Packed room for Black History Month meeting

The Feb. 26 Boston Workers World Black History forum featured Imani Henry, writer for Workers World newspaper and a co-founder of Rainbow Flags for Mumia. Henry spoke about the history of resistance in the Caribbean, from slavery to the International Monetary Fund.

Speakers in Boston.

Asata Tigrai of the Martin Luther King Coalition of Rhode Island spoke on the need for solidarity and unity. She said that if Malcolm X were here today he would be against the war in Iraq and fighting for socialism.

David Ebony Allen Barkley of the Association of Black Union Workers sang spirituals sung by Paul Robeson. Josue Renaud of the New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti spoke of the anniversary of the coup-napping of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and ongoing repression in Haiti.

Marcus Jean, a Haitian school-bus driver prosecuted under Homeland Security on bogus trumped-up "terrorism" charges, described his struggle to regain his job after being acquitted thanks to organized support from his union and the anti-war movement. Poetry was presented by Margaret Campbell, Rufini, and Araya Selassi. The meeting was chaired by Robert Traynham.