18397: radtimes: Haiti book stirs interest (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: radtimes <resist@best.com>

Haiti book stirs interest

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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Feb. 12, 2004
issue of Workers World newspaper
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HAITI BOOK STIRS INTEREST & EXCITEMENT

Despite a snow blizzard, the International Action Center commemorated
the bicentennial of Haiti's independence and the publication of the book
"Haiti: A Slave Revolution" with culture and politics on Jan. 27 in New
York. An interesting and stimulating program kept almost 200 people
lined up to get their books signed by the authors and editors present.

Paul Laraque, one of Haiti's most prominent poets and a Marxist, read
from his poems in English, Creole and French. Three of the poems are in
the book. Ramsey Clark, former U. S. attorney general who has a chapter
in the book, gave a moving and insightful summary of the relations
between Haiti and the United States. Haitian union leader Ray Laforest,
who was interviewed for the book, gave a presentation on the Roman
Catholic Church's role in the development of the movement in Haiti.

Pat Chin put Haiti's struggle in historical context and chaired the
meeting.

The IAC announced plans for a French version of the book.

--by G. Dunkel

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