AS HURRICANE SANDY CUT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA NEARLY 2 WEEKS AGO, THE DAMAGED ELECTRICAL GRIDS MANAGED TO MAINTAIN SERVICE TO RANDOM PARTS OF THE CITIES AND SUBURBS. REVOLUTION BOOKS, ON 26TH STREET IN MANHATTAN, NEVER LOST POWER AND BECAME A REFUGE FOR MANY RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, WHO CAME TO CHARGE THEIR CELL PHONES AND GATHER INTERNET NEWS FROM READERS OF THE "REVOLUTION" NEWSPAPER, WHO WERE SPONTANEOUSLY TURNING IN STREET REPORTS FROM THE MOST STRICKEN NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM CONEY ISLAND TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF STATEN ISLAND TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE PROJECTS. THESE REPORTS HELPED SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE DESPERATE SITUATION EXPERIENCED BY COMMUNITIES LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY MOST MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS PAST FRIDAY, REVOLUTION BOOK HOSTED A STANDING ROOM ONLY TALK BY JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN RAYMOND LOTTA ON "WHY A NATURAL DISASTER BECAME A SOCIAL DISASTER". WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND FILED THIS REPORT...
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