Just weeks ago, as we reported previously on The Real News, onlookers around the US and around the world were horrified yet again by scenes of pain, desperation, and brutality at the US-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas. With COVID-19 and global vaccine apartheid continuing to exacerbate a public health crisis, with continuing political turmoil following the assassination of former president Jovenel Moïse in July, and after another devastating earthquake shook the battered nation in August, thousands of Haitian refugees have been forced to leave their homes in the hope of seeking asylum in the US.
Instead of having their appeals for asylum heard and their situation recognized for the crisis of humanity that it is, these refugees were met by menacing US Border Patrol agents on horseback who rode them down and rounded them up in brutal fashion. Since then, the US government under President Joe Biden has deployed the Trump-era Title 42 policy to mass expel thousands of refugees back to Haiti without hearing their asylum claims, even though the Department of Homeland Security designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status in May.
While the news cycle has moved on from the immediate so-called “crisis at the border,†the nightmare for Haitians and the country of Haiti is still very much ongoing. In this interview, TRNN Editor-in-Chief talks with Pascal Robert about the larger political context that led to the horrifying scenes at the US-Mexico border last month, and about the deep disdain, fear, and imperialist designs that have historically shaped US policy toward Haiti and its people. Pascal Robert is an essayist and political commentator whose work covers Black politics, global affairs, and the history and politics of Haiti. He is the co-host of the podcast THIS IS REVOLUTION, a frequent contributor to the Black Agenda Report, and his writing has been featured in outlets like The Huffington Post, Alternet, and the Washington Spectator.
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we dont want them.
Voodoo, Santeria, Disease, Violence. Whats not to love? Everyone to blame but the Haitian people. And what happened to the earthquake money?
Hermanio Joseph of Haiti has killed a 6 year old boy on his first day of school and injured 26 others.
Very intriguing very interesting i love it this is very very important information
Let’s be real. America does not like Haitians. They don’t.
Haitians can go to Latin American countries to immigrate. Their culture is more similar (catholic-based) to latin american countries compared to the U.S.
Pat Robertson.
Their illegal 🤷â€â™‚ï¸
One of the best breakdown of the situation in Haiti I've heard. Thank you!
it's sometimes regrettable that the u.s has such a symmetric looking flag, which doesn't match at all the disarray it causes around the world via foreign policy, and bet many have relied on it for cover (similar to con artists wearing suits and ties to appear legit), and perhaps if its designer was a person of common sense, might roll in his/her grave at the thought of what it's been used in the name of, which isn't sports or other benevolent activity..
Thank you Sir for telling the truth.
Why is Maximillian broadcasting from his house? What happened to the TRNN building?
Vote blue no matter who, amirite??? 🤡
Thank you for your time and God bless everyone love 💕 and Hope
'Love hearing Mr Robert break things down. 'Just subscribed to this channel. Look up This Is Revolution podcast for more.
How would this gone down if their skin was white? What's your view?
Considering all of the people that has died, in our country, we have room for more people. Where is our humanity.?
What a cogent presentation of the truth! I'll circulate as widely as I can.
Excellent piece. Thank you for laying out the long history the US/France oppression on Haiti. It would be interesting to know if Haitians themselves are aware (unlike US Americans) of the causes of their own poverty and suffering. Are they also as ill-informed as US citizens? I live in Germany and often run into Middle East refugees who don't seem to see the US as being largely responsible for why they needed to flee in the first place – for the destabilisation of their region. Even Germans don't see the US gov. for the global menace that it is. Still stuck in that post WWII mentality that the US came to save the day and therefore always the good guy.
This interview needs to get posted everywhere. This brotha is givin the FACTS