Noam Chomsky: US role in Haiti destruction

[@per_ringnes]

I am so glad that someone has filmed these talks and interviews

[@haronxodus]

Thank you for your courage..My heart cries out to God to please end this demon's rule....

[@TheOdikro1]

"When you were born, God smiled!" Thanks so much to the Riverside Church! I couldn't agree with you more!

[@rysw19]

as devastating as this whole thing is, it brings a smile to my face to hear when people have ideas like buying up the entire haitian rice crop at above-market value, then giving the food to the haitian people. what an efficient way of helping people.

[@the1804warrior]

Noam Chomsky is a rare ressource for the untold history.

[@bpatrickhoburg]

Thanks Noah! Just met a Haitian man - you’re a hero

[@408Magenta]

No one could fault Noam for this word because we all know what he stands for. That was the attitude of the day and what an attitude it was.

[@mariegermain6114]

Thankfuly professor for this historical intervention about. Haiti. Happy New year be blessed💝💝💝

[@Elin48]

Thank you joefriendly for this video. I've posted it on my facebook profile, and listened to it in it's entirety in the we hours of the morning here on the Pacific coast in California.

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Srketly charles

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Daniel ketly charles

[@joshcereste5168]

Very brilliant speech...

[@itsolivier]

id like to propose a creole "cc" of this speech the haitians need to really view the scope of the history of this imperialist ambition to keep their nation under their thumb.

[@MzFete]

The Haitian people and all blacks whose ancestors were enslaved should demand reparations for being enslaved against their will. The Haitians should never accepted to pay France for reparations...that was a big mistake.

[@Caseman99]

The ending to the video is the sweetest thing

[@DorothyGTyas]

■■ BLESS DR. CHOMSKY FOR THE TRUTH!!! ■■

[@stevechambers1385]

He's just making a buck off of "victimhood". And the haitians are stupid enough to buy this stuff. Move on -every other culture has suffered (and some prosperred) Loser cultures like Haiti justa wallow in their percieved grievences. Losers.

[@gouloune1]

JUST LIKE SMOKE , THE TRUTH ALWAYS FINDS A WAY OUT. HE MAY BE TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE FACTS. DENIAL SEEMS TO BE YOUR COPING MECHANISM.

[@noam3]

That's a question many people have, 408Magenta. Chomsky is one of a kind, but he's influenced the work of many scholars who are carrying the torch - Robert McChesney on media, Phyllis Bennis on foreign policy, Amy Goodman's peace and justice work, countless activists and organizations, and more. Damiaan makes a good point. Plus, through his legacy of books, and the technology of KZbin, Noam's work will be something to draw from for decades to come.

[@garyn1953]

Noam Chomsky ... truth teller !!!!!!! :-|

[@machia-mw1lm]

Truth teller? lol This is a bitter, anti-American Marxist radical. Come on, grow up.

[@MrEAPerez1]

machia0705 What is your argument not ad homonym but against that facts as he exposes them. Don't be an idiot, open your eyes. Your Government is an Imperialist one if you know what that implies. They have only one interest and that is the interest of the money backers of your Government, the people who pay to have Congress do their bidding.

[@franz909]

machia0705 Your knee-jerk hatred of Chomsky isn't a substitute for Facts about how HAITI is being Exploited by U.S. , the World Bank , South Korea and obviously you know NOTHING about Haiti .

[@machia-mw1lm]

You need to educate yourself.

[@MarjanVukovic]

Whenever someone talks about human rights and real historic facts, opposing to the colonial powers and new world order, paranoid people of US start accusing him to be a communist. Have you ever read some history books at all or just assuming that all you had heard on a main stream media is enough to get the picture? i am so sorry for you.

[@Elin48]

Thank you joefriendly for this video. I've posted it on my facebook profile, and listened to it in it's entirety in the we hours of the morning here on the Pacific coast in California. I love it...the end comment, "When you were born god smiled" I believe it to, as there was also a smile when Howard Zinn, Richard Wolff, and numerous others where born.

[@tregua24]

The New York Post had an article recently entitle "American the Dumbest of all Humans". I believe that this doesn't apply to Mr. Chomsky; he's one of few exceptions.

