Haiti

Despite Outcry, U.S. and Dominican Governments Continue the Brutal Deportation of Haitians

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Immigrants, Immigration

by Marty Goodman, published in Haïti Liberté, February 3, 2022 n September, there was worldwide revulsion over photos of mounted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Texas apparently whipping Haitian migrants. The images were reminiscent of slavery. But that did not slow down President Biden’s racist plans for the mass deportation of Haitians. As of this writing in[…]

Encampment Cleared in a Racist Rush – Haiti Still Tottering

September 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Haiti, Neocolonialism, Racism

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, September 28, 2021 After images of the U.S. Border Patrol agents using long reins as whips against Haitians camped in Del Rio, Texas, trying to get into the U.S., spread worldwide, a top-level decision was made to shut the Del Rio camps down. Hundreds of progressive organizations condemned the Border Patrol’s actions —[…]

The Hell That is Haiti

September 17, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Haiti, Racism

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, September 12, 2021 Haiti is being hit by an unending series of natural and human-made disasters – seemingly all at once. The assassination on July 7 of its president Jouvenel Moise; an Aug. 14 earthquake; tropical storms; rampaging gang violence and a COVID crisis in a society tortured by extreme poverty and inequality.[…]

The United States Intensifies Haiti’s Suffering

August 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Haiti, Neocolonialism

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, August 23, 2021 What Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said and did in a brief trip to Miami Aug. 19 reflects and exemplifies 200 years of U.S. assaults on Haiti. In 1805, a year after its hard-won independence, President Thomas Jefferson imposed an embargo on Haiti that lasted until 1862. The U.S.[…]

A Short History of Haiti

August 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Haiti, Imperialism

by Yanis Iqbal, published on Countercurrents, July 10, 2021 A reminder of the roots of the current Haitian upheaval. The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola – a Spanish asset – under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved to be a valuable spigot of wealth. In 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied[…]

Under Imperialism, Multiple Crises Deepen in Haiti

July 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Haiti

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, July 19, 2021 Haitian authorities have arrested Colombian mercenaries and Haitian-Americans and charged them with participating in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. But murky questions still remain: Who organized the attempted coup? Who paid the mercenaries? Who will benefit? Moïse was the only person killed in the attack, although[…]

A Tale of Two Countries

July 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Haiti, Hybrid Warfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Greg Godels, published on ZZ’s Blog, July 19, 2021 Two countries have made the front pages and lead stories in our lemming-like capitalist media: Haiti and Cuba. One country– Haiti– has earned the ire of the self-styled Western democracies by overthrowing its colonial slave masters and establishing a free state in 1803, the first country in history to liberate[…]

Turmoil no excuse for invasion – U.S. hands off Haiti!

July 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Haiti, Neocolonialism, Paths to Emancipation

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, July 13, 2021 In Haiti, around 1:00 a.m., July 7, brand new SUVs without license plates pulled up to the private residence of President Jovenel Moïse in Pétion-Ville. A team of assassins got out, slipped through his security and shot him dead. His spouse was severely injured. President Joe Biden has expressed reluctance[…]

The Killing of Jovenel Moise Must Not be an Excuse for U.S. Intervention U.S. Hands off Haiti

July 14, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Haiti, Imperialism, Statement, US Foreign Bases

United National Antiwar Coalition Statement The assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise is yet another tragic event for the people of that country. His death only creates new traumas for Haiti. Moise was the latest United States installed puppet, whose administration continued in defiance of Haiti’s constitution which in fact required him to step down in February 2021. Haitians in[…]

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Continued U.S./OAS/UN Support for Unconstitutional Actions by Haiti’s Illegitimate Government

July 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Haiti, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples

Black Alliance for Peace Press Release, July 6, 2021 Over eight days, from June 25-30, Haiti had been subjected to increasing state-sponsored, imperial and gang violence. Massacres killed almost 60 people in Port au Prince, including in Cité Soleil, Delmas and Pétionville, as well as on on Rue Magloire Ambroise. Prominent human-rights activist Antoinette (Netty) Duclaire and journalist Diego Charles[…]