For Immediate Release Monday, August 20th 2007 CONTACTS: Nell Greenberg, 510-847-9777 Angela Walker, 650-766-2748Organizers call for an open, democratic debate on new NAFTA-Plus agenda read more
Radio Commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal on Haiti and history. He reflects on CLR James classic account of the Haitian revolution, The Black Jacobins. Click here for links to the audio commentary – produced by Prison Radio. The Power of History: (Haiti)[col. writ. 8/19/07] (c) ’07 Mumia Abu-Jamalread more
From AP: BERN, Switzerland: The Swiss government has extended a freeze on bank accounts linked to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, an official said Wednesday.The accounts, which were due to be released to Duvalier’s family at the end of August, will remain blocked for a further year, government spokesman Oswald Sigg said after a meeting of the seven-member Cabinet in Bern read more
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, Haiti Justice blog: "The thousands of people were evacuated by an elected, democratic government that activated the civil defense system it had maintained. In contrast, the powers-that-were in September 2004 the unconstitutional Interim of Government led by Boca-Raton Florida resident Gerard Latortue, intentionally dismantled the civil defense system erected by the elected predecessor that it ousted in March of that year (see
The worst of Hurricane Dean missed Haiti – though at least three people died – perhaps more. Action taken by the government to evacuate certain areas no doubt helped. Below are links to some coverage on the storm. Also a good weather resource for tracking storms and getting analysis is the Weather Underground. read more
Hurricane Dean, currently a category 2 storm, but likely to strengthen to category 4 is heading for Haiti. National Hurricane Center info on Dean. Latest AP Story follows…
by Bill Fletcher Jr.Baltimore Times , Originally posted 8/3/2007 One of the most striking features of the mainstream US media is its ability to ‘disappear’ certain issues and stories irrespective of their importance. read more
This October, join the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and the Haiti Reborn program of the Quixote Center in cycling for solidarity! We will spend a week pedaling almost 300 miles from New York to Washington D.C. All the riders will raise pledge money beforehand, and then we’ll make stops and do presentations about solidarity work, inviting people to take action and financially support the critical work
ALERT from the Institute for Justice and Demcoracy in Haiti: The Jubilee USA Network (Haiti Reborn is a member) is organizing a 40-day fast for debt cancellation and economic justice from September 6 to October 15. There will be events focused on Haiti, including a lobby/call-in day, the first week of October.
Concern over mass firings The Voice weekly newspaper Published: 26 July 2007 Haiti solidarity groups have voiced their concerns about mass firings of staff in the troubled Caribbean state. read more
