23133: NEW BOOK FROM LEADING HAITI EXPERTS GIVES CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT OF THE COUNTRY TODAY (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haiti Reborn <haiti@quixote.org>

For Immediate Release:

LET HAITI LIVE: UNJUST U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS ITS OLDEST NEIGHBOR

NEW BOOK FROM LEADING HAITI EXPERTS GIVES CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND THE
PLIGHT OF THE COUNTRY TODAY

“This thoughtful, insightful and well-documented book provides the
background, the facts, the analysis and the historical perspective
needed to understand the problems and issues confronting contemporary
Haiti… Most importantly, it provides a much needed vision of an
alternatives future for the proud people of this historic island.” Danny
Glover

This year is the two hundredth anniversary of Haiti's revolutionary
declaration of independence. Haiti's revolution marked the beginning of
the end of slavery, and made Haiti the second independent country in the
Western Hemisphere. The Quixote Center and Educa Vision, Inc. are proud
to present Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Towards Its Oldest
Neighbor. This collection of insightful and well documented essays from
23 contributors present facts, contexts and perspectives (beyond the
report media) to understand Haiti and its relationship with its most
powerful and influential neighbor, the United States.

A must, read new provocative book, Let Haiti Live answers many of the
questions raised by recent events, including the February 29, 2004 coup
d'etat.  With contributions from health expert Dr. Paul Farmer, Pulitzer
Price Winner Tracy Kidder, Rev. Jesse Jackson. Sr., author Edwidge
Danticat, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, former President of TransAfrica
Forum and activist Randall Robinson, Haitian advocate Marleine Bastien,
Immigration Lawyer Cheryl Little, Director of the nation’s most
respected bodies of scholars and policy makers Larry Birns, and many
others, Let Haiti Live is the authoritative volume on Haiti for its
bicentennial year.

Let Haiti Live includes more than 350 pages of insight! ISBN
1-58432-180-6. Topics include: Liberation Medecine, Media
Disinformation, Human Rights, and Justice, The Corruption of Democracy,
Enslaved by Debt, Haitian Refugees, Notes on the U.S. Haiti Solidarity
Movement and more.  Professor and political analyst Noam Chomsky stated,
"We have a large share of the responsibility for the grim history of
this tortured land. And with that comes the responsibility to learn what
has happened and to undertake the task of helping the proud people of
Haiti to build the future they richly deserve. These probing and
informative essays carry us a long way towards beginning to face that
urgent responsibility."

Africans enslaved in Haiti defeated Napoleon and abolish slavery in
1804. The retrenchment of the Napoleon’s army from Saint-Domingue led to
the Louisiana Purchase deal, which forever changed the landscape of
America. As Haiti commemorates in 2004 the bicentennial of its greatest
accomplishment, it needs energized friends to harvest not debt but a
brighter future. Let Haiti Live promises to educate a new generation of
activists and students about the history, politics and economy of Haiti.
Be sure to order your copy today!

For more information, contact Haiti Reborn 301-699-0042, . Or via e-mail
haiti@quixote.org.

Haiti Reborn/Quixote Center – P.O. Box 5206 – Hyattsville, MD – 20782
Educa Vision, Inc. – 7550 NW 47th Ave, Coconut Creek, FL 33073

To order the book visit: www.quixote.org/haiti or www.educavision.com