[Bloquez l'empire!] TUESDAY: Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor (Montreal Book Launch, 6:30pm, Green Room)

[Haiti Action Montreal]

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Waging War on the Poor: Canada in Haiti
Montreal Book Launch
TUESDAY, September 13, 6:30pm
The Green Room
5386 St-Laurent (corner St-Viateur)
FREE
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Join us for the Montreal launch of the newly published "Waging War on
the Poor Majority: Canada in Haiti" (Red/Fernwood Publishing),
co-authored by Yves Engler and Anthony Fenton.

This evening event includes:

* Exclusive video footage from the upcoming documentary "Haiti: The
Untold Story" by Haiti-based journalist Kevin Pina;

* Video footage of June 17, 2005 civil disobedience action against
Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew;

* Remarks by "Canada in Haiti" co-authors, Yves Engler and Anthony Fenton;

* Presentation by Magalie X of Vwa Zanset ("Voice of the Ancestors")
and Haiti Action Montreal.

The event is free, with discounted copies of "Canada in Haiti"
available for sale.

Organized by Haiti Action Montreal.

"The story of Haiti is one of resistance, of a spirit that exists
inside us all, to assert our essential humanity. Unfortunately the
story is also one of how much the rich and powerful feel threatened by
this spirit and how far they are prepared to go to crush it. While
Canadians prefer to see their government as a force for good in the
world, the reality is that it most often sides with the rich and
powerful. "Canada in Haiti" is a powerful cry for justice and a
warning about what can be done in our name when we aren't looking."



"In both their writings and activism, Yves Engler and Anthony Fenton
have done some of the most important work in exposing Canada's
shameful role in Haiti." -- Naomi Klein, author No Logo.

"Yves and Anthony's book is a crucial weapon in understanding, and
acting, on the paternalistic and neo-colonial role the Canadian
government, and its NGO allies, plays in Haiti." -- Jaggi Singh,
Montreal-area activist and writer.

"Most Canadians will find the revelations of this book shocking,
disturbing, revolting but absolutely undeniable. In graphic detail,
Fenton and Engler describe how, contrary to rhetoric, the neo-colonial
"responsibility to protect" doctrine has in fact translated into a
cynical and deadly socio-political experiment conducted on and against
Haitians." -- Jean Saint-Vil, Ottawa-based Haiti solidarity activist.

INFO:
Tel: 514-807-9037
E-mail: haitiactionmontreal at gmail.com
Web: http://www.outofhaiti.ca