Stories by Beverly Bell

Beverly Bell has worked with Haitian social movements for over 30 years. She is also author of the book Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance. She coordinates Other Worlds, which promotes social and economic alternatives. She is also associate fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies. subscribe to Beverly Bell's feed

One System for All: Fighting for Universal Access to Health Care

Posted on: May 22, 2012, Source: Other Worlds

A strong health care system can only survive if the population fights to protect it.

We Have Everything We Need Already: Community Control of Education

Posted on: May 8, 2012, Source: Other Worlds

Bold ideas for discovering education beyond traditional systems.

Thousands of Hondurans Occupy 30,000 Acres to Reclaim Life and Land

Posted on: May 2, 2012, Source: Other Worlds

Consuelo Castillo helped organize thousands of Honduran indigenous peoples and small farmers who set out on April 17 to reclaim land taken by the government and the wealthy.

Fighting for Indigenous Rights Over Corporate Greed in the Niger Delta

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: Other Worlds

Emem Okon is one of the women activists whose work has been central to repairing the divisions that corporate and governmental repression have wrought in the Niger Delta.

Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster? Haitians' Thoughts on Foreign Assistance

Posted on: Jul 5, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org

Developed countries have donated billions in aid to Haiti. But where is all the money actually going?

Healing Body and Heart, Cuban Style

Posted on: Apr 5, 2010, Source: YES! Magazine

Cuban doctors and artists -- on the ground in Haiti even before the earthquake -- are helping survivors heal.