Reality in Writing : Caribbean Political Economy

In January 2012, Mark Schuller and Pablo Morales will be putting out Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake - a critical and important review of what happened in Haiti outside of the mainstream media coverage. I was lucky enough to contribute on two chapters to the book. Here is the description: The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti’s capital on January 12, 2010 will be remembered as one of the world’s deadliest disasters. The earthquake was a tragedy that gripped the nation – and the world. But as a disaster it also magnified the social ills that have beset this island nation which sits squarely in the U.S.’s diplomatic and geopolitical shadow. Particularly, the quake exposed centuries of underdevelopment and recent economic policies and the rampant inequality and exclusion within Haiti. Tectonic Shifts offers a diverse on-the-ground set of perspectives about Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake and the aftermath that left more than 1.5 million individuals homeless. Following a c

UHR Human Rights 500 Poster[1](1) On December 3rd I will be presenting on MINUSTAH's role in engaging in human rights in Haiti with Dr. Rishi Rattan @ George Mason University.

Public Forum Coups, free trade and human rights The changing face of Canadian foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean Guest speakers: BETTY MATAMOROS: A Honduran based social activist and representative of the Central American coordination of the Hemispheric Social Alliance, specifically as part of their campaign "Foreign Military Bases out of Latin America - We are a Region of Peace." She has been organizing with social movements regionally on trade and militarization issues for decades and has been key in building international solidarity with the non-violent resistance movement in Honduras that emerged following the coup d'état in June of 2009. She is the former international relations coordinator of the Honduras National Resistance Front, FNRP. She has traveled throughout the Americas and Europe speaking about the situation in Honduras since the coup with respect to human rights, political developments, trade, and militarization. KEVIN EDMONDS: Is a U of

The Crimes of Canada’s and the World’s 1% Against the People of Haiti Where: St. James Park (Adelaide and Jarvis) Toronto Haiti Action Committee thanks OccupyTO for the invitation to present a supportive message as part of OccupyTO Community Outreach Day this Sunday Nov. 6, between 2:00 and 5:00 pm. Today I had the chance to briefly address the great people down at the OccupyTO site and discuss Canada's role in Haiti. I really enjoyed the conversation afterwards, and really thank the organizers, especially Linda for asking me to come down. I look forward to building a stronger relationship with OccupyTO and highlight what terrible things are being done in Haiti in the name of the Canadian people.