History

Stand Shoulder to Shoulder with the People of Haiti

otabenga1 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:39:15 -0700

--When asked “How are they surviving?” Haitian journalist Wadner Pierre responded, “Well, they’re all sharing. That’s what we do. That’s the way Haitians are.” (January 16)

--“The city has seen little violence, despite persistent fears that shortages of food, water and shelter will spark unrest.” (January 21)

--Photograph of a white female US Navy medic cradling and feeding a dehydrated Haitian child. (January 21) read more »

Two Hundred Years on and Still Fighting for Complete and Total Emancipation

otabenga1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:40:23 -0700

Unfortunately, ever since the first slave revolt by Haitians in 1791, the country has been beset by abuses caused from within and without. It has never been able to fulfill its potential as a nation. Bill Clinton, What Haiti Needs in Time Magazine January 14, 2010 read more »

Contextualizing the failure at Copenhagen

otabenga1 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:05:56 -0700

5 Jan 2010
Ever since the beginning of the so-called “Financial” Crisis and, especially, because of how it was resolved, it was obvious that the Climate crisis was going to follow the same pattern, i.e. those most responsible for the climatic crisis would be absolved and they would end up dictating what they consider to be the solution. read more »