Haiti

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
DECLARATION: The Commander in Chief, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, to the People of Hayti, Gonaives, January 1, 1804
04 Jan 2023
A round-up of The Black Agenda Review’s posts from 2022 – and a reprint of Haiti’s January 1, 1804 declaration of independence.
Travis Ross
Rain of Sanctions Augurs U.S.-Prodded Regime Change in Haiti from Musseau to Montana
14 Dec 2022
U.S. and Canadian sanctions against Haitians are a signal that a new Core Group regime change plot is underway.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Labor, Neoliberalism, and the 2004 Coup in Haiti, Jeb Sprague, 2008
07 Dec 2022
What role did labor play in the 2004 coup in Haiti? A 2008 essay illuminates the convergence of labor politics, neoliberal policy, and imperial malfeasance.
Seth Donnelly
US Tax Dollars at Work: Neocolonial Dictatorship, Paramilitary and Police Terror in Haiti Today
07 Dec 2022
The call for "law and order" and strengthening police in Haiti is as dangerous as talk of any occupation. The police force is connected with Haitian oligarchs and their political puppets and is…
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
Black Alliance for Peace Stands in Solidarity with the People of Haiti and Haitian Migrants Against Racist Harassment and Mass Deportations in the Dominican Republic
07 Dec 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace again brings attention to the Dominican Republic's human rights violations against Haitians and Haitian descended Dominicans.
Micely Diaz
Dominican Republic: Exploitation and Forced Labor in the Central Romana Corporation Has a History
30 Nov 2022
There is a long and terrible history of exploitation and abuse of Haitians and Haitian descended people in the Dominican Republic's sugar industry.
Tamanisha John
Haiti in the Caribbean: A Political Economy Perspective on the Urgent Crisis of Imperialism
23 Nov 2022
If Haiti is "the poorest country in the hemisphere" it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation.
Kim Ives
Colia Clark Presente!
16 Nov 2022
Colia Clark was a veteran of the Black Liberation Movement who worked with Medgar Evers, who was also affiliated with the NAACP and who served as Executive Secretary of the Student Non-Violent…
Federico Neiburg
The Brazilian Army in Haiti – Foreign Intervention and Domestic Politics
02 Nov 2022
The recent re-election of Lula da Silva to the Brazilian presidency is a reminder of the role that he played in the occupation of Haiti. The Brazilian military took the lead in the occupation…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Agenda Radio October 28, 2022
28 Oct 2022
The white warlords of Haiti and their role in destabilizing their country Part 2, the white nationalist American Renaissance Conference will take place in Tennessee, and Dr. Gerald Horne discusses…