[IPSM] HAITI - Covering and Uncovering the Coup! - Sunday, February 19th

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:32:25 -0500
From: CKUT Community News Collective <news at ckut.ca>


CKUT Radio and Haiti Action Montreal present:
Covering and Uncovering the Coup!

A multi-media soiree of culture and politics reflecting on Haitian resistance
to Canadian imperialism and the coup d'etat of 2004

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 7pm
Studio XX, 338 Terasse St-Denis
[metro Sherbrooke, south of Sherbrooke street]
$5 Suggested Donation
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FEATURING:

----> A presentation from Leslie Bagg, Darren Ell, and Aaron Lakoff, three 
Montreal-based independent journalists who travelled to Haiti for the 
month of January, 2006.  They will present photos and audio clips from 
their trip, particularly around Canadian-sponsored UN violence in the 
country, and discuss the importance of independent media in Haiti.

----> Patrick Elie, a long-time political and human rights activist from 
Port au Prince. Elie served in the Haitian government during Jean-Bertrand 
Aristide's first term in office. Amongst other endeavours, Elie was the 
founder of Sant Observasyon Sitwayen (SOS), a citizen's rights watchdog 
group who's motto is "politics is too important to be left to the 
politicians". He will offer his analysis on the last two years of the 
Haitian crisis since the coup d'etat.

----> PLUS performances and DJ's from Montreal's Haitian community.

[Presentations will be in english, with simultaneous whisper translation 
to french available....]

Haiti, the Coup d'Etat, and the Media:

On February 29th, 2004, Haiti's democratically elected president 
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was removed from power and kidnapped from the 
country in a coup d'etat sponsored by the US, France, and Canada. Now, two 
years later, Haiti continues to find itself in a state of turmoil with a 
UN occupation, thousands of political prisoners, and daily killings in the 
nation's poorest areas.

Canada's mainstream media has reacted to this coup with astounding 
misinformation. A glut of reports fill our airwaves and newspapers which 
reflect the racist politics of Canada's foreign policy that Haitians need 
to be governed. Conveniently absent from most analysis is Canada's 
shameful role in orchestrating and participating in the coup, and now 
supporting the elections which most Haitians never wanted. We can no 
longer remain in the dark about Haiti. It's time to cover, and UNcover the 
coup.

This event is a co-presentation of the CKUT (90.3FM) Community News 
Collective, and Haiti Action Montreal.

For more info call 514-398-6788, or email news at ckut.ca.....

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