[@mikerodgers7620]

You and Chomsky are two of the biggest fools yet. In his case, he is an educated fool like so many of these brainwashed college kids.

[@408Magenta]

Who is going to try and step into Noam's shoes when he leaves us? Who????

[@nikolazlatanovic7999]

Same is happening now... Right now.

[@norahherbie8537]

Unbearable to hear.....and even worst to know...why America.. why?!?!?!?!

[@gouloune1]

AND IT'S WORKING VERY WELL, EVEN BETTER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE SOME VICTIMS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AND UPHOLDING THEIR OWN DEMISE OUT OF IGNORANCE OR DENIAL.

[@dallas4320]

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR POINT WITHOUT YELLING. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS BUT CALM YOUR SHIT.

[@CamerOneiric]

Chomsky is going to be at the University of Oregon in three days. It's free! I'm so grateful that I'll see him in my life time.

[@loriflynn78]

How was it?

[@mytube445]

I watched the whole video and it was very informative. More people need to watch it so we can really know who our true friends and neighbors are. I especially think black people need to watch it because we are too divided.

[@charlesstevensEnki]

It has been vast reservoirs of oil and golds discovered in Hati that no one talks about.

[@heckler171]

they keep them poor then call them inferior and backwards. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PPL.

[@timothywiggins6365]

Pure evil is the problem

[@7jerryv7]

Real history with Chomsky.

[@nomibe2911]

Can anyone refute what this guy is saying about America? I'll be waiting for a while.

[@itsolivier]

something tells me that very important information will dissipate the date noam chomsky is no longer with us..furthermore can anyone say when Haiti will get its reparations because as i can tell france was and is the lagest tourism destination in the world and if its true that their wealth was 1/4 haitian resources then this means they owe a large debt to haiti, with interest.

[@jmilber]

Haiti gets it's reparations everyday in the form of billions of dollars of aid. If that is not reparations, what is? For starters, he doesn't explain the reason for the US occuptation or the results of it. Haiti was not some paradise ruined by US occuptation--- it had 6 regimes in 5 years, and was on the verge of collapse. 300 marines went to Haiti-- THREE HUNDRED-- and helped stabilize the country. "The occupation greatly improved some of Haiti's infrastructure[3] and centralized power in Port-au-Prince. Infrastructure improvements were particularly impressive: 1700 km of roads were made usable, 189 bridges were built, many irrigation canals were rehabilitated, hospitals, schools, and public buildings were constructed, and drinking water was brought to the main cities. Port-au-Prince became the first Caribbean city to have an available phone service with automatic dialing. Agricultural education was organized with a central school of agriculture and 69 farms in the country.[20]"

[@nomibe2911]

Nice copying and pasting my friend. Just because Wikipedia says it doesn't make it true. This was the propaganda that the U.S. used to invade a sovereign country. What if a country invaded us during the great depression to stabilize our country. Stop drinking the kool aid the government wants you to drink.

[@portes123321]

nomibe2911 don´t even waste your time, hoping that they can hear it. That is why the american establishment is coming after their own people; I am affraid to say, this is just the beginning. I am a Canadian working in Latin America right now and the number of american escaping to the South is tremendous. 5 Countries had to close down their borders cause they can not handle the number of american people looking for a safe place. The USA is the most dangerous place on earth right now. We deal with international students and I refuse to send them to america right now. I feel for the american people cause, while their establishment was bombing and taking over 65 countries the american people were sleeping, now they establishment is coming after them. God help the american people

[@nomibe2911]

Sort of like how America dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which killed innocent men, women, and children. Or what about the fire bombing of Tokyo which charred thousands to a crisp. Before you claim the morale highground for America please research the history of barbarity this country has.

