Monday, January 18, 2010

‘Only God can save this country’

Linked below is a 23-minute documentary about Haiti produced in November 2008.

Seen in the context of the latest earthquake, it shows a land of perpetual crisis... and a people used to saying to the rest of the world, “Help us.”

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18 comments:

  1. Geneva GirlJanuary 18, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    I'll definitely watch it. Thanks. Always looking to learn more.

    We watched an interesting documentary on Toussaint and the genesis of the Haitian failed state.

    http://www.shadowandact.com/?p=16157

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  2. Reviewer XJanuary 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Thanks. I'm always on the look out for good docs.

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  3. Plane Ideas January 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    I refused to cater to the beat of darkness ... I am so fucking tired of the Haitian Nightmare Narrative ..

    I only care about the tales of the living on the Isle of Haiti

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  4. 'DreaJanuary 18, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    UBM,

    Thanks for linking to this video. I hadn't heard of it.

    I thought this article, Country Without A Net, made some good points.

    http://tinyurl.com/y967p6x

    On the one hand, I feel like it's been such a *short time*(24 years) since the Duvalier regime ended.

    On the other hand, I almost feel like this guy in this doc about Afghanistan -- maybe the country should be blown up and everything is started anew. Harsh and unrealistic, I know.

    Also, The Agronomist, a documentary by Jonathan Demme is worth seeing.

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  5. Daniel Hoffmann-GillJanuary 19, 2010 at 6:27 AM

    I wouldn't trust God to do it to be honest...

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2010 at 2:12 AM

    ANY aid to these people should only come on the condition that they stop being what they are.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2010 at 4:18 AM

    UBM: What do you think is the cause of these people's endless helplessness?

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  8. Undercover Black ManJanuary 20, 2010 at 5:54 AM

    ^ Not sure, anonymous stranger. But having half your adult population illiterate can't be a good thing.

    Blows my mind that none of Haiti's many "leaders," over more than 200 years of independence, made universal education a priority.

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  9. Plane Ideas January 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    Blows my mind while folks are still under bricks in Haiti folks like UBM are concerned about universal education!!!!

    What drives this fucking mental depravity by slugs like UBM?? the need to indict folks can even take a day off while we try to save lives...

    You prick UBM..Kiss my Black highly universally educated dark skinned negro dialect ass..

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  10. Undercover Black ManJanuary 20, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    ^ A better-educated populace might've resulted in some better-constructed housing, my friend.

    It's never a good time to tell a hard truth.

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  11. Plane Ideas January 20, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    UBM it is never a bad time to tell a someone to get Fucked...

    A earthquake does not give a fuck about universal education and the quality of housing ...

    Here is a tip The more I keep making you post dumb ignorant depraved racist shit the more people are going to observe up close and personal the fucking piece of scum worthless fuck you are...

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  12. Undercover Black ManJanuary 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM

    A earthquake does not give a fuck about universal education and the quality of housing ...

    Repeat after me, dude... REBAR.

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  13. Plane Ideas January 20, 2010 at 4:21 PM

    Repeat this Dude..

    I am a fucked up depraved human being who has no respect for those dead or alive after the earthquake in Haiti..

    I realize as a white man hiding under the cloak of Blackness I cannot help myself..My humanity DNA is fucked like me UDM..

    If this passage is to much for you dude repeat after me dude...Thrasher is kickin my racist ass on my own turf...

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  14. AshJanuary 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM

    http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2005/LeveeControl.htm

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  15. dubbleuJanuary 20, 2010 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks for posting UBM

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  16. IsomeJanuary 27, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    It's a little frightening to me that so many responders know so little about Western interference in Haiti's sovereignty that they would conclude a lack of education as the primary reason for its (Haiti's) past & present state.

    Where were you guys when Aristide was kidnapped in '04? Didn't anyone see the hearings on CSPAN where one of the Bush administration admitted that our government representative THREATENED Aristide if he didn't sign a letter of resignation before he was spirited off to French-controlled Africa? Doesn't anyone know that Haiti was required to REIMBURSE France for the loss of Haitian SLAVE labor, thereby putting Haiti as a country in debt at its inception? Is everyone unaware that the US occupied Haiti, wrote its constitution & dictated who ruled and who didn't in the early 20th century? Does no one remember that the US supported both Duvalier's murderous & thieving regimes?

    Is everyone ignorant of the fact that IMF/World Bank reorganization of the country required that its farmers STOP producing food for the country and import it from foreign countries, which in turn destroyed their livelihoods and forced them into the cities... which in turn created overpopulated cities that couldn't enforce natural disaster-proof building codes (read: rebar)? Is everyone unaware that foreign businesses (including Disney) exploit cheap Haitian manual labor?

    What's going on at this blog that purports to be pro-black? Or, perhaps I misunderstood this blog's intent.

    Here's some information on Haiti that includes historical context:

    Journalist Kim Ives on How Western Domination Has Undermined Haiti’s Ability to Recover from Natural Devastation - http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/20/journalist_kim_ives_on_how_decades

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  17. Plane Ideas January 27, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    isome,

    UCM is not a Black person..He/She is a poser ..Please do not been under any illusion this site is very racist and has a deep contempt for Black folks...

    Of course because Black genius is so powerful he is compelled to pay homage to our music, art, being, politics etc..

    Trust me UBM is as lethal as any redneck up close and person..UBM is an intellectual coward with his UBM nonsense..

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  18. Daniel Hoffmann-GillJanuary 28, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    I see UBM has his own personal troll, as I do, how do you sleep Thrasher, you awful wee human?

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