A Quote by Noam Chomsky

The earthquake in Haiti was a class-based catastrophe. It didn't much harm the wealthy elite up in the hills, they were shaken but not destroyed. On the other hand the people who were living in the miserable urban slums, huge numbers of them, they were devastated. Maybe a couple hundred thousand were killed. How come they were living there? They were living there because of-it goes back to the French colonial system-but in the past century, they were living there because of US policies, consistent policies.

Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky
American - Activist
Born: December 7, 1928

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Anna Deavere Smith

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Laura Jane Grace

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James Baldwin

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Mary Crosby

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Christian Slater

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Margaret Thatcher

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