Haiti protest targets Bill Clinton

Nearly 100 people gathered Nov. 19 in front of Bill Clinton’s office on 125th Street in Harlem to demand, “U.S. Out of Haiti! Clinton out of Harlem!” The former U.S. president is head of the commission which decides how foreign aid is spent in Haiti. He essentially controls its budget.

After some speeches, the protesters marched across 125th Street to St. Mary’s Church for an anti-imperialist teach-in on Haiti. The speakers there included Omali Yeshitela, chair of Black is Back; Glen Ford, executive editor of the Black Agenda Report; Nellie Hester Bailey, the Harlem Tenants Council; Ashley Smith, the International Socialist Review; Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté; and Ray LaForest, the International Support Haiti Network.

— Report and photo by G. Dunkel