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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 09 March 2006 |
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We have received the following declaration, in both English and Creole, from student groups in Haiti on last month’s elections. The declaration details the difficulties the masses faced in voting and the alliance of the Haitian ruling class with imperialism. |
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By Rob Lyon
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Friday, 17 February 2006 |
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In the face of mass demonstrations against the fraud in Haiti’s elections the Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti has been forced to declare René Préval the winner and the next president of Haiti. The masses have come out onto the streets in celebration, justifiably jubilant and euphoric at their victory. However, these elections have solved none of the problems the Haitian masses face, and the reactionary opposition has not been completely defeated. What is needed now is determination and vigilance against the forces of counter-revolution. |
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By Rob Lyon
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Tuesday, 14 February 2006 |
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Mass demonstrations have erupted in Haiti over the manipulation of the results of last week's election. René Préval, the front runner, and the choice of the overwhelming majority of the Haitian people, has seen his percentage of the votes fall from as high as 65% to 48%, just under the 50% needed to avoid a run off. The vote tallies are clearly being manipulated and the Haitian people have had enough.
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By Greg Oxley
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Wednesday, 15 December 2004 |
 After
twelve years of upheavals, war, carnage and betrayals, the revolution
that broke out in 1791 in Saint-Domingue finally abolished slavery and
brought independence to Haiti. Its successive stages, marked by
numerous shocks and setbacks, were largely determined by the ebbs and
flow of the revolution in France.
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By Rob Lyon
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Wednesday, 10 November 2004 |
 Eight
months after the overthrow of Jean Bertrand Aristide and the occupation
of Haiti by UN troops, the puppet regime of Gerard Latortue has shown
its true colours. The mass media claim that gangs of Aristide
supporters from the slums are attacking the Haitian police and UN
forces. In reality these “terrorists” are the poor and working class
supporters of former president Aristide who are fighting back against
mounting repression and reprisals from the coup-installed government.
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By Rob Lyon
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Tuesday, 06 April 2004 |
US Secretary of State Colin Powell
paid a visit to Haiti yesterday, Monday April 5,
in an attempt to legitimize the new regime and stop the spread
of instability in the region caused by the coup that overthrew
Jean-Bertrand Aristide at the end of February. His visit, if anything, has further inflamed the situation
and will only lead to further instability.
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By Rob Lyon
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Tuesday, 02 March 2004 |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide stepped down as President and left Haiti early in the
morning on Sunday February 29. Shortly thereafter the US announced that
it was sending in marines to help 'stabilize' the country and make way for a UN 'peacekeeping'
force. The UN Security Council also decided that it
will send a multi-national 'peacekeeping force' for at least three months as
well as a 'stabilizing force' that it will send later in the year. These
developments clearly demonstrate the reactionary role played by US imperialism
in the region and far from solving the crisis in Haiti it is setting the stage
for further unrest and instability in the whole area.
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By Rob Lyon
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Monday, 23 February 2004 |
Former death squad and military leaders from the
darkest periods of Haiti's past have been leading an armed struggle against
the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the past two weeks. The
paramilitary groups, formerly called the Cannibals, have taken over a dozen
cities in northern Haiti and control several key supply routes. In response to
the crisis, Aristide's government has asked for international assistance to
prevent a coup.
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By Rob Lyon
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Tuesday, 06 January 2004 |
Haiti celebrated the 200th anniversary of its independence on January 1,
2004. The history of Haiti is a long history of colonial struggle against
imperialism and has recently been the scene of deep political and social
unrest. It is not yet clear what the outcome of the situation in Haiti will be,
what is clear however, is that the workers and
peasants of Haiti can only rely on themselves to solve the problems they face.
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By Ted Grant and Alan Woods
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Friday, 19 June 1998 |
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It is nearly seven years since George Bush, the then president of the US, made his famous
"New World Order" speech. This was in 1991. In the build-up to the Gulf War the
main imperialist power on earth promised a world without wars, without dictatorships and,
of course, a world firmly under the control of a single all- powerful world policeman--the
US. After the fall of Stalinism, US imperialism really thought that the world would be
firmly under their command and they would be able to dictate the destiny of each and every
country. All conflicts in the world were to be solved through dialogue in a kind of
"Pax Americana." Now all these dreams have been reduced to rubble. In this
document Ted Grant and Alan Woods make an in-depth analysis of the history of the
imperialist domination of the Third World and the way. Written in June 1998. |
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