This link has been bookmarked by 27 people . It was first bookmarked on 15 Jan 2010, by kei nogi.
-
06 Feb 10
-
03 Feb 10
Joshua EllensPeter Hallward: If we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it
-
28 Jan 10
-
25 Jan 10
-
24 Jan 10
-
21 Jan 10
-
As Brian Concannon, the director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, points out: "Those people got there because they or their parents were intentionally pushed out of the countryside by aid and trade policies specifically designed to create a large captive and therefore exploitable labour force in the cities; by definition they are people who would not be able to afford to build earthquake resistant houses." Meanwhile the city's basic infrastructure – running water, electricity, roads, etc – remains woefully inadequate, often non-existent. The government's ability to mobilise any sort of disaster relief is next to nil.
-
-
20 Jan 10
-
17 Jan 10
-
around 75% of the population "lives on less than $2 per day, and 56% – four and a half million people – live on less than $1 per day".
-
Since the late 1970s, relentless neoliberal assault on Haiti's agrarian economy has forced tens of thousands of small farmers into overcrowded urban slums
-
hundreds of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents now live in desperately sub-standard informal housing, often perched precariously on the side of deforested ravines.
-
they or their parents were intentionally pushed out of the countryside by aid and trade policies specifically designed to create a large captive and therefore exploitable labour force in the cities; by definition they are people who would not be able to afford to build earthquake resistant houses."
-
have during the last five years consistently voted against any extension of the UN mission's mandate beyond its immediate military purpose. Proposals to divert some of this "investment" towards poverty reduction or agrarian development have been blocked
-
-
16 Jan 10
-
15 Jan 10
-
Tommy MilesProfessor Peter Hallward's short piece in the Guardian should be required reading for all those following the Haitian catastrophe. His "Our role in Haiti's plight" succinctly distills a century of study of imperial political economy as it relates to the
blogthis Haiti capitalism history neoliberalism disaster earthquake usa economics poverty neocolonialism for:@twitter
-
-
14 Jan 10
-
Chris FangIf we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it
haiti disaster neoliberalism usa earthquake politics society
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.