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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.
Abu-jamal: Haiti's Suffering
Commentary, January, 30 2010
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As we near two weeks after the devastating earthquake and terrifying aftershocks in Port-au-Prince and Zacmel, Haiti, we face the inevitable media wall, that closes up, unless a story emerges of such surprise and delight that it's able to shine th...
Pilger: The Kidnapping of Haiti
Commentary, January, 28 2010
John Pilger
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The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured "formal approval" from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to "secure" roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis...
Jensen: Great television/bad journalism: Media failures in Haiti coverage
Commentary, January, 26 2010
Robert Jensen
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CNN's star anchor Anderson Cooper narrates a chaotic street scene in Port-au-Prince. A boy is struck in the head by a rock thrown by a looter from a roof. Cooper helps him to the side of the road, and then realizes the boy is disoriented and unabl...
Cohen: Toxic Wastes & Haiti
Commentary, January, 25 2010
Mitchel Cohen
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Two decades ago, the garbage barge, the Khian Sea, with no place in the U.S. willing to accept its garbage, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo: 14,000 t...
Castro: We Send Doctors, Not Soldiers
Znet Article, January, 25 2010
Fidel Castro
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In my Reflection of January 14, two days after the catastrophe in Haiti, which destroyed that neighboring sister nation, I wrote: “In the area of healthcare and others the Haitian people has received the cooperation of Cuba, even though this is ...
Powers: On the Ground in Haiti: The Burial
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Nicholas Powers
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Old men with creased faces watch us enter the cemetery. A solemn air blows through the arch as the four of us walk in, cameras aimed, pen angled and stop at a woman's body being nibbled by flies. Over the face, someone lifted her shirt as a makesh...
Podur: Limited Compassion for Haiti
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Justin Podur
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Everyone agrees that the Haiti earthquake is a serious situation.
Hallward: Securing Disaster in Haiti
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Peter Hallward
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Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, it's now clear that the initial phase of the U.S.-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of t...
Powers: On the Ground in Haiti: Need and Survival in Port-au-Prince
Znet Article, January, 23 2010
Nicholas Powers
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Glass crunches underfoot. We walk into downtown Port au Prince, a jagged valley of collapsed stone. A chunk of wall was split loose from the building by the latest earthquake and fell in the street like a giant boulder. People scamper around it. E...
Kozloff: Latin/Middle Eastern Media: A Thorn in the Side of the U.S. Military in Haiti
Znet Article, January, 22 2010
Nikolas Kozloff
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Watch the U.S. media and its coverage of the crisis in Haiti, and you get the impression that Washington is a benevolent power doing its utmost to help with emergency relief in the Caribbean island nation. But tune into al-Jazeera English or South...
Hallward: Haiti: Guns or Food?
Video, January, 21 2010
Peter Hallward
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Peter Hallward on the arrival of US military raises questions of motivations and memories of recent interventions
Mckinney: Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
Commentary, January, 20 2010
Cynthia Mckinney
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President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers...
Podur: Haiti Earthquake Context
Video, January, 19 2010
Justin Podur
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Writer Justin Podur visited Haiti in 2005, studying the government after the coup that overthrew the elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 2004. In this video recorded January 18, 2010, he discusses the Haiti earthquake and some of the p...
Sprague: Haiti's Classquake
Znet Article, January, 19 2010
Jeb Sprague
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Just five days prior to the 7.0 earthquake that shattered Port-au-Prince on January 12th, the Haitian government's Council of Modernisation of Public Enterprises (CMEP) announced the planned 70% privatization of Teleco, Haiti's public telephone co...
Glover: Legacy of US-Haitian Relations Dating Back to 1804
Znet Article, January, 19 2010
Danny Glover
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Legacy of US-Haitian Relations Dating Back to 1804
Rozental: Haiti Aid and Strategic Priorities
Znet Article, January, 19 2010
Manuel Rozental
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The United States has launched, in alliance with Canada and possibly other countries, a massive military, media and political operation, using the crisis as a pretext.
Quigley: Why The US Owes Haiti Billions - The Briefest History
Commentary, January, 18 2010
Bill Quigley
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Why does the US owe Haiti Billions? Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the "Pottery Barn rule." That is - "if you break it, you own it."
Aljazeera: Disputes Emerge Over Haiti Aid Control
Video, January, 18 2010
Aljazeera
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It is five days since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, spreading fear and misery across an already fragile nation.
Schechter: Why Is The Haiti Disaster Response So Screwed Up
Commentary, January, 18 2010
Danny Schechter
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Every disaster plan is built to some degree around the idea of triage-deciding who can and cannot be saved. The worst cases are often separated and allowed to perish so that others who are considered more survivable can be treated.
