the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 18, 2025
On August 27, it will be exactly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath descended on New Orleans in 2005. This new mini-series documentary by National Geographic acknowledges the strength of this huge hurricane. But it clearly shows the disaster was not the hurricane itself, but the manmade problems that made it a disaster.
To begin with, you see there was no plan for assistance for people to evacuate before the storm. Though most survived the passing of the hurricane, the film shows how insufficient levees could not hold, and how 16 feet of water flooded the city. The government had an incompetent response to the disaster. People were stranded on rooftops, water everywhere, no help coming. Or white neighborhoods were rescued while helicopters passed by black people needing rescue. Help was sporadic and unorganized. Tens of thousands of people at the Convention Center were left needing food and water, for days! Rumors and racist accusations ran rampant and spurred racist vigilantes to shoot and kill “looters.” The details of this horrendous event expose the bankrupt nature of our government that is failing, even until today, in every way, to prevent and address environmental disasters.