Haiti: Roots of Liberty, Roots of Disaster, by Eric Holtz Gimenez

by Janvieve on January 28, 2010

In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint-Domingue only the tree of liberty. It will spring up again by the roots for they are numerous and deep.
-Toussaint L’Ouverture

The leader of Haiti’s historic slave rebellion probably had a good idea of just how vicious the colonial powers could be. He knew they would use all of their political and military muscle to kill the roots of the modern world’s first black republic. But L’Ouverture could never have imagined the chain of human tragedies that would follow these vengeful acts of political and economic terrorism. He would never have imagined the national disaster following last week’s devastating earthquake. [click to continue…]

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IMF urges ‘Marshall Plan’ for Haiti

by Janvieve on January 28, 2010

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for an ambitious international recovery plan for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, similar to the US “Marshall Plan” that rebuilt Europe after World War II.

“My belief is that Haiti, which has been incredibly hit by different things – the food and fuel prices crisis, then the hurricane, then the earthquake – needs something that is big,” Dominique Strauss-Kahn told reporters on Wednesday.

What is needed, he said, is “not only a piecemeal approach, but something which is much bigger to deal with the reconstruction of the country – some kind of a Marshall Plan that we need now to implement for Haiti.” [click to continue…]

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Pregnant women struggle in Haiti earthquake aftermath

by Janvieve on January 27, 2010

While aid distribution in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake has improved, many are still fighting to survive and some of the most vulnerable are pregnant women.

Haiti already had the worst maternal mortality rate in the Western hemisphere and now, with the country’s hospitals in ruins, pregnant women face even more dangers.

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Radio Diaspora: Haiti, occupation, intervention and resistance.

January 25, 2010

Listen Now to an informative conversation on the long history of occupation, intervention and resistance in Haiti. Joining the radio Diaspora collective this week is special guest Regine Jackson, Professor of American Studies at Emory University.

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Precious Minutes Direct from Haiti

January 25, 2010

AK explains:
This was dictated by phone. The call was tape recorded and then we transcribed and translated it. These were, in fact, ‘precious few minutes.’”

From Haiti:
There is so much misinformation, rumors and fears swirling around the discussion about Haiti.
On the one hand, I want to spend the precious few minutes I have with you [...]

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“STAND WITH HAITI”: 24 cities and communities in solidarity with Haiti during Haiti Emergency Earthquake International Solidarity Week (Please comment to update)

January 25, 2010

1. New York City – Friday 1/29, “Stand with Haiti” Mass March across the Brooklyn Bridge. Sponsored by New York’s Haitian community. Gather at 4 pm at Cadman Plaza Federal Building in Brooklyn, and march across the bridge to the Federal Bldg at Foley Square in Manhattan.
Earlier in the week, on Wed. 1/27, 4:30 pm, [...]

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On Haiti’s “Devil Pact”, by Regine Jackson

January 23, 2010

Managing representations of Haiti and Haitian people is always part of the response to crisis in Haiti. The enormity of the tragedy last week has meant even more vigilance. As many across the globe are scrambling to make sense of what happened and why, vivid depictions of “the poorest country in the Western hemisphere” and [...]

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Haiti: AMARC calls on community broadcasters to rally in support

January 22, 2010

AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, calls on community radio broadcasters worldwide to rally in support of the people of Haiti, following the massive earthquake that has killed thousands of people and destroyed essential infrastructure.
It is estimated one third of the country’s 9 million population have been affected, tens of thousands have died [...]

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HAITI: la continuada catástrofe de un pueblo.

January 22, 2010

Faltaban pocos minutos para las cinco de la tarde cuando el suelo en Puerto Príncipe, capital haitiana, comenzó a sacudirse como una gigantesca alfombra. Edificios y endebles y precarias viviendas cayeron en medio de gritos y expresiones de angustia. Rápidamente se instaló el horror, el miedo, el desconcierto entre la población. El territorio más empobrecido [...]

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Morales deplores US ‘occupation’ of Haiti

January 22, 2010

LA PAZ, Bolivia—President Evo Morales said Wednesday that Bolivia would seek U.N. condemnation of what he called the U.S. military occupation of earthquake-stricken Haiti.

“The United States cannot use a natural disaster to militarily occupy Haiti,” he told reporters at the presidential palace.

“Haiti doesn’t need more blood,” Morales added, implying that the militarized U.S. humanitarian mission [...]

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