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Call for 9-30-05 Internat'l Day of Solidarity with Haiti
September 30, 1991 – September 30, 2005: Already 14 years since the coup d’etat of 1991
Subject: Call for 9-30-05 Internat'l Day of Solidarity with Haiti - from Sept 30th Foundation
Date: September 5, 2005 2:59:32 PM PDT
September 30th Foundation Statement
Commemoration 9/30/2005 – International Day of Solidarity with Haiti
September 30, 1991 – September 30, 2005: Already 14 years since the coup d’etat of 1991
Theme
Let us all come together to denounce and condemn
the dictatorship and the U.S./U.N. repression
against the poor in Haiti.
On September 30, 1991 a democratic experiment which had already begun to bear fruit, was drowned in blood by the traditional enemies of the Haitian people. More than 5,000 dead in 3 years. Then on February 29, 2004, they re-enacted this horror. The results are catastrophic: more than 13,000 dead in 18 months – an average of 720 killed every month, 24 every day, out of a population of 8,000,000 inhabitants.
After acts of kidnapping, the Haitian police, heavily militarized and reinforced by UN occupation forces, financed and equipped by the US, French and Canadian governments through their embassies in Haiti, are distributing machetes to death squads to continue the carnage among the poor civilian population. Those who demand the return of democracy, those who demand the return of the President voted into office by the people, are condemned to die, cut into pieces and their bodies left to be eaten by dogs – to serve as an example, as was the case with Charlemagne Peralte, assassinated by United States Marines (during the first US occupation of Haiti 1915-34), his body exposed on a door in a public square.
Ethnic cleansing in Rwanda….war against the poor or social cleansing in Haiti. To put a stop to this "Black holocaust" the September 30th Foundation is calling out to all the citizens of the world who love freedom and justice, to do the following:
1. Make September 30, 2005 an international day of solidarity with the Haitian people.
2. Organize activities in the major cities of the world on Friday, September 30, 2005, denouncing the dictatorship and the repression in Haiti.
3. Denounce and condemn the dictatorship and the US/UN repression in Haiti.
4. Put in place an International Coalition to work for the return of democracy in Haiti, and for the return of the President elected by the people.
5. Establish a fund, administered by the September 30th Foundation, to support the victims of the repression in Haiti.
Sponsors: Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti….Other sponsors to be added.
For contacts and information: Email: fond30sept [at] hotmail.com. Phone: 347-262-1818 or 301-537-8162.
FONDATION TRENTE SEPTEMBRE
Commémoration 30 Septembre 2005
30 Septembre 1991 – 30 Septembre 2005
14 ans Déjà
Thème
Tous ensemble pour dénoncer et condamner
la dictature et la répression étasuniennes et onusiennes
contre les pauvres en Haïti
Le 30 Septembre 1991, une expérience démocratique qui commençait déjà à porter des fruits, a été noyée dans le sang par les ennemis traditionnels du peuple haïtien. Plus de 5.000 morts en 3 ans.
Le 29 Février 2004, ils ont réédité l’horreur. Les résultats sont catastrophiques : plus de 13.000 en 18 mois. Ce qui fait en moyenne 720 morts chaque mois, 24 morts chaque jour, pour une population de 8.000.000 d’habitants.
Après les actes de kidnapping, la police haïtienne, fortement militarisée, encadrée par les forces d’occupation onusiennes, soutenue, financée et équipée par les gouvernements étasuniens, français et canadiens à travers leurs ambassades en Haïti, distribue des machettes à des escadrons de la mort pour continuer le carnage parmi la population civile et pauvre. Tous ceux qui réclament le retour de la démocratie et du Président voté par le peuple, sont condamnés à mourir déchiquetés et leurs corps laissés en pâture aux chiens pour servir d’exemple, comme ce fut le cas pour Charlemagne Péralte assassiné par les marines étasuniens (au cours de la première occupation étasunienne d’Haïti 1915-1934), dont le corps a été exposé à même une porte sur une place publique.
