Betraying the Diaspora, taxing the poor Below, is an article on Martelly’s proposition to further tax the poor in Haiti, through Diaspora remittances. Diaspora remittances are the ONLY effective and sustainable aid that works in Haiti. A Haiti president ought to protect, not diminish the value and use of Diaspora remittances. Diaspora remittances not USAID […]
Posts tagged Ezili Dantò
Martelly: Haiti’s second great disaster
””Cholera democracy formally inaugurated “bad boy’ Mickey Mouse (or, is it fascist Mickey Mussolini) to govern occupied Haiti under newly adopted occupation constitution. Over 80% of Haiti voters disenfranchised in the foreign supported cholera elections…” –Ezili Dantò of HLLN, May 14, 2011 ********** Martelly: Haiti’s second great disaster Haiti’s new president is a friend of […]
Solidarity with Haiti: Ezili Danto of HLLN in Toronto
Solidarity with Haiti: Ezili Dantò in Toronto April 15 – 17, 2011 (Photos) Ezili Dantò’s Itinerary As she visits Toronto erzilidanto@yahoo.com www.ezilidanto.com www.ezilidanto.com/zili Ezili Dantò 1) York University, Toronto Friday, April 15th, 2011 ‘Ezili Dantò Speaks about Haiti’ Where: York University (Keele Campus) Student Centre – GSA Office Room 433 Time: 3:30 pm – 6 […]
Haiti: The media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welco...
Haiti: Telling our own stories despite the media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welcome In this essay, I post six videos from the alternative news media – four from Democracy Now!, one from Aljazeera dealing with the huge and celebrity welcome for Aristide. The last video is by a young […]
Beating back the elite’s rabid rage: Against all odds Aristide returns to Haiti
Beating back the elite’s rabid rage: Against all odds Aristide returns to Haiti Aristide returned to Haiti today. I’ve not seen such genuine happiness on the faces of Haiti’s poor in over seven years. Welcome President Jean Bertrand Aristide and family. Today is a good day for the poorest of the poor in the Western […]