NGOs
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BOMBSHELL: US Caught Meddling in Russian Elections! By Tony Cartalucci
The attempted subversion of a foreign nation and/or meddling in its elections are acts of war, an act of war the United States government through its various “Non-Governmental Organizations” (NGOs) have been committing on and off for decades around the globe. In fact, the very “Arab Spring” is a geopolitical conflagration tipped off by this… Continue reading
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Speeches from Statewatching Europe: Civil Liberties, the State and the EU
Statewatchs 20th anniversary conference was held at Conway Hall in London on Saturday 25th June 2011. More than 220 people from 18 EU countries registered and over 30 NGOs attended the conference. Continue reading
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Why Context Matters: Journalists and Haiti By Gina Athena Ulysse
Earlier this week, the Ms. Blog interviewed journalist Mac McClelland regarding the much-discussed online article she wrote about dealing with PTSD after a reporting stint in Haiti. One of our Ms. bloggers wanted to weigh in with her thoughts about the controversial story. Continue reading
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The Libyan labyrinth By Vijay Prashad
A short history of Ghadafi’s Green Revolution. 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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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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‘Ask Afghans what would help them, don’t ask Karzai’ By John Riddell
Mike Skinner, co-founder of the Afghanistan-Canadian Research Group and a researcher at the York Centre for International and Security Studies in Toronto, believes a simple question is being left out of the debate about Canada’s continued military involvement in Afghanistan: ”Why are we there?” It is a no-brainer to ask this but there are no… Continue reading
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“Manufacturing Dissent”: the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites By Michel Chossudovsky
Under contemporary capitalism, the illusion of democracy must prevail. It is in the interest of the corporate elites to accept dissent and protest as a feature of the system inasmuch as they do not threaten the established social order. The purpose is not to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to shape and mould the… Continue reading
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Haiti a police state run by the US & UN | Heavy rains under tarps and tents six months later…yet billions raised and available
14 July, 2010 — HLLN Ezili Danto’s note: Many wrote to say they could not get to the last two articles posted. We’ve copied the article on the Ezili Danto blog for your convenience. Ezili Dantò – Oil Deposits in the Caribbean basin – largest deposit ever bit.ly/cWQTMP Other Recommended HLLN Links to mark the Continue reading
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Promoting Human Rights: Haiti's Resurrection By Mark Schuller
Today is Easter, an important symbol of rebirth. Christians everywhere rejoice in the victory over death. In Haiti the faithful celebrate in ra-ra bands, processions in the street led by a brass band, often hand-fashioned instruments. Children fly hand-made kites, symbolizing the resurrection and hope. This year there is little cause to celebrate, particularly for… Continue reading
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8 April, 2010 — North American Congress on Latin America Coca-Cola Sued for ‘Campaign of Violence’ in Guatemala by Lisa Skeen On February 25, José Armando Palacios and José Alberto Vicente Chávez, along with their families, filed a lawsuit against the Coca-Cola Company in the New York State Supreme Court. The company is accused of Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Resources, 11
Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, Native peoples reject market mechanisms, Mobilization for the climate and anti-capitalist strategy, Costing the earth: The challenge of eco-socialism Continue reading
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HLLN 3 April, 2010: Relevant points about the Donor's Conference for Haiti
This week former Presidents Clinton and Bush are in Haiti, trying to drum up support for Haitis reconstruction and setting the stage for the upcoming donor conference at the U.N. on March 31. There is no shortage of needs, and even plans to address them. Yet the process has as yet to be transparent. Continue reading
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Another worthless UN donor pledging session set for March 31st in New York
Another worthless UN donor pledging session set for March 31st in New York | Changing Haiti’s Paradigm : Haitians must rebuild Haiti not the failed Internationals (UN/USAID/Clinton/IFIs/NGO poverty pimp industry in Haiti) Continue reading
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HLLN 30 March, 2010: Delatour, Clinton, Free Trade and the lost of over 830,000 rural jobs to wage slavery sweatshops/Haiti: Stuck in a Trap | What Bill Clinton's Mea Culpa Should Mean
The U.S.-promoted agricultural policies, such as forcing Haitian rice farmers to compete against U.S.-subsidized agribusiness, cost an estimated 830,000 rural jobs. Real jobs where the people of Haiti actually made more, relatively speaking than .38 cents an hour, owned more land, had better shelter and security in the countryside and ate food from the land… Continue reading
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HLLN 22 March, 2010: Haiti & Africa: The Horrors of Humanitarian Aid | Bipartisan oppression of Haiti- Clinton/Bush together in an occupied Haiti where majority party and masses excluded, banned from elections since Bush Regime change 2004
USAID paid at least $160 million of its total Haiti-related expenditures to the Defense Department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, two local U.S. search and rescue teams and, in at least two instances, itself. Tens of millions more went to U.S.-based aid groups…much of that bought food and other necessities for Haitians, often from U.S.… Continue reading
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HLLN 22 March, 2010: Clinton apologizes for neoliberal policies that destroyed Haiti's rice production…| Haitian NGOs Decry Total Exclusion
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton – now U.N. special envoy to Haiti – … publicly apologized this month for championing policies that destroyed Haiti’s rice production. Clinton in the mid-1990s encouraged the impoverished country to dramatically cut tariffs on imported U.S. rice. Continue reading
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Georgianne Nienaber: Haitian Women: Rea Dol vs. the Republic of NGOs
Take a walk for ten years in Rea Dol’s shoes and you might learn something about the imperialist attitude of NGOs in Haiti. You will also learn something about tenacity, hope, and the indomitable spirit of the women of Haiti. Haitians have a term for it — ‘Poteau Mitan’ — women are the ‘central pillars’… Continue reading
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Haiti and the Aid Racket: How NGOs are Profiting Off a Grave Situation By ASHLEY SMITH
So far, the relief effort has only managed to provide 270,000 people with basic shelters like tents. More than 1 million people still have little access to food and water and have to scrape by to find sustenance. Even worse, because the relief operation is so inefficient, Haitians report that some of the food spends… Continue reading
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Changing Haiti's Paradigm: Haitians must rebuild Haiti not the failed Internationals
A domestic Marshall Plan must be initiated to rebuild the Haitian capital devastated by a Jan. 12 earthquake, but this plan must come without the colonial mischief that has been used to undermine and destabilize the Western hemisphere’s first independent Black republic. That was the message from panelists at a Feb. 27 Saviours’ Day 2010… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 