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DESCRIPTION:*Demand Restitution and Reparations Now \n*Demand the Right to Asylum for 
 Haitian Refugees\n*Demand Stop the Flow of US Made Weapons\n \nIn 1804, 
 the Haitian revolution successfully destroyed slavery in Haiti and won 
 independence from France. In 1825, the French government sent warships to 
 force the Haitians to pay their former French enslavers 150 million gold 
 francs for their “lost property” or face an invasion. Paying off this 
 “debt,” which was taken over by Citibank and estimated in today’s 
 market to be up to 115 billion dollars, is what impoverished Haiti. In 
 2003, President Jean Bertrand Aristide demanded that France pay 
 restitution. Nine months later he was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by 
 France, US and Canada.\n\nToday in Haiti, slow motion genocide is deepening 
 as paramilitary death squads, funded by the Haitian elite and equipped with 
 US-made weapons, are running rampant. Massacres and systematic rape are 
 relentless. One million people have been internally displaced and more than 
 half of the population is suffering from acute hunger. Now the Trump 
 administration plans to deport half a million Haitian migrants back to this 
 situation by the end of the summer.\n\nFacing all this, the popular 
 movement continues to fight back, but our solidarity is critical. May 18th 
 is celebrated throughout the Haitian diaspora in commemoration of the 
 creation of the Haitian flag in 1804. Join Haiti Action Committee for this 
 International Day of Protest.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/05/15/18876518.php
SUMMARY:Urgent SOS For Haiti
LOCATION:Citibank Building, 88 Kearny Street (corner of Post), San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/05/15/18876518.php
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