Consider checking out some of these progressive links on the Haitian earthquake, including social justice and aid organizations, smart political and historical analyses of Haiti’s situation in particular and on the disturbing concept of “natural disaster” in general (e.g., the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was both “natural” but also racial-historical).
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