HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
A tale of two countries
Haiti and Cuba have the same enemies and are victimised by the same imperialist forces, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY

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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