Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : 35 seconds -- We don't have enough water to make tears (surviving the earthquake, or not) (January 2010) -- What we have, we share : solidarity undergirds rescue and relief (January 2010) -- The pearl of the Antilles : the political economy of peril (February 2010) -- Maroon man : social movements throughout history (February 2010) -- We will carry you on : the women's movement (March 2010) -- You can't eat okra with one finger : community-run humanitarian aid (March 2010) -- Fragile as a crystal (tales from three months out) (April 010) -- Children of the land : small farmers and agriculture (April 2010) -- Grains and guns : foreign aid and reconstruction (May 2010) -- The ones who must decide : social movements in the reconstruction (May 2010) -- Our bodies are shaking now : violence against girls and women (June 2010) -- The creole connection : people-to-people aid and solidarity across borders (June 2010) -- We've lost the battle, but we haven't lost the war (tales from six months out) (July 2010) -- Social fault lines : class and catastrophe (July 2010) -- Monsanto seeds, Miami rice : the politics of food aid and trade (August 2010) -- Home : from tent camp to community (August 2010) -- For want of twenty cents : children's rights and security (September 2010) -- The Super Bowl of disasters : profiting from crisis (September 2010) -- The commonplace amidst the catastrophic (tales from nine months out) (October 2010) -- Beyond medical care : the health of the nation (October 2010) -- Hold strong : the pros and pitfalls of resilience (November 2010) -- Mrs. Clinton will never see me working there the offshore assembly industry (November, 2010) -- The central pillar : peasant women (December 2010) -- Elections (in the time of cholera) (December 2010) -- We will never fall asleep forgetting (tales from twelve months out) (January 2011) -- Epilogue : bringing it back home.