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Blk Commentator on Godfather Colin Powell & 'killing fields" of Haiti Godfather Colin Powell: The Gangster of Haiti;
Kevin Pina's notes on the 'killing fields';
"The deed is done. Haiti has been raped. The act was sanctioned by the United States, Canada and France." - Editorial, Jamaica Observer ''All the people that supported [Aristide] will be dead in three months.'' - attorney Ira Kurzban...
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 1:03pm PST
A REVIEW OF CURRENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF HAITI This is a look at the current media coverage of the crisis in Haiti, and specifically how the media is covering the allegations that the U.S. forcibly removed Aristide from power. I have searched the sites for CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, FOX, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. This story was written between noon and 4:30 pm, and all information on each news source is from within that timeframe....
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 9:00am PST
Barbara Lee Criticizes U.S. "Destabilization and Undermining of Democracy in Haiti&qu Rep. Barbara Lee compares the administration's policies in Haiti to the invasion of Iraq and talks about the systematic embargo and the disallowance of funding for humanitarian projects in Haiti such as health education and clean water efforts....
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 8:43am PST
House Members Blast Administration For Haiti Policies Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega was grilled by Congressional Democrats yesterday for the Bush administration's handling of the crisis in Haiti at a hearing of the House International Relations subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. We play excerpts of the hearing....
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 8:42am PST
Mainstream Media Fails Itself On Haiti On February 29, Richard Boucher from the U.S. Department of State released a press release claiming that Jean Bertrand Aristide had resigned as president of Haiti and that the United State facilitated his safe departure. Within hours the major broadcast news stations in the United States including CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and NPR were reporting that Aristide had fled Haiti. An Associated Press release that evening said "Aristide resigns, flees into exile." The next day headlines in ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 8:37am PST
Bush fails democracy in Haiti Last year, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Brian Dean Curran declared, "The United States accepts President (Jean-Bertrand) Aristide as the constitutional president of Haiti for his term of office ending in 2006."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 11:23pm PST
Haiti: The Yuppie Silence The "progressive" community in America has always and will continue to flabbergast my perception of know-all. As one who commonly identifies with the monolithic-activist-culture, furthermore a proud son of Haiti (albeit Diaspora) striving to fulfill the prodigal Caribbean prophecy, an anomaly has manifested itself on the crown of this dualistic self-perception; grant me the luxury of expounding as to why....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 11:22pm PST
Socialist Worker: "A war waged on the Aristide regime" ROBERT FATTON is the Haitian-born author of Haiti’s Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy. He teaches political science at the University of Virginia. Fatton talked to Socialist Worker’s ERIC RUDER after the U.S. government engineered the toppling of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 11:20pm PST
Video Showing: Life of Dr. Mossadegh The U.S. coup in Haiti and the war in Iraq must be seen in the context of a pattern of covert and overt military interventions. The 1953 CIA/British Intelligence overthrow of Dr. Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, set the pattern for dozens and dozens of other bloody interventions from Chile to Afghanistan. This video promises to be interesting, plus it's free!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 1:28pm PST
Neoliberal Jeffrey Sachs alarmed over Haiti coup Don't fall for Washington's spin on Haiti
By Jeffrey Sachs, Financial Times - March 1, 2004
The crisis in Haiti is another case of brazen US manipulation of a small,
impoverished country with the truth unexplored by journalists. In the nearly
universal media line on the Haitian revolt, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
was portrayed as an undemocratic leader who betrayed Haiti's democratic
hopes and thereby lost the support of his erstwhile backers....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 12:32pm PST
Wed March 10th: Haiti Action Committee Event In Oakland 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
The Haitian Army Returns: Who Is Guy Philippe? The feared Haitian army, disbanded by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is making a comeback. We take an in-depth look at the paramilitary leader who now claims to be in control of the Haitian police and military: Guy Philippe, a former Haitian police chief who was trained by US Special Forces in Ecuador in the early 1990s....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:11am PST
Will the UN and OAS Recognize Aristide or Coup Leaders? We speak with the Center for Constitutional Rights' Michael Ratner about who the United Nations and Organization should recognize as the legitimate government of Haiti under international law and we take a look at the English translation of Aristide's resignation letter which he says is altered to omit a key phrase....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:10am PST
Haitian Consul General Says Aristide Still President In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Consul General of the Haitian government in New York Harry Fouche recognizes the Aristide government as legitimate saying Jean Bertrand Aristide is still president of Haiti and Yvon Neptune is still his prime minister.
Harry Fouche, Consul General of the Haitian government in New York....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:08am PST
5th Global Women's Strike, 'Invest in Caring Not Killing' Bay Area action for the 5th Global Women's Strike (see call) is:
Defend a Caring Economy in Venezuela/Condemn US in Haiti--the 1st Independent Black republic,
Monday March 8, International Women's Day
Federal Builing San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate,
3:30-5:30, All Welcome...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 9:45am PST
Ramsey Clark On Haiti: "A Clear Demonstration of U.S. Regime Change By Armed Aggressi We speak with former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Clark about the overthrow of the democratically-elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide. During the 1991 coup, Clark traveled to Haiti several times in an effort to restore him to power. [Includes transcript]...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:32pm PST
Head of U.S. Security Firm That Guarded Aristide Speaks Out Reports emerged yesterday that the private U.S. security firm guarding President Aristide was prevented by the White House from sending reinforcements to Haiti last week to bolster his security. We speak with the CEO of the firm Kenneth Kurtz. [includes transcript]...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:31pm PST
Caribbean leaders gather in Jamaica to discuss Haiti crisis KINGSTON, Jamaica - Caribbean leaders, meeting in an emergency summit Tuesday in Jamaica to discuss Haiti's crisis, also hoped to clear up conflicting reports surrounding the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 7:11pm PST
U.S. OUSTS ARISTIDE: Another Coup in Haiti This piece was written the morning of the U.S.-backed coup d'etat in Haiti forcefully removing Pres. Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
It calls for Americans to cease business as usual in the wake of this blatant violation of international and Federal laws by this government. It sums up the historic role the U.S. and its allies have played in the ongoing destabilization of Haiti (33 coup d'etats!) and its impovershment resulting from U.S. and French policies....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 12:39pm PST
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