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NOT DEPORTATIONS</span></p>
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200 years since France forced Haiti at gunpoint to pay
for the \u201ccrime\u201d of overthrowing slavery!</span><span
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WAS ROBBED!</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This
July marks 200 years since France imposed its notorious
independence ransom on Haiti. The ransom has produced
incalculable misery and violence for Haiti\u2019s people and
a legacy of environmental destruction. In 2003, then
President Aristide demanded that France pay Haiti back
an amount now estimated at $115 billion in today\u2019s
currency. His call for Reparations and Restitution is
echoed throughout Haiti today. As Haiti\u2019s former First
Lady </span><a
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Aristide</span></a><span
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said recently:</span><span
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\u201cThis\u2026is what reparatory justice looks like. Advocating
for what is just and right \u2013 restitution and reparations
for all formerly enslaved and colonized people \u2013 while
at the same time taking action to repair Haiti.\u201d</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Few
places so clearly demonstrate the link between empire,
colonialism, racial and climate justice as Haiti. To
finance the debt imposed first by France and then by
U.S. banks, </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Haiti
took out predatory loans, imposed heavy taxes on
peasants, and exported Haiti\u2019s timber, driving
deforestation. The debt robbed Haiti of money for
schools and public services: sewage, electricity, water,
and public health systems\u2014the essential infrastructure
to protect lives, especially in the face of climate
change. Today, </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Port-au-Prince
is one of the world\u2019s largest cities lacking a
centralized sewage system - increasing the deadly impact
of heavy rains. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(63,63,63);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Empire
and foreign plunder continue to shatter Haitian lives
and wreck the environment: peasant land seizures
dismantle domestic food production, drive dependence on
imported food and lead to widespread hunger; extractive
international mining propels human displacement, soil
erosion, air and water pollution; foreign armies spread
terror and sexual violence, target popular resistance,
and subvert democracy. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Today,
40% of Haitians live in extreme poverty, and over 5.7
million are acutely food insecure. Haiti is one of just
five countries worldwide where people face immediate
risk of starvation. According to the U.N., Haiti is as
dangerous for children as Gaza. Over 4,000 people have
been killed in Haiti since January and over one million
are displaced. </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This
is the situation that Trump and company want to send ½
million Haitian refugees back to!</span><span
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</span><span
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TO DEPORTATIONS! FRANCE, PAY YOUR DEBT TO HAITI!</span></p>
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</span><span
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Action: Week of Solidarity with Haiti, July 15\u201322, 2025
</span><span
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Haitian grassroots activists! Demand Reparations and
Restitution so that Haiti can rebuild a country that
meets the needs of its people, not the grasping, greedy
Global North. Let Haiti Live!</span></p>
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you can take action:</span></p>
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Banner drops, bring the message to the streets!</span></p>
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Post a solidarity video, tag us & use the hashtags
#Haiti #Reparations #AbolishICE #Ransom #Justice
#Restitution #ReparationsYESDeportationsNO</span></p>
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Write to the French Embassy (template link </span><a
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Organize or join an action at a French Consulate,
Citibank, or ICE office</span></p>
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Spread the word: Reparations Yes, Deportations No!</span></p>
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<div><span>34 years of solidarity with
the grassroots struggle for dignity,
democracy and self-determination of
the Haitian people! </span><a
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