Yes, Haitian President Aristide was deposed by CIA
The Grayzone, 3/1—A spectacular jailbreak in Gonaïves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot “Cubain” Métayer, a gang leader jailed weeks earlier for harassing Haitian political figures, to overrun the facility. Métayer escaped, as did 158 other prisoners. Among them were perpetrators of the April 1994 Raboteau massacre, which left dozens of Haitians dead and displaced. The victims were supporters of popular anti-imperial President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Documents released… reveal that the jailbreak was part of a complex US intelligence operation, aimed at undermining Aristide’s presidency. At the heart of this operation was Janice L. Elmore, a CIA operative working undercover as a Department of State “Political Officer” in the Port-au-Prince US Embassy at the time.
The breakout set in motion a violent regime change campaign, which ultimately ousted Aristide from office on February 29, 2004. After being deposed and flown to South Africa, Aristide claimed to have been “kidnapped” by US forces and directly accused Washington of orchestrating the plot.
French capitalists benefit from war In Ukraine
France24, 3/11–Ukraine has become the world's fourth-largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second-largest exporter behind the United States. Arms imports to Europe rose by 94 percent in 2019-2023, compared to the preceding five-year period, while overall global arms transfers decreased slightly, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)...The increase is "partially explained by the war in Ukraine, and Ukraine has become the fourth largest importer of arms in the world in the last five years"...in the 2019-2023 period, 55 percent of imports to Europe were from the US, up from 35 percent in the 2014-2018 period…While Russia's exports declined, France saw its own grow by 47 percent, thereby narrowly edging out Russia to become the world's second-largest exporter.
Being “anticapitalist" may lead to FBI investigation
The Intercept, 3/7–Aaron Bushnell’s death by self-immolation in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington last month has provoked nationwide soul-searching about the war in Gaza. For the U.S. government though, the airman’s death excites a different kind of search: for so-called extremists, particularly left-wing ones. Last Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton…sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking why and how the Pentagon could tolerate an airman like Bushnell in its ranks. Calling his death “an act of horrific violence” that was “in support of a terrorist group [Hamas]”...Bushnell’s posts on Reddit and other social media platforms before his death reflected this embrace of anarchism…the FBI maintains a program specifically for combating anarchists, called the Anarchist Extremism Program…An internal FBI threat advisory obtained by The Intercept defines Anarchist Violent Extremists as individuals “who consider capitalism and centralized government to be unnecessary and oppressive,” and “oppose economic globalization; political, economic, and social hierarchies based on class, religion, race, gender, or private ownership of capital; and external forms of authority represented by centralized government, the military, and law enforcement.”
Military bloc forming in challenge to U.S.-dominated NATO
Barron’s, 3/11–The navies of China, Russia, and Iran are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, Beijing said Monday. The military activities -- to be conducted from Monday through Friday -- are aimed at "jointly maintaining regional maritime security", according to a statement published on the social media platform WeChat by China's defense ministry. "China will send... guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, guided-missile frigate Linyi, and comprehensive supply ship Dongpinghu to participate in the exercise," the statement added, without providing further details…This year's round of joint exercises coincides with soaring tensions in the region as the war in Gaza rages and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a flurry of attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Russian state media reported that a detachment of ships from the country's Pacific Fleet, led by the Varyag cruiser, arrived at the Iranian port of Chah Bahar on Monday ahead of the drills.
