Haitians Continue to Fight

2 April 2025: Today thousands of Haitians marched on the capital in Port au Prince demanding action be taken against the gangs controlling most of the city. Some protestors were armed. As the government has not taken action to protect the people, some local police have begun arming the people with weapons seized from the gangs. The government responded to the protest with massive tear gas attacks and firing live rounds into the air.

The new government took power in November with help from the U.$. imperialists, the latest in a series of comprador states since the overthrow of popular president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Since being the first victorious slave revolution in 1804, and a bastion of anti-slavery in the 1800s, Haiti has been a target of the European imperialists. This imperialist meddling has created the conditions of the current failed state.

The fighting spirit of the Haitian people lives on, as does their efforts to build strength through unity, even as current conditions seem dire. Haitian refugees from this violence are one of the targets of the Trump regime for deportations, as they currently can qualify for Temporary Protective Status (TPS). If Trump can remove TPS it will worsen the humanitarian crisis in Haiti in the short-term and threaten the safety of those deported.

^{Notes: Kevin Pena, Flashpoints, 2 April 2025.}