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Kibbutz to Kombutz - an article by our friend Elliot Kriegsman
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 16:28 — hansenKIBBUTZ TO KOMBUTZ
Why Haiti needs to adopt an Israeli model for sustainable agriculture.
Throughout her history, Haiti has been a country in which political upheaval seems to ebb and flow like an ocean tide. Instability, combined with periods of dictatorship, foreign intervention, coups d’etat, and military occupations have helped create a global perception that Haiti - once known as the “Pearl of the Antilles” - cannot take care of itself.
Indeed we are Working Together for Haiti
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 11:25 — hansenOver the years, I have had the great pleasure of communicating with many of our donors. Hearing about their lives always leaves me inspired. We who make a commitment to act for social justice are part of an awesome (in the literal sense of the word!) community.
From what I can tell, activism is a habit hard to break... Bob and Adelle Dellavalle-Rauth, for example, with Pax Christi Haiti Task Force in Huddleton, VA, have been involved with Haiti for 30 years and just visited their twin parish last summer.
On World Food Day, Peasant Groups Present Petition Against Jatropha to Haitian Parliament
Sat, 10/17/2009 - 10:17 — melindayiti
www.Alterpresse.org
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION
“This struggle which came about during the thirty-fifth anniversary in March 2008 of the Peasant Movement of Papaye is about raising awareness of the call to all of society to contribute to a mobilization against this project to exterminate the peasants,” stated Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the group “4 je kontre” (literally, the convergence of two pairs of eyes) several hours before the petition was submitted to the Haitian Parliament.
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