[News] Haiti: A Call to Action - Oakland - April 6th 1pm

[Anti-Imperialist News]

HAITI: A CALL TO ACTION

Saturday, April 6, 1-3 pm PDT

East Side Arts Alliance

2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA

This event will be held in-person and also live streamed


As the crisis in Haiti continues to unfold, we urge you to join us to 
hear from leaders of Fanmi Lavalas, the people's party of Haiti


Featured speakers:

Dr. Maryse Narcisseand Joel Edouard “Pacha” Vorbe, members of the Fanmi 
Lavalas Executive Committee

Dr. Rama Ali Kased, US Palestinian Community Network, Assistant 
Professor of Race and Resistance Studies, San Francisco State University

Pierre Labossiere, co-founder Haiti Action Committee

Walter Turner, host of KPFA Africa Today, Board President of Global Exchange

Marvin Xwill read poetry accompanied on drums by Andrew Reynolds


Twenty years after the US-orchestrated coup that overthrew the 
democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 
Haiti is at a critical juncture. In 2023, 5000 people were killed by 
paramilitary death squads and more than 300,000 people were displaced 
from their homes in the wake of terror, kidnappings and sexual 
violence.  Nearly half the population is facing acute food insecurity. 
Schools and hospitals have shut down in the face of unrelenting 
violence, while the US continues to support a string of dictators and 
orchestrate a new foreign invasion.


In the face of repression and relentless terror that Haitians have 
called “hell on earth,” the Haitian people continue to defend their 
communities and to build new institutions, such as free clinics, 
cooperatives, and schools that embody a vision for a new, democratic and 
just Haiti. As the US and UN move forward with plans for a new foreign 
invasion, this time fronted by Kenyan police and other African and 
Caribbean nations, the Haitian popular movement, including Fanmi 
Lavalas, demands 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).


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.

-- 
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>

33 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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