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Quigley: U.S. Brags Haiti Response is a “Model” While More Than a Million Remain Homeless in Haiti
Znet Article, February, 15 2010
Bill Quigley
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Despite the fact that over a million people remained homeless in Haiti one month after the earthquake, the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Ken Merten, is quoted at a State Department briefing on February 12, saying “In terms of humanitarian aid delivery...
Freeman-maloy: Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis
Video, February, 14 2010
Dan Freeman-maloy
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Dan Freeman-Maloy is a Toronto-based activist and writer. He studied Canadian media coverage of the 2004 Haiti coup and has written for ZNet and other publications.
Lewis: Haiti: The Politics of Rebuilding
Video, February, 14 2010
Avi Lewis
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I got back from Haiti a week ago, with my team from Al Jazeera English TV. We looked at the grand schemes being advanced for rebuilding the country, and found a familiar model of exploiting cheap labour for export industries. Traveling to the coun...
Klein: Haiti: A Creditor, Not A Debtor
Znet Article, February, 13 2010
Naomi Klein
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If we are to believe the G-7 finance ministers, Haiti is on its way to getting something it has deserved for a very long time: full "forgiveness" of its foreign debt. In Port-au-Prince, Haitian economist Camille Chalmers has been watching these de...
Emersberger: Benighted Journalists Assail Haiti
Znet Article, February, 12 2010
Joe Emersberger
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Decent people in North America have tried to help Haitians after the devastating earthquake that struck on January 12, but the corporate media has left them unequipped to do one of the most helpful things they can do - oppose their governments' ef...
Goodman: Haiti, Forgive Us
Znet Article, February, 11 2010
Amy Goodman
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The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slow delivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out of desperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps 240,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the eme...
Quigley: Haiti Numbers - 27 Days After Quake
Commentary, February, 10 2010
Bill Quigley
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27 Days After Quake
Weisbrot: Haiti Needs Sunlight and Accountability on Relief and Reconstruction Effort
Znet Article, February, 10 2010
Mark Weisbrot
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Last week actors and human rights advocates Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, sent a letter to Congress and the Obama Administration calling attention to "serious mistakes that have unnecessarily delayed the ...
Blum: Zinn & Haiti
Commentary, February, 09 2010
William Blum
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Progressive activists and writers continually bemoan the fact that the news they generate and the opinions they express are consistently ignored by the mainstream media, and thus kept from the masses of the American people. This disregard of progr...
Smith: Food Not Guns, No Shock Doctrine in Haiti
Video, February, 09 2010
Ashley Smith
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Ashley Smith of the International Socialist Organization speaks about the devastating earthquake in Haiti
Susskind: Aid is Power. Who Do You Want to Empower?
Znet Article, February, 07 2010
Yifat Susskind
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In the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe like the earthquake in Haiti, you’re focused on one question: How can I help? It’s the right question, but the answer isn’t always what it seems. Many people assume that donating to a large relief agency...
Quigley: Haiti - Still Starving 23 Days Later
Commentary, February, 06 2010
Bill Quigley
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You can walk down many of the streets of Port au Prince and see absolutely no evidence that the world community has helped Haiti.
Podur: Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis
Video, February, 05 2010
Justin Podur
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On January 12, Haiti was hit with an earthquake 7.0 on the Richter scale, leaving possibly 200,000 dead and 3 million affected. Much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, is now living in makeshift camps with their water, food, and health at risk. W...
Edwards: Haiti - The Broken Wing
Znet Article, February, 04 2010
David Edwards
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It matters that the media have lavished so much attention on the aftermath of Haiti’s January 12 earthquake. The coverage has helped inspire people around the world to give of their time, energy and money in responding to the disaster.
Landau: Universal Disorientation: Reading Newspapers, Watching TV and Listening to Radio
Commentary, February, 03 2010
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
Look at the front page of the New York Times (Jan 17)... and you'd swear that chaos and violence are running rampant in Haiti, that everyone from journalists to relief workers must be risking their necks just to venture out into the streets... The...
Boychuk: The Vultures Circle Haiti at Every Opportunity, Natural or Man-made
Znet Article, February, 03 2010
Regan Boychuk
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Haitians’ incredible plight has always been difficult to fully appreciate. Then the earthquake struck: hundreds of thousands dead, hundreds of thousands more hurt, a million homeless, and two million in need of food. It defies imagination.
Rozental: The flood to end occupation
Znet Article, February, 01 2010
Manuel Rozental
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The occupation of Haiti for transnational Capital through the US and its allies is being implemented.
Weisbrot: The US game in Latin America
Znet Article, January, 31 2010
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
US interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America
Ehrenreich: Why Did We Focus on Securing Haiti Rather Than Helping Haitians?
Znet Article, January, 30 2010
Ben Ehrenreich
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President Obama failed to learn one of the basic lessons taught by Hurricane Katrina: You can't solve a humanitarian problem by throwing guns at it. Before the president had finished insisting that "my national security team understands that I wil...
Ford: US Military's Haiti "Relief" Ops A Rehearsal For Troop Deployments in Latin America
Znet Article, January, 30 2010
Glen Ford
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When the U.S. sent thousands of troops into Port au Prince airport, earthquake relief was clearly not the primary mission. Otherwise, ships and whole military units would not have arrived with only supplies for themselves.
