tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6954546373558160043..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Haiti EarthquakePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-2770883509123526902010-01-15T23:04:12.162+00:002010-01-15T23:04:12.162+00:00Like to many of the plundered no more profit worth...Like to many of the plundered no more profit worthy countries it is a shame on the face of the capitalist.<br /><br />Haiti is a basket case left to be controled by a incompetent and inhumain regime who!s absence in this catastrophy is appauling.The people are now building barricades with the dead,looting and anarchy has broken out, and uncle sam is off shore ready to move in.<br /><br />Although a natural disaster it has to be said that the cramped living conditions 8 to 10 per dwelling, or should that be hovel,the over populated city the collapsed infastructure and the incompetance of the regime has to be laid at the feet of the capitalist.<br /><br />And without doubt uncle sam, will be moving back in.aberfoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484495252081507064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-65607590915754965452010-01-15T16:25:17.507+00:002010-01-15T16:25:17.507+00:00Peter Hallward has written an interesting response...Peter Hallward has written an interesting response to the earthquake with some of the details of this history (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/13/our-role-in-haitis-plight).<br /><br />My reflections are somewhat more modest (http://leftunity.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/haiti-political-economy-and-history/).Left Unityhttp://leftunity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-177876258222564162010-01-14T10:57:33.380+00:002010-01-14T10:57:33.380+00:00I agree. A tiny, dictatorial and wealthy local eli...I agree. A tiny, dictatorial and wealthy local elite combined with incessant meddling first by the colonial powers and later the US have kept the country in a condition of almost permanent instability. They're influence, however well it is dressed up in humanitarianism has proven time and again to be toxic.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-20239743123337730692010-01-13T22:30:31.967+00:002010-01-13T22:30:31.967+00:00I've been re-reading some of CLR James' wr...I've been re-reading some of CLR James' writings on Haiti this evening. I heard Gordon Brown's comment that the quake has put Haiti at the centre of world attention, but it should have already been there. The self-emancipation of Haiti was one of the most important events in human history. Its role in the ending of slavery can't be underestimated. It sometimes feels to me like the world has never forgiven that brave little country...<br /><br />Thanks for the links.ibshttp://vulgarmarxism.blogspot.com/2010/01/nothing-on-their-minds-but-freedom.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-24108135499884541222010-01-13T21:57:33.354+00:002010-01-13T21:57:33.354+00:00Cheers for that, Andy. At times like these it'...Cheers for that, Andy. At times like these it's always difficult to determine where aid money can have the best effect.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-47238392155654395252010-01-13T21:34:21.632+00:002010-01-13T21:34:21.632+00:00i THINK THE BEST APPEAL FOR THE LEFT TO PROMOTE IS...i THINK THE BEST APPEAL FOR THE LEFT TO PROMOTE IS THE HAITI EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND<br /><br />https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=yBpulOVVj018YVezxp8NCU2Jfudd3M2ntK5dVkN43p25LLzgHMdKO59iCke&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1ffc45dc241d84e953c6c47237de2bc4f5b43fafc6513a8a86<br /><br />sorry for the caps, i just realised I had caps-lock on.<br /><br />HERF prmotes social equality and trade unions in addition to the usual humaitarian angles, and is supported by thre haiti Action networkandy newmanhttp://www.socialistunity.comnoreply@blogger.com