A Message from the Peasant Organizations in Haiti

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 8 Jun 2020

Haiti Action Committee | Malaika H Kambon - TRANSCEND Media Service

31 May 2020, Port-au-Prince – Haiti Action Committee is honored to distribute this message of solidarity  from peasant organization in Haiti. It was translated from the original Kreyol version, illustrated below. As the signers to clearly state, “Hand in hand, let’s struggle together to eradicate racism and injustice.”

FROM HAITI TO THE U.S. — ONE STRUGGLE, ONE FIGHT. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY TO DEMAND AN END TO POLICE TERROR.

“We strongly denounce the brutal acts of the police against people in the United States who are demonstrating to demand justice for George Floyd, who died tragically at the hands of racist police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. We know also that there are many other Black people who are victims at the hands of racist police in the United States. This includes:

1. Breonna  Taylor, who the police in Kentucky killed inside her home.
2. Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia who was killed by two racist whites connected with the police.
3. And the list goes on.

The police in Haiti act with the same brutality against the Haitian people, especially when we demand our rights  guaranteed by the Constitution. Here are the names of some of the people who the police in Haiti assassinated in the past several days:

1. May 30, 2020 —Walking Blanc and another young man were shot by the police at about 8:00 p.m. in Kazo (Port-au-Prince) because they were in the street during curfew.
2. May 22, 2020 —Louis, an employee of the Ministry for Social Affairs, shot by police while on his way to buy milk for his child.
3. May 16, 2020 —James, a young man on St. Martin St., shot by police armored vehicle as he was helping his brother, who had difficulty walking, cross the street.
4. May 10, 2020 —Two young men killed as a police armored vehicle opened fire on a group of young men on Dechant St. in the area of Pont-Rouge.
5. We cannot forget Roberto Badio Thelusma, 14 years old. The police shot him in February 2019 as he was helping his mother with her soft drinks business.
6. And the list goes on.

These crimes were committed just in Port-au-Prince alone. It is the police from the US and Canada that train the police of Haiti.

People in the U.S. have always acted in solidarity with the people of Haiti as we struggle to become a country with full respect for human rights. Today, we follow the history of our ancestors as we stand in solidarity with the people of the U.S., particularly the Black community that is subjected to racist attacks and oppression.

Hand in hand, let us struggle together to eradicate racism and injustice.

Signers below are Representatives of Peasant Organizations:

Potoprens: Jeanette Denis, Oswald Jean

SenMak: Frantz Malherbe, Dorain Pierre

Jeremie: Marie Carmelle Destin, Thony Francois

Lenbe: Paul Godin, Ignace Celestin

Terye Wouj: Marie Rene Janvier, Paul Desmarais

Jan Rabel: Octavius Pierre, Ronald Jacques

Lazil: Kesnel Solitaire, Justin Sanon

Aken: Sonel Piercin, Marc Evalis

Bene: Jean Marc Leger, Sony Sanon

Belade: Pierre Noel

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The Haiti Action Committee is a Bay-Area based network of activists who have supported the Haitian struggle for democracy since 1991.Our members travel frequently to Haiti and are in close touch with Haitian grassroots activists, legal and human rights workers, and victims of repression. Through demonstrations and civil disobedience, Congressional lobbying and educational events, publications and community organizing, we are working to build a strong Haiti solidarity movement.

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