Haiti: A Slave Revolution 200 years after 1 804 Tnalr Or ConrENrs (c) Copyright 2004, 2010 ISBN 978-0 -97 47 s2t-4-3 Prefaces International Action Center 2004: Why This Book 55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor, NewYork, NY 10011 2010: Why a Revised Edition vlll Phone: 212 633-6646 rA e,'r, Timeline IX Website: www.iacenter.org tit,'n!,,,ts. Dedication xlll E-mail : iacenter org !, 1Q" @iacenter. ., A,.,,t,0 L l/ | Haiti's Agonies and Exaltations Ramsey Clark I as widely as possible. We want to make the ideas in this book available Photo Bssay on Haiti selected by Pat Chin t7 Any properly attributed selection or part of a chapter within "fair-use" guidelines may be used without permission. Part l- Haiti in History 35 "The Only Way," "Exile Is Stale Bread" and "Reign of a Human Race" O Paul ThankYou Dessalines Fdlix Moniseau-Leroy JI Laraque and used here with author's permission. "Thank You Dessalines" O F6lix Moniseau-Leroy and used here with permission Haiti Needs Reparations, Not Sanctions Pat Chin 4l ofthe author's estate. Haiti's Impact on U.S.-what "voodoo economics" "No Greater Shame" @ Edwidge Danticat and used here with author's permission. & high school textbooks reveal Greg Dunkel 45 "The Longest Day" O Stan Goff and used here with author's permission. Cuba, Haiti and John Brown-to rebel is justified Opinions expressed by contributors to this book represent their personal views Sara Flounders 59 and are not necessarily those of the Intemational Action Center. Lecture on Haiti Frederick Douglass 65 Cover design: Katherine Kean. Cover lithograph: Ambush at Ravine aux The Birth of the Haitian Flag-its heroic history Couleuvres, designed by Karl Giradet, engraved by Outwaite. Back cover photo: Fleurimond W. Kerns 97 Haitians at a pro-Aristide rally in Kenscoff on Dec. 6, 1990, by Carol Halebian. U.S. Embargoes against Haiti-from 1806 to 2003 Cataloging Data Greg Dunkel 103 Haiti: a slave revolution: 200 years after 1SO4/edited by Pat Chin, Greg Dunkel, Sara Flounders, and Kim Ives.-Revised and expanded edition. Part ll - Aristide's Election t07 p. cm. The Only Way Paul Laraque 109 Includes bibliographic references and index. Interview with Ray Laforest-H aitian trade union organizer ISBN 978-0-9747521-4-3 (pbk.: alk. Paper) Johnnie Stevens r11 1 . Haiti-History-Revolution, I 79 I - I 8 0 4. 2. Haiti-History-American Crushing Victory for Aristide-Despite Bazin's maneuvers intervention, 1994-199 5. 3. Haiti-Relations-United States. 1. Title. Haiti-Progrds Staff 119 F1923.H128 2010 LCN 20t0924478 Carter Tries To Intimidate Aristide Haiti-Progrds Staff 123 972.940773 Aristide: The People's Candidate- Road banicaded against Macoutes Haili-Progrds Staff t27 Haiti: A Slave Revolution 200 years after 1 804 Tnalr Or ConrENrs (c) Copyright 2004, 2010 ISBN 978-0 -97 47 s2t-4-3 Prefaces International Action Center 2004: Why This Book 55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor, NewYork, NY 10011 2010: Why a Revised Edition vlll Phone: 212 633-6646 rA e,'r, Timeline IX Website: www.iacenter.org tit,'n!,,,ts. Dedication xlll E-mail : iacenter org !, 1Q" @iacenter. ., A,.,,t,0 L l/ | Haiti's Agonies and Exaltations Ramsey Clark I as widely as possible. We want to make the ideas in this book available Photo Bssay on Haiti selected by Pat Chin t7 Any properly attributed selection or part of a chapter within "fair-use" guidelines may be used without permission. Part l- Haiti in History 35 "The Only Way," "Exile Is Stale Bread" and "Reign of a Human Race" O Paul ThankYou Dessalines Fdlix Moniseau-Leroy JI Laraque and used here with author's permission. "Thank You Dessalines" O F6lix Moniseau-Leroy and used here with permission Haiti Needs Reparations, Not Sanctions Pat Chin 4l ofthe author's estate. Haiti's Impact on U.S.-what "voodoo economics" "No Greater Shame" @ Edwidge Danticat and used here with author's permission. & high school textbooks reveal Greg Dunkel 45 "The Longest Day" O Stan Goff and used here with author's permission. Cuba, Haiti and John Brown-to rebel is justified Opinions expressed by contributors to this book represent their personal views Sara Flounders 59 and are not necessarily those of the Intemational Action Center. Lecture on Haiti Frederick Douglass 65 Cover design: Katherine Kean. Cover lithograph: Ambush at Ravine aux The Birth of the Haitian Flag-its heroic history Couleuvres, designed by Karl Giradet, engraved by Outwaite. Back cover photo: Fleurimond W. Kerns 97 Haitians at a pro-Aristide rally in Kenscoff on Dec. 6, 1990, by Carol Halebian. U.S. Embargoes against Haiti-from 1806 to 2003 Cataloging Data Greg Dunkel 103 Haiti: a slave revolution: 200 years after 1SO4/edited by Pat Chin, Greg Dunkel, Sara Flounders, and Kim Ives.