Mamyrah Prosper is an Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is also the director of the Center for Truth & Racial Healing at UCI. Dougé-Prosper’s work generally focuses on Black social movements. More specifically, her research centers around protest movements in 21st century Haiti. Dougé-Prosper has published in political magazines such as LeftEast as well as academic journals such as Women's Studies Quarterly and International Studies Review. She is completing her first manuscript titled Development Arrested in Occupied Haiti: Social Movements and the Gangster State. Dougé Prosper is also the international coordinator for Community Movement Builders and the co-host of the WBAI Pacifica in New York City radio show “Haiti: Our Revolution Continues.”

August 1, 2024

Interviews

Haiti’s Long Struggle

Military occupation, gang violence, and popular uprising

In October 2023, the United Nations Security Council voted to “authorize the deployment of a multinational security support, headed by Kenya.” While Russia and China abstained, they too condemned “the increasing violence, criminal activities, and human rights abuses and violations…