LeiLani Dowell:
'U.S. hand in Haiti coup'
From Sept. 3-6, I participated in a fact-finding delegation
to Haiti with 11 other activists from both coasts of the United
States.
Now I want to take every opportunity I can get to raise the
situation in Haiti; it's my responsibility, given the hand of
the United States in the coup.
We heard reports of detainees being transported and
transferred in U.S. vehicles, and U.S. officials directing
activities in Haitian jails.
The complicity of U.S. corporations was also pointed out by
representatives we worked with.
So in the face of outright U.S. complicity in the terror
being perpetuated in Haiti, what are the Democrats saying?
Well, Kerry issued a statement condemning Bush for not
supporting Aristide during the time of the coup.
At the same time, the solution he
offers involves more intervention.
Our campaign says: Power and reparations to the Haitian
people, not the handpicked representatives of the transnational
banks and corporations!
The next step in the struggle here is not Nov. 2.
On the trip to Haiti, when we told the president of the
Confederation of Haitian Workers about the Million Worker March
on Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C., he expressed interest in having
a simultaneous protest in Haiti.
Momentum for the march is gathering and we'll be there to
raise the banner of Haiti, along with other issues.
Reprinted from the Sept. 30, 2004, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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