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Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective

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Tracing a lifetime of radical activism and the emergence of a grassroots organization within the face of disaster, this chronicle describes scott crow’s headlong rush into the political typhoon surrounding the catastrophic failure of the levee in New Orleans in 2005 and the following failure of state and native government agencies within the wake of Typhoon Katrina. It recounts crow’s efforts with others in the neighborhood to found Not unusual Ground Collective, a grassroots relief organization that built medical clinics, set up food and water distribution, and created community gardens when local government agencies, FEMA, and the Red Cross were absent or ineffective. The members also stood alongside the beleaguered residents of New Orleans in resisting home demolitions, white militias, police brutality, and FEMA incompetence. This vivid, personal account maps the intersection of radical ideology with pragmatic action and chronicles a community’s efforts to translate ideals into tangible results. Resisting indifference, rebuilding hope amidst collapse, and independence from government entities emerge as persistent themes on this call to activism, demonstrating what will also be done by made up our minds individuals in extreme circumstances.
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