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 […]

You learn the importance of the paper trail by being a union steward. You also know the cops are feeling vulnerable when the commander has to concede to doing it.

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.

New Orleans, LA
Yesterday morning, Jenka, Sonia, and I met with a Deputy Chief of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department along with our lawyer at Loyola law school. It was an interesting experience.
Our basic complaint was that certain deputies have a special relationship with management at the Louisburg Square Apartments, and helped drive tenants out. […]

New Orleans, LA
In a city where unfair evictions are counted daily by the hundreds and thousands, the method of direct action casework can seem ill-suited to even scratch the surface. The truth is that this method is always best combined with organizing on a broader scale.
The tenacity and experience of Louisburg Square tenant leaders […]

New Orleans, LA
Yesterday, about a thousand people marched on the city hall building in New Orleans. The march was organized by a group called the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund. Some of the folks, especially the youth, working with the PHRF, have been working in the New Orleans Housing Action Team. A PHRF […]

New Orleans, LA
(Excerpt from my detailed statement on harrasment, including transcript of recorded interview of a free lance reporter.)
On November 19, 2005, I was called down to Louisburg Square by Ms. Dugas, Ms. Khan, and several other residents. A new notice had been tacked to some of the doors. I was being interviewed […]