International Solidarity Tour to Algeria and France a Monumental Success

Louisa Hanoune, Algerian National Peoples Assembly Deputy agrees to serve as

International Convener

Kali Akuno, the Executive Director of the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF), conducted an international organizing tour in Algeria and France from November 26th through December 11th, 2006 to promote and build the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The tour was organized with the support of the International Liaison Committee (ILC) and Black Workers for Justice (BWFJ).  

The tour was very successful in securing numerous endorsements for the International Tribunal from political parties and trade unions from Algeria, Angola, Azania (South Africa), Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Chile, England, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Guinea, India, Mexico, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, and Togo.  

One major development of the tour was the agreement of world-renowned feminist and human rights activist, Louisa Hanoune, a Deputy in the Algerian National Peoples Assembly and Chair of the Algerian Workers Party to serve as an International Convener of the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (for more information on Louisa Hanoune visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3511120.stm). As a Convener, Louisa has agreed to support grassroots forces organizing the Tribunal in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to establish an International Coordinating Committee and to secure broad international endorsement and support.  

We sincerely thank Algerian Deputy Louisa Hanoune and look forward to working with her and the International Coordinating Committee to organize this critical human rights initiative.  

International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
New Orleans, Louisiana
Second Annual Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina and the Great Flood
Tuesday, August 28th through Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 (Venue TBA) 

For more information on the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita see the Tribunal Section in Our Work in Program. To donate in support of the International Tribunal, please make all checks out to the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF). Mail to 1418 N. Claiborne Ave. #2, New Orleans, LA 70116.

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