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Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Anthropology at City University of New York. He has just returned from Haiti. He is co-editor the book Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction. He is also co-director and producer of the documentary film Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy. This summer, he has been studying aid delivery and living conditions in Haiti’s camps for the internally displaced.
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Thousands of Haitians Face Risk of Forcible Evictions from Temporary Camps
It’s been over seven months since Haiti’s devastating earthquake left up to 300,000 dead and displaced over 1.5 million. Only a small fraction of the displaced have found new homes, and those who’ve found shelter in temporary camps now face a new round of displacement. According to Haitian community groups,...August 17, 2010 | Story
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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