20523: maxblanchet: TransAfrica Forum News: March 17--Why WeMust Demand the Restoration of President Aristide (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: maxblanchet@att.net


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Why We Must Demand the Restoration of President Aristide
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

	In the midst of the current crisis in Haiti, an issue has emerged among
many people of conscience in the USA concerned about the future of that country.
The question facing pro-democracy forces is whether, in addition to demanding an
investigation of the US role in the destabilization of President Aristide, and
in addition to calling for the disarming of the thugs, that it is correct to
call for the restoration of President Aristide to office.

       The arguments against making such a call seem to come down to the fact
that President Aristide remains a lightning rod in Haiti and that there are many
Haitian progressives on the ground in Haiti who oppose the President.  Those who
are against calling for the restoration of President Aristide are often
concerned that supporting such a demand will color US progressives as
‘pro-Aristide,’ leaving us little room to reach out to the broad Haitian
progressive movement.  There is a democratic question at stake.
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