Jean Jacques Dessalines πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡³πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡²πŸ‡±πŸ‡§πŸ‡«πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ί Profile picture
#M4A #Reparations #ReparationsForHaiti #FreePalestine #BlackLivesMatter #FreeHaiti #NouBouke #antiimperialist #socialist #antiracist #antiwar
Mar 4 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 1 min read
1. Haiti here! You know how white supremacy forced us to pay reparations for losing the slaves & Zimbabwe to pay reparations for confiscating white lands stolen from Blacks? Wait until you find out the real reason the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ maintains an embargo on Cuba starving it for 70 yrs.

🧡 2. After Cuban Revolution (1959), Castro nationalized properties owned by American individuals & πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ companies. In response, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions & later formalized financial claims values at least $2B in 1959. They claim today it is worth 10s if not 100s of $B.
Jan 24 β€’ 18 tweets β€’ 6 min read
1. Q: If Haiti helped South America gained its independence by providing it with resources and soldiers, how come Haiti is so poor today? What happened? πŸ€·πŸΎβ€β™‚οΈ

A: The Double Independence Debt ransomed from Haiti to French slave owners happened.

Thread 🧡 Image 2. Haitian historians are still debating why Haitian leaders felt compelled to pay this debt. Haiti wasn’t recognized by anyone & was surrounded by slave-holding empires who threatened πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ήβ€™s existence. Unable to trade, πŸ‡«πŸ‡· saw an opportunity to make πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή pay, financially this time. Image
Sep 27, 2021 β€’ 22 tweets β€’ 8 min read
He was born a French slave, he became a Spanish General and he commanded an all Black American militia in Florida. He was the real Django Unchained. His name is George "Jorge" Biassou. Haitian know him as #wapkonjoj Thread 1/17 Imagine a time where you felt slavery was so brutal w/ the French, that you felt necessary to align yourself w/ the Spaniards who also believed in slavery b/c you had a common enemy. That is exactly what happened in colony of St. Domingue at beginning of #HaitianRevolution 2/17
Sep 26, 2021 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 3 min read
I dated this DC woman who is director of a big peace institute. This expert was out there spreading the racist lie to her friends that Haitians committed massacre against white Dominicans. Only I didn’t know. She did her masters at mostly white & elitist university in most liberal racist city in US. I was pro Chavez & her racist #whitepassing elitist friends from #Venezuela hated my black πŸ‘. They would have convo about intdev around me, & couldn’t care less about what I had to say.