Hating the Root: Attacks on Vodou in Haiti

by Akinyele Umoja Haitian practitioners of Vodou, an integral part of the nation’s culture, have been set upon and lynched by evangelical protestants linked to the U.S. Right. “The promotion of a religious civil war among Haitians is part and partial of the colonial counter-insurgency ‘play book.’” “The lynchings were mostly conducted by machete-wielding thugs.” [...]

Haiti on Our Minds by Mumia Abu Jamal

Haiti On Our Minds Mumia Abu-Jamal 1/16/10 The recent natural disaster in Haiti, has once again, thrown Haiti into the eyes of the world, and once again, brought out both the best and worst of us. The sheer scale of human suffering has evoked massive compassion, as governments far and wide mobilize to assist those [...]

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