From Haiti to Seattle. And back.
I’ve taken a reporting/blogging position in Seattle, my hometown, with the very cool Common Language Project. It’s a move I’ve been planning for a while. “Ou poko ap vini?” “M poko konnen ki lè m…
HAITI: Nascent Union Charges Reprisals by Textile Factory Owners
Published today by Inter-Press News Service: PORT-AU-PRINCE (IPS) – Workers in Haiti’s apparel manufacturing sector charge that factory owners are repressing attempts to organise workers in the capital, after the dismissals of six of seven…
Where Propaganda from the Associated Press and US Embassy in Haiti Converge
“The question is whether privileged elites should dominate mass communication and should use this power as they tell us they must, namely to impose NECESSARY ILLUSIONS to manipulate and deceive [whom THEY believe are] the…
Duvalier Supporters Crash Amnesty International Press Conference Calling for Dictator’s Prosecution
Above, one of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s lawyers, Reynold Georges, attempts to shout over Gerardo Ducos, a researcher for Amnesty International, as he speaks to reporters today about his organization’s call for prosecuting the former dictator. Below,…
The Death of Gérard Jean-Gilles: How the UN Stonewalled Haitian Justice
Finally, this story is being published – the version below in Haiti Liberte today (French), another coming in The Nation magazine next week. Faced with growing outrage over an alleged sexual assault by UN occupation…
I penned a new WikiLeaks article, did some interviews, and got tear-gassed.
Here’s a round-up of some of odds and ends that I haven’t gotten around to posting until now. First, there’s this piece for Haiti Liberte: WikiLeaks Reveal: Expecting Civilian Deaths, US Embassy Approved of Deadly…
Does this only become a big deal if it causes an outbreak of deadly disease?
View on YouTube: Haitians Upset With UN Base Runoff into Foul-Smelling Pool Or is living with swarms of mosquitoes and an overpowering stench in the area an acceptable level of suffering for Haitians? They’re resilient…
HAITI: United Nations Troops Accused of Exploiting Local Women (with UN response)
I received this response from MINUSTAH spokeswoman Sylvie van den Wildenberg yesterday. Johnny Jones? 1 SEA ALLEGATION YOUNG GIRL PREGNANT OF AN URUGUAYN PEACEKEEPER (PIC STORY 7 SPET 2011) MINUSTAH is investigating on every serious…
“I Like That Song. Put It On My Phone.” How They Got the Video From the Soldiers In Port Salut
I’ve been asked a number of times how I obtained the cell phone of the apparent assault by Uruguayan UN troops on Johnny Jean. The answer is simple: The video is circulating on cell phones…
Photos from Port Salut: MINUSTAH Trash Piles, Murky Water Running Off from the Base
There are further complaints against the UN’s Uruguayan peacekeeping battalion in Port Salut, beyond the incident captured on cell phone video detailed yesterday, as described in the slideshow below. Ernso Valentin and Deputy Sinal Bertrand…
