Haitian-Born Author Dady Chery Discusses ‘We have Dared to Be Free’ With Anita Stewart – Part I

The following interview was originally broadcast on Wise Women Media on August 5, 2015 and later rebroadcast as a three-part series on Challenging the Rhetoric, on August 26-28. For the audio for the first part of the series, scroll to … Continue reading →

Lessons from MLK: Call for a General Strike in Haiti | Appel à une grève générale en Haïti

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Haiti and everywhere, all non-violent action boils down to one principle: non-cooperation in one’s own repression. (English | French)

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The Politics of Climate Change: Is Occupy Turning Into an NGO?

By Gilbert Mercier and Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. MLK could easily have built a movement to supply food, blankets, and diapers to needy African Americans. Decades later, as climate change exacerbates life for those already on the edge, the arguments are the same: do we put a band-aid over the lash wounds, or do we stop those who administer the beatings?

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If One Could Extrapolate to One NGO Per Haitian… | Si l’on pourrait arriver à une ONG par Haïtien…

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Half of Haiti’s medical NGOs have left and more plan to shut down their cholera-treatment programs by the year’s end. And guess what? Haiti will get healthier (English | French).

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