Tag: Racism
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Canada: let Haitians breathe!
This Press Release from Green Left Canada, our comrades in the struggle for global peace and justice, is absolutely timely and heart warming. As we say in Haiti, dear brothers and sisters: “Mèsi Anpil”! May truth, justice, dignity and genuine human sisterhood/brotherhood prevail. *** MEDIA RELEASE CANADA: OUT OF HAITI. LEAVE THE CORE GROUP July 19, 2021 – A…
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Jovenel Moise San Manman
In Haitian Kreyòl, a literal translation for «san manman» would be «without mother» or «motherless». Beware, however, if you hear it applied to someone, it is unlikely the speaker is showing compassion for one’s dearly missed loved one. «San manman» is a qualifier reserved for a «most wicked criminal», a despised being. The precise etymology…
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Time to stop resisting Haiti’s Resistance
As political violence appears to be growing in Haiti in the midst of outrageous calls to overthrow of a democratically-elected government; As a Bush administration denies being, once again, involved in efforts to overthrow Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide; As many Haitians feel powerless in front of the barrage of pre-coup lies which currently permeates the…
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Napoleon was no Toussaint Louverture
Mr. ADAM HOCHSCHILD – New York Times Your article titled: “The Black Napoleon” attracted my attention because, as a son of Haiti, I find comparing Toussaint Louverture to Napoleon Bonaparte, beyond the fact that it is misleading, to be indeed a grave insult. Shall one dub a leader of Resistance to the Nazi: “The Jewish Hitler”? In his…