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DESCRIPTION:Haiti Action Committee condemns the arrival of 400 Kenyan police officers 
 in Haiti on Tuesday, June 25th, as the advance force for the US-funded 
 invasion to prop up and “stabilize” the repressive US-installed PHTK 
 (Haitian Party of Tet Kale) regime. Even though PHTK leader Ariel Henry was 
 forced out of power this past spring, the PHTK remains in control, 
 dominating a newly-installed “transitional presidential council,” 
 thanks to US intervention. For this new invasion, the Biden Administration 
 is providing $300 million, including weapons and equipment in the form of 
 80 humvees, sniper rifles, riot control gear and more.\n\nAlthough the US 
 claims that the invasion is necessary to quell “gang violence” in 
 Haiti, the “gangs,” more accurately understood as paramilitary death 
 squads, have flourished under PHTK rule as part of the regime’s war on 
 the popular movement. It was the US-backed coup against President 
 Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004 and the subsequent US/ UN occupation of 
 Haiti that created the conditions for this paramilitary violence to ravage 
 Haiti. Calling for yet another US-backed invasion and occupation of Haiti 
 is akin to asking arsonists to put out their own fire. \n\nHaiti Action 
 Committee likewise stands in full solidarity with the people of Kenya and 
 their courageous protests against the International Monetary Fund 
 (IMF)-backed austerity measures that the corrupt regime of President 
 William Ruto has attempted to impose. \n\nWe condemn the brutal police 
 repression against these protests, resulting in the injuries of hundreds 
 and the killings of demonstrators on June 25th. The people of Kenya and 
 Haiti have a common enemy: neo-colonial dictatorships, supported by US tax 
 dollars, that dutifully carry out IMF measures, as when PHTK leader Ariel 
 Henry eliminated the fuel subsidy in October 2022, leading to a massive 
 spike in hunger. Revered Kenyan author and social activist Ngugi wa 
 Thiong’o made these connections in his  Open Letter to William Ruto, 
 first published on May 30th in PM News Nigeria 
 [https://haitisolidarity.net/an-open-letter-to-william-ruto/]. \n\nLet us 
 build on the momentum of recent actions to intensify our solidarity in this 
 moment when it is needed more than ever!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/30/18867688.php
SUMMARY:Protest New Invasion of Haiti by US-backed Kenyan Police Force
LOCATION:San Francisco Federal Building\n90 - 7th Street, San Francisco\nnear Civic 
 Center and Powell Street BART stations
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/30/18867688.php
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