Nettoyage ethnique au Rwanda, guerre contre les pauvres ou nettoyage social en Haïti, pour arrêter cet « holocauste noir », la Fondation Trente Septembre fait appel à tous les citoyens du monde épris de liberté et de justice, pour:
1. faire du 30 Septembre 2005 une journée internationale de solidarité avec le peuple haïtien,
2. organiser dans les principales villes du monde, le Vendredi 30 Septembre 2005, des activites de Dénonciation de la dictature et de la repression en Haiti,
3. dénoncer et condamner la dictature et la répression étasunienne et onusienne en Haïti,
4. mettre sur pied une Coalition Internationale pour travailler au Retour de la Démocratie en Haïti et du Président élu par le Peuple
5. Constituer un fond, a gerer par la FTS, pour soutenir les victimes de la repression en Haiti.
Sponsors : Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti … D’autres sponsors peuvent s’ajouter à la liste.
Pour contacts et informations :
Email : fond30sept [at] hotmail.com
Phone : 347-262-1818 301-537-8162
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September 30th Foundation Statement
Commemoration 9/30/2005 – International Day of Solidarity with Haiti
September 30, 1991 – September 30, 2005: Already 14 years since the coup d’etat of 1991
Theme
Let us all come together to denounce and condemn
the dictatorship and the U.S./U.N. repression
against the poor in Haiti.
On September 30, 1991 a democratic experiment which had already begun to bear fruit, was drowned in blood by the traditional enemies of the Haitian people. More than 5,000 dead in 3 years. Then on February 29, 2004, they re-enacted this horror. The results are catastrophic: more than 13,000 dead in 18 months – an average of 720 killed every month, 24 every day, out of a population of 8,000,000 inhabitants.
After acts of kidnapping, the Haitian police, heavily militarized and reinforced by UN occupation forces, financed and equipped by the US, French and Canadian governments through their embassies in Haiti, are distributing machetes to death squads to continue the carnage among the poor civilian population. Those who demand the return of democracy, those who demand the return of the President voted into office by the people, are condemned to die, cut into pieces and their bodies left to be eaten by dogs – to serve as an example, as was the case with Charlemagne Peralte, assassinated by United States Marines (during the first US occupation of Haiti 1915-34), his body exposed on a door in a public square.
Ethnic cleansing in Rwanda….war against the poor or social cleansing in Haiti. To put a stop to this "Black holocaust" the September 30th Foundation is calling out to all the citizens of the world who love freedom and justice, to do the following:
1. Make September 30, 2005 an international day of solidarity with the Haitian people.
2. Organize activities in the major cities of the world on Friday, September 30, 2005, denouncing the dictatorship and the repression in Haiti.
3. Denounce and condemn the dictatorship and the US/UN repression in Haiti.
4. Put in place an International Coalition to work for the return of democracy in Haiti, and for the return of the President elected by the people.
5. Establish a fund, administered by the September 30th Foundation, to support the victims of the repression in Haiti.
Sponsors: Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti….Other sponsors to be added.
For contacts and information: Email: fond30sept [at] hotmail.com. Phone: 347-262-1818 or 301-537-8162.
FONDATION TRENTE SEPTEMBRE
Commémoration 30 Septembre 2005
30 Septembre 1991 – 30 Septembre 2005
14 ans Déjà
Thème
Tous ensemble pour dénoncer et condamner
la dictature et la répression étasuniennes et onusiennes
contre les pauvres en Haïti
Le 30 Septembre 1991, une expérience démocratique qui commençait déjà à porter des fruits, a été noyée dans le sang par les ennemis traditionnels du peuple haïtien. Plus de 5.000 morts en 3 ans.
Le 29 Février 2004, ils ont réédité l’horreur. Les résultats sont catastrophiques : plus de 13.000 en 18 mois. Ce qui fait en moyenne 720 morts chaque mois, 24 morts chaque jour, pour une population de 8.000.000 d’habitants.
Après les actes de kidnapping, la police haïtienne, fortement militarisée, encadrée par les forces d’occupation onusiennes, soutenue, financée et équipée par les gouvernements étasuniens, français et canadiens à travers leurs ambassades en Haïti, distribue des machettes à des escadrons de la mort pour continuer le carnage parmi la population civile et pauvre. Tous ceux qui réclament le retour de la démocratie et du Président voté par le peuple, sont condamnés à mourir déchiquetés et leurs corps laissés en pâture aux chiens pour servir d’exemple, comme ce fut le cas pour Charlemagne Péralte assassiné par les marines étasuniens (au cours de la première occupation étasunienne d’Haïti 1915-1934), dont le corps a été exposé à même une porte sur une place publique.
