U.N. aid chief 'disappointed' with Haiti earthquake relief efforts By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, February 18, 2010;A08
This article
provides an interesting perspective on the aid effort thus far in Haiti.
Canada's Aid to Haiti in Context By: Regan Boychuk - HaitiAnalysis.com
Media coverage of Haiti THE LISTENING POST |
Aljazeera Monday, January 25, 2010 |
Charlie Brooker on Media Coverage of Haiti
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Professor talks about media coverage in Haiti
Published: Jan. 22
Tough Love Needed for Haiti
Emergency relief won’t cure Haiti’s poverty culture.
January 20, 2010 12:00 A.M.
February 5th, 2010
Analysis of Media coverage of Haiti
Peter Hallward on “Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment”
Angry demonstrators demand Sarkozy to pay up and return Aristide to Haiti
Old Uses 'New' to Cover Haiti Disaster
RealClearPolitics Media Watch January 14, 2010
Prominent Haitians devise long-term survival plan
Opinion
Five smart ways to rebuild Haiti
Haiti doesn't need a Marshall Plan imposed by global elites. It needs improved conditions that empower all its people.
A Marshall Plan for Haiti? Think again
David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy
US Approach to Haiti
Why Did We Focus on Securing Haiti Rather Than Helping Haitians?Here are two possibilities, neither of them flattering.
UN asks for $1.44B US for Haiti relief
Haiti, Forgive Us
The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slowdelivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out ofdesperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps240,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the emergence of infections andwaterborne diseases, and the approach of the rainy season, which willbe followed by the hurricane season. Haiti has suffered a massive blow,an earthquake for which its infrastructure was not prepared, afterdecades—no, centuries—of military and economic manipulation by foreigngovernments, most notably the United States and France.
INDEPTH: HAITI
Haiti: A country in turmoil
CBC News Online | May 15, 2006
Journalist Kim Ives on How Western Domination Has Undermined Haiti’s Ability to Recover from Natural Devastation
Ezplains how American influence caused Haiti to privatize important industries like cement and telecommunications firms that were previously controlled by the Haitian government
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The Current for January 25, 2010
It's Monday, January 25th.
Canada, the US, France, and other "Friends of Haiti" begin emergencytalks in Montreal today to coordinate aid for the quake-hit Caribbeannation.
At the 10 minute mark there is an interview with Jared Diamond explaining why Haiti is so poor when compared to Dominican Republic which shares half the island of Hispanolia.
Well the two countries that share the island of Hispaniola, seem to share little else.
CBC Radio Producer David Gutnik spoke to The Current as he was crossingthe border from the Dominican Republic into Haiti this weekend ... weheard from him.
For some insight into the divergent paths taken by Haiti and theDominican Republic, and how that affects Haiti today, we were joined byJared Diamond. He's the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of books such as Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel, and he's the co-editor of a new book, entitled Natural Experiments of History. We reached Jared Diamond at his home in Los Angeles.
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W5: Haiti's Armageddon
“Haiti: Killing the Dream”:
Excerpt of Documentary on Centuries of Western Subversion of Haitian Sovereignty
Basic Information about Haiti
Timeline: Haiti Timeline: Haiti - BBC
CIA Factbook - Haiti
This cite is good for basic facts like population, annual income, debt etc.
Opinion
Bush Was Responsible for Destroying Haitian Democracy
Randall Robinson on Obama Tapping Bush to Co-Chair US Relief Efforts
Tragedy and Opportunity for HaitiKara C McDonald, International Affairs Fellow in Residence, January 14, 2010 Council on Foreign Relations |
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A pariah history, some promising starts and now this
Helping Haiti Don Pittis CBC Thursday, January 14,
The F Word: Things to Remember While Helping Haiti
Using the Tragedy of the Haitian Earthquake to push Free Market Reforms
NAOMI KLEIN: But as I write about in The Shock Doctrine, crises are often used now as the pretext for pushing through policies that you cannot push through under times of stability. Countries in periods of extreme crisis are desperate for any kind of aid, any kind of money, and are not in a position to negotiate fairly the terms of that exchange.
And I just want to pause for a second and read you something, which is pretty extraordinary. I just put this up on my website. The headline is ìHaiti: Stop Them Before They Shock Again.î This went up a few hours ago, three hours ago, I believe, on the Heritage Foundation website.
ìAmidst the Suffering, Crisis in Haiti Offers Opportunities to the U.S. In addition to providing immediate humanitarian assistance, the U.S. response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti earthquake offers opportunities to re-shape Haitiís long-dysfunctional government and economy as well as to improve the image of the United States in the region.î And then goes on.
Now, I donít know whether things are improving or not, because it took the Heritage Foundation thirteen days before they issued thirty-two free market solutions for Hurricane Katrina. We put that document up on our website, as well. It was close down the housing projects, turn the Gulf Coast into a tax-free free enterprise zone, get rid of the labor laws that forces contractors to pay a living wage. Yeah, so it took them thirteen days before they did that in the case of Katrina. In the case of Haiti, they didnít even wait twenty-four hours.
How Bush-Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti
By James Ridgeway, Mother Jones Magazine Wed Jan. 13, 2010
Obviously by the title this article has a strong point of view. This does not make article right or wrong, rather you are alerted to the particular perspective of the author. The magazine the article appears in is named after Mary Harris Jones an American labour organizer active in the early part of the 20th century. This magazine is known for its strong progressive/left wing stance on issues. It has been particularly critical of what it sees as the exploitive nature of American corporations both domestically and abroad.
A brief factual account of what has happened in Haiti in the past month. This is not meant to be a detailed report but a thumbnail sketch of the basic facts.
Day by Day account of the Earthquake USA Today
How have the Canadian government and private Canadian citizens responded to the disaster in Haiti?
Foreign Aid Haiti bound
Canada's history of helping Haiti
CBC Friday, January 22, 2010
Why is Haiti so poor? Read the sources below and summarize historical reasons for Haiti's poverty. Understand that these sources represent perspectives in response to this question.
IMF Director speaks out at Donors conference on Haiti
Haiti's elite hold nation's future in their hands
A few businessmen like Gregory Mevs will decide how -- or whether --Haiti recovers from one of the worst natural catastrophes in moderntimes.
January 21, 2010|By Tracy Wilkinson
This following article was written by a founder of an NGO which specialized in aid to Haiti. This is a long article broken up into 3 parts. Only Read part I
I Root Causes, Only Read part I
II. Secondary, but Immediate Causes of Haitian Misery
III. A MYTH AND TWO PUZZLES
You can choose to listen to this interview or read the transcript
Journalist Kim Ives on How Western Domination Has Undermined Haitiís Ability to Recover from Natural Devastation;
The white curse
Country Without a Net
By TRACY KIDDER New York Times January 14, 2010
Things to think about:
The first question we consider in the Social 10 course:
To what extent should globalization shape identity?
As a Canadian how are events in Haiti connected to your identity?
The second question that guides are study in social 10 is:
To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization?
What is the connection between historical globalization (imperialism, Columbus, American intervention etc.) and the current tragedy? Why is Haiti so vulnerable to this disaster. What does this have to do with historical globalization?
Why is Haiti so poor?
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