February 10, 2010

Listen NOW to this week's Radio Diaspora broadcast highlighting an on-the-ground report back on the status of health delivery in Port-au-Prince. Eve Jean of The Haitian Alliance joins the Radio Diaspora Collective for an informative interview. Also, Guirdex Masse lends his voice and commentary this week by performing a recitation of popular Haitian poetry from [...]

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February 10, 2010

Listen NOW to this week's Radio Diaspora broadcast highlighting an on-the-ground report back on the status of health delivery in Port-au-Prince. Eve Jean of The Haitian Alliance joins the Radio Diaspora Collective for an informative interview. Also, Guirdex Masse lends his voice and commentary this week by performing a recitation of popular Haitian poetry from [...]

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

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 [...]

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IMF urges ‘Marshall Plan’ for Haiti

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 [...]

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Pregnant women struggle in Haiti earthquake aftermath

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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