Carl Dix - Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath

Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Dix wrote "From Slave Ships to the Superdome in New Orleans", contending that "In a hundred thousand ways Katrina laid bare the unequal and oppressive relations Black people are forced to endure under this system… As long as power is left in the hands of these capitalist exploiters, we’ll continue to see the kind of suffering seen in New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta area in the wake of Hurricane Katrina."

In 2006, Dix coordinated the Katrina hearings of the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration. This independent commission, convened by the Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience, took testimony from Gulf Coast environmental scholars, activists and displaced survivors from New Orleans and former Red Cross volunteers.

In 2007, Dix traveled to New Orleans and became involved with movement to stop the demolition of public housing there. Dix called the demolitions an attempt to cleanse New Orleans of its poor Black population.