Haiti
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Ecosocialist Round-Up, 5
The 350 ppm Carbon Dioxide Challenge and How to Achieve It – Haiti and the Politics of Climate Change – The Climate Killers Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 20 January, 2010: Haiti / Obama / NAACP / NYC
Stories on Obama, Haiti, Pat Robertson, NAACP, by Glen Ford, Cynthia McKinney, John Maxwell and others Continue reading
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Global Research, January 19, 2010 Selected Articles: The Crisis in Haiti and the Militarization of Aid
Nearly 100 links to stories and videos covering 12-19 January, 2010 Continue reading
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South Haitians protest lack of aid
Much of the reporting after the earthquake in Haiti has been from the capital, Port-au-Prince. But the devastation and the need for help is just as severe in the south of the country, In the city of Carrefour, near the epicentre of the quake, no rescue teams are on site and angry residents have blocked… Continue reading
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Haiti Report for January 11, 2010
– UN Peacekeeping Mission Helping Prepare for Upcoming Elections – Latin American Solidarity Coalition Delegation in Haiti Releases Statement – UN Representative Says Elections are Key to Preserving Progress – UN Secretary General says UN will Provide Security and Logistical Support for Elections – President Preval Promises Fair Legislative Elections, Emphasizes Importance of Stability for… Continue reading
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Trance (Langston Hughes: In Translation) by Edgar Nkosi White
Langston Hughes had many contradictions. An enigma disguised as a poet. His sadness he kept to himself and his laughter he gave to the world. His whole life he was searching for Pushkin even before he knew who Pushkin was. Born in Missouri of a black father who almost instantly abandoned both him and America… Continue reading
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US Repression of Haiti Continues
The US government plans to expropriate and demolish the homes of hundreds of Haitians in the shantytown of Cité Soleil to expand the occupying UN force’s military base. The US government contractor DynCorp, a quasi-official arm of the Pentagon and the CIA, is responsible for the base expansion. The base will house the soldiers of… Continue reading
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Haitian Narration By Burleigh Hendrickson
Laurent Dubois’s Avengers of the New World builds on a body of Caribbean scholarship that has been torn between trying to place Haiti’s independence from France into the larger context of late eighteenth-century transatlantic revolution and giving voice to revolutionaries whose histories are not always captured in the archives. Continue reading
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A Giant Step for Mankind – Made in Haïti The Bwa Kay Iman uprising against slavery by Jean Saint-Vil
11 August, 2009 — Ezili’s Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network There was a time, not so long ago, when popes, kings and queens enriched themselves and built vast empires on the profits made with the sweat and blood of kidnapped men, women and children loaded on ships, stacked like sardines and reduced to slavery on plantations Continue reading
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Michael Deibert interviews Haitian Prime Minister MICHÈLE PIERRE-LOUIS
Since her installation as Prime Minister, Pierre-Louis has presided over a stabilising of the security situation in this often politically unstable country, weathered the fallout and relief efforts after a trio of hurricanes killed at least 600 people last year and traveled both within Haiti and internationally to plead her government’s case. Continue reading
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The blood pours: UN soldiers shoot at Haitian mourners outside church funeral of Father Jean Juste in Haiti by Marguerite “Ezili Danto” Laurent
In the fracas, the people immediately took the body of Father Jean Juste to protect it from being vandalized, because when mourners were coming out of the church, the U.N. started shooting. The people also picked up the body of a young man who was killed in front of the church by U.N. soldiers and… Continue reading
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Mourners at Father Gerard Jean-Juste's funeral accuse Catholic church, Haitian leaders of complicity in his death By Marguerite 'Ezili Dantò' Laurent
I listened to the men and women of Veye Yo recount their many bittersweet memories of Father Jean Juste. It was a sad and tragic telling of a life of struggle, suffering and untold persecutions by the church and the political powers, both in the U.S. and in Haiti. Amongst all the telling, two veterans… Continue reading
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Marchers accuse UN of shooting at Haiti funeral By JONATHAN M. KATZ
Marchers accused U.N. peacekeepers of killing the unidentified man during protests surrounding the funeral of the Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, who was a close ally of exiled former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The protesters are incensed by the presence of foreign troops on Haitian soil. Continue reading
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Revolutionary Haitian Priest, Gerard Jean-Juste, Presente! By Bill Quigley
Pere Jean-Juste was a Jesus-like revolutionary. In jail and out, he preached liberation of the poor, release of prisoners, human rights for all, and a fair distribution of wealth. A big muscular man with a booming voice and a frequent deep laugh, he wore a brightly colored plastic rosary around his neck and carried another… Continue reading
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Lavalas Flexes its Muscles in Haiti By Kevin Pina
Haiti held controversial Senate elections last week that were boycotted by Fanmi Lavalas after all of their candidates were excluded on procedural grounds. Voters mostly stayed at home on Election Day after Lavalas launched a campaign called Operation Closed Door. The Obama administration is widely seen as having green lighted the contested elections after Secretary… Continue reading
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Who is Representing Who? The Haitian People Need a Lobbyist By RICHARD MORSE
If the Main Stream Media ignores the recent Haitian elections, maybe it’s because no one is supposed to say that it was a voting nightmare. When you hold an election and no one shows up, it’s a nightmare. Continue reading
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Media Coverage of Haiti's Sham Elections By Stephen Lendman
After majority Fanmi Lavalas (FL) candidates were disqualified on a first time ever procedural technicality, party leaders called for a national boycott, and Haitians responded overwhelmingly with estimates of as few as 3% of eligible voters participating. Continue reading
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What is Canada Doing in Haiti? By Jean Saint-Vil
In January, 2003 the Canadian government organized a meeting to plan the illegal and violent overthrow of the democratically-elected government of the small Caribbean nation for political, ideological and economic reasons. Continue reading
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