This podcast features SCT network partners Marcela and Ana Elisa whose organizations in Providencia and Vieques have both experienced the negative effects of disaster capitalism. Marcela and Ana Elisa lead organizations that provide alternative solutions to the problems faced by their communities. They focus on food sovereignty, seed exchange, agricultural training, and creating markets for locally produced goods.
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Tet Kole Haiti Interview 2023
In this podcast episode we highlight our partner Tet Kole, a Haitian peasant movement which fights for land rights, food sovereignty, and resources for small farmers. They struggle with limited government support and disasters. External aid groups prioritize handouts over helping Haitians grow their own food. Tet Kole seeks training, collaboration, and long-term projects to empower Haitian peasants. Many resources exist in Haiti, but the Haitian people aren’t benefiting.
Voices from the Caribbean on Disaster Capitalism
During this discussion, we spoke about how they became familiar with the concept of disaster capitalism, some of the fundamental issues that enable disaster capitalism, and what networks like Stronger Caribbean Together provide to local grassroots mobilizing. Our guests also talk through how we might rethink the language and meaning of development in the Caribbean.
