The Labor Battle in Haiti: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony
Posted by Jeb Sprague - October 10, 2007 at 3:21 pmThis paper was originally prepared for a presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the South-West Labor Studies Association, Mach 10-11, 2006 at UCLA. An earlier version was published in Labor Notes Magazine in 2006.
INTRODUCTION
Chief of Lame Ti Manchet Reportedly Escapes to Dominican Republic
Posted by Jeb Sprague - February 2, 2007 at 3:30 pmChristmas Massacre in the City of the Sun
Posted by Jeb Sprague - December 23, 2006 at 5:14 amMexico: Reuters & Bloomberg concede Obrador has a 1.5% lead.
Posted by Jeb Sprague - July 5, 2006 at 11:46 pmSeeking an 'Even Playing Field': Washington and UN Work to Undermine Fanmi Lavalas
Posted by Jeb Sprague - April 13, 2006 at 2:53 pmAs Haiti’s legislative run-off elections approach, it is worthwhile to review elements of Washington’s campaign to build the vote in favor of its local client parties. This “democracy promotion” – which is anything but that – is strategically critical to winning the Haitian parliament, with which President-elect René Préval will name the new prime minister, Haiti’s most powerful executive post.
Haiti: U.S. Subcommittee Passes Bill to Recruit and Deploy U.S. Citizens in Support of Unelected Interim Government
Posted by Jeb Sprague - July 7, 2005 at 9:06 pmWashington, D.C.- Instead of U.S. taxpayer’s money going to NGOs such as the Catholic Relief Organization, CARE, or Oxfam, $6 million in U.S. economic aid may soon be going straight to the bank accounts of a dictatorship, mired in corruption and massive human rights abuses, for the recruitment and deployment of American citizens.
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