On AlterNet: humanitarian aid

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Haiti Loses Its U.S. Lifeboat

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. March 15, 2010.

The U.S.S. Comfort, the symbol of U.S. humanitarian aid and generosity, left Haiti last week. The U.S. military has judged that its relief mission has been completed.

Haitians Under U.S. Treatment Are Often Separated From Families

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. February 2, 2010.

The U.S. has brought medical services to thousands of Haitians. But a bureaucratic tangle has left some struggling to find loved ones who were taken away for treatment.

Our Haiti Response Has Been Yet Another Example of Western Hypocrisy and Racist Double Standards

Jeremy Seabrook, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. January 19, 2010.

Why does it take an emergency for the people of Haiti to get clean water and basic infrastructure?

Why is the Government Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid at the U.S.-Mexico Border?

Valeria Fernandez, IPS News. July 1, 2009.

Volunteers who leave water jugs for migrants at the border are getting slapped with absurd littering charges.

Is the Gaza Catastrophe Really About Natural Resources?

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, AlterNet. January 8, 2009.

Israel’s official war aim is difficult to take seriously.

Israel's 'Crime Against Humanity'

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 16, 2008.

Israel's siege of Gaza rivals the worst crimes carried out at the height of South African apartheid.

The Politics of Humanitarian Aid

Walter Brasch, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. June 2, 2008.

Seeing Shades of Katrina in the Myanmar Cyclone