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Jesse Hagopian
Black Haitian Lives Matter: Haiti on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earthquake
14 Jan 2015
by Jesse Hagopian The author was a witness to the disaster that took hundreds of thousands of Haitian lives in 2010 – a catastrophe used by the U.S. as a pretext for massive military invasion. “I saw…
Jesse Hagopian
“Why are They Doing This to Me?”: Seattle Students Walkout on Ferguson Decision and Racism
03 Dec 2014
by Jesse Hagopian Ferguson is everywhere – including Seattle, where thousands of students took to the streets last week. “What is sweeping the nation—something the media cannot acknowledge without…
Jesse Hagopian
Seismic Imperialism: Haiti’s Buried Cry for Help on the Third Anniversary of the Earthquake
16 Jan 2013
by Jesse Hagopian Under Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama, Haiti has been deprived of its sovereignty and ability to defend herself from natural disaster and human predators. “The world's…
Jesse Hagopian
I’m Black and I Want More “Stuff” and “Things”: An Open Letter to Bill O’Reilly
14 Nov 2012
by Jesse Hagopian The arch-racist Bill O’Reilly believes Blacks expect to receive “a cornucopia of benefits” from the newly-reelected president. However, it’s about four years late for that.…
Jesse Hagopian
Occupy Education vs Gates Foundation: Policy Throwdown!
14 Mar 2012
by Jesse Hagopian The direct ancestors of today’s high stakes tests were “designed by racist pseudoscientists of the early 20th century” to “prove that whites born in the U.S. were the most…