Solidarity with Katrina survivors

WW photo: Liz Green

To mark the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, when the world witnessed devastation in the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, members of the Women’s Fightback Network, Workers World, Troops Out Now Coalition, Boston Workers Alliance and friends gathered in Boston Aug. 29. They spoke out against the atrocious inactions of the federal government in its response to the impact of Katrina/Rita on the Gulf Coast region.

The images of destruction, pain and loss called for all of us to reach out and offer support to our sisters and brothers. From Lower Ninth Ward to Lower Roxbury, we firmly believe that we’ve all been Katrina-ized, which means that poor and oppressed people of color are treated as less than human. As a group, we wanted to stand in solidarity with the Katrina Tribunal, which was happening in New Orleans, by organizing a speak-out in the streets of Lower Roxbury.

—Mia Campbell & Jonathan Regis, event organizers