Nettoyage ethnique au Rwanda, guerre contre les pauvres ou nettoyage social en Haïti, pour arrêter cet « holocauste noir », la Fondation Trente Septembre fait appel à tous les citoyens du monde épris de liberté et de justice, pour:
1. faire du 30 Septembre 2005 une journée internationale de solidarité avec le peuple haïtien,
2. organiser dans les principales villes du monde, le Vendredi 30 Septembre 2005, des activites de Dénonciation de la dictature et de la repression en Haiti,
3. dénoncer et condamner la dictature et la répression étasunienne et onusienne en Haïti,
4. mettre sur pied une Coalition Internationale pour travailler au Retour de la Démocratie en Haïti et du Président élu par le Peuple
5. Constituer un fond, a gerer par la FTS, pour soutenir les victimes de la repression en Haiti.
Sponsors : Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti … D’autres sponsors peuvent s’ajouter à la liste.
Pour contacts et informations :
Email : fond30sept [at] hotmail.com
Phone : 347-262-1818 301-537-8162
Date: September 5, 2005 2:59:32 PM PDT
September 30th Foundation Statement
Commemoration 9/30/2005 – International Day of Solidarity with Haiti
September 30, 1991 – September 30, 2005: Already 14 years since the coup d’etat of 1991
Theme
Let us all come together to denounce and condemn
the dictatorship and the U.S./U.N. repression
against the poor in Haiti.
On September 30, 1991 a democratic experiment which had already begun to bear fruit, was drowned in blood by the traditional enemies of the Haitian people. More than 5,000 dead in 3 years. Then on February 29, 2004, they re-enacted this horror. The results are catastrophic: more than 13,000 dead in 18 months – an average of 720 killed every month, 24 every day, out of a population of 8,000,000 inhabitants.
After acts of kidnapping, the Haitian police, heavily militarized and reinforced by UN occupation forces, financed and equipped by the US, French and Canadian governments through their embassies in Haiti, are distributing machetes to death squads to continue the carnage among the poor civilian population. Those who demand the return of democracy, those who demand the return of the President voted into office by the people, are condemned to die, cut into pieces and their bodies left to be eaten by dogs – to serve as an example, as was the case with Charlemagne Peralte, assassinated by United States Marines (during the first US occupation of Haiti 1915-34), his body exposed on a door in a public square.
Ethnic cleansing in Rwanda….war against the poor or social cleansing in Haiti. To put a stop to this "Black holocaust" the September 30th Foundation is calling out to all the citizens of the world who love freedom and justice, to do the following:
1. Make September 30, 2005 an international day of solidarity with the Haitian people.
2. Organize activities in the major cities of the world on Friday, September 30, 2005, denouncing the dictatorship and the repression in Haiti.
3. Denounce and condemn the dictatorship and the US/UN repression in Haiti.
4. Put in place an International Coalition to work for the return of democracy in Haiti, and for the return of the President elected by the people.
5. Establish a fund, administered by the September 30th Foundation, to support the victims of the repression in Haiti.
Sponsors: Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti….Other sponsors to be added.
For contacts and information: Email: fond30sept [at] hotmail.com. Phone: 347-262-1818 or 301-537-8162.
FONDATION TRENTE SEPTEMBRE
Commémoration 30 Septembre 2005
30 Septembre 1991 – 30 Septembre 2005
14 ans Déjà
Thème
Tous ensemble pour dénoncer et condamner
la dictature et la répression étasuniennes et onusiennes
contre les pauvres en Haïti
Le 30 Septembre 1991, une expérience démocratique qui commençait déjà à porter des fruits, a été noyée dans le sang par les ennemis traditionnels du peuple haïtien. Plus de 5.000 morts en 3 ans.
Le 29 Février 2004, ils ont réédité l’horreur. Les résultats sont catastrophiques : plus de 13.000 en 18 mois. Ce qui fait en moyenne 720 morts chaque mois, 24 morts chaque jour, pour une population de 8.000.000 d’habitants.
Après les actes de kidnapping, la police haïtienne, fortement militarisée, encadrée par les forces d’occupation onusiennes, soutenue, financée et équipée par les gouvernements étasuniens, français et canadiens à travers leurs ambassades en Haïti, distribue des machettes à des escadrons de la mort pour continuer le carnage parmi la population civile et pauvre. Tous ceux qui réclament le retour de la démocratie et du Président voté par le peuple, sont condamnés à mourir déchiquetés et leurs corps laissés en pâture aux chiens pour servir d’exemple, comme ce fut le cas pour Charlemagne Péralte assassiné par les marines étasuniens (au cours de la première occupation étasunienne d’Haïti 1915-1934), dont le corps a été exposé à même une porte sur une place publique.