[@flagcoco69]

I suppose the question I have, over seven years after this video was posted, is: Do Haitians get a kick out of watching the United States, the self-proclaimed deliverer of freedom, God's gift to the world, cannibalize itself? How do they feel about how our mythology is being torn down? Do they see how we're turning ourselves inside-out over Russia perhaps manipulating our elections and take some joy in it, knowing how the US and France have manipulated them ever since independence? I'm sure Haitians see the US entirely different from the way Americans see the US, so could you give us a dose of reality? I am fascinated by Ayiti and its revolution and how they took a leadership role in sponsoring similar revolutions in South America; I am equally appalled at how the US and France dealt with their successful revolt and independence, and it's one of those things where, as I learn more about its history, my own views of America go from skeptical to abysmal. Ayiti holds a special place in world history, and instead of constantly trying to remake the country in someone else's image, the international community needs to, for once, step back and let it use aid in their own right. I'm no expert on this, but the country deserves far more than they've been getting, and Americans need to learn what their government did to the second republic of the Western Hemisphere, born from the greatest slave revolt in human history.

[@ELETMEME03]

God will avenge all the innocent soul that were kill in haiti earthquake.

[@WilliamDervil]

pretty significant information ..

[@adamwatson6916]

Honduras has also been raided for its timber . Honduran mahagony is highly sought after for luthiers . Honduran mahogany is the most sought after for guitar buiding. Bolivia is another country rich in timber. Brazil is another major source for timber Brazilian rosewood is highly sought after especially in guitar manufacturing.

[@ZachResnick]

where do you find out about all of these talks, whether it's chomsky, michelle alexander, etc. are there some good websites with lists of events like this?

[@eviltwinrecords]

brilliant...

[@mimiesannon5355]

They went ahead and fucked up the Island and talking about it like they had nothing to do with it

[@joefriendly]

But then the people of Iceland, as an example for the world, rose up and put the banksters in jail and rewrote their constitution and restored people power. Today, November 14th, Europeans rose up in large numbers in a strike against imposed austerity. Our corrupt government is making it tough for Haitians and the American People should rise up and seize control of the Evil Empire so the US can be a positive force in the world, for a change, actually promoting freedom, prosperity and justice!

[@ceeceepollidore7226]

Wow that man has a high IQ very....intelligent , he knows what he is talking about , I need some of that IQ the creator makes so smart to open people eyes , thanks I learned so much to day , thanks Yua for that

[@noam3]

Noam was using the vernacular of the people who have been oppressing the Haitians. He uses and cites their actual quotes in some of his books.

[@GmanZouk]

@Th3Wab3 Does Haiti need more agriculture and aquaculture support? Of course, we do. It would be great to decentralize the capital Port-au-Prince and get the peasants back in the country side so that they can work the land or fish. Chomsky is correct, the import tariffs should be higher to allow the Haitian farmers and fishermen to compete. To allow them to export and at the same time feed the country.

[@gregorystarks2514]

For the Americans , the poorer some countries , the better for them ! Racism ap, selfishness and zero empathy ...

[@2compg3lo]

There is a God... Bad deeds never go unpunish. Enjoy destroying the people of God.

[@tubebility]

The sound cuts out on some parts. Do you have a transcript for this?

[@reguig1]

what does he mean by Haiti was the "first free country in the hemisphere"?

[@blahblah24681357]

the first country to abolish slavery.

[@Kiskeya]

@reguig1 , He meant exactly what he said, I guess. Haiti was the only country 100% populated by free men. No other country had 'organized' free black men. January 1st, 1804, one of the best days in the past few centuries... Men Anpil, Chay Pa Lou....

[@robinsonglaudejesusisusbyt5586]

You're are one human being

[@blahblah24681357]

50:20 hits different after evo morales was deposed in a cia-backed coup a few months ago. really having a hard time resisting a doomer mindset rn

[@scorchedearthdj]

The CEO of the Red Cross makes 600K a year. Need I say more?

[@kelly980]

Actually he is asked if the UN takes the same line as the IMF/Bank, which is a very important question. He's not asking directly about the IMF/Bank, the question is focussed on the UN. But Chomsky barely gets into the UN's role in the world. Like I said, he's often great but sometimes frustrating.

[@glorytoyahzulu6229]

There is no race of people under the sun who have been perpetually systematically oppressed and hunted down by the Western Emperialism than that of people of African decent . Everything that man does has its repacations. Nothing goes without a reward befitting the duty man has done. These people are to be pittied! I see their reward

[@blooowlz3047]

Each race on Earth has its time.

