[News] Haiti Solidarity Event: June 26th at La Pena, Berkeley
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Tue Jun 17 18:20:25 EDT 2008
Haiti Solidarity Event: June 26th at La Pena, Berkeley
http://www.haitisolidarity.net/article.php?id=251
Thursday, June 26th, 7PM
La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Recent headlines report: "Haitians Take To The
Streets To Demand Food." "Hungry Haitians Storm
Presidential Palace Over High Cost of
Living." "Haitian Government Falls After Food
Riots." Once again, as they have done so many
times throughout their history, the Haitian
people have taken center stage, exposing the
desperate conditions foisted upon them by four
years of UN occupation and misrule.
The massive outpouring of protest over food
prices has shattered the façade promoted by the
mainstream press that Haiti is slowly moving
towards a stable democratic government and
economic progress after the violent coup that
killed thousands, displaced, imprisoned and
exiled thousands more, and forcibly kidnapped the
democratically elected President. Economic
conditions for the average Haitian have
deteriorated rapidly while UN occupation forces
have an annual budget of over $535 million. The
Preval government has received international aid
denied to the former government of President
Aristide. While the export-import sector run by
Haiti's traditional elite has profited from
international aid, the poor have been even
further marginalized. Prices for rice, beans,
water, cooking oil and gas have skyrocketed to
the point where many Haitians simply cannot
afford to eat. The Associated Press recently ran
an article reporting that many Haitians were now eating "mud cookies."
People can only take so much, and can only hear
empty promises for so long while they watch their
children starving. That is why so many of the
demonstrators this past few weeks carried signs
calling for the return to Haiti of President
Aristide. They remember full well that, under
the Aristide government, social and economic
programs were begun that gave people hope and
dignity. They are fighting for that hope and
that dignity in the streets of Haiti today.
Join Haiti Action Committee for an evening of
solidarity with Haiti with eyewitness reports from Haiti about:
* Mass demonstrations against hunger
* Efforts to free political prisoners
* The fight to return disappeared human
rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine
* The continued UN occupation and the role of the Preval government
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