[News] Haiti - Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine -10 years since his kidnapping and disappearance

[Anti-Imperialist News]

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*THIS AUGUST 12 MARKS TEN YEARS SINCE THE KIDNAPPING AND DISAPPEARING OF 
HAITIAN REVOLUTIONARY LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE*

     On the eve of Bwa Kay Iman (Bois Caïman, Aug. 14), and on 
International Youth Day (Aug. 12), we dedicate this forthcoming issue of 
Haiti Solidarity to this remarkable, powerful brother. Father, husband, 
friend, psychologist, human rights activist, Lavalas leader—Lovinsky 
loved his people, and they love him.  Not a year has gone by that he 
hasn’t been sorely missed.

     On July 28, 2007, just three years into the 2004 coup and the 
92-year anniversary of the first US occupation of Haiti of 1915-1934, a 
crowd of protestors and witnesses watched Lovinsky lead a demonstration 
in front of UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince.  We listened to his 
speech, in which he made the connection between the current occupation 
and the first US occupation. Lovinsky invoked the Haitian 
revolutionaries, like Charlemagne Péralte, who fought to end the 1915 
invasion, and he said that that legacy of revolutionary struggle lives 
on in the people today. He said the people would always fight to uproot 
neo-colonialism and exploitation—they would always fight for their 
freedom. Two weeks after this speech, Lovinsky was kidnapped.

     Lovinsky dedicated his life to fighting against the restoration of 
the Haitian Army. Today and into the future, we honor his work with 
victims of the Haitian Military, police forces and of the United Nations 
troops, who have occupied Haiti since 2004.  We must hold the UN 
occupying force accountable for the disappearance of Lovinsky under 
their watch and for all the crimes it has committed against the Haitian 
people.

     As we echo his voice against the violence of the police, occupation 
forces and the restoration of the Haitian military, let us also demand 
justice for Lovinsky 
https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee/posts/10155591278684886

     Lovinsky, and all of those who have fought, suffered, and died in 
the struggle—in Haiti and elsewhere—leave us a legacy.  To honor that 
legacy, we too must struggle to build a new society in which humanity, 
justice, empathy, and love are the prevailing values.  Little by little, 
we must have faith, like Lovinsky, that we will make progress.  But we 
must help each other.  We must follow the example of our Haitian 
brothers and sisters who say, “Nou pap obeyi!”  We do not obey!  We 
resist!  We believe in the power of collective struggle.  Little by 
little, together, we will make a difference.

In solidarity,

Haiti Action  Committee
www.haitisolidarity.net <http://www.haitisolidarity.net>
@HaitiAction1 and on Facebook


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