Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

The Return of the Marines
Thomas Peralte
25 Aug 2021
🖨️ Print Article
The Return of the Marines
The Return of the Marines

It’s hard to teach an empire new tricks. Once again, the U.S. Marines invade Haiti “for the umpteenth time” under the guise of humanitarian assistance.

A battalion of U.S. Marines from North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune left for Haiti on Wednesday, August 18 under the pretext of aiding the victims of the disasters that struck the departments of Sud, Nippes and Grand’Anse: a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, August 14, and heavy rains, winds, and floods from tropical storm Grace which swept through the country, particularly the Grand-Sud, on August 16 and 17, 2021.

The provisional death toll provided by the Civil Protection Agency currently stands at 2,189 and more than 12,000 people have been injured. According to the Agency, the earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged more than 12,000, leaving around 30,000 families homeless. Schools, offices and churches had also been demolished or severely damaged.

It is under this pretext that US marines will be deployed at the request of the US Agency for International Development and Task Force-Haiti. The Marines will join the international effort currently involving officials from the U.S. Embassy, other U.S. military services, and a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) deployed to Haiti on August 14.

“Once 420 sailors and around 200 Marines arrive, they will work together to bring aid to Haiti: clearing debris and reopening roads, search, rescue and evacuation of the wounded. We have a fleet surgical team on board that will be able to provide medical assistance,” said US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Cory Murtaugh.

Although the gringo marines do not need to make excuses to invade a country, in this case they used the pretext of being “nice” and “in solidarity” with the Haitian tragedy, and set foot in a countries which they have invaded several times and where they almost always control their leaders

According to one of the naval chiefs: “The troops could stay in Haiti for up to four months or more if necessary. The USS Arlington will be deployed with two MH-60 Seahawk helicopters, a surgical team and a landing craft. In addition, the United States is shipping the USNS Burlington Spearhead Class Expeditionary Fast Transport (T-EPF-10) which will also serve as a platform to launch drones for aerial surveillance, as well as two P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.”

In this way, the Haitian people who have suffered one misfortune after another, between bad rulers and the forces of nature in the face of so many aggressions, will now have to face the arrogance and the repressive desire of the army of the dominant imperialist power of the region accustomed to killing, rape, and torture.

Haiti Liberté rigorously denounces this umpteenth Yankee landing under humanitarian pretexts to defile once again the Haitian soil of Dessalines, Péralte and Batraville. The Haitian people must remain vigilant, mobilized. If our country is faced with daily earthquakes and storms from our governments, it is because the United States has always imposed local lackeys on us not only to excessively destabilize the country, but also to safeguard and defend their hegemonic interests.

No to the US Navy in Haiti!

No to American imperialist domination in Haiti!

Long live the revolutionary struggle of the Haitian people!

*Originally published in the French edition of the Haiti Liberté, the largest Haitian weekly tri-lingual newspaper.

Haiti
Haiti Occupation

Do you need and appreciate Black Agenda Report articles? Please click on the DONATE icon, and help us out, if you can.


Related Stories

x
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Establishment of Colonial Military Governance Over Haiti by UN Security Council
03 October 2025
The United Nations has once again acted against the interests of the Haitian people in approving yet another military occupation under the guis
Kim Ives
Trump Administration Seeks to Remove Constraints from and Secure UN Funding for a New Proxy Force in Haiti
01 October 2025
The empire has a new plan for Haiti, a return to military occupation dressed up as humanitarianism.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: U.S., The Caribbean, and the Future, Tim Hector, 1984
17 September 2025
“There has been divide and rule in the modern Caribbean with a vengeance, all in the interest of US hegemony over the economic, milit
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The Haitian Revolution and its Impact on the Americas, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1991
20 August 2025
“To understand the history of the Americas we must pay tribute to…Haiti.”
ELAPRE
There is no Revolution Without Revolutionary Consciousness
13 August 2025
Revolution requires more than violence—it demands collective awakening.
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
Exporting Repression: Haitians And Kenyans Are Both Fighting Neo-Colonial Representatives of U.S.-Led Imperialism
30 July 2025
The U.S. exports repression like a global franchise, outsourcing violence while claiming benevolent intent.
Socialist Workers' Movement of the Dominican Republic
Fighting Apartheid in the Dominican Republic is Essential!
28 May 2025
Fighting apartheid in the Dominican Republic is essential to achieving redress for people of African descent in that country.
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
The Black Alliance for Peace Calls for Resistance Against the Accelerating Imperialist War on Black/African Peoples in Our Americas
14 May 2025
Accelerating crises of imperialism in Haiti, Ecuador, and beyond highlight the urgent need for regional Pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist unity
Mildred Trouilot Aristide
Haiti And The Global Movement For Reparations
16 April 2025
Haiti Action Committee is honored to share the keynote address given by Haiti’s former First Lady Mildred Ar
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
Remembering Mario Joseph, BAI Managing Attorney
09 April 2025
The world has lost a champion of justice with the passing of Mario Joseph, a Haitian human rights lawyer who spent nearly three decades fightin

More Stories


  • Carlyn Zwarenstein
    UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure
    06 Nov 2024
    Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident.
  • Henriot Dorcent
    The Presidential Council demands the occupation of the UN!
    06 Nov 2024
    In the tradition of traitors to the nation, the current leaders have no equal, to the point that they are all calling for a new UN occupation of the country.
  • When we vote we win
    Joseph Massad
    Why even progressive US voters are America Firsters
    06 Nov 2024
    The fate of billions whom the US dominates and oppresses is effectively exchanged for a few possible reforms in domestic policies that affect parts of middle-class America
  • Black Agenda Radio
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio November 1, 2024
    01 Nov 2024
    In this week’s segment, we hear about the U.S. government's censorship of the news and the end of Radio Sputnik. We also hear Margaret Kimberley at a Julian Assange freedom celebration and the…
  • Green Party of NY logo
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Green Party of New York Wages Write-In Campaign for Voter Choice and Ballot Status
    01 Nov 2024
    We’re joined by Peter Lavenia, co-chair of the Green Party of New York. He explains why there is this lack of choice in the New York elections and how voters can choose the Green Party presidential…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us