Nettoyage ethnique au Rwanda, guerre contre les pauvres ou nettoyage social en Haïti, pour arrêter cet « holocauste noir », la Fondation Trente Septembre fait appel à tous les citoyens du monde épris de liberté et de justice, pour:
1. faire du 30 Septembre 2005 une journée internationale de solidarité avec le peuple haïtien,
2. organiser dans les principales villes du monde, le Vendredi 30 Septembre 2005, des activites de Dénonciation de la dictature et de la repression en Haiti,
3. dénoncer et condamner la dictature et la répression étasunienne et onusienne en Haïti,
4. mettre sur pied une Coalition Internationale pour travailler au Retour de la Démocratie en Haïti et du Président élu par le Peuple
5. Constituer un fond, a gerer par la FTS, pour soutenir les victimes de la repression en Haiti.
Sponsors : Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti … D’autres sponsors peuvent s’ajouter à la liste.
Pour contacts et informations :
Email : fond30sept [at] hotmail.com
Phone : 347-262-1818 301-537-8162
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September 30th Foundation Statement
Commemoration 9/30/2005 – International Day of Solidarity with Haiti
September 30, 1991 – September 30, 2005: Already 14 years since the coup d’etat of 1991
Theme
Let us all come together to denounce and condemn
the dictatorship and the U.S./U.N. repression
against the poor in Haiti.
On September 30, 1991 a democratic experiment which had already begun to bear fruit, was drowned in blood by the traditional enemies of the Haitian people. More than 5,000 dead in 3 years. Then on February 29, 2004, they re-enacted this horror. The results are catastrophic: more than 13,000 dead in 18 months – an average of 720 killed every month, 24 every day, out of a population of 8,000,000 inhabitants.
After acts of kidnapping, the Haitian police, heavily militarized and reinforced by UN occupation forces, financed and equipped by the US, French and Canadian governments through their embassies in Haiti, are distributing machetes to death squads to continue the carnage among the poor civilian population. Those who demand the return of democracy, those who demand the return of the President voted into office by the people, are condemned to die, cut into pieces and their bodies left to be eaten by dogs – to serve as an example, as was the case with Charlemagne Peralte, assassinated by United States Marines (during the first US occupation of Haiti 1915-34), his body exposed on a door in a public square.
Ethnic cleansing in Rwanda….war against the poor or social cleansing in Haiti. To put a stop to this "Black holocaust" the September 30th Foundation is calling out to all the citizens of the world who love freedom and justice, to do the following:
1. Make September 30, 2005 an international day of solidarity with the Haitian people.
2. Organize activities in the major cities of the world on Friday, September 30, 2005, denouncing the dictatorship and the repression in Haiti.
3. Denounce and condemn the dictatorship and the US/UN repression in Haiti.
4. Put in place an International Coalition to work for the return of democracy in Haiti, and for the return of the President elected by the people.
5. Establish a fund, administered by the September 30th Foundation, to support the victims of the repression in Haiti.
Sponsors: Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti….Other sponsors to be added.
For contacts and information: Email: fond30sept [at] hotmail.com. Phone: 347-262-1818 or 301-537-8162.
FONDATION TRENTE SEPTEMBRE
Commémoration 30 Septembre 2005
30 Septembre 1991 – 30 Septembre 2005
14 ans Déjà
Thème
Tous ensemble pour dénoncer et condamner
la dictature et la répression étasuniennes et onusiennes
contre les pauvres en Haïti
Le 30 Septembre 1991, une expérience démocratique qui commençait déjà à porter des fruits, a été noyée dans le sang par les ennemis traditionnels du peuple haïtien. Plus de 5.000 morts en 3 ans.
Le 29 Février 2004, ils ont réédité l’horreur. Les résultats sont catastrophiques : plus de 13.000 en 18 mois. Ce qui fait en moyenne 720 morts chaque mois, 24 morts chaque jour, pour une population de 8.000.000 d’habitants.
