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The Peoples Will: Haiti's Peasant Movement
January 13, 1999
In 1991 the democratically elected president of Haiti was ousted from power after a coup, tacitly approved by the United States. Three years later the United States helped to re-install Jean Bertrand Aristide, a leader of Haiti's peasant movement, but with economic and political stipulations.
On this program we take a look at the social movement in Haiti that is organizing against privatization despite heavy pressure from the United States and international financial institutions.
Featuring:
Allan Nairn, investigative journalist who has written for the Washington Post, New York Times and The Nation magazine; Beverly Bell, former Aristide staffer; Max Blanchet and Pierre La Boissiere, Bay Area Haitian American Council; Josette Perard, founder, Lambi Fund.
For more information:
Max Blanchet, Pierre La Boissiere
Bay Area Haitian American Council
P.O. Box 13381
Berkeley, CA 94712
510-273-9976
For more information about releasing FRAPH documents, contact:
Haiti Advocacy
202-544-9084