Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti Part 1

[iRendipro]

only 22 thousand views?

[Asteriks]

"…social justice teachers must … be held accountable for twisting facts and misrepresenting situations to their students" writes Kyle Olson in "Mickey Mouse is the New Godzilla" (pls google the article).

"To claim that Haiti is in dire straits because Americans practice capitalism is absurd.

If anything, Haitians are suffering because capitalism (which requires property rights) does not exist in their country.

The sweat shops are only a symptom of Haiti’s problems, not the cause of them."

[Asteriks]

"The history of capitalism is one of freeing individuals to pursue their goals & dreams" adds Olson.

"The pursuit of profits has led to innumerable inventions & innovations that have improved the quality of life for all humanity.

Remember, it was the free market system which allowed for the creation of the life-saving … medical treatments that were delivered to the Haitian people after the 2010 earthquake.

Like all propaganda, [MMGtH] distorts reality by telling a skewed & incomplete story."

[snakejenkins]

I'd like to know how much money the Haitian Government is being paid by these corporations? The Haitian Government is allowing them in the country. A company can't just open shop wherever it wants to because the labor is cheap. I think not only does the corporations need to be looked at but the Government is allowing these things to happen. It's so sad.

[Averly218]

At 1:28 the woman is actually saying the food is two dollars, not 65 cents. This doesn't take away from the documentary but the facts should not be skewered.

[citrinestone]

So my mom bought this for me when I was five and I spent half of my elementary school years telling my friends that they weren't allowed to go to Disney World.

[holeyness]

Nobody is forcing the haiti people to work for Disney. If you aren't satisfied with the wages or the working conditions, you don't have to work. But that if they don't work for Disney, they have no job at all. Is it better to work for Disney and earn a living or sit around and starve to death?

People making these documentaries are convincing you their point of view.

Also, what is wrong with marketing to children? I think children are pretty happy with the Disney products, I think it's nice.

[6robyc]

Man what a great documentary, really makes your stomach turn...Zoned to slavery is another good one, if you haven't watched it yet do it now.

[yakuyama]

can some one tell me the name of the person (s) who made this video, I would like to reference it a corporate social responsibility essay I am writing.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

@yakuyama

national labor committee made it. you need only look at the video description to find this info.

[septentriton]

@yakuyama The National Labor Committee (director of committee is Charles Kernaghan)

[haeyoon]

I didn't know this at all.... I love"d" disney, I think I will start using less of disney's products (that will be the start...) How did "the magical place" turn into a selfish industry full of inequality? This is ridiculous. Not only this, I am angry at disney for using so much plastics+paper. They all go to waste; I wouldn't be surprised if they are responsible for 1/3 of world's trash.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

@haeyoon

i dont know if disney created the idea of exporting manufacturing jobs to the third world and paying starvation wages for them. i would doubt it.

you should check into the labor practices of other companies. most of the clothes you are wearing were likely made in a country such as indonesia, haiti, el salvador, vietnam, or elsewhere, where people are paid pennies under extremely poor conditions.

there are at least some alternatives that use unionized labor and pay more fair wages

[loucious22]

Roy E. Disney died today and CBC did this article on his legacy. Yet there is absolutely no mention of Disney's slaves in Hati, it's rather disappointing.

[SpectacleofDebord]

This is an excellent documentary, thank you for posting it! Its interesting how people try to justify (or ignore) the neoliberal trade policies that turn the developing world into slaves, much like the conial empires of years past....yet in the same breath will ask "why do they hate us?"

[SpectacleofDebord]

Fuck neoliberalism and its architects of exploitation.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

DarrelfromZeeland, make one more racist comment and i'm blocking you.

[Idude893]

You don't stop bad free speech by blocking it, you counter it with positive free speech, that's how we counter the holocaust deniers, racists, extremists and religious bigots in this world without destroying people's rights at the same time.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

you may not. i do. i'm very tolerant of nearly all comments i don't agree with. youtube comments are a cesspool of racism. there is nothing defensible or constructive about racism. i delete such comments, sorry if you disagree.

[onderduim]

Haitiye gitmeden önce Long Islandda bir Wall-Mart mağazasına gittim ve Haitide yapılmış pek çok Disney kıyafeti atın aldım.Wall-Mart fiyat etiketinde 10.97 Dolar yazdığını gösterdim 172.26 gourde-bir anda,işçiler hep birlikte şaşkınlık,öfke ve acı ve hüznün karışımı bir ifade içinde çığlık attılar ve tişörte bakakaldılar yüzlerce Disney tişörtü yapıyorlar.Ancak tek bir tişörtün ABDdeki satış fiyatı onların beş günlük ücretleri kadar!

