According to Dahoud Andre, the radio host and Haitian community activist who spoke at the BAR panel, Haitians wonder, “What’s the difference between Trump and the Democrats?” “From the perspective of our country, from the time we became independent we have been equally attacked by Democrats and Republicans. And, sometimes it is very difficult for us to understand the notion of ‘progressive Americans,’” said Andre. Solidarity is sorely needed. “It’s one struggle, whether its in Haiti, in Africa, in the Middle East, Asia, and also over here.”
Required reading for black study and abolition: a syllabus for an abolitionista on the run. “Abolition requires an ongoing radical belief in the impossible.”
Underground labor allowed many women to sustain themselves and the people and religious institutions that they cared about.
In a 1977 interview, the renowned Trinidadian writer, historian and socialist assessed the state of Black struggle in the Caribbean, the United States and Africa.
Hatuey led the first guerrilla warfare against European invasion of the western hemisphere.
An interview with Dr. Karen Wilson- Ama’Echefu.
