Banderas Negras: contra Molinos de Viento Historias rebeldes de una tormenta llamda Katrina / Black Flags and Windmills (Spanish Edition)

Spanish language version of Black Flags and Windmills with extensive footnotes that contextualize the political ideas and actions for international audiences.

When both levees and governments failed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the anarchist-inspired Common Ground Collective was created to fill the void. With the motto of “Solidarity Not Charity,” they worked to create power from below—building autonomous projects, programs, and spaces of self-sufficiency like health clinics and neighborhood assemblies, while also supporting communities defending themselves from white militias and police brutality, illegal home demolitions, and evictions. 

Black Flags and Windmills—equal parts memoir, history, and organizing philosophy—vividly intertwines Common Ground cofounder scott crow’s experiences and ideas with Katrina’s reality, illustrating how people can build local grassroots power for collective liberation. It is a story of resisting indifference, rebuilding hope amid collapse, and struggling against the grain to create better worlds.

Translated by various anarchist collectives in Mexico, Spain and Puerto Rico, under the coordination of El Rebozo Editorial (Monterrey and Oaxaca).