A Tale of Two NGOs: In Haiti, Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster?
March 6, 2013 Beverly Bell, The WIP Three years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, what has become of the commitments made on Red Cross billboards,
HSG calls for an end to inhumane camp evictions
STOP INHUMANE EVICTION OF HAITI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. One the greatest scandals currently going on in Haiti is the increasing number of illegal and often brutal evictions
Haiti Advocacy Week in Washington
Haiti Advocacy Week in Washington. HSG reporting from Capitol Hill, Washington DC, 28-03-2011 The beginning of Haiti Advocacy Week brought to the American public and
Group 184 a ruling class front
Group 184 a ruling class front. Charles Arthur interviews Yannick Etienne of the Haitian organisation, Batay Ouvriye (Workers’ Fight), an alliance of activists and workers
Roumain, Jacques
Writer, political activist – Born in 1907, he was educated in Belgium and Switzerland but returned home in 1927 to fight for Haitian nationalism. As
Toward New Narratives for Haiti in 2013 and Beyond
Representations, Revisions, Responsibilities: Toward New Narratives for Haiti in 2013 and Beyond Haiti is often cast by outsiders as a mysterious nation that is exotic,
Haiti Support Group Letter to the Guardian on UN & Cholera
Haiti Support Group Letter to the Guardian on UN & Cholera The following letter was written by Phillip Wearne of the Haiti Support Group in
Haiti Advocacy Week raises Haiti profile in Congress
Haiti Advocacy Week raises Haiti profile in Congress. HSG from Haiti Advocacy Week, Washington DC, 30-03-2011 This is an American scale operation – huge. With
Sanon, Manno
Sanon, Manno, footballer. Born into a poor Port-au-Prince family in 1951, Sanon made his name as a striker with the Don Bosco club of Petionville.
Four Years On: Post-Earthquake Facts and Figures
Four Years On: Post-Earthquake Facts and Figures All information supplied courtesy of Amnesty International Haiti: Displaced people still leave in despair four years after devastating
The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference 2013
The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference, Liverpool To mark seventy-five years of C.L.R. James’s pioneering anticolonial classic The Black Jacobins, which revolutionized the writing
Duvalier Must Face Justice
Duvalier Must Face Justice. March 4, 2013 Bill O’Neill, Miami Herald. Original article here After 27 years and 21 days, former dictator and President-for-Life Jean-Claude
OAS with “shopping list” for Martelly
OAS with “shopping list” for Martelly. HSG reporting from Haiti Working Group, US Institute of Peace, Washington DC, 20-04-2011 To USIP’s imposing new building at
Campaign for the Rights of those Displaced by Earthquake
Campaign for the Rights of those Displaced by Earthquake. On 18 July 2010 the Haiti Support Group launched its campaign in support of the over
Sixto, Maurice A.
Sixto, Maurice. Humourist and raconteur – Born in Gonaives on 23 May 1919, Sixto attended the prestigious Saint-Louis de Gonzague high school in Port-au-Prince. He
New Investigation: Post-Disaster Housing Projects
New Investigation: Post-Disaster Housing Projects Port-au-Prince, 8 January 2014– Four years after the earthquake, questions haunt the four major post-disaster housing projects built by
Black History Month Activities, 2013
Black History Month Activities, 2013 The Haiti Support Group will be participating at a number of events as part of Black History Month 2013. Please
UN Behaviour Far Cry from Conscience of the World
Illustration by Andrzej Krauze UN Behaviour Far Cry from Conscience of the World. March 3, 2013 Ian Birrell, The Guardian. Original article here ‘Nearly three
Beverly Bell on Disaster Capitalism in Haiti
Beverly Bell on Disaster Capitalism in Haiti. HSG from George Washington University, Washington DC, 11-04-2011 To Foggy Bottom, the appropriately named river-edge area of Washington
Growing Intolerance of a Free Media
Growing Intolerance of a Free Media. Concerns about police raid on Radio Megastar – Haiti Support Group press release, 17 February 2005 The Haiti Support
Louverture, Toussaint
Louverture, Toussaint. Leader of the Haitian Revolution – Born in 1743, the eldest of eight children born to slaves on the Bréda plantation in northern
Campaign: Garment Assembly Workers in Port-au-Prince
The Haiti Support Group backs the struggle of the 20,000-odd workers who assemble garments for export who are denied the right to form trade unions,
Infographic. Still in Shock: Haiti after the Earthquake
Infographic. Still in shock: Haiti after the earthquake Why Haiti is still suffering after the 2010 earthquake. On 12 January 2010, Haiti – one of the world’s
Reconstructing Haiti: Our Comments
Reconstructing Haiti: Our Comments Haiti Support Group Executive Committee members Andy Leak and Mario Gousse took part in an expert panel in London’s prestigious Frontline
Double standards: The UN Condemns Baby Doc, but Exonerates Itself
Double standards: The UN Condemns Baby Doc, but Exonerates itself. March 2, 2013 The Economist. Original story here IN THE span of a few hours
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President. Michele Montas of Radio Haiti Inter March 3, 2001 Michele: We have the honor to welcome presently in our studios, President Jean-Bertrand
Danticat, Edwidge
Danticat, Edwidge. Author – Born in Port-au-Prince in 1969, Danticat was raised by an aunt when her parents emigrated to New York when she was
Campaign for the Return of the FRAPH/FADH Documents
Between 1997 and 2000 the Haiti Support Group backed the Campaign, launched by Haitian grassroots organisations, with supporters in over 30 countries, that demanded the
Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Action on Families Forcibly Evicted
Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Action on Families Forcibly Evicted News Release courtesy of Amnesty International Around 60 families have been forcibly evicted from their
Quinn and Sutton Launch Politics and Power in Haiti
Politics and Power in Haiti, edited by Haiti Support Group’s very own Kate Quinn and Paul Sutton Date: 25th April 2013, Time: 5.30, Venue: Room 103,