Project 2025 REP: Longer Slavery better for Haiti

Project 2025 has become a buzzword on the Internet, conjuring up nightmare scenarios because it proposes to deport undocumented migrants, increase fossil fuel production, 'deweaponise' the CIA and FBI, and cut government spending, among other items.

In this 19 September hearing, US Congressmember Gregorio Casar interrogated Project 2025 advisory board member Mark Krikorian about comments he made about Haiti a few years ago.

Krikorian, executive director of the right-wing Center for Immigration Studies, among about 100 groups supporting Project 2025, told Casar that Haiti would have benefited from an extended colonial period, even if that meant prolonging slavery.

The exchange took place during a US House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing titled, 'A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures.' Krikorian was one of several witnesses testifying on a range of issues.

Throughout his career, Krikorian has referenced white nationalists such as Kevin MacDonald, John Friend, and Jared Taylor. To give you an idea of who these people are, MacDonald once stated, 'Jews are just going to destroy white power completely, and destroy America as a white country.' Taylor said, 'Blacks and whites are different. When Blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization—any kind of civilization—disappears.' Krikorian told Casar this his organisation once ran an email service that provided links to the writings of these individuals.

Voting alone will not stop the US government from codifying right-wing agendas like Project 2025. That's because Republicans and Democrats agree on the vast majority of policies, despite the culture wars they engage in over women's rights and LGBTQ rights. However, by joining an organisation to fight for Black liberation and Pan-Africanism, we can build mass power to obstruct the path the US long ago embarked on.

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