Historian of Haiti & the Caribbean, public health & disease, and US empire | Museum & Archives worker
Ottawa, ON
Joined October 2013
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I wrote a brief piece for @NYAMHistory about Haitian medical journals, myths from the occupation, and Haiti's medical and intellectual tradition. Check it out:
nyamcenterforhistory.org/201… #Haiti #HistMed
#HaitianStudies folk, do any of you happen to have a pdf copy of John Houston Craige’s ‘Black Bagdad’?
ALT The book ‘Black Bagdad’ by John Houston Craige. The book has a green and yellow cover with an image of 3 black men playing drums. The men’s features are all exaggerated in a racist manner.
“Using Presidential Drawdown Authority, Biden authorized […] up to $10 million worth of weapons, ammunition, bullet-proof vests and helmets” to help Haiti’s police fight gangs.
aol.com/biden-turns-little-k…
Given that so much of the current crisis stems from the unrestricted flow of US guns to Haiti - off of which US arms companies profited - more guns hardly seems like a solution.
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70 membres des Forces armées 🇨🇦 (FAC) ont été envoyés en Jamaïque afin de former les troupes qui se rendront en Haïti, aux prises avec une flambée de violence liée à des gangs criminels, dans le cadre de la « mission multinationale d’appui à la sécurité » dirigée par le Kenya.
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Haiti’s Hospitals Survived Cholera and Covid. Gangs Are Closing Them. Our latest on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. with @FrancesRobles and Andre Paultre nytimes.com/2024/03/17/world…
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Whether you think Haiti needs foreign security or not, conditioning participation in a new government on acceptance of the Kenya-led force negotiated by Henry is wrong.
It is clear the US backed Henry because they understood replacing him would call the deal into question.
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Concernant le riz américain, il faut rappeler que la majorité du riz produit en Arkansas, état de Bill Clinton, est exporté vers Haïti.
Santé : Risque élevé de cancers et d’autres maladies en Haïti, dû au riz importé américain, révèle l’Université du Michigan alterpresse.org/spip.php?art…
It’s pretty astounding that a UN agency can claim credit for a “community revolution” against “waterborne diseases such as cholera” in Haiti, given that the UN is responsible for cholera being in Haiti in the first place.
reliefweb.int/report/haiti/h…
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Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries & the communities we serve.
But it’s not over—we will keep fighting for the traditional right of libraries to own, lend, and preserve books. Learn more & take action👇 blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/…
In recognition of World Digital Preservation Day, I wrote about how my workplace, Goulbourn Museum, preserves community history through digitization and digital preservation work.
#WDPD2022 goulbournmuseum.ca/preservin…
If you’re in Ottawa, join us this afternoon for a film and discussion about Canada’s policies vis-à-vis Haiti.
eventbrite.ca/e/movie-viewin… #Haiti #cdnpoli #Ottawa
As Canada considers sending troops to Haiti, we need to understand the history of Canada's relations with Haiti.
If you are in Ottawa, join us Saturday for a film examining Canada's role in undermining Haitian self-determination.
eventbrite.ca/e/movie-viewin… #Haiti #cdnpoli #Ottawa
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Anyone wanting to help Haiti by sending foreign troops owes it to Haitians to listen to what they thought of the last UN mission. itstayswithyou.com/iswyhome/
Some of the opposition to Canadian military intervention in Haiti is starting to filter into the Canadian media coverage. Hopefully that continues - and hopefully more Haitian perspectives will get featured, too. ctvnews.ca/politics/let-hait…
Armoured vehicles from Canada land in Haiti: source
cbc.ca/news/politics/armoure…
“A U.S. source familiar with the drafting of the resolution said the multilateral force would not be under the supervision of the U.N. or assembled under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which endorses the use of force for the maintenance of peace.”
Exclusive: U.S. will support sending ‘multinational rapid action force’ to Haiti miamiherald.com/news/nation-…
With cholera’s resurgence and other medical issues getting worse, Haiti is in the midst of a public health crisis. It needs to be addressed, but I am uneasy with how such public health concerns are being invoked to support foreign intervention in the country.
It also has to be noted that cholera is not the only health crisis to spur calls for intervention in the past little while; COVID-19 was similarly used as a pretext for an intervention.
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"In the meantime, humanitarian suffering in Haiti, where the pandemic is raging and only a minuscule share of the 11 million residents have been vaccinated against covid-19, continues to worsen." - @PostOpinions, as part of an argument for "muscular outside intervention."