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Tracing a life of radical activism and the emergence of a grassroots organization in the face of disaster, this chronicle describes scott crow's headlong rush into the political storm surrounding the catastrophic failure of the levee in New Orleans in 2005 and the subsequent failure of state and local government agencies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It recounts crow's efforts with others in the community to found Common 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 in this call to activism, demonstrating what can be done by determined individuals in extreme circumstances.

A vivid and compelling picture of the Black Panther Party. By focusing on the men and women who were the Party, as much as on the leadership, Mumia Abu-Jamal combines his memories of day-to-day life as a panther with analysis of the history of Black liberation struggles to help us to understand freedom.

This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th century.

Front Cover -- Praise for The Global Imagination of 1968 -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Tables and Maps -- Foreword by Carlos Muñoz -- Preface by Kathleen Cleaver -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The New Left as a World-Historical Movement -- World-Historical Moments -- 1848, 1905, 1968: Historical Overview -- The New Left: A Global Definition -- Chapter 2: A Global Analysis of 1968 -- The Tet Offensive -- Che's Foco Theory -- Student Movements of 1968 -- Asia -- South Korea -- China -- Japan -- The Philippines -- Thailand -- India -- Pakistan -- Bangladesh -- Sri Lanka -- Iran -- The Arab World -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Iraq -- Turkey -- Pacific -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Africa -- Nigeria -- Senegal -- South Africa -- Congo-Kinshasa -- Ghana -- Zimbabwe -- Zambia -- Ethiopia -- Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau -- Burkina Faso -- Europe -- West Germany -- Italy -- Spain -- The Netherlands -- Denmark -- Belgium -- England/UK -- Greece -- Portugal -- Eastern Europe: New Left vs. Old Left -- Yugoslavia -- Czechoslovakia -- Poland -- Latin America -- Mexico -- Columbia -- Peru -- Venezuela -- Argentina -- Uruguay -- Brazil -- Chile -- Theology of Liberation -- North America -- Canada -- The Caribbean -- Jamaica -- Barbados -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Bermuda -- The United States -- Onset of Counterrevolution -- From Civil Rights to Revolutionary Internationalism -- Emergence of Latino Opposition -- The Working Class -- Global Women's Liberation -- Chapter 3: Revolution in France? May 1968 -- Global Connections -- Roots of the May Events -- The Workers -- The New Working Class -- Capitalist Relations of Production -- Cultural Poverty of Consumer Societies -- The Political Meaning of May 1968: Internationalism and Self-Management -- Patriotism and Internationalism -- Authoritarianism and Self-Management.