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DESCRIPTION:July 28th is the anniversary of the 1915 US Marines invasion of Haiti. The 
 19 years of US military occupation that followed - with its attendant 
 martial law, conscripted labor, corporate land grabs, Wall Street 
 profiteering, white supremacy - emerged as a blueprint for US/western 
 intervention throughout the Americas and the impoverishment of Haiti that 
 continues to this day. Come join us at the San Francisco site of Citibank 
 and the French Consulate to highlight and protest their role in foreign 
 intervention in Haiti. \n\nJoin us to once again demand that France pay its 
 debt to Haiti.  France forced the Haitian people to pay what amounted to 
 over $21.7 billion in today’s money as “restitution” to their former 
 French enslavers, robbing Haiti of billions of dollars that could have 
 developed the Haitian economy and infrastructure. In 2003, the 
 democratically elected government of former President Jean-Bertrand 
 Aristide announced that it was pursuing this demand; this was a key factor 
 in France’s cooperation and support for the U.S.-orchestrated coup that 
 overthrew Aristide’s government and launched another foreign occupation 
 of Haiti.\n\nJoin us to unmask the key role of Citibank, formerly First 
 National City Bank of NY, in authoring and profiting from the 1915 US 
 occupation in its pursuit of imperial expansion into the Caribbean. 
 \n\nJoin us to condemn the ways in which the US and France continue to 
 exploit Haiti’s resources, dominate its political life and prop up the 
 tiny, violent and corrupt Haitian elite that now rules the country. 
 \n\nJoin us to affirm our solidarity with the powerful Haitian grassroots 
 movement that continues to fight for democracy and true sovereignty.\n\nThe 
 Ransom Is Still Being Paid! Reparations Are Long Overdue!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/11/18850957.php
SUMMARY:France, Pay Your Debt To Haiti!
LOCATION:Offices of the French Consulate and Citibank at 88 Kearny Street, San 
 Francisco, CA 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/07/11/18850957.php
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