Après les actes de kidnapping, la police haïtienne, fortement militarisée, encadrée par les forces d’occupation onusiennes, soutenue, financée et équipée par les gouvernements étasuniens, français et canadiens à travers leurs ambassades en Haïti, distribue des machettes à des escadrons de la mort pour continuer le carnage parmi la population civile et pauvre. Tous ceux qui réclament le retour de la démocratie et du Président voté par le peuple, sont condamnés à mourir déchiquetés et leurs corps laissés en pâture aux chiens pour servir d’exemple, comme ce fut le cas pour Charlemagne Péralte assassiné par les marines étasuniens (au cours de la première occupation étasunienne d’Haïti 1915-1934), dont le corps a été exposé à même une porte sur une place publique.
Nettoyage ethnique au Rwanda, guerre contre les pauvres ou nettoyage social en Haïti, pour arrêter cet « holocauste noir », la Fondation Trente Septembre fait appel à tous les citoyens du monde épris de liberté et de justice, pour:
1. faire du 30 Septembre 2005 une journée internationale de solidarité avec le peuple haïtien,
2. organiser dans les principales villes du monde, le Vendredi 30 Septembre 2005, des activites de Dénonciation de la dictature et de la repression en Haiti,
3. dénoncer et condamner la dictature et la répression étasunienne et onusienne en Haïti,
4. mettre sur pied une Coalition Internationale pour travailler au Retour de la Démocratie en Haïti et du Président élu par le Peuple
5. Constituer un fond, a gerer par la FTS, pour soutenir les victimes de la repression en Haiti.
Sponsors : Fanmi Lavalas, Haitian Initiative for Democracy, Haiti Action Committee, Fondasyon Mapou, Haitian Lawyers Leadership, Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti … D’autres sponsors peuvent s’ajouter à la liste.
Pour contacts et informations :
Email : fond30sept [at] hotmail.com
Phone : 347-262-1818 301-537-8162
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In April 2000, Radio Haiti activist Jean Leopold Dominique was gunned down on his way to the radio station. His murder is not yet solved, yet the timing of his murder after his coverage of a farmer led boycott of imported sugar and ethanol from the US can lead to questions about US sugar's involvement in Haitian politics..
"* Despite a dramatic decrease in production, sugar was still Haiti's second leading cash crop in the mid 1980s. In 1987 the Haitian government was compelled to privatize its sugar processing facilities. The new owners, realizing there was more money to be made from importing sugar, immediately closed the plant and laid off all the workers. The imported sugar was sold at a higher price than local sugar, resulting in higher prices for all sugar-based commodities. For example, citrus farmers found it difficult to sell citrus juice drops due to the increased price of sweetener. U.S. sugar producers are heavily subsidized by the government, which also places a hefty tariff on sugar imports."
above from;
"Let Them eat Gruel" by Justin Felux;
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/May2004/Felux0527.htm
Jean Dominique was an agronomist and Radio Haiti journalist who frequently visited with the Haitian rice farmers of the Artibonite Valley and other peasant farmer organizations like KOZEPEP. The Haitian farmers who grew indigenous sorghum sweetener crops were being driven out of business by the US sugar imports (who also use Haitian immigrants as near slave labor in South Florida) that flooded the market after Arisitide's return post 1991 coup. Since Aristide's return was conditional upon accepting the WTO free trade agreements signed into law by William Clinton, there was little Aristide could do to prevent the US sugar imports from flooding the Haitian economy. Activists like Jean Dominique supported and provided media coverage to the roadblocks organized by indigenous Haitian farmers to prevent the US sugar and ethanol imports from entering further into Haiti and destroying their local economy. Ethanol imports from the US contributed to suppressing the Haitian version of alcohol called clairin made from sugarcane by local Haitian farmers..
