returned from 2 weeks in Sri Lanka volunteering with Sarvodaya, an organization working towards peace. I flew out of an ultra-modern airport with excellent amenities. The bathrooms were clean, the airport was pleasant and well-lansdcaped,…

Eyewitness Report from New Orleans

On Saturday September 3, award-winning filmmaker Gloria La Riva, internationally-acclaimed photographer Bill Hackwell and A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth & Student Coordinator Caneisha Mills, a senior at Howard University, arrived in New Orleans. The following is an eyewitness report of the crisis in…