Gustav Hits Louisiana Gulf Coast; Grassroots Relief Effort Mobilizes

Hurricane Gustav has hit land today and efforts are mobilizing to bring quick aid to the residents there.

Go to Gustav Solidarity on how to help and support the groups mobilizing relief efforts.

Three years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the government sat by while an American city drowned, radical and progressive activists mobilized the Common Ground Relief Effort to help area residents during and after the storm.

Now three years later, another Category Three hurricane is coming ashore in Louisiana and grassroots relief efforts are quickly mobilizing again.

Go to Gustav Solidarity on how to help and support the groups mobilizing.

About

Scott Parkin is a Senior Organizer with Rainforest Action Network and organizes with Rising Tide North America. He has worked on a variety of campaigns around climate change, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mountaintop removal, labor issues and anti-corporate globalization. Originally from Texas, he now lives in San Francisco.