[oHelmslyo]

Disney has created all that is small-brained in the universe (Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers)

[lovelierlex]

I agree with Black93Bear, big time industries will always have corruption... but that is because for the structure of capitalism to work and for Americans to keep consuming, we need to exploit others to sustain the system- not to say I think we should be communists, thats even worse.... but I think someone has to invent a new economic system ^^

[obchodnakorze]

i like some disney films

[950horsepower]

This is atrocious!

AARRGG!

Great video.

[badfish4311]

i hate disney and the french, the french put haiti in this shitty situation. 2 million in trees, soil ersoion whashed away.

[Black93Bear]

wow, who'd have thought...

disney is a company of slaves...but kingdom hearts is one hell of a good game ._.;

[blackren101]

kingdom hearts has no minorities at all. all the nobodies are white. there are no parents at all. island cultures are discriminated against. viscous acts are committed against children.

[Black93Bear]

you're...kidding...right?

[blackren101]

nope. dead serious.

[Black93Bear]

jeez, i never thought peolpe like ytou existed

it's and RPG...of COURSE they fight and they're children...WITH BIG KEYBLADES TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, they know what they're doing, you've seen them fight.

and also "Why so serious?" applies directly to you

[blackren101]

no, i'm talking about a 15 year old being given ORDERS to KILL another 14 year old. (and I'm doing a presentation on Disney that's why) Disney has reoccurring themes of violence against minors and racism and maturely sexual women that have no business in their films.

[Black93Bear]

xD i see now, you're trying to get brownie pouints with black people. well, im black and i dont see ANY racism in kingdom heartsand what do you mean "15 year old being given ORDERS to KILL another 14 year old"?

you mean Riku? he was possesed by Ansem at the time (who was a heartless) after that Riku was a good guy :\. Disney is about as evil as a cookie, ok, the Haiti thing and a few other things are fucked up, but no big-time industry is perfect. there's ALWAYS corruption.

[Black93Bear]

also, Disney didn't make KH, Square Enix did, Disney just gave them the license to use their charectors.

and the whole "maturely sexual women that have no business in their films" so you want them to be like 4kids now? censoring everything that that has boobs? Disney has Teen films, and they have ten year old films, so what's your point?

[animemonster]

DO NOT MENTION 4KIDS, it is evilness. But as for maturely sexual women that have no business being in Disney films...have you seen Esmerelda? She does a pole dance in the Hunchback of Notre Dame. And 4KIDS did not censor Mai.

You see, I'm a huge fan of KH, and I'm not blind against the incongruities and classic non-magical Disney themes present, and they are all present (from kids being left alone and raised by animals, to Disney projecting themselves as absolute rulers of the universe).

[greyface01]

"So what do we have to do?"

that guy is great!!

[xxxxdaniblonexxx]

thanks for posting this video its helped me a lot with my geography as at the moment we are studying disney and the treatment of its workers. i think that the way they are treated is awful!

[openyourfuckingeyes]

Really glad to help!

[madboyslim]

thanks for posting!

anybody knows where the transcription is or has it? since I'm not native speaker and cannot hear the words completely.

[XxGuitarGurlxX]

Does anyone know where one could get information on the conditions of these factories NOW, as opposed to 1996?

[openyourfuckingeyes]

Wish I could tell you, though I doubt the conditions have improved. With improved conditions comes higher costs and less incentive to stay at that factory. I'm not even sure which specific factories they are visiting.

[SexyDrBitch]

Hi, I watched this in my Anthropology class. The professor said that sadly the conditioners have not IMPROVED AT ALL.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

still the poorest country in the western hemisphere

[SexyDrBitch]

That sickens me. I am from the Dominican Republic and Haiti is right next to us. I was almost crying when I saw this video. It got me even more mad that the idiots in our class were not aware of the exploitation that goes on in "third world countries". Because those same idiots kill themselves to get brand sneakers that cost$100 dollars not knowing where the work came from. I really hope that I will be able to help DR, Haiti and many other countries. Thanks for putting this up.

[hollywoodartchick]

It breaks my heart too - and the fools in the USA who think it is no biggie as long as they get cheap goods don't see that their jobs are on the way to the poor countries too - that includes tech jobs, journalism, and other positions that previously believed they were immune from globalization. Why are people so short-sighted? We should not have to compete with desperation, and we should not accept desperation for others.

