December 1, 2012
Categories: Foreign Policy, History
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The Real Thomas Jefferson – NYTimes.com. The Monster of Monticello After reading about the slave revolts in Haiti, Jefferson wrote to a friend that “if something is not done and soon done, we shall be the murderers of our own children.” But he never said what that “something” should be.
November 25, 2012
Categories: Farming, Foreign Policy, History, Natural Disaster
Tags: farming
Poor Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm – NYTimes.com. Already Desperate, Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLDNOV. 17, 2012 FAUCHÉ, Haiti — A woman who lost just about everything now gives her children coffee for meals because it quiets their stomachs a bit. Another despondent mother relives the awful …
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November 25, 2012
Categories: History
Tags: culture
A Zombie Is a Slave Forever – NYTimes.com. mixture of old African religious beliefs and the pain of slavery, especially the notoriously merciless and coldblooded slavery of French-run, pre-independence Haiti. The only escape from the sugar plantations was death, which was seen as a return to Africa, or lan guinée (literally Guinea, or West Africa). …
October 28, 2012
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Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. In addition to his work in linguistics, he …
February 5, 2011
Categories: History, Human Rights
Tags: Duvalier, human rights
“He inherited a system of government that was based on killing people,” said Jean-Claude Bajeux, a democracy activist in Port-au-Prince. “I think that was the tragedy of this guy: He was not aware of the monstrosity of what he was doing every day. To him, killing people and torturing people was normal life.”Human rights cases …