People's University 2023: Discussion Report on the Means of Haitian Citizen Participation in the Country's Political Life, the Terrain of Struggle and Balance of Power

The People's University is an initiative of the Institut Culturel Karl Lévêque, ITECA, PAJ, PAPDA, SAKS and SOFA, which has existed for more than 20 years. Since 2014 it has run a three-year program, and 2023 is the third year of the program that began in 2021 under the theme Democracy and Social Movements in Haiti. The 2023 theme is the means for Haitian citizens to take part in the country's political life.

Because travel had become difficult, three workshops were held before the plenary session: in the South on May 30 and 31, in the Central Plateau for the Greater North on June 24 and 25, and in the West, in Port-au-Prince, on July 7 and 8. The report covers the fundamentals of building a balance of power, the influence capacity of progressive forces in the current conjuncture, changes in global economic relations and what they offer Haiti, the reorganization of demand-based struggles, the decline of those struggles, and the institutional vacuum and decay of public authorities.