• Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Who We Are
    • TF History
    • Submissions
    • Contact
  • Lloyd Investigative Fund
  • Donate
  • Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Toward Freedom
  • Our Investigations
  • Africa
  • Americas
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • West Asia
  • Reviews

haiti

Garment employees are seen working in the sewing section of a clothing plant in Haiti / credit: Marcel Crozet / International Labor Organization

‘We Are Not Slaves!’: Haitian Garment Workers Strike for a Fair Wage

Frances Madeson March 9, 2022 Frances Madeson

Buoyed by international union solidarity and hearkening to the revolutionary legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian strikers facing state violence and lowball concessions remain undeterred, reports Frances Madeson.

A Dominican soldier stands by a 118-mile border wall the Dominican Republic built to keep out Haitian migrants / credit: La Prensa Latina

The Long History of Anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic

Yanis Iqbal January 5, 2022 Yanis Iqbal

The Dominican Republic's continued maintenance of an exclusionary project like a 118-mile border wall indicates it is fundamentally anti-people in nature, using centuries of anti-Haiti sentiment to deflect the public’s attention from its destructive, market-oriented economic policies, writes Yanis Iqbal.

Danny Shaw on Honduras & Venezuela Elections + Movements in Haiti

Toward Freedom Editor December 13, 2021 Toward Freedom Editor

Danny Shaw reported back on the Venezuela elections and his latest journey to meet with the movements in Haiti during Toward Freedom's December 2, 2021 webinar.

Why Does Independent Media Matter? A Webinar on Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, Honduras and the Black Liberation Struggle

Toward Freedom Editor December 3, 2021 Toward Freedom Editor

Toward Freedom hosted a webinar December 2 to welcome new editor, Julie Varughese, who reported on her time covering Nicaragua's November 7 elections. Regular contributors Danny Shaw and Jacqueline Luqman discussed the Pink Tide in Latin America, Haiti and how Hollywood depicts the Black liberation struggle.

Book Review: ‘Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games’

Danny Shaw August 27, 2021 Danny Shaw

In this book, historian Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall explores how the 1804 Haitian Revolution has been misrepresented and censored on screen.

The Shada 2 neighborhood in Cap Haitien was destroyed and burned down by police as retaliation against armed gangs / credit: Twitter/DannyShawCUNY

What’s Next for the Haitian Liberation Movement After the Moïse Assassination?

Danny Shaw July 22, 2021 Danny Shaw

Social movements in Haiti sought for months to remove assassinated President Jovenel Moïse. It was broadly considered the task of the people.

Posts navigation

1 2 »

SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

    Trending

    • Book Review: ‘The Afghanistan Papers’ Leaves a Critical Question Unanswered
    • Venezuela Continues to Be the Model for Democracy In the Americas
    • Intifada 1987: The Story of a Rare Palestinian Album
    • ‘Venezuela Reminds Us People Can Defeat Fascists’: Interview with Venezuelan Diplomat Carlos Ron
    • Cuba Sounds Alarm Over UN Suspension Clause

    Copyright Toward Freedom 2019

    Toward Freedom logo

    Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter!

    You will be sent an email confirming your subscription.