Black Flags and Windmills Trailer (Full Res)

When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans in the Fall of 2005, scott crow headed into the political storm, co-founding a relief effort called Common Ground Collective. In the absence of local government, FEMA, and the Red Cross, Common Ground built medical clinics, set up food and water distribution, and created community gardens. They also resisted home demolitions, white militias, police brutality and FEMA incompetence side by side with the people of New Orleans.

Crow's vivid memoir maps the intertwining of his radical experience and ideas with Katrina's reality, and community efforts to translate ideals into action. It is a story of resisting indifference, rebuilding hope amidst collapse, and struggling against the grain. Black Flags and Windmills challenges all of us to learn from our histories and dream of better worlds, and gives us some of the tools to do so.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Common Ground Collective
• Common Ground Relief
• anarchism
• community organizing
• activism
• Malik Rahim
• scott crow
• horizontal
• New Orleans
• Hurricane Katrina
• Black Panther Party
• IWW
• Wobblies
• Zapatistas
• mutual aid
• direct action
• commentary
• FEMA
• the state
• liberation
• politics

[Trecanoe2010]

I've known Scott Crow for over 25 years as a friend's husband, a father, and a community builder. I admire him more than any living person.

[zebra334]

cool video ..... :-)