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From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Why Is Haiti So Poor?

“From the standpoint of the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Haiti was the perfect candidate for this neoliberal facelift. The entrenched poverty of the Haitian masses could be used to force them into low-paying jobs sewing baseballs and assembling other products. But USAID had plans for the countryside too. Not only were Haiti 's cities to become exporting bases but so was the countr… Continue

16 January 2010
7:40 PM

FROM:
AKINYELE UMOJA

Three million people are homeless, untold thousands are dead. With their own hands, Haitians are heroically digging out friends and relatives from the rubble left by the devastating earthquake, showing once again their resilience, determination… Continue

Dr Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Former President of Haiti
15 January 2010


We thank all the true friends of Haiti, in particular the Government and the people of South Africa for their solidarity with the victims of Haiti.

The concrete action undertaken by Rescue South Africa and Gift of the Givers is a clear expression of ubuntu. Ubuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. As we all know, many p… Continue

Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Below is a critical message from Hans Bennett, co-editor of Free Mumia News and leading advocate for Mumia's freedom.

Hans' note is followed by a detailed article by Jeff Mackler, Director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal in California, on the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court's deliberations in the Ohio case of Smith v. Spisak. The court did rule against Spisak this week and will now hear Pennsylvania's appeal which aims at executing Mumia. The… Continue