Basile Despland

anthropologist _ playwrighter_lecoq+viewpoints&suzuki trained actor

[NACLA Report @NACLA]

HAITI | "The historical record demonstrates that the foreign, white supremacist intervention that is sporadically proposed as a potential means to 'fix' Haiti is, in fact, the primary ill plaguing my beleaguered native country." @jafrikayiti
https://t.co/yneILVUOHg

[Amy Wilentz @amywilentz]

Africa joins in. An unprecedented public moment (in my 30-or-so-years experience) of solidarity between African leaders/intellectuals and the people of #Haiti. (If the French is too much for you, just scroll down to the list of signatories): https://t.co/s1JwC8YEwp

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

12 years ago the US, Canada, France and others in the international community pressured the Haitian government to overturn the election results and clear the way for Martelly to reach the presidency. Today, he was sanctioned by Canada for providing support to armed groups.

[Amy Wilentz @amywilentz]

My take on Haiti at yet another dangerous crossroads: https://t.co/vn5Yd7yNlS

[Ajamu Baraka @ajamubaraka]

The invasion of Haiti means that scores of Haitian people are going to die. The people of Haiti reject intervention but the racist, arrogant white supremacist colonialists ignore the people because they know better what the people need then the people:https://t.co/pWx42dTuk7

[Brian Concannon @HaitiJustice]

MUST READ! Edwidge Danticat explains why “Haitians have no faith in foreign intervention” https://t.co/wwHgjxkcBH via @NewYorker

[Jean Jacques Dessalines 🇭🇹🇵🇸🇳🇪🇲🇱🇧🇫🇨🇺 @JeanJacquesDes7]

List of US atrocities committed on Haitians during the US Occupation of Haiti in 1915-1934 🧵

- 1915-1920: Several thousand civilians were killed by US occupying forces.

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[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

The @StateDept is already in discussions to determine the composition and mandate of a multinational force to be sent to Haiti.

Latest on @HaitiAidWatch looks at the calls for intervention and asks the question, security for whom?

https://t.co/vvPC40FgVS

[Basile Despland @BasileDespland]

https://t.co/jEHgRFKoKH

[Walker Art Center @walkerartcenter]

2017: The Year According To 15 artists from around the globe.

Read their lists of their most noteworthy ideas, events, and objects of 2017. → https://t.co/Z9WdwpSS3p