On May 1, 2021, on International Workers’ Day, the Black Alliance for Peace salutes the Haitian worker and applauds their long history of struggles for Black freedom and the universal rights of workers. Haiti is often derided as the “poorest country in the American hemisphere.” Yet, we know it was the enslaved labor of Africans […]
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For Biden Administration, Black Lives Don’t Matter in Haiti!—A Black Alliance for Peace Statement on Haiti, 12 February, 2021
The people of Haiti have been demanding freedom from the succession of U.S.-imposed dictators for decades. One such dictator, Jovenel Moïse, refused to leave office February 7, which marked the end of his term four years after an illegal election. This move catapulted yet another intense episode in the historic struggle of the Haitian masses […]
The Black Agenda Review: A Manifesto of First Principles
The 2020 U.S. elections seem to be over and much of the world is preparing for a new Biden-Harris administration. So, what now? What changes should global Black communities expect? Our sense is that expectations need to be tempered by the lessons of past experience. Long ago we learned that representation is not a sign […]
A Year of Growing Revolution: A Retrospective on 2019 from Haïti Liberté
The Brooklyn-based journal Haiti Liberté has developed a well-deserved reputation for providing some of the best coverage of Haitian affairs available. Their reporting on the insurgencies in Haiti of the past year has been indispensable, especially as the mainstream media has largely refused to deliver sustained coverage of the country. To begin 2020, Haiti Liberté […]
December 14, 1929: Haiti in Revolt
“Haiti in Revolt!” The Militant, December 14, 1929. See the original here.
Representing Haiti
When it comes to the political efficacy and ethical obligations of digital platforms, The Public Archive: Black History in White Times has been an irresolute failure. The site was launched soon after the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It was meant to serve as a response to the toxic efflorescence of racist representations of Haiti in […]
A Dossier on Disaster Capitalism and Haiti
Just three days after the January 10, 2010 earthquake activist and journalist Naomi Klein alerted her readers to the impending ways in which capital would use Haiti’s crisis as a means for exploitation and accumulation. “Readers of the The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting […]
Canada, Haiti, and Military Occupation: A Dossier
• Canada in Haiti: Who Engineered the Overthrow of Democracy? • Canadian Crimes in Haiti: Beyond Complicity. • “Legalized Imperialism,” “Responsibility to Protect” and the Dubious Case of Haiti. • No Time for Democracy: Six years of Canada in Haiti. • Declassifying Canada in Haiti: Part I: Canadian officials planned military intervention weeks before Haitian coup. • Declassifying Canada […]