New Orleans, LA
Home Despot
Just as I was coming back from my second trip home, I read this in the Times-Picayune. It’s hard to believe how far these corporations and politicians will actually go in the face of this housing crisis. The devastation of the hurricanes, much like that of the Iraq war, have […]

New Orleans, LA
A little help from my friend
The truth is, I have nothing exciting to report. Going inside, and then outside again, so much down here has been tough. I am struggling with that readjustment process, and a whole number of other issues. None of these make for good reading material.
I decided […]

New Orleans, LA
On my first day back from the last trip to California I attended an interesting meeting. This was a regular weekly meeting of the NO HEAT coalition, the New Orleans Housing Emergency Action Team.
This a group that started in late October. A few activists connected to Common Ground were just starting […]

New Orleans, LA
I had just gotten back from my Christmas/New Years break in San Diego when I left New Orleans again on business. This time I had to back to Oakland to meet with the organization I work for. Labor’s Militant Voice is a revolutionary socialist group. The roots of the group’s […]

New Orleans, LA
I got back a couple days ago and I’m still not adjusted. I was getting about 20-30 phone calls a day on vacation and I’m in the process of catching up. None of these make very interesting material to write about.
One call I got today may be interesting. Sonia called […]

New Orleans, LA
It is a quarter to nine central standard time on Christmas Eve. I leave tomorrow for a much-needed break. I will resume working and writing in New Orleans on January 2nd, next year.
I was at Central Lockup again down at Orleans Parish Prison until midnight.
Yesterday was a hell […]

New Orleans, LA
Below is a press release I sent out tonight to local media. The last two actions went very well.
We had about 35 folks at the first action. That was a good turnout considering what all happened that day. There was a march organized by the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund which […]

New Orleans, LA
All that mess with the computers had me stressed out last night. I had told myself not to get drunk for a while, on account of the bender me and Chief Al got into at the Vaughn’s Bar Christmas party last Friday. I was doing ok so far, but then I […]

Sonia called me this morning at 7:00. The management of Louisburg Square Apartments put up chain link fences all around the property some weeks ago. Last night they had the nerve to lock them.

That’s how I met Al Morris, First Chief of Northside Skull Bone Gang.