Social Justice Magazine
In its first tenet, the ethics code for journalists states journalists should not only be fair and honest in reporting and interpreting information, they must also "seek the truth and report it." In this age of public relations ploys masquerading as news, and personal and political agendas disguised as newsworthy "leaks," it is imperative that readers, writers, and editors apply critical thinking … [Read more...]
Winona LaDuke Explores The Militarization of Indian Country From Geronimo to Bin Laden Winona LaDuke, a Native American activist and twice Ralph Nader's Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate , has written a dramatic and prescient book, The Militarization of Indian Country (Honor the Earth). Completed in February 2011, the book is currently at press and comes on the heels of the capture and … [Read more...]
Bluegrass and folk legend Hazel Dickens died at 75 a few weeks ago from the complications of pneumonia. If you don’t know Dickens’ name, you surely have heard her music somewhere along the way. Maybe you encountered her voice in “Harlan County, U.S.A,” where her renditions of Billy Edd Wheeler’s “Coal Tattoo” and her own “They'll Never Keep Us Down” provided the heart and soul … [Read more...]
Violence Erupts in Wake of New Election Shenanigans in Haiti Haiti's newly elected president, Michel Martelly, has requested that the international community "not recognize the results of the Parliamentary elections." In a press release issued late Friday night, Martelly charges that vote tabulations for senators and deputies who were leading in the polls were excluded in favor of candidates … [Read more...]
US Troops Increase Presence in Haiti Depending on the source, up to 300 US troops have "boots on the ground" in Haiti in anticipation of the announcement of election results, Monday. According to Haiti's BelPolitic and the Miami Herald, there is concern that announced results of the presidential runoff between former first lady Mirlande Manigat and pop singer Michel Martelly could result in … [Read more...]
Haiti's New President Facing Specter of de Facto 'Housing Apartheid' 1500 polling stations in Haiti opened on Sunday, giving the beleaguered population the opportunity to choose between pop star Michel Martelly and former First Lady for president. Preliminary results are expected on March 31 and final certification on April 16 by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). To their credit, … [Read more...]
A lush tropical background frames the shot as the young Haitian woman engages the camera lens completely, confidently, and boldly. Wearing a bright orange tunic and holding a microphone in one hand, she uses the other to open a primitive faucet jerry-rigged to a PVC pipe. As the woman begins the standup introduction for the Ayiti Kale Je video investigation of the cholera epidemic that has … [Read more...]
With invaluable assistance in translation, cultural matters, and investigations from Andre Paultre—a Haitian man who deeply loves his countryOn February 5 we spent a day traveling to the mountains of Haiti’s Arcahaie region in the Quest Department to investigate mysterious deaths among villagers.Internet chatter began in earnest on January 26 when foreign medical interests in Haiti … [Read more...]
Haiti: Clean Water Is A Human Right If You Can Find It After Relief Agencies LeaveTranslation and interpretive assistance in the field by Andre PaultreOn February 4, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) distributed its final "situation report" on issues covering Haiti's cholera epidemic. With the end of the rainy season, new cases of cholera seem to … [Read more...]
Flying into Miami on American Airlines flight 1908 from Port-au-Prince was terrifying. It wasn’t the competence of the pilot that was of concern, but descending out of the darkness into the beautiful but blinding lights of the American urban landscape was more disorienting than severe turbulence. The mind—still seared with the sights, sounds and smells of Haiti—was waking to a different … [Read more...]
Monday, the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) issued a press release saying only 4 out of 8 of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) members signed the document determining which candidates should advance to the second round of Haiti's disputed and deeply flawed election results. This came in spite of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's high profile and breakneck visit to … [Read more...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton immediately issued a statement within 24 hours of the brutal murder of LGBT activist David Kato in Uganda last week. Clinton did not rely on under or assistant secretaries to condemn the bludgeoning of Kato, who was affiliated with the human rights organization Sexual Minorities Uganda.He was found alive with multiple crushing and blunt force wounds to his … [Read more...]
The story of the unexpected and shocking return of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc'' Duvalier on Sunday, and the spectacle of his questioning by Haitian authorities on Tuesday, has as many subplots as a Greek drama. Unfortunately for Haiti, there will be no deus ex machina—no god of truth to shed light on the reasons why Duvalier picked this moment, 25 years after he was exiled in … [Read more...]
The Dispossessed of Camp Canaan Haiti's former dictator and many would say "thief," Jean Claude Duvalier, arrived in Haiti Sunday on an Air France jet--an arrival that seemed almost surreal. Haitian society is still reeling from an earthquake that killed 300,000, left 1.5 million homeless, and fractured the country's ability to fight a cholera epidemic that has killed over 3,700 and sickened … [Read more...]
Sunday, The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has released a report of its independent recount of vote tally sheets from Haiti's November 28 election. CEPR supports claims from candidates, the Haitian press, and other observers that the election was plagued by fraud.The election is so fatally flawed as to nullify any possible attempt by "professional observers to certify the … [Read more...]
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