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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:05:03 -0700 (PDT)</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Lynn Currier
<haitkaah@yahoo.com></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Cc:
lethaitilive@lethaitilive.org</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: [Lethaitilive] Please distribute
widely!!</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>
STOP THE WAR </b></blockquote>
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> <span
></span> AGAINST</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>THE PEOPLE OF
HAITI</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"> <br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER
30TH</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>1991 COUP DETAT
FOR
</b><br>
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face="Times New Roman"> </font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>THE INTERNATIONAL
DAY</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>OF SOLIDARITY</b><br>
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face="Times New Roman"> </font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>STAND WITH THOUSANDS IN 33 CITIES
AROUND THE WORLD TO DEMAND THE PROTECTION OF THE</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE
HAITIAN PEOPLE</b><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b> PICKET THE
HAITIAN CONSULATE</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b> </b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>6:00 7:30</b><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>545 BOYLSTON STREET,
BOSTON, MA - COPLEY SQUARE</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><i><b>SPONSORED BY FANMI
LAVALAS</b></i><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>FOR INFORMATION CALL:
617- 909 - 3293</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>COPLEY STATION
GREEN LINE / BACK BAY STATION - ORANGE LINE</b><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b>ALL GROUPS & CITIES PARTICIPATING IN
THE</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><u><b>International Day of Solidarity for
Haiti</b></u></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>As an<i> INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR
HAITI</i> that has come together to support our Haitian sisters and
brothers on September 30 and beyond, we feel its very important
that we send some urgently needed funds to Haiti.</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>The funds will be presented to Fondasyon
Trant Septanm on the 30th for programs and support for the victims of
the coup detat. Although we cant be there physically, our
presence will be known on that day.</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>It is our hope to raise. $2,000 in the next
week by asking each city or group to send a tax deductible donation of
$50, $100 or more, payable to Fondasyon Mapou (MEMO: Fondasyon Trant
Septanm).</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b>If possible please send your check ASAP
to:</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Fondasyon Mapou</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Po 33724</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Washington, DC 20033-3724</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Any questions contact:</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Fond30sept@hotmail.com</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font
face="Times New Roman"><b>Thank you.</b></font><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><b> </b></font><br>
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:47:57 -0400<br>
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Subject: [Lethaitilive] 43 cities to demonstrate Sep 30 to "Stop
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<div><font face="Arial" size="+2"><b>43 cities say: "Stop
the War against the People of Haiti"</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">The following places<b> in 15
countries</b> will have demonstrations or other Haiti solidarity
events on or around<b> September 30, 2005</b>, as part
of the International Day of Solidarity with the
Haitian People. This includes three countries in Africa, three in
Europe, two in North America and seven countries in Latin America and
the Caribbean.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">1. <b> San
Francisco</b> -- Rally & picket at Federal Bldg, 450 Golden
Gate,SF -- Friday 9/30 at 8:00 a.m.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">2. <b> Kinshasa,
Congo</b> -- A ceremony in solidarity with Haiti will be performed on
9/30 at the Flaming Fire Church in the Congolese capital of
Kinshasa. The ceremony, recalling highlights in the history of
Haiti and the significance of this history for the world's
people, will be televised on Congolese National
Television.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">3. <b> Montreal</b> --
Demonstration at US consulate on 9/30 from Noon to 3 pm....On
Saturday, Oct 1st, at 7 pm, showing of the Katherine
Kean film "Rezistans" at 2651 Cremazie Est (corner 2nd
ave)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">4. <b> Durban, South
Africa</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">5. <b> Sao Paulo,
Brazil</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">6. <b> Santiago,
Chile</b> -- Picketing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs beginning at
12:00 noon on 9/30. A Committee for Haiti has been formed, in which
various organizations are participating. According to one statement
issued by protesters: "On September 30th, activists... from
various countries will come out together in solidarity with the
Haitian people, currently suffering from one of the most brutal
military occupations in the world, sponsored by the UN, the US, and
certain Latin American governments such as Chile, Brazil and
Argentina....Just like in the times of Pinochet, the Chilean military
has shown the world that it hasn't lost its skills for torture,
killing and kidnapping when it comes to facing social fighters....We
are taking part in this protest out of a profound feeling of Latin
American brotherhood, of working-class and popular unity..."
