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REFRAKA: Giving Haitian Women A Voice
REFRAKA, a Creole acronym for Women’s Community Radio Network, was founded in Haiti in 2001 as a way to make women’s voices heard around the country. On January 12, it took on a new meaning as, like many other organizations in Haiti, it suffered from the earthquake. Nevertheless, REFRAKA has continued to not only restructure Haiti’s patriarchal society, but now integrates rural women’s opinions on the reconstruction process into the media.
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Community Video, creole, earthquake, feminism, haiti earthquake, media, patriarchy, radio, reconstruction, REFRAKA, women, Women's Community Radio Network, women's issues Leave a comment
Little Improvement at Haiti’s Epicentre
by Rob ReynoldsIf you ask, where did all the money for Haiti go, one answer is: not
here.When the earthquake rumbled up from the earth directly below
Leogane, 20,000-30,000 people were killed, and 80 to 90 per cent of the
town's concrete buildings ...
Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto’s Largesse
by Peter ConstantiniPÉTIONVILLE - Haitian
farmers are worried that giant transnational
corporations like Monsanto are attempting to gain a larger
foothold in the local economy under the guise of earthquake
relief and rebuilding."Seeds repre...
Greg Grandin: Beck, BP and Latin America’s Leadership
Latin America is ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting resource-extracting corporations, says NYU professor Greg Grandin. While Obama makes nice with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and Glenn Beck claims that Obama is unfair to Hayward because he's white), Grandin notes, social movements across South and Central America have been fighting the companies that are after their resources for a while now--and dealing with the repercussions; often violent death squads, as well.
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged bp, brazil, Colombia, coup, coup d'etat, death squads, ecuador, Evo Morales, extraction, glenn beck, Greg Grandin, honduras, Hugo Chavez, interview, Latin America, lithium, mining, oil, paramilitaries, race, racism, resources, silver, tony hayward, Venezuela, Video Leave a comment
Greg Grandin, Youth Unemployment, and Obama’s Power
Latin America is ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting resource-extracting corporations, says NYU professor Greg Grandin. While Obama makes nice with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and Glenn Beck claims that Obama is unfair to Hayward because he's white), Grandin notes, social movements across South and Central America have been fighting the companies that are after their resources for a while now--and dealing with the repercussions; often violent death squads, as well.
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged bp, brazil, college, Colombia, coup, coup d’etat, death squads, destruction, Economic Policy Institute, economy, ecuador, employment, Evo Morales, extraction, fish, glenn beck, Greg Grandin, gulf, gulf of mexico, heidi shierholz, high school, honduras, Hugo Chavez, jobs, labor, Latin America, lithium, louisiana, metrocards, mining, mississippi, New Orleans, Obama, oil, paramilitaries, race, racism, Recession, resources, sharmin hossain, silver, spill, tony hayward, unemployment, Venezuela, Video, work Leave a comment
Monsanto’s 475-ton Seed Donation Challenged by Haitian Peasants
by Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON - Advocates for Haitian
peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of
hybrid vegetable seeds to aid Haitian farmers will harm the
island-nation’s agriculture.
The advocates contend the donation ...
Shane McGowan & Friends: I Put a Spell On You
While our attention has been focused on the oil continuing to coat the Gulf Coast, we haven't forgotten about Haiti, struggling to rebuild after the horrific earthquake earlier this year. The music community hasn't forgotten either, and so we're bringing you this video, a performance of "I Put a Spell On You" pulled together by Shane McGowan of the Pogues and featuring, among others, Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, and Johnny Depp.
Posted in News Feeds Also tagged Bobby Gillespie, Chrissie Hynde, Community Video, concern worldwide, earthquake, Eliza Doolittle, Glen Matlock, Mick Jones, Nick Cave, Paloma Faith, recovery, shane mcgowan Leave a comment
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