Haiti: Could Charlemagne Peralte’s Example Inspire a New Revolution? Part II
Had the United States Marines not invaded Haiti, Charlemagne Peralte might have become a politician instead of a revolutionary. His father, General Remi Massena Peralte, was a big landowner in Hinche who had served as a Member of Parliament during the Hypollite administration, known for public works like the Marché Hypollite (Marché-en-Fer, or Iron Market). […]
Haiti: Could Charlemagne Peralte’s Example Inspire a New Revolution? Part I
After more than a century sailing along as an independent black nation, Haiti collided with the Monroe Doctrine in the form of the National City Bank of New York. Together with the United States State Department, Citibank pressured Haiti’s government to sell it 40 percent of the Banque National d’Haïti (BNH): Haiti’s treasury. Thus the […]
Margaret Thatcher’s Legacy: The Great Divide Between Haves and Have Nots
It is hard not to join in the chorus on one side or another of the great Margaret Thatcher divide. In fact it is nigh impossible. Perhaps the adjective most bandied about since her death, and the one that best describes her, is: divisive. She divided a nation. The capitalist system she supported, that most […]
Ten Years Since the War in Iraq, Blair Is Still a Warmonger
Ten years after Tony Blair defied the British populace and took the United Kingdom into an unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq, he spoke to BBC2′s Kirsty Wark. When Wark asked about the conservative estimate of 100,000 civilian casualties and 179 British service casualties, Blair referred to the Iraq-Iran war in which one million had […]
Valentine’s Day: Love in the Time of Money, Lust and Moral Decay
Long gone are the days when Valentine’s Day celebrated true romantic love. Today, like most holidays, Valentine’s Day is a celebration of commerce rather than love. It is just like Christmas: another holiday for the benefit of the merchants. If some love is in the air, as every February 14, a lot more money than […]
