Tuesday, January 19, 2010

US military to enforce state of emergency in Haiti

From World Socialist Web Site. "...working people in the US have donated a record amount of money."
In spite of the unfolding humanitarian disaster, the US media has increasingly shifted its focus to “the security situation” in Haiti, as the Post put it. In tones reminiscent of its coverage of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, the US media is now replete with references to “looters,” “gangs,” and “street violence.”