Comments on: Help Haiti http://www.tmponline.org/2010/01/14/hel-haiti/ The multicultural political magazine and forum Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:47:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin http://www.tmponline.org/2010/01/14/hel-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Justin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:08:41 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=442#comment-491 Hi Judith, Thanks for the comments, you are right that this is more of a man-made disaster than a natural one. There are more grassroot-organised appeals that I'll be posting up here soon. Hi Judith,

Thanks for the comments, you are right that this is more of a man-made disaster than a natural one.

There are more grassroot-organised appeals that I’ll be posting up here soon.

]]> By: Judith http://www.tmponline.org/2010/01/14/hel-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Judith Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:45:27 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=442#comment-489 Hi Justin - thanks for your article. Poor Haitians are dying. Why? Not because tanks can't move their arse out of Port au Prince airport. Any tank however bad the roads can move. Not because of zero government infrastructure. Haiti's elite, who helped the US and France depose Aristide in 2004, have continued the good life. Many Haitians in the last two years, while eating mud for dinner - really - have been flooding the streets with their demands for food and democratic government. Aristide said today he's willing to return from exile in South Africa to help the people. Africa and Haiti look pretty similar. Free yourself from slavery, 1804 (Haiti) or 1957 (Ghana) or 1994 (South Africa), and you'll be punished. Not by God or natural forces, but by The Man and his mates in your own country. Thanks for the financial appeal. Judith Hi Justin – thanks for your article.

Poor Haitians are dying. Why? Not because tanks can’t move their arse out of Port au Prince airport. Any tank however bad the roads can move. Not because of zero government infrastructure. Haiti’s elite, who helped the US and France depose Aristide in 2004, have continued the good life.

Many Haitians in the last two years, while eating mud for dinner – really – have been flooding the streets with their demands for food and democratic government. Aristide said today he’s willing to return from exile in South Africa to help the people.

Africa and Haiti look pretty similar. Free yourself from slavery, 1804 (Haiti) or 1957 (Ghana) or 1994 (South Africa), and you’ll be punished. Not by God or natural forces, but by The Man and his mates in your own country.

Thanks for the financial appeal.

Judith

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