Andrew Young

Yeah, it's quite remarkable.

Wow.

My group ("Essay on the Means..."), I'm super excited about sharing. A largely forgotten Haitian work, it's amazing on its own in French, but it was translated into English and serialized in the US in 1842. All the big US abolitionists would have read it, but it's barely studied.

Original broadside printing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence. The document is titled "Liberté ou la Mort" and "Armée Indigène," and it is held by the National Archives of the United Kingdom (call number MFQ 1/184).

On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹

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The Dollar System depicting the earth surrounded by swirling green Dollar bills and gold coins

Theology 101 depicting a man reading a Hewbrew scroll

History of Zionism depicting a shovel digging into a settlement on a hill casting a long shadow

Ghost kn the machine depicting Prometheus having his liver torn out by a raven with an atomic bomb in the foreground and flames in the background

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I have a sneaking suspicion that I should simply read all of Freud. The Standard Edition isn't that many volumes, really...

Thank you! I'm excited and eager to dive in.

Sharing here: I've joined the faculty of the Mimbres School. My first time leading a session will be September 24th, doing a reading group on Casimir's The Haitians: A Decolonial History.
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We really need to fight this one. The worst Carney gets, the more latitude current and future Conservative governments will have to do even worse. I'm sure Ford is feeling much more hopeful about future confrontations with the teachers, for example.

The way the media acts like unions are the ones to blame for making choices and the employers and government aren't is so bizarre to me. Government and employers screw things up (and have executives who can be shown to be accountable!) and unions represent the collective interests of their members.

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I'm very excited to dig in. (And no dig at Marlene, but even though I got hers first, I'm going to read them chronologically... :D )

Haven't been buying a ton of books lately, but I had to get these two. Something tells me they're going to go perfectly back to back.
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It's going right next to Haitian Connections on my bookshelf - so it's just as easy to reference often!

Can't wait to get this.

Stuck on a train with spotty internet, but I wish I were there!

Every damn time.

Very tempted to argue that the decline of this kind of anti-tyrant language is the defining feature of modern (as opposed to ancient) republicanism, and one of the enabling conditions for "whiteness".

Cold sweat weather.

Best of luck. They're lucky to have you.

I'm probably going to cite Blanqui in my dissertation - how would you like me to mention that I found it because of you (via Colin)?

Some thoughts on why my grandfather used to get so angry about the sale of the 407 and what that tells us about what capitalism is.
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I need to think out loud more, so I intend to use this platform to share my writing. Here is an introduction of sorts to what I'm thinking about:
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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)

The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)

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Still deciding if and how to use this platform, but if we know one another, please feel free to remind me to follow you. I intend to at least use the contact list to keep in touch.

Niche question: anyone know of works in the history of international law focused on the British in the early 19th century that addresses the British snub of Haiti? It seems every Congress of Vienna/Pax Britannica work ignores that Christophe was regularly, actively petitioning England at the time.

When I ponder the questions related to this, I always think of Freud.