[News] TODAY: Hands Off Haiti! No to US/Caricom military intervention!
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TODAY: Hands Off Haiti! No to US/Caricom military
intervention!
Send an email to CARICOM and the United Nations today! NO MILITARY
INTERVENTION IN HAITI!!!
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A military intervention is imminent in Haiti that would cause widespread
destruction and loss of life and further entrench US domination and
undermine movements towards democracy and independence. Help stop this
disaster! Please take a moment to send the above email, *or better yet,
make a phone call TODAY to officials from CARICOM and the United
Nations! *Following is the text for an action from our friends at the
Black Alliance for Peace:
Script for embassy Calls and Emails
*_Directions_*
Please use the below message to call or email the following Embassies:
Kenya, Jamaica, The Bahamas; and/or organizations: the UN and CARICOM.
Please adjust the scripts as needed.
Many thanks to the Haiti Action Committee, who’s action alert model
provided help for this script.
*_Priority contacts_*
*Kenya*: Ambassador William Ruto
(202) 387-6101
*Email: *information at kenyembassydc.org
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or complaints at kenyaembassydc.org
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Twitter: @KenyaembassyDC or at ForeignOfficeKE or @StateHouseKenya
*Jamaica*: Ambassador Audrey Patrice Marks
(202) 452-0660
Email: contactus at jamaicaembassy.org
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Twitter: @USEmbassyJA
*The Bahamas*: Ambassador Wendall K. Jones
(202) 319-2660
Email: EMBASSY at BAHAMASEMBDC.ORG
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@bahamasembassy
*CARICOM*:
CARICOM Secretariat
Turkeyen Georgetown, Guyana
Email: registry at caricom.org
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or communications at caricom.org
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+1(592) 222-0001
Twitter: @CARICOMorg
*UN*:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
(212) 963-7160
Twitter: @antonioguterres
Embassies: Call script
Hi representatives of [The government of Kenya/Jamaica/ The Bahamas OR
the United Nations],
My name is [your name] and I am calling as [a member of [your
organization], which is OR someone] concerned with your government’s
decision to send police as a part of an armed intervention into Haiti.
[I/We] condemn this decision wholeheartedly, and we see this as
opportunism on your part and, as the Black Alliance for Peace put it, a
case of “imperialism in blackface
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On August 6, dozens of Haitian social and civic leaders and
organizations sent a letter to the African Union
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decrying this armed invasion as well. The people’s consensus is clearly
against this intervention.
Instead of sending armed intervention, your government must listen to
the demands of people’s movements in Haiti, and at minimum it must
respect Haitian sovereignty and the right to self-determination.
Among other demands, the Haitian people and civil society organizations
are calling for:
* Establish an arms embargo against the Haitian and U.S. elite who
import guns into the country,
* End of support for Haiti’s installed puppet government of Ariel Henry,
* Disband of the Core Group,
* The UN implement reparations for the UN-caused cholera epidemic,
* The U.S. Stop ongoing deportations of Haitian refugees, and
* The US and UN end deep financial crises resulting from the IMF-led
move to remove fuel subsidies.
Thank you.
Embassies: Email script
Hi Ambassador of [name for Kenya/Jamaica/ The Bahamas],
My name is [your name] and I am contacting you as [a member of [your
organization], which is OR someone] concerned with your government’s
decision to send police as a part of an armed intervention into Haiti.
[I/We] condemn this decision wholeheartedly, and we see this as
opportunism on your part and, as the Black Alliance for Peace put it, a
case of “imperialism in blackface
<https://default.salsalabs.org/T6d78e9cf-eda8-4e64-8d62-da53674b9021/424acc16-08a3-4cae-bdf5-0ee8fd652d2e>”.
On August 6, dozens of Haitian social and civic leaders and
organizations sent a letter to the African Union
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decrying this armed invasion as well. The people’s consensus is clearly
against this intervention.
Among other demands, the Haitian people and civil society organizations
are calling for:
* Establish an arms embargo against the Haitian and U.S. elite who
import guns into the country,
* End of support for Haiti’s installed puppet government of Ariel Henry,
* Disband of the Core Group,
* The UN implement reparations for the UN-caused cholera epidemic,
* The U.S. Stop ongoing deportations of Haitian refugees, and
* The US and UN end deep financial crises resulting from the IMF-led
move to remove fuel subsidies
[I/We] understand that you are not alone, but we know that members of
CARICOM and other multinational groups have been pressured into
supporting intervention. Your government’s willingness to be part of an
intervention and description of this as Pan-Africanism is shameful, as
is the failure to call out the weapons shipments coming from the U.S.,
U.S. corporate interests and Haitian oligarchy sponsoring of
paramilitary ‘gangs’, and the UN’s ongoing reluctance to atone for the
cholera epidemic that is has admitted its troops caused.
