Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism
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Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism

Danny Shaw, a City University of New York (CUNY) academic, slept, ate and marched with militants from the Fort National neighbourhood’s popular organisation Mouvement de Liberté d’Égalité des Haitiens pour la Fraternité in late February and early March.

Why Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ Remains the Most Memorable Saga of  Displaced Farmers and  Migrating Workers
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Why Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ Remains the Most Memorable Saga of Displaced Farmers and Migrating Workers

The novel was very effective in drawing attention to the injustices faced by displaced farmers in the wake of the great depression and the dust bowl phenomenon. We in India are all too familiar with this overwhelming reality of our times, and this is all the more reason for remembering this story.

“Poor Rich Haiti” or How Imperialists and Local Oligarchy have Sought to Destroy Agriculture in Haiti
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“Poor Rich Haiti” or How Imperialists and Local Oligarchy have Sought to Destroy Agriculture in Haiti

An exploration of the reconstruction of Haiti after 2010, focussed mainly on the the destruction of peasant farming, to the benefit of western corporations and their allies in Haiti.