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A tale of two countries
Haiti and Cuba have the same enemies and are victimised by the same imperialist forces, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Police abandon their vehicle during a demonstration that turned violent in which protesters demanded justice for the assassinated President Jovenel Moise in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, July 22, 2021

TWO countries have made the front pages and lead stories in our lemming-like capitalist media: Haiti and Cuba.

One country — Haiti — has earned the ire of the self-styled Western democracies by overthrowing its colonial slavemasters and establishing a free state in 1803, the first country in history to liberate itself from European-imposed slavery.

The Europeans and elites in the US never forgave the rebellious followers of Toussaint L’Ouverture and their descendants.

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