Hurricane Katrina -

international | environment | other press Friday September 02, 2005 16:37 by hs

A Disaster Worsened by Capitalism

Hundreds of thousands are left homeless. Tens of thousands have been shipped to Texas as refugees. Buildings have collapsed. Entire communities have been reduced to rubble. The city of New Orleans, one of the centres of history and culture in the US, will likely be uninhabitable for months. The death toll from Katrina is certainly in the hundreds, and it will probably reach the thousands. Some commentators say this was all unavoidable, but that is a lie.

Bryan Koulouris, New York City, US

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