Haiti Analysis published an article by Peter Hallward – "If Stones Could Float." It is the most detailed account yet of the tragic death of 60-90 Haitian refugees of the coast of Turks and Caicos last May – an incident which has still not gotten the full attention is deserves from the British government.Here is an excerpt – read the whole story at Haiti Analysis:read more
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The Miami Herald listed pledges in assistance from the Venezuela government to countries in Latin America. The total pledged this year, $8.87 billion was signifcantly more than the United States sends each year (roughly $2 billion) -[note Bloomberg ran a story saying that U.S
Great essay from Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti! Originally published in Counterpunch’s Weekend Edition (Augsut 25/26)read more
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:1. To bring together key groups from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada to review NAFTA’s intentions, to share their experiences with the NAFTA model, and to identify the overall impact of NAFTA with respect to food and agriculture, the environment, energy, immigration, and labor; andread more
THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION, THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES, GLOBAL PROJECT ON ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS AND THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PROGRESSIVE STUDENT UNION ANNOUNCE A TEACH-INread more
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETri-national meeting of Harper, Bush, and Calderon in Montebello, Quebec
For Immediate Release Monday, August 20th 2007 CONTACTS: Nell Greenberg, 510-847-9777 Angela Walker, 650-766-2748Organizers call for an open, democratic debate on new NAFTA-Plus agenda read more
Radio Commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal on Haiti and history. He reflects on CLR James classic account of the Haitian revolution, The Black Jacobins. Click here for links to the audio commentary – produced by Prison Radio. The Power of History: (Haiti)[col. writ. 8/19/07] (c) ’07 Mumia Abu-Jamalread more
From AP: BERN, Switzerland: The Swiss government has extended a freeze on bank accounts linked to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, an official said Wednesday.The accounts, which were due to be released to Duvalier’s family at the end of August, will remain blocked for a further year, government spokesman Oswald Sigg said after a meeting of the seven-member Cabinet in Bern read more
