This past Saturday, January 25, 2020, the Marxist Education Project hosted the panel, “Hispaniola in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Haiti and Santo Domingo Panel Discussion.” This discussion examined the revolutionary legacies of Hispaniola, the island shared by both Haiti and Santo Domingo. The panelists looked at the current Haitian political crisis and popular revolt; the Haitian revolution, its emancipatory legacy of liberation and contradictions; the lessons of the 1946 and 1986 revolts in Haiti; race and class in Santo Domingo; the 1965 Dominican revolution as well as prospects for cross-border and international solidarity and revolution on the island and beyond.
The panelists were France Francois, Mitch Abidor, and Virgilio Oscar Arán. The panel was organized by Amaury Rodríguez, who served as moderator and presenter.
