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5th Global Women's Strike, 'Invest in Caring Not Killing' Bay Area action for the 5th Global Women's Strike (see call) is:
Defend a Caring Economy in Venezuela/Condemn US in Haiti--the 1st Independent Black republic,
Monday March 8, International Women's Day
Federal Builing San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate,
3:30-5:30, All Welcome...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 9:45am PST
Ramsey Clark On Haiti: "A Clear Demonstration of U.S. Regime Change By Armed Aggressi We speak with former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Clark about the overthrow of the democratically-elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide. During the 1991 coup, Clark traveled to Haiti several times in an effort to restore him to power. [Includes transcript]...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:32pm PST
Head of U.S. Security Firm That Guarded Aristide Speaks Out Reports emerged yesterday that the private U.S. security firm guarding President Aristide was prevented by the White House from sending reinforcements to Haiti last week to bolster his security. We speak with the CEO of the firm Kenneth Kurtz. [includes transcript]...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:31pm PST
Caribbean leaders gather in Jamaica to discuss Haiti crisis KINGSTON, Jamaica - Caribbean leaders, meeting in an emergency summit Tuesday in Jamaica to discuss Haiti's crisis, also hoped to clear up conflicting reports surrounding the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:11pm PST
U.S. OUSTS ARISTIDE: Another Coup in Haiti This piece was written the morning of the U.S.-backed coup d'etat in Haiti forcefully removing Pres. Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
It calls for Americans to cease business as usual in the wake of this blatant violation of international and Federal laws by this government. It sums up the historic role the U.S. and its allies have played in the ongoing destabilization of Haiti (33 coup d'etats!) and its impovershment resulting from U.S. and French policies....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 12:39pm PST
More on the SF-based paramilitary firm that 'protected' Aristide The San Francisco-based Steele Foundation ran Haiti's Presidential Protection Unit, staffing it with former apartheid soldiers and special forces. Now, the firm is militarizing the corporate invasion of Iraq. Its recent CEO, Richard Wilmot worked for US Army Intelligence and helped further the Afghan jihad....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 11:10am PST
Urgent Action Needed. Haitians in Haiti are being slaughtered. Our Black people in Port-au-Prince Haiti are being slaughtered. The duly
elected President kidnapped by U.S. Marines and flown out of the country at
gunpoint and is being held hostage in the Central African Republic under U.S and
French guard....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 10:09am PST
Now That US Is In Control, "Baby Doc" Duvalier Wants to Return to Haiti MIAMI (Reuters) - Deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier wants to return as soon as possible to his homeland, where Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned as president after armed rebels took over much of the country....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:34am PST
Haiti: U.S. Return of Asylum Seekers Is Illegal (New York, March 2, 2004) — The U.S. government’s return of hundreds of fleeing Haitians to the capital Port-au-Prince violates their right not to be sent back to a place where their lives or freedom are endangered, Human Rights Watch said today....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:10am PST
I was kidnapped - Aristide Asked whether his departure was in the best interests of Haiti, Aristide said: "Of course not, because no one should force an elected president to move to avoid bloodshed."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:08am PST
UN Officials Back US Kidnapping Of Elected Leader! The United Nations has said it was "very clear" that former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide had resigned and had not been forced into exile by a coup d'etat....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:05am PST
We protest Bush kidnaping Haiti prez 
We protest Bush ordering U.S. Marines to kidnap Haiti prez.
Video less than 1 minute...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 6:22am PST
Ramsey Clark's Statement on Haiti Ramsey Clark eloquently summarizes the background and implications of the U.S. coup in Haiti better than anybody else. His statement is clear, concise and compelling - and I encourage people to forward it to everybody they know to combat the corporate media disinformation campaign....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 12:35am PST
Report from tonight's Haiti solidarity protest now on Enemy Combatant Radio (audio/x-scpls 0.1KB) Tune in to Enemy Combatant Radio for a report on tonight's Haiti Solidarity Protest in San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 8:28pm PST
San Francisco Protests Against US Overthrow Of Aristide and Occupation Of Haiti 
At 5PM on March 1st 2004 several hundred people gathered at Powell and Market to voice their opposition to the US coup in Haiti....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 7:40pm PST
In phone call arranged by Jesse Jackson, Aristide says he was forced to flee ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Jean-Bertrand Aristide claims he was forced to leave Haiti by U.S. military forces, according to a telephone interview with the exiled Haitian president Monday.
Aristide was put in contact with The Associated Press by Rev. Jesse Jackson following a news conference, where the civil rights leader called on Congress to investigate Aristide's ouster. When asked if he left Haiti on his own, Aristide quickly answered: "No. I was forced to leave...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 6:54pm PST
CNN: Aristide says U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat' (CNN) -- Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said Monday he was forced to leave Haiti in a "coup d'etat" by the United States....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 6:42pm PST
Aristide accuses America of coup Haiti's exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has accused the US of forcing him out of office in a "coup d'etat"....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 6:37pm PST
TransAfrica calls for investigation and return of Aristide TransAfrica Forum Urges Congressional Investigation into Aristide’s Ouster
amid Claims that the U.S. Forced the Haitian President to Leave...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 5:40pm PST
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