[SexyDrBitch]

Exactly. They just say oh, is just capitalism. Fuck capitalism, I don't want to be part of the system that is miss treating innocent people and keeping people poor. They see it like nothing and that shit I don't get it. Oh it is because IS NOT THEM or their family that are in the damn situation, so they don't care. Then you have this fools not paying their rent to get a pair of Jordans, Nike, and some LV bags. Smdh.

[hollywoodartchick]

U r so correct! They act like it is inevitable, and we may as well enjoy it, since nobody can fix it. But it CAN be fixed. It can change. It won't change if everyone goes along with the "image is everything" game. We claim we are against slavery, but what else is this? and how can I enjoy my life as long as I know I am in a system that will dispose of me when someone cheaper and more desperate becomes available. Power to the people!

[SexyDrBitch]

Exactly. Watching stuff like gets me very very depressed. I am only 17 and sometimes I wish I would die young. The world is getting uglier and people don't care, is all about the image, the car, the bag, the shoes then human's lives. The corrupted Govt we have in the USA but people just don't see it. The USA is the reason why there are so many people, with EUROPE they have done more crimes than any other nations. But, we just sit down cuz you know, as long as we have our sneakers who cares.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Slavery? LOL!! Nobody's forcing them to work there. They're free to quit & go work somewhere else. Don't wanna be disposable? Get an education & learn a skill & make yourself smarter & more valuable. The more skilled you are, the less disposable you are. The entitlement mentality will get you nowhere in life. Nobody owes you a decent living- you gotta go grab it yourself.

Power to the people? So you want communism? Cuba & Venezuela are right by Haiti. Look how well communism's worked there.

[openyourfuckingeyes]

yes, clearly all of the opportunities afforded to you and your white first-world self are afforded to the inhabitants of the poorest country in the western hemisphere!! bootstrap it up!!

[Kayakofan3]

Native Americans were not on the brink of starvation you ass tard.

[Kayakofan3]

Native Americans had trade etc etc. And it realy only took 3 hours to get things prepared. And dont act all smug about how the Europeans made the NA lives better. I beleive forceing people to leave their land is not makeing their life better at all. Europeans were the ones that also put them selves in the dark ages. While Muslims preserved the Roman knowledge.

[VampireLord66]

Thank you for enlighetening this Fucktard.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Fuck capitalism? Anyone with enough drive, moxie, hustle, and just plain "GO! GO! GO! GO!" can make it in capitalism. If you want socialism, then move to Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, France, Sweden, Canada, or some other commie socialist lib shithole country, Komrade! I'll take capitialism, Christianity, and freedom over Marxist atheist libturd tyranny any fucking day.

[SexyDrBitch]

Reading is fundamental and I see that you are not GOOD AT IT. Where did I say that I wanted socialism, if you think this shit is right then GOOD FOR YOU. You aren't one of those people and you have probably never been through it. I have and I also have poor family member till this day. And, even if I didn't have all of that, I STILL SAY FUCK CAPITALISM. The last thing I checked you can't tell me TO MOVE anywhere. Go tell that to those that are impoverished and live in communist nations.IDIOT.

[Kayakofan3]

Darrelfromzeeland is just a crazy religous extremist racist patriot fanatic who has a boner for unchecked Capitalisim.

[SexyDrBitch]

I noticed, and sadly a lot of people will agree with his ignorant comments. There is nothing good about capitalism. NOTHING AT ALL but hey as long as is not him or his family that are stuck in extreme poverty because of Capitalism is all good. People like him kill me, they are so pathetic is not even funny. No wonder the world is at the state that it is today. When an opinion against the norm people will always tell you to move. If moving will solved the issues, we wouldn't even be here.

[Kayakofan3]

I just think Capitalisim should be regulated. Once it gets to the point like this in the video. I beleive the Goverment should get invovled. Its kinda funny in a way when people are like Down with the tyranny of the goverment! But up then its like and up with the tyranny of the market?

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Government involvement? LOL!! That's SOCIALISM! Get the government involved and those factories will head to a country where they're appreciated and those workers will be worse off than they are now. Government involvement, Marxist unions, and taxes to support the socialist welfare state are why our jobs are flying overseas. Read a fucking economics book, one that isn't written by some libturd buffoon like Rachel Maddog, Al Frankenstein, or Keith Olberwoman!

[openyourfuckingeyes]

yes, remove government regulation. then we can have underage kids working for 10cents an hour with no benefits and we can compete with haiti and the sudan for nike sneaker making jobs. we'll have "competitive compensation" (ie slave wages), and the workers can be "flexible" (ie no guarantee of a job tomorrow). that sounds like a libertopia

[Idude893]

He's just crazy.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Better to have it done in those countries than to have our own Marxist union thugs do it and end up paying $500 for that pair of sneakers. Here's a clue- get a REAL education and learn a profitable skilled trade, that won't be outsourced, Not some useless libturd arts crap, and start your own fucking business. It worked for me.

