{"product_id":"aid-state-elite-panic-disaster-capitalism-and-the-battle-to-control-haiti-9781250405968","title":"Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic inside account of how capitalism and politics drove the disastrous collapse of Haiti, from the 2010 earthquake to the nation's chaos today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaiti is a nation near-collapse: criminal gangs have overrun the country, nearly all government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the United States and Latin America, and the economy reels from the cascading after-effects of natural disasters that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did this happen? How did a nation founded on liberation--a people that revolted against their colonizers and enslavers--come to such ruin? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Aid State, journalist and Haiti expert Jake Johnston reveals how longstanding United States and European capitalist goals ensnared and re-enslaved Haiti under the guise of helping it. To the global West, Haiti is and always has been \"open for business\" a place where labor is cheap, politicians are compliant, and profits are to be made. Over the course of nearly 100 years, the United States has sought to control Haiti and its people with occupying police, military, and euphemistically peacekeeping forces, as well as hand-picked leaders, meant to quell uprisings and protect corporate interests. Earthquakes and hurricanes only further devastated a nation left helpless by the aid industrial complex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on years of on-the-ground reporting in Haiti and interviews with politicians in America and Haiti, independent aid contractors, United Nations officials, and Haitians who struggle for their lives, homes, and families, Jake Johnston's Aid State is a compelling, conscience-searing book of witness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250405968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Jake Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948794446005,"sku":"9781250405968","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8808ffaa-a52f-4a81-a062-f55a9b7355ef.jpg?v=1762272964","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/aid-state-elite-panic-disaster-capitalism-and-the-battle-to-control-haiti-9781250405968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}