[News] February 29 marks 20 years since the US-orchestrated coup in Haiti that overthrew democracy

[Anti-Imperialist News]

February 29th, 2024 marks 20 years since the US, France and Canada 
overthrew Haiti’s democratically elected government headed by President 
Jean-Bertand Aristide and the Fanmi Lavalas party. The coup targeting 
Haitian democracy was orchestrated by the Bush administration’s most 
notorious war criminals - Roger Noriega, Colin Powell and Donald 
Rumsfeld - aided and abetted by the International Republican Institute 
[IRI]. Thousands were killed, raped, imprisoned or forced into exile. 
The Haitian people are still living with the 2004 coup’s horrific 
aftermath which has ushered in 20 years of foreign military occupation, 
dictatorship and terror, and a wave of neoliberal economic policies that 
have created a disaster in Haiti.


The US has imposed many corrupt and repressive puppet regimes on Haiti – 
the latest one headed by the unelected de facto Prime Minister, Ariel 
Henry. There are now no elected officials in Haiti, with the regime 
ruling by decree. These dictatorships have systematically dismantled 
Haiti’s democratic institutions. Neoliberal economic policies continue 
to deepen poverty and starvation. Death squad paramilitary formations, 
armed with weapons from the United States, terrorize the people. No 
wonder Haitians are fleeing Haiti by the tens of thousands, only to be 
forcibly returned because of racist US immigration policies.


Haiti’s democratic Lavalas governments made historic advances in health 
care, women’s rights, housing, economic justice, food sovereignty and 
education. These programs upheld the dignity and human rights of the 
Haitian people, denied for so long by western powers. The 2004 coup 
reversed these gains. But the achievements of the Aristide 
administrations are etched deep in the soul of Haiti and remain a 
foundation for Haiti’s future.


This is a critical moment for Haiti. As the US and UN move forward with 
plans for a new foreign invasion, this time fronted by Kenyan police, 
the Haitian popular movement, including Fanmi Lavalas, has demanded an 
end to foreign occupation once and for all. They are calling instead to 
replace the current dictatorship with a people’s transition government 
of “Sali Piblik” (public safety). In the face of repression and 
relentless terror that has driven hundreds of thousands from their 
homes, creating what Haitians have called a “hell on earth”, the Haitian 
people continue to defend their communities and to build new 
institutions, such as free clinics, cooperatives, and schools that serve 
the people.


The time for solidarity is now. We call on all freedom-loving people to 
defend the right of Haiti’s people to live with dignity, free from 
foreign domination.


US Out of Haiti, US Stop Funding Police Terror in Haiti, US Stop Backing 
Ariel Henry, US Stop the Influx of Weapons to Haiti. Haiti-Palestine, 
Same Struggle, Same Fight.


What You Can Do:


>From Haiti to Palestine Teach In! Sunday, March 3rd 11-12:30 pm. 
Register 
at<https://tinyurl.com/H2Pteachin?fbclid=IwAR0GKyHD8cSL027zRyjnJ-29bT8CH7Lr4ACYQyg6gRSqt8iOZBxvQNc6txM>http://tinyurl.com/H2Pteachin 
<http://tinyurl.com/H2Pteachin>


Haiti: A Call to Action! Sunday, April 6th, 1-3 PM East Side Arts 
Alliance 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA. Featured speakers include 
Dr. Maryse Narcisse and Pacha Vorbe, leaders of Fanmi Lavalas. This 
event will take place in person and on Youtube. Details TBA.


To learn about the democratic advances under President Aristide and 
Fanmi Lavalas progressive Haitian governments, check out “We Will Not 
Forget: the Achievements of Lavalas in Haiti 
<https://65c874.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/We_Will_Not_Forget_2010.pdf>.” 



Invite Haiti Action Committee to do a workshop about Haiti with your 
organization, book club, or friends. Contact us at 
action.haiti at gmail.com <mailto:action.haiti at gmail.com>


Hear Voices from Haiti via Haiti Action webinars on youtube 
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjujXAgb681TkRNdEo1hh5Q>. Follow Haiti 
news at www.haitisolidarity.net <http://www.haitisolidarity.net>, 
https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee 
<https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee>and @HaitiAction1



-- 
Haiti Action Committee
PO Box 2040
Berkeley,CA 94702
Website <https://haitisolidarity.net>
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjujXAgb681TkRNdEo1hh5Q>
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/HaitiAction1>

31 years of solidarity with the anti-colonial grassroots struggle for 
dignity, democracy and self-determination of the Haitian people!

<https://haitisolidarity.net/donate/>

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