Author: Peter Hallward

Peter Hallward is a Canadian-born professor of philosophy at Middlesex University in London, UK. His Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment was published in 2008 by Verso. That year, he made a four-city speaking tour across Canada to coincide with the book's publishing, organized by the Canada Haiti Action Network.

The Threat of Quebec’s Good Example

The extraordinary student mobilization in Quebec has already sustained the longest and largest student strike in the history of North America, and it has already organized the single biggest act … Keep reading »

Social Movements • June 6, 2012 • Peter Hallward
Our Role in Haiti’s Plight

Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale of the one that ravaged Haiti’s capital city on Tuesday afternoon, but it’s … Keep reading »

Latin America • January 14, 2010 • Peter Hallward
Haiti – Damming the Flood

Launch of Peter Hallward’s Damming the Flood: Aristide, Haiti, and the Politics of Containment (Verso Books). Recorded in Toronto, 2 June 2008. Watch video »

Latin America • June 4, 2008 • Peter Hallward

Author: Peter Hallward

The Threat of Quebec’s Good Example

Our Role in Haiti’s Plight

Haiti – Damming the Flood