5395: Haiti Support Network Forum : New York City

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: joanne spad <js29@juno.com>

THE HAITI SUPPORT NETWORK (HSN) PRESENTS

FROM PHILLY TO HAITIi:
THE STRUGGLE FOR SOVEREIGNTY

This summer, the anti-neoliberal Lavalas Family party of former president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide swept nationwide parliamentary and municipal
elections in Haiti. Unhappy with the results, Washington is trying to
discredit those elections and to derail presidential elections set for
November, which Aristide is expected to win.
	In the neighboring Dominican Republic, Haitians are being rounded up,
beaten, and deported by authorities. Tensions are growing and Dominican
troops, led by U.S. Special Forces, remain massed along the border,
poised for invasion.
	Meanwhile, Haitians in the U.S., like African Americans and other
oppressed communities, are victims of growing police brutality and unfair
incarceration. Some even face execution, like Borgella Philistin, a
Haitian on Pennsylvania's death row alongside political prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal. Haitians are joining in the fight-back, for which Mumia has
become a living, world-renowned symbol.

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. at
the International Action Center
39 W. 14th Street, Rm. 206, New York, NY 

Come hear

Maude Leblanc, co-director of Haïti Progrès, just back from Haiti

Pam Africa, coordinator of the International Concerned Family & Friends
of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the MOVE organization.

Ray Laforest of the Haiti Support Network (HSN)

Lily Cerat, Haitian community activist

Plus a video on the situation of Haitian workers in the Dominican
Republic

Requested Donation: $3
(nobody turned away for lack of funds)

For more information: (718) 434-8100, (212) 219-0022 x. 113, or (212)
633-6646
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