Noam Chomsky - 8/9 - @Riverside Church NYC - 8th June 2010

Noam Chomsky Gives Haitian History Lesson at MSJ Benefit Noam Chomsky shared his wisdom on current events and the historical context that explains why Haiti is a beleagured nation today. "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. The people who were living in the miserable urban slums - huge numbers of them- they were devastated. Maybe a couple hundred thousand were killed. They were living there because of US policies - consis-tent policies..."