[guitarsrule1]

Refuse to participate!!!!!

[CrazyStudios]

This is unbelievable. Disney sucks. How incredibly awful the Disney intent to obliterate individual rights through corporate stonghold.

[VampireLord66]

Disney wasnt always like this, but when Walt Disney died and his Bastard Nephew took over,

Well it all went to shit.

[majorMcpharter]

The working class run society from top to bottom,we build everything from a pin to an oil rig.We bake the cake and are only given crumbs in return.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Want more than just crumbs? Then get an education and upgrade your skills and make yourself smarter and more valuable to employers. That's how it's done!

[majorMcpharter]

World capitalism is long past its sell by date.This rotten system pits worker against worker factory against factory nation against nation.Its time to put Capitalism into the trash bin of history.

[VampireLord66]

I agree Comrade,

Capitalistic Imperialism must END!

[DarrelfromZeeland]

Name ONE country that's ever thrived under socialism.

[VampireLord66]

The Native americans society was a communal (Communist) one and they thrived for centuries prior to the coming of the racist European Capitalist settlers.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

The Indians were on the edge of starvation before the Whites came, like any other communist society. In the end, their "communal" society failed because it couldn't compete with European capitalism. Socialism can't win against capitalism on even terms, it only succeeds when they use force, and even then not for long.

[VampireLord66]

Bullshit,if anything the Europeans were not only starving but dying from Disease and the Natives were the ones that saved them when they came to this Country.And they're culture was far more advanced than any of the nonsense that the Euro Capitalists brought.

[Pbirv]

And it was the Natives saving the Pilgrims that gave us Thanksgiving. Darrel must've missed that one when they mentioned it in history class.

[VampireLord66]

Ah, you know that Right-Wing nut jobs hate books and schools, they think it's part of the "satanic jew terrorist commie conspiracy" that's out to feed our children to Al Gore and tax the poor Rich people too death by asking them to pay higher taxes for land and propery they are acquiring off our backs.

[Pbirv]

Right-wing logic;

Schools and libraries- BAD(unless it's some place like Bob Jones University).

Prisons and wars- GOOD(as long as they don't have to serve).

As far as books are concerned, Darrel probably thinks like Beavis and Butthead; "If I wanted to read, I'd go to school". Of course the wingnuts are all gaga about the King James Bible(Ironically commissioned by a king who was most likely gay!), and anything by Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Savage, etc.

[Kayakofan3]

Savage is a dooche bag.

[VampireLord66]

ROFL!!!! finally someone who speaks the truth!

[DarrelfromZeeland]

And replace capitalism with what? Socialism? Go live in Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, France, Sweden, Canada, or any other commie socialist lib shithole country and see how well socialism has worked there. No thanks, Komrade, I'll take capitalism any fucking day.

[Pbirv]

Iceland is basically socialist. Iceland and Sweden actually treat the worst off of their citizens better even in the best of times than we do ours in the best. Of course they don't have a massive boner for bombing countries that look at them the wrong way, or invading them for their oil, or locking people up for smoking a joint like we do.

[Kayakofan3]

Some of the countries you listed are Communist not Socialist.

[DarrelfromZeeland]

What's the fucking difference? They're all lefties.

[Kayakofan3]

Different style of Goverment.

[liberal4life1]

where in the bible dose it say its ok to swear?

[liberal4life1]

darrel is a communist i.e banning tv stations and music

[VampireLord66]

Communist my Ass, he's a Fascist

[liberal4life1]

6 of one half dozen of the other,commie or fascist he hates freedom no way around that

[VampireLord66]

I respect your views, but a true Communist does not hate Freedom.Forget what Stalin and Mao talked about, they couldnt tell you what Communism was if it kicked them in the Ass.Read the original writings of Marx,Engels,Lenin,and Trotsky.You wont find anything in there that talks of Dictatorship or Gulags.

[liberal4life1]

fair enough ill check it out

but in my opnion darrel hates freedom

[VampireLord66]

Well actually none of those Countries are Communist but Stalinist, they follow Joseph Stalin's perverted view of what communism is supposed to be like, but really Stalinism is Right-Wing Militarism with a ruling Beucracy appointed by the Dictator.None of which is a part of Communism.

[funkythreadz]

i've been looking for this.... thanks!

[akaCharlieG]

Thank you for posting this!!!

I will certainly share this video

Thanks