Michael Deibert, Writer

Michael Deibert is the author of Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History (Zed Books), In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico (Lyons Press, 2014), The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (Zed Books, 2013) and Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti (Seven Stories Press, 2005). He can be followed at twitter.com/michaelcdeibert.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

LIBYA: ‘‘King of Kings’’ Gaddafi Tries to Flex Regional Muscles

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LIBYA: ‘‘King of Kings’’ Gaddafi Tries to Flex Regional Muscles By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service PARIS, Apr 24, 2009 (IPS) - Former p...
Friday, April 24, 2009

A note on violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University

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In early 2007, while reporting on the conflict in India-controlled Kashmir, I sat at a small tea shop in Srinagar discussing the political t...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Children Burned to Death by Rwandan Hutu Militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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The FDLR came and circled my house. When we tried to leave, they said, “You can’t leave or we’ll kill you.” I was able to move out a bit and...

“Bring me my bow of burning gold...”

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As Paris fully entered exuberant springtime the other day, the novia and I found ourselves strolling down the Champs-Élysées. Losing ourselv...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Of pirates and protectors

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Despite the understandable joy at the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the clutches of a quartet of bandits who had seized his ship ...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Michael Deibert named Senior Fellow World Policy Institute

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In a good development all around, I have been named a Senior Fellow at New York's World Policy Institute , which develops and champions...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Brave New World

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Every week seems to bring another herald of the impending demise of reporting as we know it. Last week, the New York Times Company threatene...
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Saturday, April 04, 2009

Bienvenue à la ceinture rouge

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Paris in the springtime, and it’s very sweet to be back, I must say. Returning to the heart of Europe from four months in Australia, probabl...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Michael Deibert: Australia’s Parched Landscape

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Michael Deibert: Australia’s Parched Landscape February 26th, 2009 (This posting originally appeared on the blog of the World Policy Journal...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Bone dry to blazing in Australia

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Friday, February 20, 2009 Bone dry to blazing in Australia By Michael Deibert The Washington Times (Read the original article here ) SYDNEY,...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Xstrata Dreaming: The Struggle of Aboriginal Australians against a Swiss Mining Giant

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Xstrata Dreaming: The Struggle of Aboriginal Australians against a Swiss Mining Giant by Michael Deibert, Special to CorpWatch February 16t...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Michael Deibert: Echoes of Obama on Australia Day

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Michael Deibert: Echoes of Obama on Australia Day (This article first appeared on the blog of the World Policy Journal and can be read here ...

The Trial of Thomas Lubanga

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Today, the International Criminal Court at the Hague began the trial of Thomas Lubanga, the former leader of the Union des Patriotes Congol...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Selectively shrugging off world conflicts

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NONFICTION Selectively shrugging off world conflicts The author attempts to answer why some warfare draws attention while other examples are...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Notes from Borroloola

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In Australia’s remote Northern Territory, the small town of Borroloola represents for many, both theoretically and literally, the end of the...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

Gaza: ICRC demands urgent access to wounded as Israeli army fails to assist wounded Palestinians

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(Given the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, I feel compelled to do what I rarely do on this blog: Reprint verbatim a statement by an int...

Drugs vs. Democracy in Guatemala

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Drugs vs. Democracy in Guatemala By Michael Deibert World Policy Journal Winter 2008/09, Vol. 25, No. 4, Pages 167-175 MORALES, GUATEMALA—Wi...
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I am an author and journalist who focuses on Haiti, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mexico, Guatemala and occasionally further afield in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Hopefully, that means being of some use in the struggle of economically and socially disadvantaged people to lead more just and decent lives. Photo © Hilary Wallis
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