February 28, 2010
THAC is committed to raising awareness about Canada's role in the 2004 overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Toronto Haiti Action Committee Meeting
03/09/2010 - 19:00
03/09/2010 - 21:00
The next meeting of the Toronto Haiti Action Committee will take place on Tuesday, March 9th from 7-9 pm at OISE (252 Bloor Street West) in room #2-281.
New members or anyone interested in learning more about the work of the committee are encouraged to attend.
Writing Off Sovereignty: Quebec media on Haiti since the earthquake
Writing Off Sovereignty: Quebec media on Haiti since the earthquake
by Darren Ell
The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3242
A Haitian boy, bearing signs of malnutrition, stands in a Cité Soleil street as a UN APC passes by during the UN occupation of Cité Soleil in 2006. Photo: Darren Ell
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Haiti: Solidarity needed, not charity
Haiti: Solidarity needed, not charity
6 March 2010
The Haiti Emergence Relief Fund is a San Francisco-based grassroots organisation founded in 2004. It is working with Hatian organisations to provide relief in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake.
Marilyn Langlois, a HERF board member, spoke with Green Left Weekly’s Amanda Zivcic on the situation. For more information on the HREF, or to donate, visit . A longer version of this interview can be found at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, .
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Haitians facing ‘intolerable breach of human dignity’
Haitians facing ‘intolerable breach of human dignity’
Date Published: 05/03/2010 11:25
http://www.msf.org.uk/articledetail.aspx?fId=twomonth_haiti_20100305
Colette Gadenne, who has been managing MSF activities in Haiti over the last few weeks, and Christopher Stokes, General Director of MSF in Brussels, have recently returned from Haiti. Almost two months after the terrible earthquake, they give their views on the situation and highlight "broadly insufficient" aid on the ground.
What is the situation on the ground today?
Interview with ‘Travesty in Haiti’ author, Dr. Tim Schwartz - Part 1 & 2
Interview with ‘Travesty in Haiti’ author, Dr. Tim Schwartz-Part 1
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By Marty Duren
A Future for Agriculture, A Future for Haiti
A Future for Agriculture, A Future for Haiti
Written by Beverly Bell, Photo by Roberto (Bear) Guerra
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 11:49
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/haiti-archives-51/2383-a-future-for-agri...
"We plant but we can’t produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too."
- Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti
The Labor Movement in Haiti: A Personal Reflection
The Labor Movement in Haiti: A Personal Reflection
The Statistics of 70 to 80 Percent Unemployment and 54 Percent in Poverty Don’t Tell the Whole Story
http://www.narconews.com/Issue64/article4069.html
By James Jordan
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
March 3, 2010
Chomsky Post-Earthquake: Aid Should go to Haitian Popular Organizations, not to Contractors or NGOs
Chomsky Post-Earthquake: Aid Should Go to Haitian Popular Orgs, Not Contractors or NGOs
2010 March 5
http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/chomsky-post-earthquake-aid-...
Keane Bhatt
HAITI: Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot' - By Anthony Fenton
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50396
A man carries a coffin past a toppled building in downtown Port-au-Prince.
Credit:UN Photo/Marco Dormino
VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb 19, 2010 (IPS) - Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
