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Cockburn: Crushing Haiti, Now as Always
Znet Article, January, 16 2010
Patrick Cockburn
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The US-run aid effort for Haiti is beginning to look chillingly similar to the criminally slow and disorganized US government support for New Orleans after it was devastated by hurricane Katrina in 2005. Four years ago President Bush was famously ...
Quigley: Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti
Commentary, January, 15 2010
Bill Quigley
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Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti
Klein: Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert
Video, January, 15 2010
Naomi Klein
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Journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke in New York last night and addressed the crisis in Haiti.
Freeman-maloy: Relief Efforts in the Shadow of Past “Helpâ€
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
Dan Freeman-maloy
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Established patterns of “help†for Haiti need to be overcome if the destructive impact of this catastrophe is to be somehow limited.
Street: Haiti, "Classquakes," and American Empire
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
Paul Street
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The earthquake catastrophe in Haiti is being portrayed on the national and local evening news as a natural disaster that has elicited a virtuous humanitarian response from the inherently noble and benevolent United States.
Dimaggio: Remaking an American Myth
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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U.S. journalists are seizing on the tragedy in Haiti in a non-stop barrage of reporting, providing endless updates on a devastating earthquake that has killed an estimated 45-50,000 people. Coverage of the quake is accompanied by detailed updates...
Smith: Catastrophe in Haiti
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
Ashley Smith
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Ashley Smith describes the natural and not-so-natural factors that contributed to the devastation when Haiti was struck by a strong earthquake.
Wallach: Support Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti
Znet Article, January, 14 2010
Jason Wallach
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Much of the coverage of Haiti you will see over the next days and weeks will inevitably edit out the struggle and history of Haiti. We will see photos and videos depicting the human suffering that has resulted, but we will not see the dignity that...
Hallward: Our role in Haiti's plight
Znet Article, January, 13 2010
Peter Hallward
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Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale of the one that ravaged Haiti's capital city on Tuesday afternoon, but it's no accident that so much of Port-au-Prince now looks like a war zone. Much...
Pierre: HAITI: Calls Mount to Free Lavalas Activist
Znet Article, August, 27 2009
Wadner Pierre
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Government authorities in Haiti face recent criticism over allegations that they continue to jail political dissidents.
Quigley: Haiti Hurricane Devastation Remains One Year Later
Commentary, August, 26 2009
Bill Quigley
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Until the summer of 2008, Orlande Noel supported his family of eight by operating a trucking business in Gonaives, Haiti, a town of around two hundred thousand people.
Quigley: Revolutionary Haitian Priest, Gerard Jean-Juste, Presente!
Znet Article, May, 30 2009
Bill Quigley
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Though Haitian priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste died May 27, 2009, at age 62, in Miami from a stroke and breathing problems, he remains present to millions. Justice-loving people world-wide mourn his death and celebrate his life. Pere Jean-Juste ...
Emersberger: Haitian Political Prisoner, Ronald Dauphin, Should be Hospitalized Says Physician
Znet Article, May, 29 2009
Joe Emersberger
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Ronald Dauphin has been imprisoned without trial for over five years.
Pierre: Haitian Government Raises Minimum Wage to $5.50 per day
Znet Article, May, 20 2009
Wadner Pierre
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Haitian labor activists applauded the Preval administration's decision to raise the minimum wage in Haiti from 70 to 200 gourdes ($5.50 USD) per day.
Engler: Haiti
Commentary, February, 28 2009
Yves Engler
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From the grips of the most barbaric form of plantation economy sprung probably the greatest example of liberation in the history of humanity. The 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution was simultaneously a struggle against slavery, colonialism and white sup...
Joshi: Haiti, the Financial Crisis, and International Solidarity
Znet Article, February, 26 2009
Niraj Joshi
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What will be the impact of the global economic crisis, this financial meltdown in the world’s richest economies, on that of the world’s most impoverished? Consider the case of Haiti, where the sheer magnitude of the economic disaster, already ...
Arthur: New Peasant Alliance Demands Action on Food Crisis
Znet Article, January, 20 2009
Charles Arthur
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Haiti's peasant farmers are organising and taking action to try and bring an end to the country's dependence on food imports, and to avert the prospect of looming famine.
Fenton: Haiti and the Dangers of Responsibility to Protect (R2P
Znet Article, December, 26 2008
Anthony Fenton
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As an emerging lobby advocates for the institutionalization of a controversial doctrine of "humanitarian imperialism,"1 and a new administration that is friendly to this doctrine gets set to occupy the White House, a reminder of the case of Haiti...
Quigley: Anger & Hope: Haitian Families Furious Over School Collapse
Znet Article, November, 10 2008
Bill Quigley
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Reports of the deaths caused by the collapse of the school on Friday continue to climb, reaching nearly 100 on Sunday. Several hundred other children escaped or were rescued. Many are still missing.
Lendman: Targeting Aristide in Exile
Znet Article, November, 05 2008
Stephen Lendman
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Elected Haiti's president in 1990. Its first ever democratically chosen one. By a sweeping two-thirds majority. Took office in February 1991. Deposed by an army-led coup in September with all the earmarks of being made-in-Washington. Returned to o...
