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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:55 PM Original message |
IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages (The Shock Doctrine Begins) |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh fuck me Klein was right. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Of course, she was, and she is. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So how does last year's debt forgiveness fit into this? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes, but at the time I thought that she was just being overly paranoid |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Nope. And sending Junior, and forgive me, Clinton out there |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Naomi Kleins SHOCK DOCTRINE |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. WTF? |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Already, rumors have Wyclef Jean in 'scandal'. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Actually it's more like his 'charity' had its financial documents come out. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. It's not a rumor, but based on a reading of IRS filings for his charity |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Yikes. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Let's face it, folks...this is STILL about punishing the home |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Haiti was made poor--by France, the United States, Great Britain, other Western powers" |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. AMNESIA |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. The information presented here is all good information |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. I fear you are too too correct. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. In Haiti The Shock Doctrine has been underway for a long while. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You are right, I should have said it continues. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. 100% correct |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. By the way Naomi and Spitzer are on |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. What is Zakaria? is it an internet radio show |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. He has a show on CNN on Sunday mornings. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. You bet. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Meanwhile the French are in the process of canceling Haiti's debt |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Actually, the IMF and World Bank already cancelled $1.2 billion (>60%) of their debt last year |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Have you actually read the book? nt |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes. What's your point? /nt |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's an excellent read and you could learn a lot about how the process works. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Maybe I already know about that and just don't share your opinion. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Read Klein's book - No bullshit! Or get it on CD's so it can be read to you!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. not exactly. in "stages". & after delaying the process since 1996. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
47. One would almost think that was the purpose of the debt cancellation. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. WATCH the UN Security Council Emergency Meeting tomorrow |
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jonathon (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Shameful and typical |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lest we forget, Haiti's indigenous leaders have a sordid history of piling up fortunes in |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. You mean those bribes from foreign multinationals |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. You can only be a puppet if you are willing to accept the bribes. If we are ready to assail |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 06:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Haiti's "leaders" have a history of being hand-picked by the US & toppled at will by the US. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You are correct. My point is that Haiti's past leaders have been all too willing to go along |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Recommend |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Call it Democracy |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. After reading all the comments |
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saorsa (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 04:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Slanted one way? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. please do a little DU Archive search during 2004 and see what was being discussed here at DU when |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. k/r |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. "by 1900, it was spending 80 percent of its national budget on repayments." |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. I knew this crap is going to happen. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
45. I don't think the IMF should be defined as sort of a UN. It is the front for the barons. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. kick, nt. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. AND.......... the "speculation" begins, as well. That cruise ship |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. Oh hysterics and delusions!! Why is this not moved to the |
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Fire1sKid (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. +1 |
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Fire1sKid (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. If Obama were more like LBJ this wouldnt happen |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. ROFL: |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. Servitude to the global financial system created by and serving the original slavers. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm Thinking It's Happening Here In California As Well... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. This kind of thing was NEVER supposed to happen once Obama was elected |
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