[@theotherview1716]

This guy is a fuckin powerhouse. I wish he'd become president. I'd probably be poorer but at least I' d be living in a moral country.

[@kervinjoseph3157]

10:30 what did he say

[@codegeek98]

0:24:29 Why do you refer to "anti-dumping laws" in connection to this? Was it _waste_ being dumped, or was the U.S. actually exporting *food* (that didn't suit Americans' palates) to Haiti, at below-cost? 🤨

[@codegeek98]

0:34:30 Brilliantly observes that when Haiti _exports_ the bounty of its own land at a low price because of "comparative advantages", that's abuse by liberal economists. But then I wonder: how is it also abuse for Haiti to _import_ the bounty of _our_ land? This sounds like a Kafkatrap to me: if we import, that's abuse; if we export, that's abuse; and if we don't do anything, then that's participating in an abusive embargo... and even outright aid is dismissed (0:29:20), because after all that _abuse_ it's less than what we owe them??

[@rubenstitus7273]

It is time to adopt a new model and a new paradigm. Author Titus proposes a diaspora Grand Plan for Haiti in his book "Roadmap to Haiti's Next Revolution". Get it now.

[@TheLordIdanZiegeL]

haiti - where blacks rule

[@jamestcatcato7132]

Idan Zigel Sensible comment, now go and wash those filthy white robes

[@joefriendly]

Have you actually viewed the Kim Ives video I recommended? He spells out clearly and in detail that the US has been a destructive force in Haiti, how even the recent disease epidemic was from foreign military troops. For you to still maintain the lies about the US being well-meaning and helpful to Haiti suggests incredible mental deficiency and moral corruption. Will you be voting for Romney?

[@lenstv7]

he mentioned france, stop shifting the blame US is done a lot of crap and life's have been lost

[@Havaanie]

@mogem sadly I didn't as I can imagine people saying that

[@elizabethfaraone]

Poverty is ALWAYS the responsibility of those who impoverish, plain and simple. The complex arguments made to justify poverty are not legitimate.

[@jinacelestin9581]

God :: said he , he punish to the fourth generation , life is a circle whatever u do ur fourth generation will pay;; all man are created equal -glory to God , God bless Haiti and America peace on earth.

[@davidsimpson9647]

Fuck America,fuck the Zionists and fuck their 'god' even more.

[@Quntumking]

God bless Haiti.

[@stevechambers1385]

God - yeah, that's it. U.S. is to blame. Oh and Isreal. God - to you even read the crap you rigt.

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Sr ketly charles

[@enkii82]

@PavedStones You're wrong, we're governed by self-interest corporate greed in U.S. As simple as that, period.

[@joefriendly]

For the real story of the destructive role of the US in Haiti visit interview of journalist Kim Ives on this joefriendly channel. v=O0q4S_mqHx0 Kim Ives points out that the US has been consistently destructive of Haiti. Bill Clinton is currently the chief force for preventing Haiti progress. He was the one behind removing Aristede from presidency and then trying to brainwash him into neoliberal ideology before letting him return to serve out his term.

[@BDTHESM4]

❤

[@joefriendly]

@soccerguy12093 Mainly I subscribe to the NY Activist Calendar which now has a web based list of events, with links to each one at nycaldotmayfirstdotorg and there is opportunity there to subscribe. Additionally I fill out email lists whenever I attend a good event; so I get emails from the likes of DEMOS, WRL, 911Truth, PNHP, etc. It all started in college when I would attend most of the extracurricular lectures announced in the student newspaper.

[@MzFete]

Yes, the Haitians do bear responsibility for their situation....they freed themselves...they should have waited, like all the other Caribbean islands, until the white man give them their freedom...but then again, Martinique, St. Martin and Guadeloupe are still colonies of France...

[@SabinaCesar2024]

Idiot. Who the hell wants to be a slave? Not a Haitian. We know our worth 🇭🇹

[@emmaacadet5376]

Haïtian people don't need any lesson on that matter.. Imperialism thought.

[@gonygulu]

"Man made",are we talking HAARM?

[@kervinjoseph3157]

12:00 again

[@Havaanie]

@mogem just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean its made up.

[@bob4237]

I FORGIVE YOUR IDIOCITY MR PAVEDSTONES......!

