I was only able to catch the first part of Spike Lee's Hurricane Katrina documentary, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts, when it was shown on HBO earlier this week, but I'm hoping to catch the second half when it is repeated on August 29th, the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It's because of that that I am wary of offering a viewpoint on the film, even to the extent of not seeking out reviews of the film that may have appeared in the press and on the net, for the fear that it might colour my final opinion on it.
However, in the meantime, I would like to point you in the direction of the article, Hurricane Katrina: Reflections of a Socialist on an Unnatural Disaster, which was penned by Stephen Shenfield, a member of the World Socialist Party of the United States. An excerpt from the piece, entitled Who Are The Looters, appeared in a slightly amended form in the August issue of the Socialist Standard.
3 comments:
Come on Darren, don't be shy ... tell everyone who was the subject of a Norm profile today, then!!
And you need a smack in the ear for that cheeky comment about me!
Wait a second, "smack in the ear?" I really am becoming anglicised. Of course it should have read: "skelp in the lug!"
You should think yersell lucky Reidski. He wants a reet dunsh in the heed for not even mentioning me as well.
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