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Here is the article that the "anarchist" webmaster at http://www.infoshop.org refused to publish......
Posted: Tue, Mar 30, 2004 9:25am PST
The United States has delivered George Bush's ghoulish brand of democracy to Haiti. The nightmarish components of Haiti's ruling troika gathered last Saturday, in Gonaives, the country's fourth-largest city--a macabre assemblage that seemed designed to assault the sensibilities of civilized humans....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 10:09am PST
On the page http://web.amnesty.org/pages/hti-index-eng as of Sat 27
March 14:00 GMT, ambiguous wording wrongly suggests that (1) Amnesty
International opposes President Aristide (2) death squad leaders are
opposed to US-French occupation, (3) Amnesty favours reestablishing an
army in Haiti. Please urgently write polite letters to Amnesty....
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 7:18am PST
::: Action Alert ::: Emergency Protest and Rally ::: Please Join the Bay Area Arab and Muslim Community in an Emergency Protest ::: When: Wed. March 24th, 2004 :::...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 10:27am PST
A former Supervisor who is fighting Home Depot Snubs a leading community group...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 11:29pm PST
Once again there are US troops in Haiti, in the bicentennial year of the world's first black republic. They were there from 1915-34, and in 1994, each time, ostensibly, to quell anarchy and establish democratic rule. But the real story has never been that simple, or that noble....
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 6:22pm PST
Washington (NNPA) – The Bush administration's complicity in the overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide implies that other democratic nations, including those in Africa, might also be vulnerable for coup d'états or pre-emptive strikes, says the president of TransAfrica Forum, a leading research institution in the nation's capital...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 6:36pm PST
Join the celebration commemorating the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar
Chavez
Sunday, March 28, 2004-SF
11 a.m. - Assemble for Parade 12 noon - Parade 1 p.m. - Program & Festival
Second Street Market Street Civic Center Plaza...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 10:34am PST
Emergency rally for Haiti An emergency rally in support of the Haitian people and for the return of Aristide, with updates from Pierre and Maria Labossiere, will be held Thursday, March 18, 7 p.m., at the House of Unity on the second floor of the Eastmont Mall Town Center, 73rd and MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, near McDonald’s. For more information, call Brother Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at at (415) 867-7120....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 8:14am PST
In the March 10 Bill Handel show on KFI AM 640, a pretend "Muslim"
allegedly reading from the new Iraqi constitution refers to "hairy Iraqi
women," "lovely Japanese schoolgirls," the "infidel custom of bathing on a
regular basis," and "civil unions" between Iraqis and "loving camels and
goats."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 1:48pm PST
Those White so-called liberals, French and Canadian alike, should know that most informed Africans do not buy their clean hands image in relation to the Iraq war. We know quite well that you 'liberals' are no different from Bush and company, especially when the aggression is directed towards African nations, and other so-called third world countries, e.g. Haiti and Zimbabwe....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:32am PST
The Haitian Revolution which produced the first Black Republic in this hemisphere was a symbol of hope and promise for Africans everywhere. Coming at the height of the holocaust of enslavement, the revolution was a living example that breaking the shackles of slavery and achieving independence/nationhood was possible. Had Denmark Vesey's elaborate slave revolt in Charleston, S.C. succeeded he had planned to sail to Haiti with hundreds of liberated Africans. At every Negro Convention held in ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 8:03pm PST
NCBL stands firmly in support of President Aristide, and we offer our full support to those courageous members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others who have dared to defy the U.S. political establishment and expose the lies of the Bush Administration and its lackeys in the corporate mass media....
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2004 10:08am PST
McDonald's Corporation confirmed that it has a policy banning its employees from speaking Arabic in its restaurants in Israel, despite the fact that Palestinian citizens of Israel form 20% of its workforce, and Arabic is one of the two official languages of Israel....
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2004 8:28am PST
MIAMI (Reuters) - Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says his departure from his country was a "kidnapping" as heavily armed "white men" surrounded the National Palace, according to a statement released on Saturday....
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 11:00pm PST
Amnesty International has provided a list of convicted
mass murderers overtly present in the new Haiti military
junta, or released from prison in the last few days, since
they are friends of the military junta....
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 8:26am PST
What: Lizz Brown, St. Louis Radio Host to Be Featured at “Taking Back Our Community’s Future: Going From Miseducation to Community Control of Education!” Conference
When: Saturday, March 13th, noon to 6pm
Where: Uhuru House, 7911 Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland, California
Media Contact: Wendy Snyder, 510-295-7834...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 10:50am PST
Haiti, America, and the rest of the world...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 10:19am PST
We are looking for speakers and/or workshop presenters for an upcoming Anarchist People of Color conference, to take place in Oakland April 16-18....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 1:35pm PST
On Tuesday, March 10, at 7:00 pm, Pierre Labossiere, Voleine Amilcar and Tim Suttle will give first hand accounts and analysis of their recent visit to Haiti as delegates who participated in Haitiís Bicentennial celebration. Keynote speaker Pierre Labossiere will discuss the roots of the growing crisis, the connections between the "Rebels", Haitian opposition leaders, and how the U.S. failed in supporting democracy in Haiti....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:28am PST