Demands include "Immediate end to the occupation";
"Reimbursement by France of the US$21 Billion" extorted from
Haiti between 1825 and 1947; "Respect for the Haitian people's
sovereignty"; and "Long live the struggle against the
masters ruling that country."</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">7. <b> Miami</b> --
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 and other mass killings of civilians, is
commanded by a Brazilian general.]</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">8. <b> Washington,
DC --</b> Demonstration and photo exhibit in front of Haitian embassy,
2311 Massachusetts Ave NW,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">from 10 am to 1 pm on 9/30. For
information call 202-332-0292. The photo exhibit will highlight
victims of the 1991 and 2004 coups d'etat, and victims of the current
coup regime in Haiti.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">9. <b> New York
City</b> -- 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
begin at the church, take Beverly Rd to Flatbush ave to Church
ave, down Nostrand to rally at Nostrand and Foster Avenues in
Brooklyn....On Friday 9/30 at 6:30 pm, a Solidarity Encounter between
Haiti, Dominican Republic and Venezuela will take place at the
Venezuelan Consulate, 7 East 51st St. (at 5th Ave). The theme is
"Same History--Same Struggle."</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">10. <b> Oslo, Norway</b> --
Public meeting on 9/30 at Soria Moria, on the theme, "Stop the
Black Holocaust".</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">11.<b> Benin, West
Africa</b> -- One of the organizers of the event writes: "We
need to take up the message of September 30th and revive the flame of
our friendship with Haiti."</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">12. <b> Dominican
Republic</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">13. <b> Dublin, Ireland</b>
-- Demonstration at 6:00 pm on 9/30 at Central Bank, Dame Street,
Dublin.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">14. <b> Vancouver</b> --
Demonstration from 5 to 6 pm on 9/30 at Main Library, 350
W.Georgia St, downtown Vancouver....</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">At 8:45 pm 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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">15. <b> Brasilia,
Brazil</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">16.<b> San Jose, Costa
Rica</b> -- On 9/30, an exhibition of photographs of Haiti will open
at the Colegio Universitario de Alajuela, in the Costa Rican
capital, sponsored by the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human
Progress. Students will put on a theatrical performance about the
present-day reality in Haiti.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">17.<b> Boston</b> -- Picket at
the Haitian Consulate, 545 Boylston St., Copley Sq., 6:00-7:30 pm on
9/30. For information call 617-909-3293.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">18.<b> Newark, NJ</b> --
"Speak Out for Haiti" at Federal Building, 970 Broad
St., Noon-1:00 pm on 9/30. Some are assembling at 11:30 at 39
Bleeker Street, and walking with signs to the Speak-Out at
the Federal Bldg, which is about 12 blocks from Penn
Station.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">19.<b> Paris,
France</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">20.<b> Los Angeles</b> --
Rally & picket at the Brazilian consulate, 8484 Wilshire Blvd,
Beverly Hills -- 9/30 at 12:00 noon. For information call
323-292-7405.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">21.<b> Ottawa</b> -- Canadian
labor activists organized a mid-day forum on Sept. 24th on
"Workers' Rights after the Coup in Haiti," featuring Paul
Loulou Chery, Secretary General of the Confederation of Haitian
Workers (CTH), Haiti's largest labor organization. Attendees then
marched to Confederation Park, chanting "End the occupation of
Haiti,"</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">"Free the political prisoners,"
"Liberez Pere Jean-Juste" and "Liberez So'Anne".
Joining up with the hundreds-strong anti-war march, they marched to
Parliament Hill where Ottawa Haitian community leader Jean St.-Vil
gave a fiery speech about the war on Haiti's people. At each stop of
the anti-war march, as it proceeded through downtown to the US
embassy, the MC's referred to the situation in Haiti....On 9/30 there
will be informational picketing and leafleting about Haiti in the
Canadian capital.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">22. <b>
Philadelphia</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">23.<b> San Jose, Calif.</b> --
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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">24.<b> Toronto</b> -- Public
meeting and film showing on 9/30....Haiti workshop at Youth Action
Conference on 9/30.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">25.<b>
Martinique</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"
size="-1">26. <b> Guadeloupe</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">27.<b>
Dominica</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">28.<b> Minneapolis/St.
