A Call to Action
Stop the War against the People of Haiti Come together for an international day of outrage against Massacres in Haiti. From Haiti to New Orleans to Iraq, Justice and Relief, Not War and Occupation!

In his message of concern to the people of New Orleans and others impacted by Hurricane Katrina, President Jean Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, now a guest of South Africa, referred to the historic connection between Haiti and New Orleans.  It was the victory of the Haitian Revolution 200 years ago against Napoleon’s army that drove the French out of the Americas and made the way for the Louisiana Purchase and the birth of present day New Orleans  Two hundred years after those enslaved in Haiti rose up and defeated the French, becoming the first Black republic and the first nation in the world born as a result of a slave revolution, Haiti is now occupied by US supported UN troops following a US coup.  And following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans looks more like a war zone than a place of humanitarian relief.  In both Haiti and New Orleans, racism and poverty are at the heart of occupation and slaughter.   Since the coup of February 29, 2004, when the elected President of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide was kidnapped by US Marines, there are estimates of more than 13,000 dead and thousands more jailed or tortured; Lavalas is the movement that elected President Aristide and its supporters are now being targeted. UN forces led by Brazil have replaced US Marines. The resistance in Haiti, rather than being weakened by the reign of terror against them, grows each and every day.  

Fondasyon Trant Septanm, a Haitian organization supporting victims of the repression in Haiti, has issued a call for protests in many cities of the world on September 30.  In heeding that call, you will be joining thousands of grassroots people in Haiti who also will be on the streets that day.  Last year, when Haitian police tried and couldn’t stop Fondasyon Trant Septanm’s legal demonstration, they opened fire on thousands of protestors.  This year, we can help stop yet another Sept 30th massacre in Haiti by taking coordinated action together.  Let us take up this call from Haiti, and make September 30th an international day of outrage against the US-inspired massacres and the trampling of Haiti’s democracy.  Demands of this international day of action include: