20th Anniversary of the Haiti Action Committee
Friday, October 19th 2012  7:00pm
Oakland, CA

http://www.haitisolidarity.net

Haiti Action Committee was founded in 1992 in opposition to the first coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and in solidarity with Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti's popular democratic movement. For 20 years, Haiti Action Committee has accompanied the Haitian people during some of the greatest and some of the most challenging times - from advances in social and economic justice for Haiti's poor majority under Fanmi Lavalas to the violent reversals of social progress perpetrated during two US-backed coups, UN military occupation, and the forced exile of the democratically-elected President Aristide. Even as western powers used Haiti's earthquake as a pretext to escalate foreign intervention and profiteering, her people rallied to secure the return of President Aristide and his family from forced exile in South Africa. This remarkable achievement by a people living in extreme deprivation, backed by an international campaign, succeeded despite vigorous opposition from the United States, positioning Haiti's popular movement among the world's most vibrant democratic struggles.

Location:
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
Oakland, CA