The industrial park opened with big promises and big-name backers like Hillary Clinton and Sean Penn. But for the families evicted from their farmland, the development brought financial ruin. — Read on http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/haiti-industrial-park-caracol
Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates
Cuban institutions mourn death of Alexis Díaz de Villegas
I was stunned today to discover today that Alexis Díaz de Villegas, the lead actor in 2010 Spanish-Cuban zombie comedy film, Juan de los muertos , … Cuban institutions mourn death of Alexis Díaz de Villegas
MLK, “Beyond Vietnam,” 1967
I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government…. — Read on web.mit.edu/21h.102/www/Primary source collections/Civil Rights/Beyond_Vietnam.htm
Anarchist Prisoner D. Chatzivasiliadis : When the Makhnovists Wiped out Grigoriev and Petliura
Anarchist Prisoner D. Chatzivasiliadis : When the Makhnovists Wiped out Grigoriev and Petliura — Read on abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2022/06/18/anarchist-prisoner-d-chatzivasiliadis-when-the-makhnovists-wiped-out-grigoriev-and-petliura/
Happy Birthday Katherine Dunham!
What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis?
What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis? — Read on www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.brookings.edu/research/fed-response-to-covid19/
500,000 people at risk of eviction in Brazil as Supreme Court moratorium nears end : Peoples Dispatch
The Zero Evictions Campaign has warned that 142,000 families might lose their homes if the STF-issued injunction against evictions is allowed to expire on June 30. — Read on peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/21/500000-people-at-risk-of-eviction-in-brazil-as-supreme-court-moratorium-nears-end/
Colombia elects first Black woman VP Francia Marquez, who vows to stand for ‘nobodies’ | Reuters
Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will be Colombia’s first Black woman vice president after a historic vote on Sunday saw the Andean country pick its first leftist president, Gustavo Petro. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-elects-first-black-woman-vp-francia-marquez-who-vows-stand-nobodies-2022-06-20/
Why does the United States have a military base in Ghana? : Peoples Dispatch
An interview with Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana — Read on peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/15/why-does-the-united-states-have-a-military-base-in-ghana/
George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94
“Born in Barbados, he was among the last of a generation of writers who traced the Caribbean’s transition to independence.” Clay Risen renders … George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94
Aida Rends 