Peter Hallward

Peter Hallward, professor of philosophy at Middlesex University (American spellings by BlackCommentator). An abbreviated version of the interview appears in the London Review of Books 29:4 (22 February 2007), This is the text of the complete interview which will also appear as an appendix to Hallward’s forthcoming book Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment, due out from Verso in the summer of 2007.

Guest Commentary

‘One Step at a Time’: An Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Former President of Haiti

By Peter Hallward Guest Commentator

Introduction: In the mid 1980s, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was a young parish priest working in an impoverished and embattled district of Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince. A courageous champion of the rights and dignity of the poor, he soon became the most widely respected spokesman of a growing popular movement against the series of military regimes that…

Introduction: In the mid 1980s, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was a young parish priest working in an impoverished and embattled district of Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince. A courageous…

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