Ezili Dantò’s Note: HLLN Pays Homage to Jean Ristil Jean Baptiste (SFbayview version ; hear the voice of Jean Ristil as LakouNew York honors the life of Jean Ristil – Kreyòl broadcast of 2hr special on funeral of Jean Ristil on March 5, 2005 ; LakouNY honors the life of Jean Ristil broadcasts on 27 […]
Jan. 1 – Another Independence Day Under Occupation “Recall everything I have sacrificed to fly to your defense – relatives, children, wealth, so that now the only riches I possess is your freedom. Recall that my name horrifies all those who are enslavers, and that tyrants and despots everywhere only bring themselves to utter it […]
HLLN honors and re-MEMBER Sonia Pierre, our new loss without measure. — Yon gwo mapou tonbe If you want to know what a hero is, what a saint looks like, what Go(o)d is. Then, re-MEMBER Sonia Pierre. Sing for our beloved Sonia. Sonia Pierre, our sister, a peerless warrior with boundless compassion for the vulnerable […]
Haitians have a saying: “washing your hands and wiping it dirt” Source: The Haitian Blogger, Oct. 23, 2011 (See also -UN Ducks Blame for Haiti’s Dying Cholera Victims or Paul – the god – Farmer relieves himself on Haiti’s dying cholera victims.) Anti-UN Protests in Haiti: “They’ve Brought Us Disease and Humiliation” This is what […]
A child stricken with cholera is being treated at a cholera treatment center in Carrefour, an area just outside of Port-au-Prince June 6, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Swoan Parker Paul Farmer, a total sell-out: Uses Haiti’s Poor Children as Guinea Pigs for Cholera Vaccines By Dady Chery | Source: Haiti Chery (See also Farmer relieves himself on […]
* “A study on cholera risk factors conducted in Haiti found that not treating the drinking water was the main risk component… “Elimination of the threat of epidemic cholera is still possible for Haiti, and the key ingredient for that will be clean, chlorinated water and latrines.” (–Scott F. Dowell, MD, MPH, during presentation to […]
Leta Restavek: The Suppression of Democracy in Haiti Source: AP October 17, 2011 | Source – Coha.org (See also, Photos of protest against UN/Minustah in Haiti and “Who protects us from you?” – MINUSTAH and Haiti) The U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has suppressed both electoral democracy and free speech in Haiti by organizing […]
“with Vallas at the helm of redesigning the Haitian school system, no child will be safe from an off-the-Richter-scale neoliberal quake. Vallas’ scheme for Haitian education centers on maintaining a system in which 90 percent of schools are private – with the one modification that the Haitian government finance these private schools, based on the […]
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