Tag: haiti

Haiti: Again Alone

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 20, 2017

Another day, another Trump decision to whiten America: The Trump administration is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation. The Homeland Security Department says conditions in Haiti have improved significantly, so […]

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How’s Our Ethnic Cleansing Program Going?

By Erik Loomis

On June 5, 2017

Fascist ICE agents are the best. Early last Monday morning, Oscar Millan’s longtime partner called him from a Boston hospital, weepy with relief. Their son, Oscar Matias, had been born two weeks ear

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Neocolonialism at its (Canadian?) Best

By Melissa Byrnes

On May 4, 2017

So, clearly, I need to drop in soon with an update on this weekend’s French election. But, in the meantime, it turns out that France isn’t the only place where colonial history is b

This Day in Labor History: August 21, 1791

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 21, 2016

On August 21, 1791, the Haitian Revolution began. The largest and by far the most successful slave rebellion in world history, the Haitian Revolution transformed world history, foiling French imperial aims, leading to the expansion of the United States, placing fear into the hearts of slaveholders across the Western Hemisphere, and exposing the limits of […]

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How U.S. Agricultural Dumping Affects Global Farmers

By Erik Loomis

On April 25, 2016

This is a good piece on how U.S. farmers dumping surplus peanuts on the Haitian market in the guide of “humanitarian aid” actually just undermines Haitian peanut farmers who can’t co

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Land, Power, and Haiti

By Erik Loomis

On January 19, 2016

If you are looking for a throwback to 20th century Latin American leftism, you might be interested in this interview with Haitian leftist Ricot Jean-Pierre on land and power in Haiti. Jean-Pierre comb

History of Slavery

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 17, 2016

A couple of articles on the history of world slavery that may pique your interest on a Sunday morning. First, here’s a really interesting photo essay on African slaves in Iran in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Evidently, this is a really sensitive topic, especially among rich families who say these people were […]

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Baby Doc

By Erik Loomis

On October 4, 2014

Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier dies. The world cries. Oh wait, no it doesn’t.

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Haitian Wage Theft

By Erik Loomis

On October 17, 2013

I see the garment industry is up to the same tricks it’s been using since before the Triangle Fire, this time stealing wages from Haitian workers. And who could have guessed that it would be psy

How American Power Works in Haiti

By Erik Loomis

In globalization , Haiti

On June 16, 2011

I’ve long been fascinated with how the American government exerts power on the ground. We focus on the big events for obvious reasons, but I think you can make a legitimate argument that the full force of American authority comes through behind the scenes. An anecdotal example: A couple of years I ago I had […]

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Haiti Earthquake Aftermath

By Robert Farley

On January 19, 2011

My latest WPR column is about ongoing political unrest in Haiti: Ideally, the U.S.-led intervention was meant to go down as a Western-hemisphere version of the 2005 tsunami relief operation, in which

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Things Haiti Doesn’t Need…

By Robert Farley

On January 16, 2011

Via Alterdestiny I can’t see how this could possibly be good. Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Haiti’s former dictator, returned unexpectedly Sunday to the country after some 2

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