Truthout
Haiti
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Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Workers Rights and Wages in Haiti
Beverly Bell takes a look at the economics behind third world sweatshops to propose how alternative pathways can be found.
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Haitian Sweatshop Workers Speak: Sub-Poverty Wages and Sexual Coercion
Harrowing tales of women forced to trade sex to keep employment in factories.
“Mrs. Clinton Can Have Her Factories”: A Haitian Sweatshop Worker Speaks
Marjorie Valcelat ran an embroidery machine in a factory from 2005 to 2008. She says the experience made her so sick and weak that she's not felt able to …
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A Hard Day’s Labor for $4.76: The Offshore Assembly Industry in Haiti
As we mourn the deaths of the Bangladesh factory collapse, we explore the implications of sweatshop labor as a model for development.
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Farmers and Consumers vs. Monsanto: David Meets Goliath
Thousands of farmers across the nation fight against Monsanto's GM crops and corporate mentality.
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Another Poor Black Boy Dead in Haiti
What country would they create?
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Struggling Haiti Signs Costly Private Deal
The Haitian government risks signing the state and the taxpayers up for a very costly deal.
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Haiti’s Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
The enablers of human-rights-violating regimes are free to walk the streets of New York and Washington.
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A Tale of Two NGOs: in Haiti, Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster?
Beverly Bell reviews a new text by Mark Schuller that explains why foreign aid has only harmed Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake.
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Will the US Continue to Obstruct Justice for Duvalier’s Victims in Haiti?
The international community - including the US - must stand on the side of justice and the Haitian people.