Issue: 360

Despite logistical problems, the 12 January earthquake in Haiti has seen much of the “international community” pull together to provide food, doctors and other emergency aid for the already poverty-stricken country. But the disaster has also provided apologists for the State of Israel’s human rights abuses an opportunity to try and grab high moral ground.…

On Monday, the world’s political and financial powerhouses met in Montreal, Canada to deliberate the future of Haiti. It was a six hour meeting between the United States – Haiti’s most recent military intervener, France – Haiti’s colonial ruler, and the IMF and World Bank – Haiti’s financial creditors/despots. The United Nations, which is now…