[R-G] Fwd: [PeaceNoWar] Fw: Haiti

[aaron at istop.com]

Forwarded From: nscchicago <nscchicago at igc.org>

> Tom Baker here. FYI. Right on Fight on
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Kaufman" <chuck at nicanet.org>
> To: <lasolidarity at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:28 AM
> Subject: LASC: Haiti
> 
> 
> > Here is a link to an excellent article posted on Common Dreams which will
> > help folks rebut some of the disinformation in the media.
> > http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0224-09.htm  I saw in the paper this
> > morning that Sen. Dodd wants Bush to send 1,000 US troops to Haiti.  That
> is
> > certainly NOT the answer, but I do hope Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina,
> Cuba,
> > and other Caribbean nations will respond to Aristide's call for help.  The
> > Nicaragua Network opposed Clinton's 1994 invasion of Haiti which returned
> > Aristide to office, fearing that he would have to pay for it by adopting
> > neoliberal economic policies.  That turned out to be the case, and now
> some
> > groups, particularly in Latin America, won't support Aristide because of
> > that.  So be it, that's not an imcomprehensible position.  But, one can
> > fault Aristide and still believe that we need to support democratic
> > institutionality in Haiti.  Why is it that the rebels have all the guns
> and
> > ammunition?  The media would have us believe that it's Aristide's fault;
> > that these guys are former supporters who he armed to intimidate the
> > opposition. That's typical media disinformation.  They are the former
> > FRAPH-supporting army that reigned in terror after the 1991 coup.  Under
> US
> > guidence Aristide abolished the Army, but the soldiers were allowed to
> keep
> > their guns, for heaven's sake!  And, the US, which trained the Haitian
> > police, has refused to allow aid necessary to pay them and has set up an
> > embargo so that the police can not even be armed with non-lethal
> deterrents
> > such as tear gas.
> >
> > I would like to urge Haiti solidarity groups to give us in the Latin
> America
> > solidarity movement more, and more frequent, guidence and instruction than
> > you have to date.  This is a rapidly moving crisis in which the solidarity
> > movement should not be mere observers.  I would like to suggest that we
> > should at least all be calling Congress with three messages:
> > 1. No US troops to Haiti
> > 2. Release frozen aid money and end the embargo against nonlethal arms for
> > the Haitian police. (and I'd allow letal arms too!)
> > 3. Get the National Endowment for Democracy and its affiliate the
> > International Republican Institute out of Haiti and stop interfering in
> > Haiti's sovereign affairs.
> >
> > In solidarity,
> > Chuck Kaufman
> > Nicaragua Network
> >
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> www.lasolidarity.org
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