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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 12:09 AM
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Nelson Valdés on rescue priorities in Haiti

http://machetera.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/nelson-valdes-on-rescue-priorities-in-haiti/
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 03:12 PM
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1. " .... class and racial fear by the rescue teams is costing the lives of thousands in Haiti."
The author offers well chosen quotes from Alexander Hamilton and José Martí. (Hilariously, the radical right reactionaries in Florida insist they are kindred spirits with José Martí, the same people who maintained a hideously racist culture in Cuba AND in Miami).

Nelson Valdés is highly respected, and this article reflects his depth, and strength of character.

From the article:
Some US television channels have begun broadcasting about vodou burials. The US mass media has turned the whole tragedy into another narcissistic story about how Americans handle disasters.
How did things get this ugly, anyway? The pattern goes back so unbearably far.
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