“October is not too far away, and those Haitians who are not slaves know only one God beneath the almighty Bondye. The spirit of all omnipresent good and beauty is neither Paul Farmer, Bill Clinton nor cholera-MINUSTAH.” – Ezili Dantò of HLLN, August 27, 2011 Paul Farmer is not a God but the face of […]
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Ezili’s HLLN denounces massacres of Haiti Vodouist, holds UN responsible
Recommended HLLN links: Zili Dlo photos on Facebook , HLLN website , and Flickr ***** Ezili’s HLLN denounces the massacres of Haiti Vodouist accused of responsibility for the cholera outbreaks; holds UN responsible for inaction Ezili’s HLLN denounces the murder and massacres, to date, of at least 75 Vodouist in Haiti accused of being responsible […]
Zili Dlo – Clean Water for Haiti
Zili Dlo- Dlo pwòp pou tout moun: Grand launching in August for Bwa Kayiman, 2011 Support Clean Water for Haiti, Support Ezili Dantò’s work Ezili HLLN has been working to positively impact the cholera epidemic facing Haiti and the Haitian people. Cholera ravages Haiti and solutions are needed to prevent further death and misery. Access […]
Denouncing low expectations of Obama: because he’s “Black”
In the Chris Hedges article entitled “The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic” Cornel West describes Obama as “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it. We circulated the article and received […]
Haiti: The Structural Difficulties of “Building Back Better”
“Even assuming that Haiti had a government that was willing to act in the interests of the majority of its people, it is hard to imagine how it could be expected to bring about significant change because of the inherent difficulty in transforming Haiti’s peripheral position and relative powerlessness vis-a-vis other States and international institutions […]
Occupied Haiti: A Prefab President, Parliament and Constitution
“Under cover of giving more rights to the Haitian Diaspora, the coup d’etat and Duvalierist overseers unconstitutionally amended the Haiti Constitution to extend the power of the Prime Minister of Haiti, normally chosen by foreign powers. Their amended Constitution effectively eradicates the power of local Haiti governments & municipalities, including taking out the position of […]
US False Benevolence in Haiti
by Ezili Dantò “Cholera democracy formally inaugurated ‘bad boy’ Mickey Mouse (or, is it fascist Mickey Mussolini?) to govern occupied Haiti under a newly adopted occupation constitution. Over 80% of Haiti voters were summarily disenfranchised in the foreign supported cholera elections…” –Èzili Dantò of HLLN, May 14, 2011 (See essays written days after the quake […]