In 1804, the people of Haiti led a revolution that rocked the world, defeating the French colonizers, liberating the enslaved, and establishing the world’s first Black republic.
In the two centuries since, the Haitian Revolution has been brutally punished: with sanctions, invasions, and repeated regime change at the hands of Western powers.
Today, more than half of the Haitian population suffers from hunger. Basic services have been paralyzed across the country. And demands for change by Haitian workers have been met with batons and gunfire.
Now, the United States is once again preparing a military intervention to assert its control over Haiti. But this time, the US is paying to launder its invasion and occupation efforts through a “Multinational Security Support Mission” to be led by 1,000 Kenyan police.
In other words, the United States is sending Africans to slaughter Afro-descendants 12,000 kilometers away — for a small price to be paid to the Kenyan President.
Kenya’s High Court has already ruled the intervention unconstitutional, but its government is determined to press ahead with the agenda.
The deployment of Kenyan police forces to this mission in Haiti would be an affront to the spirit of Pan-Africanism. It reflects the United States’ reliance on client states and proxies to do its bidding — a worrying trend that undermines security all around the globe. And it threatens to exacerbate the already-devastating conditions of life facing millions of Haitians.
That is why we are raising the alarm and calling on progressive forces around the world to join us in opposing this wanton intervention. Long live the solidarity of the world’s people with Haiti!
