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<font face="Georgia" size=7 color="#FF0000"><b>Haiti: 8 Years after the
coup <br>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=6 color="#6633FF"><b>*** Saturday, March
3, 2012: 4-6PM<br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=6>*** La Pena Cultural
Center:</font><font face="Georgia" size=6 color="#6633FF">
</font><font face="Georgia" size=5>3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley<br><br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=5 color="#FF0000">Haiti Action Committee
invites you to an afternoon of solidarity with the Haitian people to mark
the 8th anniversary of the February 29, 2004 <i>coup d'etat.</i>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=5>***<u> </u>Dedicated to the memory of
Jean Ristil Jean-Baptiste.<br>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=4>Eight years ago the US, France, Canada
and the Haitian ruling elite overthrew Haiti's democratically elected
President Aristide and violently reversed <i>Fanmi</i> <i>Lavalas'</i>
progressive social agenda. As a result of the coup and subsequent U.N.
occupation, thousands of Haitians were killed, imprisoned, exiled or
disappeared.<br><br>
Last year, Haitian and international elites imposed on Haiti the
presidency of Duvalierist Michel Martelly, who plans to bring back the
Haitian Army which was notorious for repressing the poor. Still, with the
Aristide family's courageous return to Haiti last March, Haiti's
grassroots movements continue to organize and fight for economic justice,
an end to repression, and the return of democracy.<br><br>
Featured speakers:<br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Pierre
Labossiere<br>
Nia Imara<br>
Marilyn Langlois<br>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=4 color="#FF0000"><b>*** We would like
to dedicate this gathering to the memory of our dear friend Jean Ristil
Jean-Baptiste, who passed away in Haiti last week of natural causes at
the age of 30. Jean Ristil will be remembered for his courageous radio,
video and print reporting on the 2004 coup and its aftermath. We honor
his daily heroism, and his great support for the children of Cite Soleil
and the grassroots movement in Haiti.<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Georgia" size=4>La Pena Cultural Center
(wheelchair accessible)<br>
3105 Shattuck Avenue<br>
Berkeley, CA<br>
$5-$25 donation requested (no one turned away)<br>
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</font><font face="Georgia" size=4><b>This year marks the 20th
anniversary of the Haiti Action Committee.
<a href="http://www.haitisolidarity.net/">www.haitisolidarity.net</a>
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