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severely limit d. H ving re
turned to power on back of th
U.S. occupation of his country,
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By Bernice Powell Jackson
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READERS WRITE
L IT 0 OT th U.S.
occupation has had an unin
tended consequence. Th Hai
ti n m sse hav been
emboldened by the relative
safety created by the U.S. occu
pation and a taking matt IS
into their own hands - sma h
ing police stations and military
barracks, arresting attaches
and members ofFRAPH and de
manding that they be prose
cuted, and pouring into the
streets en masse with any ru
mor or hint that the reactionary
forces are moving to harm Presi
dent Aristide.
The Haitian mas es, not
President Aristide alone, ar
t.he best hope for r al d mocracy
m Haiti.
What this means is that Afri
cans in America and all those
progre sive forces who want
real democracy' in Haiti must
mobiIi ze a Haiti solida ri ty
movement to support the pro
democracy, popular/mass move
ments on th ground in Haiti.
Despite fh .aweso.me!pOwer,
Sol d� th f{D . !IIlj}itaty .. i�d1 ustrial
I comple 1 ,the ·It!ilitianf me I
can make the decisive diff rence
with the support of the progres
sive movement in the U.S. and
elsewhere.
The Haiti solidarity work
must have two principal objec
tives: Providing analysis and
mass education on the historical
role of U.S. intervention and oc
cupation in Haiti and the region
and mobilizing material sup
port to concretely assist the
popular movements fighting for
real democracy. Material sup
port is absolutely critical at this
crucialjuncture in the unfolding
fight for real democracy.
AU... ACROSS THE U.S. po
litical organizations, churches,
community based organiza
tions, sororities, frat rnities,
civil associations profe ionals
and ordinary peopl houl.l
spring into action to mobilize
material support forth popular
mov merits.
The needs are very basi , but
xtremely important. First and
foremost th re i n urgent n
for money so that popular or
ganizations can: pu has out
right the supplies,
rid material n d t wa
ff ctive poh ical t ruggl ; pea- .
pl n donate typ writer , coin
puters, fax machin s, printing
quipment, paper and thos
items which h lp to d v lop an
ffective comm mi tin infra
tructure for political organiza
t ion ; fi n ally, pop I e an
ont ribute b ic farm quip-,
m n , tolls and ds to used
by peasant organization to sus
. tain communi i of political or-
ganiz rs/activis .
Th . mall m ur
hay a major impact on h life
and death struggl for r 1 de
mocracy in Haiti.
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