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In reply to the discussion: $0.62 per hour Factory Jobs In Haiti "Not ‘Perfect’ But A Start," says Clinton [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)33. “All cultures forged by nations ~
the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and the ancestral wealth of Africa and Oceaniaare corroded by the American way of life. In this way, neoliberalism imposes the destruction of nations and groups of nations in order to reconstruct them according to a single model. This is a planetary war, of the worst and cruelest kind, waged against humanity.
It is in this context which Subcomandante Marcos believes that the EZLN and other indigenous movements across the world are fighting back. He sees the EZLN as one of many "pockets of resistance."[24]
It is not only in the mountains of southeastern Mexico that neoliberalism is being resisted. In other regions of Mexico, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada, in the Europe of the Maastricht Treaty, in Africa, in Asia, and in Oceania, pockets of resistance are multiplying. Each has its own history, its specificities, its similarities, its demands, its struggles, its successes. If humanity wants to survive and improve, its only hope resides in these pockets made up of the excluded, the left-for-dead, the disposable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcomandante_Marcos
It is in this context which Subcomandante Marcos believes that the EZLN and other indigenous movements across the world are fighting back. He sees the EZLN as one of many "pockets of resistance."[24]
It is not only in the mountains of southeastern Mexico that neoliberalism is being resisted. In other regions of Mexico, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada, in the Europe of the Maastricht Treaty, in Africa, in Asia, and in Oceania, pockets of resistance are multiplying. Each has its own history, its specificities, its similarities, its demands, its struggles, its successes. If humanity wants to survive and improve, its only hope resides in these pockets made up of the excluded, the left-for-dead, the disposable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcomandante_Marcos
"Marcos, the quintessential anti-leader, insists that his black mask is a mirror, so that Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10 p.m., a peasant without land, a gang member in the slums, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a Zapatista in the mountains. In other words, he is simply us: we are the leader weve been looking for."
~~~Naomi Klein
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$0.62 per hour Factory Jobs In Haiti "Not ‘Perfect’ But A Start," says Clinton [View all]
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
OP
I don't think you and I have a disagreement. To read/learn the history of Haiti
MichiganVote
Nov 2012
#9
by the grace of others? wtf? they survive *despite* the pernicious "grace" of others.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#18
that network makes money off the deal. despite all those helping hands, half a
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#29
That's another example of no government no infrastructure and no resources.Sadly anything will help.
The Wielding Truth
Nov 2012
#5
Look at how industry in the US began? We had child labor, slavelike wages. Yes it's not
RB TexLa
Nov 2012
#17
haitians have had factories where they could work for peanuts for some time.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#19
Yep. We figured out how to export the Triangle Shirtwaist Company overseas
raouldukelives
Nov 2012
#24
There were factories in Haiti since the 50s---introduced by the Americans under Papa Doc.
vaberella
Nov 2012
#34
"it's mostly funneling back to westerners -- contractors, NGOs, religious groups"
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#20
getting fed in a prison may be better than starving on the streets, but who would
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#30