[@scourgeofsnackind]

well the question is about the IMF, World Bank, and UN role in the development of Haiti, and then answers how countries develop with the United States being an example in order to refute the idiotic neoliberal policies these international institutions force upon Haiti.

[@Th3Wab3]

@niloclappu i completely agree.. i find it hard to believe that the people who understand this marginalization and exploitive cycle are in such a minority as to render no solutions to this issue... ...comparing the views on this discussion to that of a Lady Gaga video are simply depressing...

[@manatee2500]

Noam...'knows' a lot for the very little time he spent in Haiti. The US is so very interested in Haiti because of the Haitian refugees. The 'gold', the 'oil', and the handful of US rice producers whose exports supplement Haiti's production are not the reason the US has intervened. All the left has done for Haiti is given certain Haitian elites and academics a comfortable lifestyle by repeating the same mind-dulling 'facts' year are year in response to any situation. I wonder where Noam, Wilentz, and Goodman all stay during three days of outrage every 6 years - most likely in Petionville. Liberia, so much worse off, isn't any radar...and is unfathomably unfashionable to these 'guardians' of justice. Sean (the white man carrying the sack of rice uphill for the camera) Penn, hasn't been spotted in Haiti for while.

[@mogem]

@Havaanie you do understand my statement wads facetious?

[@mondesirdaniel3787]

nada dura para siemple!

[@jeannenicolas1723]

These types of things have also been imposed on asians and others.

[@mogem]

@Havaanie hey, next time I'll be more clear in my sarcasm

[@labelle8110]

This is very disheartening

[@jeanpaulsaint6643]

Haiti is suffering with a great disease. The virus of this disease is so wild, it's even worst than Ebola. The question is when these people will find a way to move themselve out of this trap. I hope Toussaint and Dessalines could get back to life just to deal with the matter.

[@lovetruth2651]

when you're trapped in a cage by world powers. it takes their help to get u out of the cage

[@africanpatriot265]

Jean Paulsaint We are our only hope Salute

[@ivan8286]

The principal point about all this stuff is that the international community (ONU) and other first world countries (FRANCE, CANADA, and in some manner the US), wants the Dominican Republic to carry all the weight to maintain a destroyed and bankrupted nation like haiti and we can't do that in the Dominican Republic. We aren't a wealthy nation like Canada, so the full responsibility fall on the ONU and the wealthy nations that promised the aid of 11 billion dollars, those nations that promised this aid only gave 15 % of the total till the date (since january 2010 after the earthquake)... The haitians themselves should begin to reconstruct their miserable country, Long live to the Dominican Republic!!!!

[@TheXL2013]

Please do fuck off.

[@brianmiller5824]

Haiti was the had they not given into

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Srketly charles

[@theotherview1716]

@scorchedearthdj That's not that much.

[@blahblah24681357]

45:37 wow hes cute 😗😳

[@leziliachagou6691]

false not all of them

[@CamerOneiric]

@psleek Bertrand Russell is going to re-incarnate.

[@garlicjrmade6409]

i used to think the countries problem is the word, "hate" is in the nations name, they whould just change their name to lovei or something and every thing will get better.

[@stevechambers1385]

By any international yardstick (UNESCO, EU, U.S.) - haiti is the bottom barrel of human cultures: * By level of education * By child mortality * By crime * By lack of education * By violence to women * By violence to children Who is to blame for this? Large part the haitains. They really are losers.

[@gmanon1181]

In the side of Dominican Republic when we were invaded in 1916, the population was disarmed, but Dominican people were fearless. They fought with white weapons, knifes, stones and machetes. Many thousands of civilians were killed defending their freedom against the Yankee Invasion. Dominicans have this moto: "Quisquella (meaning the native name of the country) will be free from all foreign imperialism dominion or the Island sinks!"

[@musiklover2]

LOL! I can't. You fought off the Americans with knives, stones and machetes? Your history is so interestingly fabricated. You guys don't believe that Spain enslaved Africans and bred with them making you guys-Dominicans and now this, you fought the American troops off of your island? I've heard enough.

