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Haiti: The Mobilization of Aid, Public Discourses and Political Action by Manuel Rozental from Justin Podur on Vimeo.
On February 11, my friend and mentor Manuel Rozental did a talk on Haiti at York University, where he gave some of the regional perspective that I got from him and presented in some of my talks.
Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis* by Dan Freeman-Maloy from Justin Podur on Vimeo.
We now have Dan’s video from the event up on Vimeo too. Thanks to everyone who did it…
Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis by Justin Podur from Justin Podur on Vimeo.
With some help from friends (you know who you are) I have the video of last night’s talk here – uploaded to vimeo this time.
I’ll be speaking with Dan Freeman-Maloy on Haiti in Toronto on Tuesday Feb 2.
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Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis:
Canada/US policy and the regional response
with Justin Podur and Dan Freeman-Maloy
Tuesday, February 2
Centre for Social Justice
489 College St (W of Bathurst), Suite 303
7 – 9pm
Continue reading “Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis (an event in Toronto)”
Everyone agrees that the Haiti earthquake is a serious situation. Serious enough for the US to send thousands of Marines, to take over the airport, to suspend Haiti’s sovereignty and take over the operation. Serious enough to unify the bitter partisan divide and put Bush, Clinton, and Obama together to raise funds. Serious enough for benefit concerts and the invention of new forms of philanthropy, where people can donate through their cell phones. But the Haiti earthquake is apparently not all that serious:
I recorded this video last night (using my new flip HD and PiTiVi editing suite).
Part 1
Part 2
If you are thinking of donating to Haiti relief efforts I would recommend either of these two organizations:
The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
or
A friend asked me for my take on the hacked climate change emails. Before formulating my thoughts I went to realclimate.org to see if they had anything. They do… and it’s indispensable as usual.
[Collected here are some of Badri’s poems]
September 30, 2011
Crossing the Line
Sardar Montek Singh Ahluwalia,
He plan my poverty;
Suddenly I am a rich man,
For my income is thirty three.
Having crossed the line by a whole Rupee,
I now have more and more;
I see around my jhuggi things
I never could see before.
That magic buck floats angelic
Beyond my penury;
The thirty two upon the ground
Reach up for the Christmas tree.
The knowledge that this extra buck
Puts me among the haves,
Makes me feel I needed not
The sumptuous fishes and loaves
[Originally published in The Hindu October 25, 2009]