Longshore Workers Dump Scab Grain to Protect Jobs
By Evan Rohar, Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes | Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. Confrontations have exploded between West Coast longshore workers and anti-union exporters.
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Guatemala, the United States’ Field Laboratory | Guatemala, el campo de pruebas de los laboratorios de Estados Unidos
By Jacobo G. García, El Mundo – Spain | Translated by Camden Luxford, Watching America | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Now that money for legitimate science has dried up in the U.S., there are probably many more John Cutler(s). (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →Black Scientists Far Less Likely to Receive Funding Than White Scientists, Study Finds
Editorial Comment The scientific world is aflutter about a report that describes a strong bias in funding from the National Institutes of Health. The report notes that the N.I.H. tries to make its evaluation process color blind. This, of course, … Continue reading →
Blacks Win Katrina Lawsuit
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the Road Home program.
Continue reading →Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Adeus MINUSTAH!
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Spanish translation by Fernando Moyano | Portuguese translation by Murilo Otavio Rodrigues Paes Leme. This article was first published in Aug 2011 when newly sworn Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim said he wanted to conclude Brazil’s participation in the notorious United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). (English | French | Spanish | Portuguese)
Continue reading →Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Uprising Interviews Saul Landau About Cuban 5
By Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies. Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. This documentary explains what the Cuban Five actually did and why they should be freed.
Continue reading →Dutch Court Opens Door to Legal Accountability for Peacekeepers
By Thalif Deen, IPS | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A landmark ruling by a Dutch court in July 2011 holding the Netherlands government liable for the failings of its soldiers on a U.N. peacekeeping mission may be used as a precedent for criminal liability involving sexual violence, according to human rights groups.
Continue reading →House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs to Log Users’ Web History
By Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story. The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and retain records about Internet users’ activity.
Continue reading →Fertile Land Seized for New Sweatshop Zone | Un déficit d’information publique sur le parc industriel du nord
By Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus, Alter Presse. “It’s the most fertile area we have at Caracol…. It’s inconceivable and unacceptable that the government could choose this part of the land to set up an industrial park.” – Resident Renel Pierre (English | French)
Continue reading →Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession
By Amy Goodman, Roderick Harrison, Juan Gonzalez, and Paul Taylor, Democracy Now! | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The average net worth of Blacks and Latinos in the U.S. is 20 times lower than the net worth of Whites: a racial disparity worse than when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive.
Continue reading →Miami Police Assassinate Character of Haitian Youth After Taking His Life
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Twelve police officers pumped over 100 rounds on Monday May 30, 2011 into Raymond Hérissé, who had turned 22 on March 1. Raymond Hérissé was the son of a hardworking Haitian woman.
Continue reading →In Miami, 12 Officers Shoot Haitian over 100 Times: Where Is International Press?
By Jean-Guy Allard, Argenpress | Translated by Natasha Mann, Watching America | Haiti Chery. Six youths from segregated neighborhoods in Miami have become victims of fatal police shootings within the last 10 months, without even one investigation report having been filed, or one police officer accused, even of criminal negligence.
Continue reading →U.S. Agency Sabotages Haiti Earthquake Aid
By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. After so many injuries to Haiti over so many years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) now insults the living and the dead with a report that questions how many people died in the quake, and how many remain in camps for the displaced.
Continue reading →Let Them Live on $3 a Day | Usines Levis et Hanes ont combattu, avec l’ambassade des É.-U., l’augmentation du salaire minimum en Haïti
By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, The Nation. Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, and Levi’s worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables. (English | French)
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