more info on Jean Dominique;
"Aristide also agreed to decree April 3 as the new "National Day of the Haitian Press," another journalist demand. Nothing more than these symbolic gestures came out of the meeting. In his remarks, the president emphasized that Jean Dominique, in the days before his murder, was focusing his investigations on and editorials against a foreign-instigated "electoral coup d'état." "
above from;
"Justice Still Sluggish in Dominique Murder Case"
http://www.haitiprogres.com/2001/sm010404/xeng0404.htm
National Coalition for Haitian Rights;
http://www.nchr.org/
"Sound of Silence: Killing the Hope in Haiti:
http://www.nchr.org/hrp/jando/sound_of_silence.htm
Agonomist; Movie about Jean Leopold Dominique
http://www.theagronomist.com/
Sorghum history;
http://sandhillfarm.org/sorghum_FAQs.html
Imported Ethanol vs. Haitian Clairin
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg00384.html
" Ethanol alcohol was buried yesterday amidst flags, trumpets, tubas, and t-shirts (that read "Men nan men Pwodiksyon Nasyonal ap vanse" on the front
and "President Preval = National Production" on the back) and a sign at the grave that read "Adieu Ethanol." No ordinary burial this, it was preceded by a rally in Leogane, Haiti where local farmers have been actively enraged about the imported ethanol alcohol (presumably purchased for hospital use)
which has been competing with Haitian made clarin (Haitian rum--moonshine, if you will--produced for local consumption), a major source of income from the sugar cane harvests.
I believe the point was best made by Jean Dominique, the director of Radio Haiti Inter. He said that when he was approached by a peasant organization about the problem of ethanol being sold as clarin [in competition with?], he deemed it worthy of radio air time. "Let it be understood," the announcer says, "Ethanol is not clarin. Ethanol is ethanol.
Clairin is clairin.""
"Why Kill Jean Dominique?"
http://www.haitisupport.gn.apc.org/Pierre-Louis.htm
"Just as he took on a media mogul whom he accused of plotting against the rise of Lavalas to power; a Lavalas former military man who in October 1999, had seemingly organized a demonstration in front of Radio Haïti Inter and in the process revived the old color conflict; a local pharmaceutical firm for having produced medication with toxic products that caused the death and infirmity of close to one hundred kids; the importers of ethanol whom he accused of falsifying the manufacture of clairin (white rum) using that product; foreign embassies and their untimely intervention in the internal affairs of the country."
Lambifund;
http://www.lambifund.org/
Clairin (Kleren in kreyol) article;
http://www.lambifund.org/projects-current.htm
about Clairin;
"Peasant Organization of Tach-7th Moulen Sugar Cane Mill
The Community of Tach/ 7èm Moulin is pleased with the services provided by the new sugar cane mill run by the OPT7M peasant organization. Now community members no longer have to walk miles to get their cane milled. Nor do they have to pay exorbitant prices charged by rich landowners who operate the other mill. Even better, residents of Tach-7th Moulen say the cane syrup or "siwo" produced by the OPT7M mill tastes good, is clean and of good quality.
The Mill has two kinds of "Siwo" depending on how long the cane juice is cooked:
Industrial "Siwo" cooked for 4 hours (used by the local residents as an ingredient to create a drink called Clairin in French, Kleren in kreyòl.) "Siwo Mache" (market syrup which is sold at the local market and is used as a sweetener by the peasantry instead of refined sugar).
The users of the mill, pay the organization in "nature" not money. For every eight buckets (1 bucket = 5 gallons) the organization is paid two buckets. OPT7M stores the "Siwo "and sells it. The proceeds are then used to pay the operators of the mill, to buy gas and use for all other expenses.
Tidjo, our field monitor in the Artibonite, asked OPG (another organization with a sugar cane mill financed by Lambi Fund six years ago) to help train the operator of the OPT7M mill. Another example of Lambi Fund collaboration! Thanks to World Venture Partners for helping make this project happen!"
"* Despite a dramatic decrease in production, sugar was still Haiti's second leading cash crop in the mid 1980s. In 1987 the Haitian government was compelled to privatize its sugar processing facilities. The new owners, realizing there was more money to be made from importing sugar, immediately closed the plant and laid off all the workers. The imported sugar was sold at a higher price than local sugar, resulting in higher prices for all sugar-based commodities. For example, citrus farmers found it difficult to sell citrus juice drops due to the increased price of sweetener. U.S. sugar producers are heavily subsidized by the government, which also places a hefty tariff on sugar imports."
above from;
"Let Them eat Gruel" by Justin Felux;
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/May2004/Felux0527.htm
Jean Dominique was an agronomist and Radio Haiti journalist who frequently visited with the Haitian rice farmers of the Artibonite Valley and other peasant farmer organizations like KOZEPEP. The Haitian farmers who grew indigenous sorghum sweetener crops were being driven out of business by the US sugar imports (who also use Haitian immigrants as near slave labor in South Florida) that flooded the market after Arisitide's return post 1991 coup. Since Aristide's return was conditional upon accepting the WTO free trade agreements signed into law by William Clinton, there was little Aristide could do to prevent the US sugar imports from flooding the Haitian economy. Activists like Jean Dominique supported and provided media coverage to the roadblocks organized by indigenous Haitian farmers to prevent the US sugar and ethanol imports from entering further into Haiti and destroying their local economy. Ethanol imports from the US contributed to suppressing the Haitian version of alcohol called clairin made from sugarcane by local Haitian farmers..
