Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common ...
Crow, Scott / Cleaver, Kathleen / Clark, John P.
When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the anarchist-inspired Common Ground Collective was created to fill the void. With the motto of "Solidarity Not Charity, " they worked to create power from below-building autonomous projects, programs, and spaces of self-sufficiency like health clinics and neighborhood assemblies, while also supporting communities defending themselves from white militias and police...