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Unnatural Disaster: The Nation on Hurricane Katrina
by Betsy Reed

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Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster of staggering proportions. The vicious winds and surging seas that lashed the Gulf Coast on August 31, 2005, paralyzed New Orleans and left a scene of utter devastation in their wake.

But when the winds and waves abated, they revealed an unnatural disaster — a social catastrophe directly caused by the government's callous indifference to the needs of the region's most vulnerable residents. This pattern of near-criminal government neglect did not begin with its response to Katrina, but the hurricane did lay bare its extraordinary depth and horrifying consequences, exposing how race and class can spell life or death in contemporary America.

In the months that followed, The Nation published a series of articles and editorials documenting the gross negligence of the Bush administration and the heroic effort of community organizers and ordinary citizens to put their city back together again, as well as the attempts of political progressives to push for a 'New Deal.'

Unnatural Disaster includes riveting on-the-scene reporting, columns, blogs, essays and articles from Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot, Naomi Klein, Patricia Williams, Jeremy Scahill, Eric Alterman, Adolph Reed, Jr., Eric Foner, Curtis Wilkie, Billy Sothern, among many others.

Review:

"Following Hurricane Katrina, the leftist Nation published a slew of articles and editorials that criticized the Bush administration and the mainstream media, identified with victims and praised the extraordinary efforts of relief workers and ordinary New Orleanians. Patricia J. Williams relates how an African-American MBA candidate noted on the radio how 'jarring' it was to hear her neighborhood, the Ninth Ward, described repeatedly in the media as desperate and impoverished; Eric Alterman congratulates the 'infamous media whores of cable news' for demonstrating how the relief efforts were affected by race and class. One of the best pieces, by Billy Sothern, tells the harrowing plight of the city's 8,000 prisoners, many of whom fled a flooded prison complex only to be rounded up and left shackled in the sun without water for two days, then parceled out to facilities where they were brutalized by their jailers. Some contributions feel dated; there's considerable overlap among them; and Nation executive editor Reed is probably preaching to the converted. Yet there are many eye-opening, worthy nuggets that rightly point the finger at what's wrong with our domestic disaster policy. (Sept.) " Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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About the Author

Edited by Betsy Reed

Betsy Reed is the executive editor of The Nation, where she has worked since 1998. She edited the anthology Nothing Sacred: Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror, published by Nation Books in 2003; and co-edited the anthology Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community and Lesbian & Gay Life, published by Routledge in 1997. She edits articles and speaks frequently on such subjects as women, labor, community organizing, education, civil rights and domestic politics. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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bethanylm, August 28, 2006 (view all comments by bethanylm)
Judging whether this is a good title depends on whether one thinks that war, greed and general injustice are natural to the human race. The response to Katrina was greatly effected by all these factors. I personally hope that these characteristics are not natural, and so the title is very apt. "Unnatural Disaster"[kw]
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781560259374
Subtitle:
The Nation on Hurricane Katrina
Author:
Reed, Betsy
Introduction:
Reed, Adolph, Jr.
Editor:
Reed, Betsy; *, EDITOR
Publisher:
Nation Books
Subject:
Human Services
Subject:
Natural Disasters
Subject:
Disaster Relief & Rescue Operations
Subject:
Disaster relief
Subject:
Government - U.S. Government
Subject:
Government - National
Subject:
Public Policy - General
Subject:
POL030000
Publication Date:
September 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.24x5.56x.70 in. .48 lbs.
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