Suggested Readings

The Curse on Haiti: It wasn’t the devil that hurt Haiti; it was Thomas Jefferson.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., January 25, 2010  http://www.theroot.com/views/curse-haiti

Testimony of Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, U.S. Senate, 01/29/2010

http://standwithhaiti.org/haiti/news-entry/pih-co-founder-paul-farmer-testifies-at-senate-foreign-relations-committee/   

The land that wouldn't lie: Foreign intervention in Haiti  Peter Hallward, January 29th, 2010

http://www.haitianalysis.com/2010/1/29/the-land-that-wouldn-t-lie-foreign-intervention-in-haiti

The Haitian people overthrew slavery, uprooted dictators and foreign military rule, and elected a liberation theologian as president. The west has made them pay for their audacity.

In Haiti, Words Can Kill  Rebecca Solnit, January 21, 2010.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175194/tomgram%3A_rebecca_solnit%2C_in_haiti%2C_words_can_kill/  Just before Haiti was devastated by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in more than 200 years, there were but one or two full-time foreign correspondents in the country.  No longer. 

No, Mister! You Cannot Share My Pain!  John Maxwell, Sunday, January 17, 2010

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Maxwell-Jan-17  If you shared my pain you would not deny me my dignity and my rights, especially my rights to self-determination and self-expression.

Voodoo's view of the quake in Haiti

Elizabeth McAlister, Associate Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/01/voodoos_view_of_the_quake_in_haiti.html  In Vodou most ritual is about finding balance, putting yourself into equilibrium.

Haiti's suffering is a result of calculated impoverishment  Seumas Milne, 20 January, 2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jan/20/haiti-suffering-earthquake-punitive-relationship  Last week's earthquake was a natural disaster, but the carnage is a result of a punitive relationship with the outside world.

Security “Red Zones” in Haiti Preventing Aid Groups from Effectively Distributing Aid

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/22/security_red_zones_in_haiti_preventing  As thousands of well-equipped US soldiers pour into Haiti, there is concern about the militarization of the country.

Securing disaster: The US repeats past mistakes in Haiti Robert Stolarik, The National, Jan. 21, 2010  

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100121/REVIEW/701219960/1008/review

Have we put military stability before humanitarian needs?

The Haiti Haters  Amy Wilentz, The Nation, January 21, 2010

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100208/wilentz?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNationEdPicks+%28The+Nation%3A+Top+Stories%29  

The Haitian tragedy has opened up a whole new industry for the genteel racist point of view.

Reflections of Fidel Castro: We send Doctors, not Soldiers

http://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/reflections/reflections-240110.html

The Underlying Tragedy  

David Brooks, January 14, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/opinion/15brooks.html