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Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Eating Pets or Devouring Sovereignty? Notes on Anti-Haitian Racism
18 Sep 2024
Calling Haitian migrants "pet eaters" is racist and dehumanizing. So is the continued attack on Haitian sovereignty by the US and its global allies.
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Haiti: An Anatomy of Invasion
22 May 2024
The US is behind the multinational military invasion and occupation of Haiti. How did we get here?
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Why is CARICOM Betraying Haiti on Behalf of the U.S.?
06 Mar 2024
The impending occupation of Haiti by Kenya is supported by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with direct assistance in the mission coming from CARICOM states. The question is, why?
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Haiti: 20 Years After the Coup
28 Feb 2024
Jemima Pierre’s presentation at a forum to commemorate the US-France-Canada-sponsored 2004 coup d’état in Haiti. The forum was hosted by the Center for Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto…
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Haiti as Empire’s Laboratory
25 Oct 2023
As the United States and its allies push renewed foreign intervention, the uses and abuses of the first Black republic as a testing ground of imperialism offer stark warnings. Haiti still struggles…
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Farewell, Senior Brother: In Memory of Kevin Alexander Gray
15 Mar 2023
Kevin Alexander Gray was a contributor and good friend to the Black Agenda Report team. His passing is a huge loss to BAR, and to the Black liberation movement.
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Brazil’s Haitian Training Ground
05 Oct 2022
Brazil is setting up for a run-off election between right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and “leftist” former President Lula da Silva.
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
The "Leftism" of the Americas Collapses at the Door of Haitian Sovereignty
28 Sep 2022
While many are celebrating the potential rise of another “Pink Tide” in Latin America and the emergence of a truly multipolar world, it seems clear that the fight for Haitian sovereignty will c
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Witnessing and Making History: On Observing the 2022 Presidential Elections in Colombia
01 Jun 2022
"From May 26 to May 31, I was in Cali, Colombia serving as an election observer with an international delegation of mostly Black women. This is a preliminary report."
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
The OAS, Or the “Ministry of Colonies”
27 Apr 2022
In the wake of the expulsion of the Organization of the American States from Nicaragua, we need to revisit one of its major crime scenes: Haiti.