Rally in Solidarity With the People of Haiti — San Francisco

A new coup d’etat is brewing in Haiti.

Who are the ‘rebels’? These death squads — led by veterans of the Ton Ton Macoutes terror gangs (from the time of the Duvalier family dictatorship) and the CIA-supported FRAPH (from the 1991-94 coup years) — are terrorizing the country, seizing towns and police stations, killing people from the popular organizations, vowing to overthrow Aristide by force of arms.
Who’s behind it? Sweatshop owners and other members of Haiti’s business and landowning elite, who fear the "people power" program of President Aristide — and behind them, the United States government, unhappy with Aristide’s refusal to toe Washington’s line.
Last year the U.S. shipped tons of weapons to the neighboring Dominican Republic, many of which are now turning up in Haiti in the hands of the death squads.
For a decade the U.S. has run a destabilization and disinformation campaign in Haiti to undermine and demonize the Aristide government — funneling money to opposition groups, financing captive media outlets, "salting" the Haitian police with CIA-trained operatives.
Since Aristide’s second overwhelming election victory in 2000 — angered by his policies like doubling of the minimum wage and refusing to privatize state enterprises — the U.S. has enforced an embargo on financial aid to Haiti. Once again the US has thrown a roadblock to the fulfillment of Aristide’s program
Defend the Democratically Elected Government of President Aristide!
Stop the U.S. Destabilization Campaign Against Haiti!
End the U.S. Embargo Against Haiti!

Rally sponsored by the Haiti Action Committee

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