Entries from January 2010

Rebuilding Haiti

January 23rd, 2010 by tom | No Comments

Rebuilding Haiti

Letters to the editor
San Francisco Chronicle – Friday, January 22, 2010

Let’s do it right
Given the long history of U.S. domination of Haiti and support of its corrupt dictators (described in detail by Dr. Paul Farmer in “The Uses of Haiti”) and its more recent direct involvement in the 2004 overthrow of its democratically elected [...]


Haiti and Afghanistan

January 15th, 2010 by tom | No Comments

Haiti and Afghanistan

Provide help where it’s wanted – San Francisco Chronicle 1/15/10
The United States should end its disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, which is only producing greater and greater resentment among the Afghan people, and turn to Haiti, where it would be welcomed as a partner in rebuilding the country into a sustainable economy.
Nothing could benefit our security [...]