Black Flags and Windmills
scott crow
When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, an organization calling itself the Common Ground Collective formed to become the largest anarchist inspired organization in modern US history. In solidarity with people in New Orleans, Common Ground built medical clinics, distributed aid, formed neighborhood assemblies and created food security through community gardens. The group also defied unjust laws by resisting home demolitions, and defended communities from white militias and police brutality.
Black Flags and Windmills—equal parts memoir, history and organizing philosophy—maps the intertwining of Common Ground co-founder scott crow’s radical experiences and ideas with Katrina’s reality, vividly illustrating how people under extraordinary circumstances built local grassroots power and collective liberation. It is a story of resisting indifference, rebuilding hope amidst collapse, and struggling against the grain to create better worlds.
Duration - 10h 40m.
Author - scott crow.
Narrator - Chris Bergman.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, an organization calling itself the Common Ground Collective formed to become the largest anarchist inspired organization in modern US history. In solidarity with people in New Orleans, Common Ground built medical clinics, distributed aid, formed neighborhood assemblies and created food security through community gardens. The group also defied unjust laws by resisting home demolitions, and defended communities from white militias and police brutality. Black Flags and Windmills—equal parts memoir, history and organizing philosophy—maps the intertwining of Common Ground co-founder scott crow’s radical experiences and ideas with Katrina’s reality, vividly illustrating how people under extraordinary circumstances built local grassroots power and collective liberation. It is a story of resisting indifference, rebuilding hope amidst collapse, and struggling against the grain to create better worlds. Duration - 10h 40m. Author - scott crow. Narrator - Chris Bergman. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:17:57
Dedication
Duration:01:09:06
Forward: John P. Clark
Duration:18:04:48
Forward: Kathleen Cleaver
Duration:08:41:37
Even before the thoughts occured
Duration:01:55:47
Introduction: Waking up from Oblivion
Duration:09:13:41
Prologue: It Takes a Spark to Start a Prairie Fire
Duration:34:08:56
Against Forgetting
Duration:51:25:12
Black Flags and Windmills
Duration:24:36:20
A Battle in Algiers
Duration:24:36:20
Barbed Wire Hopes
Duration:31:13:09
Of Anarchists, Panthers, and Zapatistas
Duration:47:50:09
Like Flowers in Concrete
Duration:36:42:37
With Thunder in Our Hearts
Duration:54:34:09
Raising Common Ground
Duration:02:07:23
Postscript: An Ending and a Beginning
Duration:44:06:17
Interview: Shifting Culture without Government
Duration:20:45:25
18 Interview: Black Flags and Radical Relief Efforts in New Orleans
Duration:10:46:56
Appendix 1: Common Ground Communiqués (2005–2009)
Duration:16:08:49
Appendix 2: Common Ground Documents
Duration:05:44:10
Appendix 3: Outline of Common Ground Activities and Programs
Duration:15:53:53
Ending Credits
Duration:00:44:37