38 cities say: "Stop the War against the People of Haiti"

    The following places in 14 countries will have demonstrations or other Haiti solidarity events on or around September 30, 2005, as part of an international campaign in solidarity with the Haitian people. This includes three countries in Africa, two in Europe, two in North America and seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

 

1.    San Francisco -- Rally & picket at Federal Bldg, 450 Golden Gate,SF -- Friday 9/30 at 8:00 a.m.

2.    Miami -- Demonstration 9/30 at 11 a.m. at the Brazilian consulate, 80 SW 8th St. [Note: the brutal UN military force in Haiti, responsible for July 6th massacre in Cite Soleil, is commanded by a Brazilian general.]

3.    Durban, South Africa

4.    Sao Paulo, Brazil

5.    Kinshasa, Congo

6.    Santiago, Chile

7.    Montreal -- Demonstration at US consulate on 9/30 from Noon to 3 pm. Also, on Saturday, Oct 1st,  at 7 pm, showing of the Katherine Kean film "Rezistans" at 2651 Cremazie Est (corner 2nd ave)

8.     Washington, DC -- Demonstration and photo exhibit in front of Haitian embassy on Massachusetts Ave,

from 10 am to 1 pm on 9/30

9.     New York City -- Patizan Jezikri will hold a mass starting at 9 am on Saturday, Oct 1st at Holy Innocent Church in Brooklyn (Beverly Rd & East 17th). Following the mass there will be a march sponsored by Committee against Genocide in Haiti, from 11am to3 pm. The march will take  Beverly Rd to Flatbush ave to Church ave, down Nostrand to rally at Nostrand and Foster Avenues.

10.  Guadeloupe

11.   Benin, West Africa

12.  Dominican Republic

13.  Dublin , Ireland  -- Demonstration at 6 pm on 9/30

14.  Vancouver -- Demonstration from 5 to 6 pm on 9/30 at Main Library, 350 W.Georgia St, downtown Vancouver

Also at 8:45pm on 9/30, there will be a showing of the Nicolas Rossier film "Aristide and the Endless Revolution" at Granville 5 cinema, Granville Street, as part of the Vancouver Intl Film Festival.

15.  Brasilia, Brazil

16.   San Jose, Costa Rica

17.   Boston-- Picket at the Haitian Consulate, 545 Boylston St., Copley Sq., 6-7:30 pm on 9/30.

18.   Newark, NJ - "Speak Out for Haiti" at Federal Building, 970 Broad St., Noon-1 pm on 9/30.

19.    Paris, France

20.   Los Angeles -- Rally & picket at the Brazilian consulate, 8484 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills -- 9/30 at noon

21.   Ottawa, Canada 

22.  Philadelphia

23.   San Jose, Calif. -- Two protests on 9/30. Lunchtime protest 1130am-1 pm at French Consulate, 2nd Street & Santa Clara, to protest the French role in the 2004 coup...Afternoon protest 4:30-6 pm at Federal Bldg, 2nd Street near San Carlos.

24.   Toronto -- Public meeting and film showing on 9/30....Haiti workshop at Youth Action Conference on 9/30

25.   Martinique

26.   Dominica

27.    Northampton, Mass.

28.   Minneapolis/St. Paul

29.   Charlottetown, Canada -- Public meeting on Sept 29 at 2:30 pm, UPEI, Irving Theatre

30.   Hayward, California 

31.   Portland, Oregon -- Film showing of Kevin Pina film " Haiti: Harvest of Hope" at People's Food Cooperative,

3029 SE 21st Avenue, on Sept. 28 at 7 pm....On 9/30 Portland Haiti activists will conduct a "call-in", "fax blast" and "email blast" to contact US officials, MINUSTAH (UN) and Haitian government officials -- "calling for a end to political persecution, the return of Haiti's legitimate elected officials, release of all political prisoners, and for an end to the UN's role in supporting the illegal Interim Government. These things must happen before elections can take place."

32.   Enterprise, Oregon

33.   Fredericton( New Brunswick, Canada) -- Public meeting on Sept 27, at 7 pm, Tilley Hall, UNB

34.   Halifax ( Nova Scotia) -- Public meeting on 9/30 at 7 pm, Dalhousie University, Weldon Law Bldg

35.   Tatamagouche ( Nova Scotia) -- Screening of Kevin Pina film, " Haiti: the Untold Story" on Oct. 2, at 3:30 pm.

36.  New Glasgow ( Nova Scotia) -- Public meeting at New Glasgow library, Oct. 3 at noon

37.   Antigonish ( Nova Scotia) -- Public meeting at the Coady Institute on Oct. 3 at 7 pm

38.  Detroit -- On 9/30, Haiti solidarity activists will conduct an all-day "call-a-thon" demanding an end to the persecution of pro-democracy activists in Haiti and freedom for all political prisoners, as well as for an independent investigation into ongoing human rights violations by the coup regime and its backers. At Wayne State University on 9/30 students will collect donations to send to women in the popular neighborhoods who have been victims of sexual or physical assault since the 2004 coup.

 

For more information, or to add your city or town to this mobilization, email the Sept 30th Organizing Committee at  sub@sonic.net   or call 510-847-8657.

PLEASE SEND DETAILS OF THE ACTION IN YOUR CITY. (Too much detail is better than not enough.)

 

• Stop the Massacres of the Poor by UN troops, Haitian National Police and paramilitary mercenaries under police control 

• Restore the Democratically Elected Government of President Aristide

• Free Father Jean-Juste and all the more than 1000 Political Prisoners in Haiti’s jails

• End the Brutal US/UN Occupation – Restore Haiti’s Sovereignty

• Open an independent inquiry into the February 29, 2004 coup and forced removal of President Aristide -- including the role of the US, France and Canada.