[R-G] (reminder) CKUT Presents: Special Broadcast to Mark the 5-yr Anniversary of the Coup in Haiti (Feb 26th)

[CKUT Community News Collective]

CKUT SPECIAL BROADCAST TO INVESTIGATE HAITI SINCE THE COUP: FOUR HOURS 
OF POWER, FIVE YEARS OF RESISTANCE

*Thursday, February 26th, 2009, from 5 to 9 PM EST*

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Five years ago, Canadian soldiers participated in a military operation 
to overthrow Haiti's elected government. In the weeks following the 2004 
coup d'état, minimum wages were rolled back, ministries were closed, 
corporate taxation was canceled, and Haitian activists who criticized 
the new order did so at the risk of their liberty or their lives.

Today, after five years of neoliberal "shock therapy", Canadian 
personnel remain in Haiti under the cover of a UN mission. Haiti remains 
Canada's other, untalked-of, occupation, along with Afghanistan.

CKUT's Radio Résistance has worked hard since 2006 to provide monthly
news updates from occupied Haiti. On February 26th, 2009, we will be
airing a special four-hour broadcast, from 5 to 9 PM EST, to mark the
fifth anniversary of the overthrow of Haitian democracy. The show will
provide in-depth interviews with Haitian union leaders, progressive
politicians, and rights advocates, and will also feature a panel
discussion with members of the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN).

This special programme will aim to explore Canada's strategy and praxis 
in Haiti as indicative of its broader imperialist designs through the
Caribbean and the Latin American regions, and to highlight and celebrate
the patterns of the Haitian people's resistance to those designs.

Sister stations are welcome and encouraged to co-broadcast this 
programme in whole or in part [NB: about 30 minutes of the final hour 
will be in French].

For queries or suggestions, please contact us at news at ckut.ca, between 
now and Feb. 26th.

Yours in Solidarity,

The Team of Radio Résista