Haiti
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Cracking the Donor Discourse on Haiti By Kanya D'Almeida
Natural disasters anywhere have already proved to be enormously lucrative for superpowers with the capacity to step in and “rebuilt, recreate and reconstruct”. In Haiti, critics say “disaster capitalism” has taken on a whole new meaning. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 26 January, 2011: Obama-GOP Consensus / Race & Class War / Baby Doc's Threat
26 January, 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, Analysis and Commentary from the Black Left The Obama/GOP Consensus by BAR executive editor Glen Ford As far as President Obama is concerned, the state of the Union is now in harmony, with the merging of Republican politics and his own. The new consensus is an austere Continue reading
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CrossTalk on Haiti: failed aid — RT
On this edition of Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk, he asks his guests why aid efforts in Haiti have largely failed. Who is to blame? Is it the UN, the US and its NGOs, or is it the fault of the Haitian people? Continue reading
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OAS Diplomat's Words Rattle Haiti's Occupation Regime By Roger Annis
When the interview turns to questions of aid and earthquake relief, Seitenfus drops a bomb in declaring, “If there is proof of the failure of international aid, it is Haiti.” Charity and aid to Haiti have enfeebled the Haitian state. Continue reading
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The Battle against Cholera by Fidel Castro Ruz
The United Nations, at the instigation of the United States, the creator of poverty and chaos in the Haitian Republic, decided to send into Haiti its forces of occupation, the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), which, by the way, introduced the cholera epidemic into that sister nation. Continue reading
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Haiti: Recount and Review of Election Tally Shows Massive Irregularities
An independent recount and review of 11,171 tally sheets from Haiti’s November 28 election shows that the outcome of the election is indeterminate. The review, conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), found massive irregularities and errors in the tally. A report detailing the recount’s findings, and methodology, will be made available… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 29 December, 2010: BAR Limited Holiday Edition – Dec 29
29 December, 2010 — BAR BAR will return in Full Strength on Wednesday, January 5 Happy New Year!! Listen to Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey Haiti: No Sovereignty, No Justice Haiti has been a less than sovereign nation since 1825, when France saddled the young Black Continue reading
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WikiLeaks' lesson on Haiti By Mark Weisbrot
One area of US foreign policy that the WikiLeaks cables help illuminate, which the major media has predictably ignored, is the occupation of Haiti. In 2004, the country’s democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was overthrown for the second time, through an effort led by the United States government. Officials of the constitutional government were jailed… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 18 December, 2010
18 December, 2010 — creative-i Wikileaks, the Espionage Act, and the Constitution (Ralph Nader testifies) Wikileaks News roundup 16-17 December, 2010 The WikiLeaks Release: U.S. Complicity and Cover-Up of Iraq Torture Exposed. The Palestine Cables’: WikiLeaks dox expose Netanyahu’s vision of Palestinian bantustan The Internal Organizational Structure of Wikileaks: Record of Wikileaks Email Exchanges Sudan Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 24 November, 2010: Fascist Skies and Streets / Selling out the Net / Haiti Colonized
24 November, 2010 — BAR Congressman Bobby Rush, the Color of Change and the Color of Truth by BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon In the next Congress, Chicago’s Bobby Rush wants to the the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. While there is much to like and admire about Continue reading
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BA_Report 18 November, 2010: Top 10 Reasons Black Leaders Are Silent on Social Security Attacks — BA Report
18 November, 2010 — BAR Black Agenda Report News, analysis and commentary from the black left Top Ten Reasons Why Black Leaders Are Ignoring President Obama’s Good Cop-Bad Cop Attack on Social Security After a decades-long drumbeat led by the Peterson Foundation, corporate media, Wall Street and their minions of both parties, Social Security, Medicaid Continue reading
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Fields of grass, soup kitchens at risk in Haiti By JONATHAN M. KATZ
The soccer pitches and running tracks in the destitute Cite Soleil slum are a physical embodiment of the grassroots aid experts say is needed in Haiti — an example of Haitians helping themselves. Yet despite the billions donated to Haiti after the disaster, L’Athletique and many other small groups are scrambling to stay afloat amid… Continue reading
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Haiti: Partners in Health Works for Justice and Rights By Beverly Bell
Partners in Health is widely recognized as changing the potential for health for low-income people and countries throughout the world. Partners in Health’s extraordinary success comes from its philosophies regarding health and justice, which include a belief in the power and dignity of the patient; a commitment to health care as a human right; and… Continue reading
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France Must Repay Historic Debt to Haiti!
19 August, 2010 — The B u l l e t Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 403 Below is an English translation of an open letter to the French government published in the August 16 French daily Libération, concerning the $21-billion (current dollar equivalent) extorted by France from Haiti from 1825 to 1944. This was Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 18 August, 2010: Blacks and Economic Crisis / Israel and Obama / Frances' Debt to Haiti
18 August, 2010 — Black Agenda Report The Current Economic Crisis and the Way Out by Anthony Monteiro Wall Street rule has created a kind of “vampire economy,” a parasite on the “real” economy of work and production. Government acts as servant to the plunderers, deeming them “too big to fail” and bailing them out Continue reading
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Gender-Based Violence In Haiti By Stephen Lendman
When rape crimes aren’t investigated or prosecuted, violence is implicitly condoned, making illegal acts normal and justice denied. Most victims are girls under 18 – impoverished, displaced and denied redress under the 2000 UN Resolution 1325 and UN Guiding Principles on International Displacement, requiring a gender-based perspective to ensure their human rights, including preventive measures… Continue reading
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HLLN: Ezili Dantò interviewed about Wyclef & Sean Penn | A thorough investigation is necessary: Haiti quake caused by previously unknown fault
11 August, 2010 — HLLN Recommended HLLN Link: Ezili Dantò on Wakeup Call w/ Esther Armah speaking on Wyclef and Sean Penn August 10, 2010 – bit.ly/cPseIE ( Entire one hour WBAI broadcast, here- bit.ly/cu8xzL) Sean Penn and Wyclef Jean: Hollywood, Hip Hop and Haiti bit.ly/bhT38H In 2004 Wyclef voiced support for Haiti rebels as Continue reading
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HLLN 9 August, 2010: Hollywood, Hip Hop and Haiti: Sean Penn on Haiti, his best & worst lines on the Charlie Rose show
Sean Penn on Charlie Rose – recycling unfounded charges against Pres. Aristide, showing his dearth of knowledge, but he does mention ngos are a business and cites Timothy Schwartz’ Travesty in Haiti Continue reading
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Rapper is No Friend of Haiti — Wyclef Opposed Aristide By Charlie Hinton
To cut to the chase, no election in Haiti, and no candidate in those elections, will be considered legitimate by the majority of Haiti’s population, unless it includes the full and fair participation of the Fanmi Lavalas Party of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Continue reading
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Haiti Gears Up for Polls – Again, Sans Lavalas By Wadner Pierre
In the last round of senatorial elections before the earthquake, less than three percent of the electorate participated. Fanmi Lavalas, widely seen as the most popular political party in the country, was excluded from the election on technical grounds, along with some other parties. Now, the party has again been banned from participating in the… Continue reading
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