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Travis Ross
Renewed Calls for International Solidarity from Haitian Trade Unions and Civil Society Organizations
15 Mar 2023
Haitian trade unions and civil society groups are united in demanding sovereignty for their nation and an end to foreign interference.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Labor, Neoliberalism, and the 2004 Coup in Haiti, Jeb Sprague, 2008
07 Dec 2022
What role did labor play in the 2004 coup in Haiti? A 2008 essay illuminates the convergence of labor politics, neoliberal policy, and imperial malfeasance.
Micely Diaz
Dominican Republic: Exploitation and Forced Labor in the Central Romana Corporation Has a History
30 Nov 2022
There is a long and terrible history of exploitation and abuse of Haitians and Haitian descended people in the Dominican Republic's sugar industry.
Socialist Workers Movement of the Dominican Republic
Forced Labor in the Dominican Sugar Industry: A State Crime
02 Nov 2022
The US is complicit in allowing inhumane practices, including forced labor and wage theft among Haitian sugar industry workers in the Dominican Republic.
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
Peoples Dispatch
At Least One Person Dead After a New Day of Anti-Government Protests in Haiti
07 Sep 2022
Haitians have been mobilizing against the Ariel Henry administration’s inability to combat crime, inflation and poverty. All of these ills are a direct result of Haiti's status as a puppet of the U.S…
Robert Roth
Haiti: The Ransom is Still Being Paid
06 Jul 2022
The acknowledgement that France and the U.S. robbed Haiti of billions of dollars is long overdue. Yet the discussion is useless absent monetary reparation and the end of the control both those…
Peoples Health Dispatch
Rise of Violence, Deterioration of Rights Sparks Month-Long Actions Among Health Workers in Haiti
05 Apr 2022
Health workers in major public hospitals in Haiti continue to strike over bad working conditions, as others join them to protest a rise in gang violence and kidnappings.
Black Alliance For Peace
In Solidarity with Haitian Workers and Migrants
15 Mar 2022
Haitians will leave their country by any and all means as long as they live under US backed oligarchic rule. Poverty wages which ignited garment worker strikes explain the urge to seek asylum. Black…
Mamyrah Prosper
A Different “Fight for 15:” Haiti Garment Industry Workers Strike
02 Mar 2022
The garment workers' strike in Haiti can't be separated from that nation's history. Continued US interference on behalf of oligarchic rule keeps workers in poverty.