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Travis Ross
The UN-Blessed MSS Could be the First Step Toward a Decade-Long U.S. Military Occupation of Haiti
25 Oct 2023
… Group,” via a short statement and tweet days after Moise’s assassination. Since his selection, Henry has ruled … Group,” via a short statement and tweet days after Moise’s assassination. Since his selection, Henry has ruled …
Bill Quigley
The Hearts of Darkness: How European Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa
07 Mar 2007
… defeated by a mercenary army backing the Belgian stooge, Moise Tshombe, who led the secessionist Katanga province. … defeated by a mercenary army backing the Belgian stooge, Moise Tshombe, who led the secessionist Katanga province. …
Abayomi Azikiwe
African Unity and the New Cold War
07 Jun 2023
… The recent assassination of former President Jovenel Moise has been linked to elements operating in the U.S. After the killing of Moise, the Biden administration deployed a small contingent … Ariel Henry, who was installed after the assassination of Moise, has repeatedly called for the deployment of even more …
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Black Alliance for Peace: We Fight for Haiti Because We Are Haiti
17 Mar 2021
“We stand with the Haitian people because it is our responsibility as believers in self-determination and people-centered human rights, to do so.” “We will never retreat, even when they attempt to confuse us with intersectional imperialism and identity reductionism.”
Marline L. Daut
Recent Protests in Haiti Expose Democracy’s Lie
27 Feb 2019
One of the greatest fictions of democracy is that people oppressed by their own government can place their faith in the electoral process. “The United States may be a lot more like Haiti than it cares to admit.”
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?
Jake Johnson
US Facilitates Arms for Killer Cops and Criminals in Haiti
02 Sep 2020
Weapons are flowing to pro-regime gangsters suspected of assassinating opponents of the US-backed regime. “G9 is evoking the horrors of the Tontons Macoutes, the government-backed paramilitaries that terrorized Haiti for decades under dictator François ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier and his son, Jean-Claude.”
Travis Ross
How Aristide’s Lavalas Family Party Has Lurched to the Right
22 Jan 2025
Fanmi Lavalas has fallen far from its roots as a popular progressive movement and is now nothing more than a servant of imperialism.
Roberto Lovato
The Kids Are Reimagining International Solidarity
16 Jun 2021
Millennial and Gen Z activists are aligning their struggles at home with the fights against US empire in the streets of Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries. “This solidarity is being shaped by demographic shifts and immigration, militarized policing, the rise of neofascism, and BLM.”
Mamyrah Prosper
A Different “Fight for 15:” Haiti Garment Industry Workers Strike
02 Mar 2022
… government through the figure of political unknown Jovenel Moise. His predecessor, Martelly, had been ruling by decree … state corruption and, eventually, the illegality of Moise’s government. In turn, the police murdered and … minimum wage never exceeded $4.60. Protests halted after Moise refused to step down in February 2021. His …