Behind the Dirty Cleansing of New Orleans
Against The Current vol. 132

http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1324
Date Written:  2008-01-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2008
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX13354

Commentaries on the viciousness of Congressman Richard Baker’s (R-LA) oft-cited comment that “we couldn’t get rid of public housing, but God did” often miss the fact that it is, in many ways, an accurate assessment of the intentions of U.S. public housing policy.

Subject Headings

• Black Panthers
• Demonstrations, Marches, Protests
• Housing Policies & Programs
• Hurricanes
• Integration
• Municipal Planning
• Poverty/Families
• Public Housing
• Race Relations/Racism
• Segregation
• Tenants' Rights