Instead of sending armed intervention, your government must listen to
the demands of people’s movements in Haiti, and at minimum it must
respect Haitian sovereignty and the right to self-determination. The
Biden administration in the US is clearly unwilling and unable to extend
this respect, so we hope that you will take a stand against the constant
foreign intervention of the US, as it will undoubtedly come back around
to other countries like yours as well.
Among other demands, the Haitian people and civil society organizations
are calling for:
* Establish an arms embargo against the Haitian and U.S. elite who
import guns into the country,
* End of support for Haiti’s installed puppet government of Ariel Henry,
* Disband of the Core Group,
* The UN implement reparations for the UN-caused cholera epidemic,
* The U.S. Stop ongoing deportations of Haitian refugees, and
* The US and UN end deep financial crises resulting from the IMF-led
move to remove fuel subsidies.
Sincerely,
[Your name / Organization]
UN & CARICOM: Call Script
Hi representatives of [The United Nations OR CARICOM Secretariat],
My name is [your name] and I am calling as [a member of [your
organization], which is OR someone] concerned with [The UN OR CARICOM]’s
decision to support armed intervention in Haiti, which appears to be
coming from Kenya, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. In doing so, you are
effectively sanctioning more violence and destruction against the
Haitian people. [I/We] condemn this decision wholeheartedly, and we see
this as neglect of your duty to respect the sovereignty of nations and
as political opportunism on your part. On August 6, dozens of Haitian
social and civic leaders and organizations sent a letter to the African
Union
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decrying this armed invasion as well. The people’s consensus is clearly
against this intervention.
Among other demands, the Haitian people and civil society organizations
are calling for:
* Establish an arms embargo against the Haitian and U.S. elite who
import guns into the country,
* End of support for Haiti’s installed puppet government of Ariel Henry,
* Disband of the Core Group,
* The UN implement reparations for the UN-caused cholera epidemic,
* The U.S. Stop ongoing deportations of Haitian refugees, and
* The US and UN end deep financial crises resulting from the IMF-led
move to remove fuel subsidies.
Instead of supporting armed intervention, [The UN OR CARICOM] must
listen to the demands of people’s movements in Haiti, and at minimum it
must respect Haitian sovereignty and the right to self-determination.
Thank you.
UN or CARICOM: Email Script
Hi representatives of [The United Nations OR CARICOM Secretariat],
My name is [your name] and I am writing as [a member of [your
organization], which is OR someone] concerned with [The UN OR CARICOM]’s
decision to support armed intervention in Haiti, which appears to be
coming from Kenya, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. In doing so, you are
effectively sanctioning more violence and destruction against the
Haitian people. [I/We] condemn this decision wholeheartedly, and we see
this as neglect of your duty to respect the sovereignty of nations and
as political opportunism on your part and, as the Black Alliance for
Peace put it, to support a case of “imperialism in blackface
<https://default.salsalabs.org/T41447e23-3e07-4e93-86b3-2819f2da4ba0/424acc16-08a3-4cae-bdf5-0ee8fd652d2e>”.
On August 6, dozens of Haitian social and civic leaders and
organizations sent a letter to the African Union
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decrying this armed invasion as well. The people’s consensus is clearly
against this intervention.
Among other demands, the Haitian people and civil society organizations
are calling for:
* Establish an arms embargo against the Haitian and U.S. elite who
import guns into the country,
* End of support for Haiti’s installed puppet government of Ariel Henry,
* Disband of the Core Group,
* The UN implement reparations for the UN-caused cholera epidemic,
* The U.S. Stop ongoing deportations of Haitian refugees, and
* The US and UN end deep financial crises resulting from the IMF-led
move to remove fuel subsidies.
[I/We] understand that you made this decision to support intervention
under immense political pressure and we know that individual members of
CARICOM and other multinational groups have been pressured into
supporting intervention by the U.S and others. Nevertheless, [the UN/
CARICOM]’s government’s willingness to support an intervention and call
on governments of African or Afro-descendant nations to take part in a
“non-UN multinational operation” is shameful, as is the failure to call
out the weapons shipments coming from the U.S., U.S. corporate interests
and Haitian oligarchy sponsoring of paramilitary ‘gangs’, and the UN’s
ongoing reluctance to atone for the cholera epidemic that is has
admitted its troops caused.
Instead of supporting armed intervention, [The UN OR CARICOM] must
listen to the demands of people’s movements in Haiti, and at minimum it
must respect Haitian sovereignty and the right to self-determination.
The Biden administration in the US is clearly unwilling and unable to
extend this respect, so we hope that you will take a stand against the
constant foreign intervention of the US, as it will undoubtedly come
back around to other countries in the future.
[I/We] hope that [The UN OR CARICOM] will reconsider its position,
listen to the Haitian people, and respect the sovereignty and
self-determination of Haiti.
Sincerely
[Your name / Organization]
ONE MORE ACTION YOU CAN TAKE:
*Send an email to the White House, Congress, and the UN to demand: No
US/Foreign intervention; End the US/UN occupation of Haiti; No sanctions
on Haiti; stop US support for police, prison, and border militarization;
stop deporting Haitian refugees*
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