[@gmanon1181]

***** I wasn't born yet, but history tells that American called Dominicans "tigres." At that time, people were used to constants small revolutions and fights. Governments were very unstable. The implementation of a stable police came with Trujillo, after 1930s. Even after the invasion of US in 1965, Dominicans were still brave. At this time, the interest of United State was to stop the spread of Communist ideas in the Caribbean.

[@gmanon1181]

***** like @PwnStar said Haitians took longer to get their freedom back. They did not make it until 1935. But yes, the Americans kept the domination in both sides of the island with economical pressure. Dominican Republic was able to do better because Trujillo understood the game of international politics at the time. He attacked the Haitians and closed the frontier at the time that he racial cleansed the country by importing white immigrants and eliminating Haitians. About 40,000 Haitians were killed in the border. The Haitian president received indenization for the losses. It was terrible! He lived in the most racists times in the US, and he understood there was no other way. If Trujillo wouldn't do that; even Haity would had suffer more. Dominican Republic has been a released to Haiti even when Haiti wants to deny it.

[@melanitex1089]

gmanon No The Haitians attained their freedom in 1791. What kept them back was the lack of understanding of international law and politics this is where DR was better at. What does that have to do with courage/cowardice like pwnstar suggested? Also Haiti has been targeted by the white supremacists much more then DR Just a few days ago news broke about the U.N troops poisoning the water suppy

[@gmanon1181]

***** Here we are talking about the North America's invasions to the Island.

[@BDTHESM4]

😮

[@malikahm4053]

100% truth

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Srkettely charles kettely cjat

[@socamaestro]

Go play somewhere else sonny, if you can't FACE the Facts and ACCEPT REALITY! It's shameful/shameless but true. DISGUSTING!!

[@Th3Wab3]

i find it interesting that NGOs never set up agricultural institutions... malnutrition and hunger appear rampant and the solution would be to restore agriculture...

[@kelly980]

Chomsky is great but he does my head in sometimes. Someone asks him to talk about the UN's role in the world at about 30:55 but Chomsky starts a lecture about US economic history...

[@imavileone7360]

Because the US created the UN to punish any anti totalitarian countries like Haiti.

[@moralmentecorrecto7032]

🤔Haiti also invaded and occupied the Dominican Republic for 22 years, killibg many Dominicans (check the massacre in the church) and trying to abolish the spanish language and Dominican culture, DR people were also forced to pay such " Haitian independence", even if they wont admit it, DR has always been their helping hand, however they choose to show no respect to DR and insult DR internationally. Haiti is in bad shape through some fault of their own, as at one point in the 1950's the two countries were on the same plane field but corruption of the tribal Haitian government did not let Haiti flourish! To this day Dominican Republic has the 2nd largest Haitian population which it helps providing free hospitals and schools, but you will hear only negative things about DR, but if you keep an open mind and investigate deeper you will see the truth, many Dominican people wish the best for Haiti and also believe it should not be meddled in by any foreing power! The thruth needs to be told so that some Dominicans dont feel resentment, because they see how ungrateful Haiti has been in the international arena.

[@ketlyjeancharle2766]

Srketly chsrles

[@christinesage300]

NONWONOW

[@ajburton1019]

he shole did

[@LutefiskSavage]

he's almost all correct except it wasn't actually "the US" or for that matter "whites" who did all of that. It's like he's Very VERY carefully stepping around the outside of the federal reserve, Trilateral commission, CFR, and Illuminist connections at all. He HAS to know about them as well as the OBVIOUS Cultural Marxist, Frankfurt School, and even Sabbatean ideological and institutional connections but he's completely avoiding any mention at all of any threads that might suggest that vast conspiracy might even exist. Which begs the question, if it doesn't actually exist, why avoid talking about those key players in the wrecking of Haiti and what they were doing elsewhere at the same time as they were doing that to Haiti? Although Haiti is indeed an Island, it is not completely isolated from the political and financial actions going on elsewhere. Obviously.

[@iamafrog1295]

Haiti and Dominic Republic are on the same very island, but they are two different races. One somehow managed to build a country and the other did not. But the reason is wyte pypol of course. GIVE ME A BREAK.

[@tscholent]

perhaps he'd like to blame Israel for the lack of pyramids in Egypt ?