Paul</b> -- Rally for Haiti on Sept 28 on Lake Street Bridge, between
St. Paul and Minneapolis.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">29.<b> Charlottetown,
Canada</b> -- Public meeting on Sept 29 at 2:30 pm, UPEI, Irving
Theatre</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">30.<b> Hayward,
California</b> -- Vigil on Thurs. 9/29, 4-5 pm at corner of
Jackson, Foothill & Mission in
Hayward.</font
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">31.<b> Portland, Oregon</b> --
Film showing of Kevin Pina film "Haiti: Harvest of Hope" at
People's Food Cooperative,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">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."</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">32.<b> Enterprise, Oregon</b>
-- Vigil at 6:00 pm on 9/30 at the Courthouse.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">33.<b> Fredericton</b> (New
Brunswick, Canada) -- Public meeting on Sept 27, at 7 pm, Tilley
Hall, UNB</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">34.<b> Halifax</b> (Nova
Scotia) -- Public meeting on 9/30 at 7 pm, Dalhousie
University, Weldon Law Bldg</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">35.<b> Tatamagouche</b> (Nova
Scotia) -- Screening of Kevin Pina film, "Haiti: the Untold
Story" on Oct. 2, at 3:30 pm.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">36. <b> New Glasgow</b> (Nova
Scotia) -- Public meeting at New Glasgow library, Oct. 3 at
noon</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">37.<b>
Antigonish </b>(Nova Scotia) -- Public meeting at the
Coady Institute on Oct. 3 at 7 pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">38. <b> Detroit</b> -- 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 in Haiti who have been victims of sexual or physical
assault since the 2004 coup.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">39. <b> Northampton,
Mass.</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">40.<b> Huddleston,
Virginia</b> -- The Parish Haiti Committee will have a
house meeting on Haiti and film showing on</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Oct. 5th, in unity with the call and
demands of the Sept. 30 International Day of Solidarity with
Haiti.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">41. <b> Portland, Maine</b> --
Vigil for Haiti at 12:00 noon at Tommys Park in Portland. Later in the
afternoon, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, a strong supporter of Haiti,
will hold a press conference in Portland. Bishop Gumbleton recently
visited Father Jean-Juste in prison in Port au Prince.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">42. <b> Columbus, Indiana</b>
-- At 7 pm on 9/30 there will be a Candelight Vigil and Teach-in for
Haiti on the steps of City Hall, 123 Washington St., organized by the
Columbus student chapter of Amnesty International, which issued this
statement: "The purpose of this vigil is to stand together in
solidarity with the people of Haiti, and:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080">~to express outrage
at the brutality of the US backed current regime; ~to denounce its
repression of the poor and its persecution of pro-democracy advocates;
~to recall Haiti's history of suffering and injustice; ~to deplore our
country's part in this cruel history...</font><font face="Arial"
size="-1" color="#FF0000">We will light our candles against oblivion:
~for all those who are unjustly imprisoned; ~for those who have been
raped and tortured; ~for those who have been massacred; ~for those who
are hiding in terror.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#FF0000">~And we will light
our candles for the people of Haiti who endure despite the never
ending denial of their basic human rights to food, shelter,
health, education, and safety."</font><font face="Arial"
size="-1" color="#000080"><i> Joining the vigil will be members of
Friends of Haiti (twinned with Limonad in N. Haiti), Columbus
Peace Fellowship (affiliated with the Fellowship of Reconciliation),
Catholic parish of St. Bartholomew, First Presbyterian Church, and
Columbus Unitarian Universalist Congregation.</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">43. <b>Sydney, Nova
Scotia</b> --</font> <font face="Arial" size="-1">At 7 pm on Oct.
4th, there will be a public meeting on Canada's role in Haiti,
featuring author Yves Engler, at University College of Cape Breton,
Room CE 306, in unity with the call and demands of the Sept. 30
International Day of Solidarity with Haiti. Brother Engler's new book,
co-authored with Anthony Fenton, is titled "Canada in Haiti:
Waging War on the Poor Majority."</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>For more information, or to add
your city or town to this mobilization, email the Sept 30th Organizing
Committee at </b></font><a href="mailto:sub@sonic.net"><font
face="Arial" size="-1"><b>sub@sonic.net</b></font></a><font
face="Arial" size="-1"><b> or call
510-847-8657.</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>PLEASE SEND DETAILS OF THE ACTION
IN YOUR CITY. </b> </font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>The 43 cities participating
in the Sept. 30 "Stop the War against the Haitian People"
campaign are united around the following demands:</b></font><br>
</div>
<blockquote>
<ul type="square">
<li><font face="Arial"><b>Stop the massacres of the poor by UN troops,
Haitian National Police and paramilitary mercenaries under police
control. </b></font></ul>
<blockquote><font face="Arial"><b>Restore the democratically elected
government of President Aristide.</b></font></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<ul type="square">
<li><font face="Arial"><b>Free Father Jean-Juste and ALL the
more than 1000 political prisoners in Haitiās jails.<font size="-1">
<li></font>End the brutal US/UN Occupation ö Restore Haitiās
sovereignty.<font size="-1">
<li></font>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.</b></font></ul>
</blockquote>
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