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Human Rights Lawyer, Ezili Dantò is dedicated to correcting the media lies and colonial narratives about Haiti. A writer, performance poet and lawyer, Ezili Dantò is founder of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, runs the Ezili Dantò website, listserve, eyewitness project, FreeHaitiMovement and the on-line journal, Haitian Perspectives.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Haitian cholera epidemic preventable by Ezili Danto (1 comments)
The cholera outbreak shows the failure of the international relief effort.
The displaced people of Port-au-Prince have been complaining since two months after the earthquake that the Red Cross water they've been given to drink gives them stomachaches. Meanwhile, billions of dollars of donations that could have provided permanent clean drinking water is collecting interest for the numerous charities into the poverty business.
Sunday, August 29, 2010 Wyclef Jean's presidential candidacy in Haiti by Ezili Danto (1 comments)
The media should focus less on this personality-driven Wyclef story,more on reality of what's going on in Haiti right now. Eight months after the earthquake, recovery effort in Haiti is going nowhere. There are 2 million homeless earthquake victims still on the streets of Port-au-Prince. Less than 5% of the rubble has been removed from streets to make room for permanent shelters. 29.6million election cost could be better used.
Saturday, April 17, 2010 What You're Not Hearing about Haiti (But Should Be) by Carl Lindskoog
The 7.0 earthquake was so devastating because it struck an urban area that was extremely over-populated and extremely poor. The poverty and overpopulation in Haiti that magnified the impact of this tremendous disaster were largely the product of American policies and an American-led development model.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Haiti and the Aid Racket: How NGOs are Profiting Off a Grave Situation by Ashley Smith
Privatization by NGO: The U.S. bypasses Haitian state to fund NGOs since turn to neoliberalism in 1970s. U.S. uses IMF & World Bank neoliberal programs to force Third World governments to privatize government industry, cut wages & government programs, lower trade barriers & open economies to U.S. trade & investment. At same time, U.S. & corporate donors fund NGOs to address social crisis created by these neoliberal policies.
Monday, February 15, 2010 Caring For Haiti by Michael Barker
Humanitarian imperialism is a phenomenon that needs to be understood and unmasked by all who care to safeguard life. Yet to date, many thoughtful and often selfless individuals have failed to address the depths to which imperial forces have penetrated human rights activism. Haitian human rights activist Paul Farmer provides one such example...
