Haiti

International News

On the 31st anniversary of the 1991 coup d’etat that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide

October 4, 2022 fwstaff
Translated by the Haiti Action Committee Haiti Action Committee is honored to publish and circulate this statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization. It was released on the 31st anniversary of the 1991 coup d’etat that […]
The mass protest by garment workers on Feb. 17, 2022, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, won a 54% wage increase
International News

Haiti: The Ransom is Still Being Paid

July 10, 2022 fwstaff
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee Reprinted from the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact […]
Algerian war of national liberation during the 1950s and early 1960s
International News

Africa Condemns the Continuing Imperialist Legacy of France

October 27, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe France for centuries had been involved in the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism making it one of the leading imperialist powers to emerge from the tumultuous conquering of large swaths of territory […]
Detroit demonstration in solidarity with Haitian migrants, Sept. 24, 2021
Domestic News

Detroit Activists Rally in Support of Haitian Migrants

October 12, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff There were two public actions over the weekend of September 24-26 demanding an end to the racist and brutal treatment of migrant workers and their families from Haiti. On Friday, September […]
Domestic News

Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees!

September 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees! Biden: Halt Your Racist Border Patrol and Stop the Whippings and Racist Deportations NOW! When: Friday September 24 – October 2nd Who/What: Progressive organizations […]
One of the 53,000 homes destroyed by the earthquake
International News

Crisis in Haiti Continues

September 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee On August 14th, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, killing over 2,200 people and wounding 12,000. More than 300 people are still unaccounted for. 53,000 homes were […]
food aid distribution in Haiti by grassroots org
International News

Urgent: Haiti Struck by 7.2 magnitude Earthquake

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee Dear Friends of Haiti: A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti leaving devastation in its wake. Hundreds of people have been killed, and the terrible counting has just begun. Centered […]
Sali Piblic (Kreyol for public safety)
International News

Fanmi Lavalas Position Statement, July 31

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas POSITION STATEMENT OF FANMI LAVALAS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION (Unofficial translation from the Kreyol by Haiti Action Committee) July 31, 2021 Since the electoral coup d’etat that put in power the […]
Freeway banner drop on July 28th, 2021 in Oakland, California over highway
Domestic News

July 28th Protests Across the SF Bay Area Demand that Biden Stop Supporting Dictatorship in Haiti

July 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee The freeway banner drops were done in conjunction with protests on the east coast, along with those in Haiti, making the following demands on the Biden Administration: Cut off all US […]
Billions in international aid to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake went to enrich Haiti’s oligarchs.
International News

Was Moise killed to stop China’s Belt and Silk Road in the Caribbean?

July 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Did the Biden Administration violate Executive Order 12333 and Article 4 of the UN Charter by arranging the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 17? If so, President Biden could […]