Los Angeles Black History Month

Larry Holmes WW photo: Gloria Verdieu

Larry Holmes of the Katrina Solidarity Network, Troops Out Now Coalition and Workers World Party spoke on Feb. 11 at an International Action Center Black History Month Forum on “Katrina: The Struggle for Justice Five Months Later.”

Holmes made a clear connection between U.S. criminal neglect regarding the Katrina victims and the attack against all workers in the U.S. and abroad. He showed why the civil rights struggles like those sparked by people like Rosa Parks were so successful in winning economic justice and helping to end the war in Vietnam. Holmes responded to many questions. When asked about the role of racism, he gave a comprehensive yet very understandable explanation of racism’s central role, not only in the Katrina disaster, but through its use as U.S. imperialism’s weapon against all working and poor people.

Some of the attendees of the event included members of SEIU’s Local 660 African American Committee, Minjok-Tongshin, a progressive Korean media resource, and Channel 11 (Fox) News.