doobiousone

there are several things that one can do. you can support groups in haiti directly through donations or volunteer time by going down and helping to rebuild. i went to port au prince in 2012 with a group of students and teachers from the local high school that has a sister school in haiti. we brought medical supplies to donate to the local hospital and monetary donations that went towards purchasing building materials to expand the sister school. we spent a week building the school, visiting and supporting grassroots organizations, and learning about the history of haiti, specifically the colonial roots and the installation of dictators by the us government and the overthrow of the democratically elected leader aristide. if one wants to help haiti then grassroots organizations need to be supported and awareness of how us foreign policy affects political realities in haiti needs to be spread. if one wants to donate money, please donate to local organizations that are involved on the ground in haiti. do not donate to large ngos since this money is wasted and does not go directly to helping rebuild haiti.

appropriate organizations to donate to:

http://www.haitiemergencyrelief.org/Haiti_Emergency_Relief_Fund/home.html

http://www.sopudep.org/

committee organizations raising awareness:

http://www.haitisolidarity.net/index

http://haitiaction.net/

I would argue that most civil rights groups and new-left movements of the 1950's and 1960's "felt the hurt" of eroding civil liberties when the FBI initiated COINTELPRO. This program disrupted and destroyed many of these groups and stunted the ability of American citizens to organize and protect themselves against an unjust government. This game is not new and we've only seen new tools thrown into the mix.

Don't worry. After the "War on Terror", the United States and European Union will go into "Cold War 2.0" versus China and Russia.