HAITI: Five Years After the Coup Event - Berkeley, March 1st

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Haiti - 5 Years After the Coup

Sunday March 1st, 7PM === La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley

Haiti Action Committee invites you to an inspirational evening of culture and solidarity
with the Haitian people, to mark the 5th anniversary of the February 29, 2004 coup d'etat.

* Oakland delegation visits Haiti - Report on the people's struggle by Nia Imara

* Poet-musician Phavia Kujichagulia

* Music by the Troublemakers Union

* Haiti since the coup - Pierre Labossiere

Plus Special Guests:
Richard Brown, Black Panther Party veteran, on the San Francisco 8

Nadeen Elshorafa, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, on the situation in GAZA

Five years ago, the US, France, Canada and the Haitian ruling elite overthrew Haiti's democratically elected President Aristide and violently reversed the Fanmi Lavalas progressive social agenda.

As a result of the coup and subsequent United Nations occupation, thousands of Haitians were killed, imprisoned, exiled or disappeared. Still, Haiti's grassroots movements continue to organize and fight for economic justice, an end to repression, and the return of democracy to Haiti.

See you all Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 7 p.m. - La Peña, 3105 Shattuck, Berkeley
(near Ashby BART). Wheelchair accessible. Donation requested $10-25 (no one turned away). www.HaitiSolidarity.net 510 847 8657