Levees Not War

Levees Not War We are pro-infrastructure, environment, and anti-war. In Washington we and dozens of other marchers carried homemade signs saying MAKE LEVEES, NOT WAR.

LeveesNotWar.org is a New York–based, New Orleans–dedicated blog founded in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina to support the recovery of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We grew out of the 300,000-strong antiwar mobilization in Washington on Sept. 24, 2005—the weekend of Hurricane Rita, and only a month after Katrina. (We thought we were original until we saw everyone else’s signs, all saying the same t

hing.) Levees Not War is dedicated to the proposition that the government of the United States of America, if it is to be a legitimate representative of the people who support it through compulsory taxation, must help protect our people and our cities and farmlands, in their persons and property. We say that the safety of people’s lives and livelihoods comes before the survival of any politician’s career. And we are dedicated to the firm belief that Homeland security begins at home. Here you will find news and commentary (on hurricanes, wars, infrastructure, the environment, coastal issues, progressive politics, activism, etc.) • links to lively NOLA blogs and must-read web sites in Louisiana, the United States, and globally • relief and environmental groups • phone and fax numbers of the White House | Congress | media • interviews with authors + experts • a well-stocked library of recommended reading, etc. Please click below to read more about Levees Not War. http://www.leveesnotwar.org/about/

Hey, everybody. I’m delighted to announce: Now available on Amazon, the long-awaited, indispensable *Tenth Anniversary E...
03/07/2024

Hey, everybody. I’m delighted to announce: Now available on Amazon, the long-awaited, indispensable *Tenth Anniversary Edition* of Elysian Fields! Same crazy New Orleans family, almost the same cover, now with typo-free prose on every page! • The ebook will be available in about a week.

* Winner of rare “double crown” of starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews
* Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2013
* 5-star rating in Amazon reviews

https://www.amazon.com/Elysian-Fields-Mark-LaFlaur/dp/061572986X

Just learned about this new book by historian Eric Rauchway of UC Davis, WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS (Yale, 2021): “A must-...
09/09/2021

Just learned about this new book by historian Eric Rauchway of UC Davis, WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS (Yale, 2021): “A must-read for those who’ve read nothing about the New Deal before, those who’ve read everything about it, and anyone in between. With timeless prose and timely arguments, Why the New Deal Matters powerfully connects that era to our own.” —Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300252002/why-new-deal-matters

9/4/20: A powerful, solemn commercial from on Trump’s "losers" and "suckers" disrespect for America’s military and the...
09/04/2020

9/4/20: A powerful, solemn commercial from on Trump’s "losers" and "suckers" disrespect for America’s military and their sacrifices. On the Friday before Labor Day weekend.

“Mr. President, if you don’t respect our troops, you can’t lead them. https://t.co/hcX9hGgdm5”

A powerful commercial about Donald "5 Deferment" Trump’s war on the US Postal Service to steal the election. Not gonna l...
08/14/2020

A powerful commercial about Donald "5 Deferment" Trump’s war on the US Postal Service to steal the election. Not gonna let it happen! See https://www.votevets.org and https://apwu.org/savepostoffice

VoteVets - War on USPS August 13, 2020 f t d + Recent Videos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VoteVets - War on USPS VoteVets - Puppet VoteVets - Forgot VoteVets - Morning Joe airs 'Enemy' VoteVets Ad - Enemy VoteVets - NDAA Trump Veto Threat Veterans Economic Roundtable with Senator Tammy... VoteVets Live: Gre...

: The Post Office—delivering since 1775—needs stimulus funding to keep serving the public during the pandemic. • “Secu...
08/14/2020

: The Post Office—delivering since 1775—needs stimulus funding to keep serving the public during the pandemic. • “Securing relief from the economic impact of the Coronavirus crisis is part of our work to ensure the health and safety of postal workers and the long-term future of the Postal Service. The Postal Service could run out of money by the end of the Summer. But instead of backing our public Postal Service, the Trump administration is trying to leverage the crisis to sacrifice our public Postal Service at the altar of private profit. It is vital that we put maximum pressure on our Congress members - the people WE elect - to .”
https://apwu.org/savepostoffice

Andrew Sullivan: “. . . the plain evidence of Trump’s derangement… I know we’re used to it, but there is no rational or ...
05/23/2020

Andrew Sullivan: “. . . the plain evidence of Trump’s derangement… I know we’re used to it, but there is no rational or coherent explanation for any of this. There is no strategy, or political genius. There is just a delusional pathology in which he says whatever comes into his head at any moment, determined entirely by his mood, which is usually bad. His attention span is so tiny and his memory so occluded that he can say two contradictory things with equal conviction repeatedly, and have no idea there might be any inconsistency at all.”

Andrew Sullivan: "It’s perfectly clear by now that the United States does not have a functioning president or administration. It also seems clear that this does not matter to a sizable chunk of the population. They just don’t care — even when it could lead them to lose their lives and their li

From the Christianity Today editorial ("Trump Should Be Removed from Office") that many are talking about: *"To the many...
12/24/2019

From the Christianity Today editorial ("Trump Should Be Removed from Office") that many are talking about:
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"To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we don’t reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come?"

It’s time to say what we said 20 years ago when a president’s character was revealed for what it was.

Found at delicatuscii-wasbella102.tumblr.com.
12/09/2019

Found at delicatuscii-wasbella102.tumblr.com.

11/20/2019

John Bel Edwards is conservative on abortion and guns, but he energized the base – and white moderates – with Medicaid

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