Radio War Nerd EP #434 — Haiti & Aid State Imperialism, feat. Jake Johnston
Guest: Jake Johnston, researcher & writer
Recorded: March 22, 2024
We talk to longtime Haiti reporter Jake Johnston about the decades-old US role in Haiti's unraveling, NGO imperialism, the Clintons, and the coups.
Buy Jake's book Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism and the Battle to Control Haiti. Follow Jake on Twitter.
Total time: 1:37:20
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Comments (15)
I think the advantage with foreign assassins is that, in theory, they're less traceable. Local snitches have nothing on them and after the hit they'll fly back home so how is an investigator going to find and interrogate them? If they get caught though, they have no loyalty and will sing like the proverbial canary. I read an interview with Henry Hill, the Goodfellas guy, who said this was why they used Sicilians from Italy for these kinds of jobs, and called them "zips" because they zipped in and out. (He also said they had no conscience lol)
Please do right by Haiti and invite @grosmorne39 to the show.
John quoting Duffman is a reminder why you guys are the best
Much better analysis on DN - https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2024/3/11?autostart=true
If Ke is coming they have a good mandate and legitimacy to come, I just over the economic incentives and see that the payment is backed by beach property once everything calms down. Great job UN. (Property rights and incentives joke, sad about Gaza, plus low on cash...)
Solid topic and quality guest. Haiti is a great example of the US helping/not helping.
Does anyone know if money wire transfers are still going through to Haiti? I live in a small town with a Haitian community and I helped one send a wire transfer last week and expect to see more. It went through at our end but I wonder what it's like there.
Deferring the Clinton Foundation corruption to another episode. Bold move, Cotton.
Donors: “ITS JUST A LITTLE DIRTY! ITS OKAY! ITS OKAY!”
as long as we're being pedants about pronunciation I think any name as evil as "Otto Reich" needs a stereotypically thick german accent when you say it just so people know what they're dealing with
John. Reliable assassins? In this economy? You have to import if you want any sort of quality
Obviously the contractor sub contracted to a cheaper guy, who also cut corners. This is what the American empire has come to - Cuban exiles just don’t want to kill politicians anymore
Longtime CEPR internship applicant here, good get
Looking forward to this episode. Just wanted to say I really liked the thorough newsletter on the IS-K bombing
Thanks!