DRANT #269: OUT OF THE FIRE, INTO THE FRYING PAN

More on what r e a l l y went down in So Cal.
No surprises really, not even that the pimp media has totally ignored this whole story.
And what do we find ?
Greed, racism, brutality, excessive force, class warfare, environmental destruction, FEMA detention camps, and of courrrrrse: media and governmental complicity.
This is a mirror -- not an aberration but a true reflection -- San Diego is Fallujah, is New Orleans, is Kabul, is Pakkoku, is Gaza.
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JUSTIN AKERS CHACÓN: SAN DIEGO DIVIDED BY FIRE
The Great Firestorm of 2007 has revealed deep fissures cutting through a place that calls itself "America's finest city."
http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/651/651_06_Divided.shtml

MIKE DAVIS: THE COLLISION OF CAPITALISM AND NATURE
The author and activist talks about the deeper causes of the California fires--above all, destructive land development driven by profit, and the failure of politicians to do anything about it.
http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/651/651_08_Collision.shtml

SHARON SMITH: A TALE OF TWO STADIUMS
The mainstream media overlooked the real story of the California wildfires. Just as in New Orleans, race and class loomed large in who got help and who didn't.
http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/651/651_09_Stadiums.shtml