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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Georgia" size="4"><strong><u>International
Days in Solidarity with the Haitian People</u></strong></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" size="7"><b style=""><i style=""><span
style="color: red;">10 years since the 2004 Coup … 210 years since <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Haiti</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
Revolution</span></i></b></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font size="6"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="7"><strong><em></em></strong></font></font></font></font></font></font> </div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font size="6"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="7"><strong><em><font size="6">* <u>Saturday,
March 1st</u> - 5:30 to 8:30 PM - </font><font color="#000000" size="5">Celebrate
Haiti's Revolution</font></em></strong></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font size="6"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="7"><strong><em><font size="6">* Humanist
Hall, 390 - 27th St. <font color="#000000" size="5">(betw. Telegraph
& Broadway), Oakland</font></font></em></strong></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="6"><strong><em>* Stand with the People of
Haiti - <font size="5">Eyewitness reports, drums, film, food, music</font></em></strong><br>
</font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Dear Friend,<br>
<br>
We are writing to you, knowing your longstanding support for the cause
of the Haitian people. As you know, we are approaching the 10th
anniversary of the Feb. 29, 2004 coup d'etat, engineered by the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
which has left a brutal legacy of pain and destruction. This is an
occasion that cries out to be seized upon by all who oppose the coup
and support the popular movement.<br>
<br>
In <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oakland</st1:place></st1:city>,
we in the Haiti Action Committee are marking the coup, and the 10 years
of repressive coup regimes that have followed it, with a celebration of
the 210th year of the heroic 1804 Haitian Revolution. The event is
happening on March 1st at Humanist Hall. (Mark your calendar!) Other
cities are organizing their own events, as part of the 2014
International Days in Solidarity with the Haitian People.</font></font></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Georgia" size="5">We also encourage you to forward
this email to friends in other cities or countries. Ask them to </font><font
size="4"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">consider organizing a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region></st1:place>
support activity where they are -- if possible as part of the
International Days from February 23 thru March 8th. It could be a
demonstration, vigil, march, public meeting, festival, film showing,
rally, candle-light gathering, teach-in, musical or artistic event <strong>–</strong>
to commemorate the Haitian Revolution and protest the continuation of
the 2004 coup. <strong>Have them contact us.</strong> We can supply
films or materials if needed. <br>
<br>
<b style="">The actions of US-imposed President Martelly and his ally
Jean-Claude Duvalier clearly demonstrate what the 2004 coup was all
about.</b> The Haitian people are outraged by the step-by-step return
of Duvalierism and its embrace by the fraudulently elected Martelly
government —<span style=""> </span>which threatens to bring back the
hated military ... which organizes sweeps of market women and midnight
raids on the camps of earthquake survivors ... which continues its
repressive vendetta against members of the majority Lavalas movement,
including a threatened indictment of long-time Lavalas leader and
former Senator, Myrlande Liberis-Pavert on trumped-up charges.<br>
<br>
</font></font><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b style="">We
support the Haitian people’s demand that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s sovereignty
be respected and that the 2004 coup must be reversed</b>. That would
mean:</font></font></font></div>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font
size="4"><font size="5">·</font><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></font></span></span><font size="4"><font face="Georgia" size="5">Free
and fair elections in which all parties can run candidates. </font></font></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font
size="4"><font size="5">·</font><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></font></span></span><font size="4"><font face="Georgia" size="5">Putting
an end to the repression and the U.S./U.N. military occupation. </font></font></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font
size="4"><font size="5">·</font><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></font></span></span><font size="4"><font face="Georgia" size="5">Rebuilding
Haiti the way the Haitian 99% want it built – Paying a living wage in
the factories instead of sweatshop wages … Restoring farming
self-sufficiency so Haiti can feed itself again … Real Haitian control
of mineral resources and aid funds … Schools, housing and health care
for the people. </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b
style=""><br>
</b><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>Be an organizer. Spread the word widely.</u></span></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><u> </u><b style=""><u>Thinking globally,
acting locally!</u> This follows on earlier International Days in
Solidarity with Haiti, with observances in many cities on four
continents on September 30, 2005, February 7, 2007 and February 29,
2008.</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><font
face="Georgia"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong></strong></span></font></font> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="4"><font face="Georgia" size="4">You
can write to us at </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:haitiaction@sonic.net"><font face="Georgia" size="4">haitiaction@sonic.net</font></a><font
face="Georgia" size="4"> or call 510 847 8657. </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.haitisolidarity.net/"><font
color="#800080" face="Georgia" size="4">www.haitisolidarity.net</font></a><font
size="4"><font face="Georgia"> </font></font></font></span></p>
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