Haiti Solidarity March and Rally

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Haiti Solidarity March and Rally

Tuesday, May 18, 4pm
14th and Broadway in Oakland

Since the February 29th coup d'etat against Haiti's constitutional
president, the forces that brought the coup have killed more than one
thousand political adversaries and poor Haitians. Paramilitary groups,
many of which took control of entire cities in the run-up to the coup,
are the source of most of this violence. The U.S. armed forces, which
physically removed president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from the country and
have since, with French troops, defended the coup government, did little
to protect civilians. Haitian police arrested many government officials
close to Aristide and also worked with paramilitaries in raids and
battles in pro-Aristide slums. Meanwhile, the government sought
legitimacy and loans from other nations, Haiti's economy worsened, and
most paramilitaries expected the Haitian army to be reactivated and
employ them.

Join the Haiti Action Committee and your CODEPINK sisters in a march and
rally to show solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Haiti and to
demand the return of the democratically-elected government.

For more info about the march and rally, contact Sasha Kramer at
sash [at] stanford.edu
For more info about the on-going crisis in Haiti and what you can do to
help, visit http://www.haitiaction.org