more info on Jean Dominique;
"Aristide also agreed to decree April 3 as the new "National Day of the Haitian Press," another journalist demand. Nothing more than these symbolic gestures came out of the meeting. In his remarks, the president emphasized that Jean Dominique, in the days before his murder, was focusing his investigations on and editorials against a foreign-instigated "electoral coup d'état." "
above from;
"Justice Still Sluggish in Dominique Murder Case"
http://www.haitiprogres.com/2001/sm010404/xeng0404.htm
National Coalition for Haitian Rights;
http://www.nchr.org/
"Sound of Silence: Killing the Hope in Haiti:
http://www.nchr.org/hrp/jando/sound_of_silence.htm
Agonomist; Movie about Jean Leopold Dominique
http://www.theagronomist.com/
Sorghum history;
http://sandhillfarm.org/sorghum_FAQs.html
Imported Ethanol vs. Haitian Clairin
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg00384.html
" Ethanol alcohol was buried yesterday amidst flags, trumpets, tubas, and t-shirts (that read "Men nan men Pwodiksyon Nasyonal ap vanse" on the front
and "President Preval = National Production" on the back) and a sign at the grave that read "Adieu Ethanol." No ordinary burial this, it was preceded by a rally in Leogane, Haiti where local farmers have been actively enraged about the imported ethanol alcohol (presumably purchased for hospital use)
which has been competing with Haitian made clarin (Haitian rum--moonshine, if you will--produced for local consumption), a major source of income from the sugar cane harvests.
I believe the point was best made by Jean Dominique, the director of Radio Haiti Inter. He said that when he was approached by a peasant organization about the problem of ethanol being sold as clarin [in competition with?], he deemed it worthy of radio air time. "Let it be understood," the announcer says, "Ethanol is not clarin. Ethanol is ethanol.
Clairin is clairin.""
"Why Kill Jean Dominique?"
http://www.haitisupport.gn.apc.org/Pierre-Louis.htm
"Just as he took on a media mogul whom he accused of plotting against the rise of Lavalas to power; a Lavalas former military man who in October 1999, had seemingly organized a demonstration in front of Radio Haïti Inter and in the process revived the old color conflict; a local pharmaceutical firm for having produced medication with toxic products that caused the death and infirmity of close to one hundred kids; the importers of ethanol whom he accused of falsifying the manufacture of clairin (white rum) using that product; foreign embassies and their untimely intervention in the internal affairs of the country."
Lambifund;
http://www.lambifund.org/
Clairin (Kleren in kreyol) article;
http://www.lambifund.org/projects-current.htm
about Clairin;
"Peasant Organization of Tach-7th Moulen Sugar Cane Mill
The Community of Tach/ 7èm Moulin is pleased with the services provided by the new sugar cane mill run by the OPT7M peasant organization. Now community members no longer have to walk miles to get their cane milled. Nor do they have to pay exorbitant prices charged by rich landowners who operate the other mill. Even better, residents of Tach-7th Moulen say the cane syrup or "siwo" produced by the OPT7M mill tastes good, is clean and of good quality.
The Mill has two kinds of "Siwo" depending on how long the cane juice is cooked:
Industrial "Siwo" cooked for 4 hours (used by the local residents as an ingredient to create a drink called Clairin in French, Kleren in kreyòl.) "Siwo Mache" (market syrup which is sold at the local market and is used as a sweetener by the peasantry instead of refined sugar).
The users of the mill, pay the organization in "nature" not money. For every eight buckets (1 bucket = 5 gallons) the organization is paid two buckets. OPT7M stores the "Siwo "and sells it. The proceeds are then used to pay the operators of the mill, to buy gas and use for all other expenses.
Tidjo, our field monitor in the Artibonite, asked OPG (another organization with a sugar cane mill financed by Lambi Fund six years ago) to help train the operator of the OPT7M mill. Another example of Lambi Fund collaboration! Thanks to World Venture Partners for helping make this project happen!"
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