Southern California - February - 2005

HAITI SPEAKING TOUR

Come see Journalist Kevin Pina speak and show clips from his new documentary "Haiti: The Betrayal of Democracy". Kevin broke the story of the U.S. kidnapping and coup of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February of 2004 and has been on Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" numerous times.

Feb 16th Long Beach, CA @ California State University of Long Beach. California State University of Long Beach. Carl Anatol Center in the East Libary (North Campus).w/ Kevin Pina & Dr. Reiland Rabaka (giving an introduction and short history of Haiti). Suggested donation is $5. 6pm.

Feb 17th Venice, CA @ Venice United Methodist Church's Hall. 1020 Victoria Ave. w/ Kevin Pina + Speaker to give introduction soon to be announced. Suggested donation is $5-10. 6:30pm

Feb 18th Beverly Hills, CA @ Protest at Brazilian Consulate. 8484 Willshire Blvd. Suite 730/711. U.S. & Brazil out of Haiti! Protest the involvement of the Brazilian government in aiding the U.S. backed military Junta in Haiti. 10am-5pm. (currently looking for film/speaking location near consulate)

Feb 19th Los Angeles, CA @ Martin Luther King/Malcolm X Anti-war Conference. More info on the conference (to be held at the SEIU Local 660 office in LA) and filmshowing will be sent out next week and appear on www.iacenterla.org w/ Pierre LaBossiere, Clarence Thomas(ILW), Kevin Pina & more soon to be added. For More info see www.iacenterla.org. 10am-4pm.

About Kevin Pina / Haiti Speaking Tour:

Kevin Pina is a journalist who has risked his life while living in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti for the last five years. He produced a film entitled "Haiti: Harvest of Hope" and is currently working on "Haiti: The Betrayal of Democracy". He broke the story of the kidnapping of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Feb 2004 by U.S. Marines. Kevin is an editor for the Haiti Information Project (HIP), an alternative news agency in Port-Au-Prince, which is featured at haitiaction.net. He is also an Associate Editor for the Black Commentator online magazine and a Haiti Special Correspondent for Flashpoints radio. Kevin has been on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman numerous times and he is used as a source for the recent book by Amy Goodman, Paul Farmer, and Noam Chomsky "Doing Haiti Right This Time". He will discuss his experience in Haiti, the ongoing situation in Haiti, and show footage.



For more information or to add your group as a sponsor contact Jeb at jebbathehut@hotmail.com

Also visit the CSULB Campus Progressive Website at: http://www.csulb.edu/org/csulbcp/

For more information on the current situation in Haiti see www.haitiaction.net

For more reading on Haiti check out: Amy Goodman/Noam Chomsky's "Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup", Paul Farmer's "The Uses of Haiti", and C.L.R. James' 1938 classic, "The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution".

Sponsored by: CSULB Campus Progressives, CSULB Black Studies Department, CSULB Muslim Student Association, Los Angeles International Action Center, Los Angeles Answer Coalition, La Raza, Topanga Peace Alliance, CSULB History Student Association, Haiti Action, Haiti Information Project + more soon to come.