-Revised and expanded edition. Part ll - Aristide's Election t07 p. cm. The Only Way Paul Laraque 109 Includes bibliographic references and index. Interview with Ray Laforest-H aitian trade union organizer ISBN 978-0-9747521-4-3 (pbk.: alk. Paper) Johnnie Stevens r11 1 . Haiti-History-Revolution, I 79 I - I 8 0 4. 2. Haiti-History-American Crushing Victory for Aristide-Despite Bazin's maneuvers intervention, 1994-199 5. 3. Haiti-Relations-United States. 1. Title. Haiti-Progrds Staff 119 F1923.H128 2010 LCN 20t0924478 Carter Tries To Intimidate Aristide Haiti-Progrds Staff 123 972.940773 Aristide: The People's Candidate- Road banicaded against Macoutes Haili-Progrds Staff t27 Part lll - After the Coup 133 Exile Is Stale Bread paul Laraque 135 Preface to the 2004 edition The Real Objectives of the Occupation Ben Dupuy t37 Behind the U.S. Rhetoric on Haiti Sam Marcy 149 Wnv rHIs BooK Tenth Department Haitians Massively Mobilize Greg Dunkel 155 Editors Part lV - After the Second U.S. Occupation 161 This book is a joint project of the Haiti Support Network (HSN) and Reign of a Human Race Paul Laraque 163 the International Action Center (IAC). Both organizations since their No Greater Shame Edwidge Danticat 165 founding have tried to promote solidarity with the continuing Haitian The Longest Day Stan Goff 173 Revolution. As the bicentennial of Haiti's independence approached, we Class Analysis of a Crisis Kim Ives t87 considered how to commemorate this singular event in the history of Haiti: A Politicat and Class-conscious People Maude LeBlanc 193 the world, the successful revolution in Haiti against the French slave Haitian Struggle for Freedom MumiaAbu-Jamal t95 owners. Just holding a meeting or a series of meetings didn't seem to be enough. So we decided to compile a book to mark Haiti's 200 years Review of a Review: Answering recent distortions Kim Ives 197 of struggle against racism and colonialism, to mark the only time slaves Struggle of Haitian Workers-alliance with USWA Local 8751 managed to rise up, break their chains and set up a new state and social Steve Gillis &Frantz Mendes 20s order that reflected some of their aspirations and hopes. The mainstream press and politicians say they celebrate the Part V - The Coup and the Earthquake 2004-20'10 215 bicentennial of the world's first Black republic and its achievements. Haitian Leader Charges: White House Behind Coup But they explain its poverty and political instability by pointing to Sara Flounders and Johnnie Stevens 2tl "poor leadership," a lack of "democratic traditions" and isolation due 2,000 Rally in Brooklyn to Denounce U.S. Coup in Haiti to geography and language. Monica Moorehead 222 This book is going to combat 200 years of racist indoctrination propaganda Haitian Revolution. It is essential to challenge The Struggle forAristide's Return to Haiti and about the -2004-2010 these stereotypes in order to build true, informed solidarity with Haiti. Greg Dunkel 227 Chapters in this book point out how the United States and other Beyond the Catastrophe How Imperialism Undermined Haiti imperialist powers like France and Germany have persecuted, FIST statement Larry Hales 235 exploited and from time to time, occupied Haiti and how the UN Paying Haitians $5 a Day to Work Saeed Shabazz 238 Haitian people have resisted by any means possible. Beyond Haiti's Extreme Poverty- At least half of Haiti's population in 1790 were killed before 1802 U.S., France looted first Black republic Abayomi Azikiwe 241 and still the Haitian people won. They crushed France's genocidal at- tempt to re-enslave them by crushing Napoleon's army. This hard-won Foodo Not Troops - End the U.S. Military Occupation of Haiti victory meant Haiti was a beacon of hope and inspiration to enslaved Petition: International Action Center 246 African people of the United States, even after they obtained their free- Author Biographies 249 dom. Frederick Douglass, the famous Black abolitionist who was the Bibliography 253 U.S. consul in Port-au-Prince in the 1880s, expressed this clearly in a speech, included in this book. Index 255 Part lll - After the Coup 133 Exile Is Stale Bread paul Laraque 135 Preface to the 2004 edition The Real Objectives of the Occupation Ben Dupuy t37 Behind the U.S. Rhetoric on Haiti Sam Marcy 149 Wnv rHIs BooK Tenth Department Haitians Massively Mobilize Greg Dunkel 155 Editors Part lV - After the Second U.S. Occupation 161 This book is a joint project of the Haiti Support Network (HSN) and Reign of a Human Race Paul Laraque 163 the International Action Center (IAC). Both organizations since their No Greater Shame Edwidge Danticat 165 founding have tried to promote solidarity with the continuing Haitian The Longest Day Stan Goff 173 Revolution.