Two events about Haiti in London, Thursday & Friday this week
when making an effort to be informed is all you can do | 09.02.2010 21:38 | Analysis | Education | Social Struggles
Thursday 11 February 2010: Public Meeting - "No Shock Doctrine for Haiti", venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, Central London
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Friday 12 February: Video + discussion: "The Tragedies of Haiti: Reflection on the Earthquake and Interventionism", venue: Inca Arch, 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
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Friday 12 February: Video + discussion: "The Tragedies of Haiti: Reflection on the Earthquake and Interventionism", venue: Inca Arch, 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
Public Meeting:
No Shock Doctrine for Haiti
Thursday 11 February 2010
7.30pm-9.30pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square
London WC1
Speakers:
Peter Hallward, author of Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
Selma James, writer and solidarity activist, Global Women's Strike
Nick Dearden, director of Jubilee Debt Campaign
Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America, freed as a result of an inspiring revolution. Yet it has been subject to domination ever since, from US occupations, to the crippling 135-year debt imposed by former colonial master France, to Western-backed dictatorships and IMF-imposed free market economic 'reforms'. The last US coup was in 2004 against much loved democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who lives in forced exile and has been prevented from returning.
Now, as US troops patrol the country, free market economists are seeing new opportunities to privatise and 'restructure' Haiti's economy, while its external debts have still not been cancelled by rich donors. The 'shock doctrine' looks to be striking again. Join the discussion about what solidarity we can offer to those in Haiti seeking an alternative future.
Organised by the Radical Activist Network
Supported by War on Want and Climate Camp London
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281283087948&ref=nf
Please invite your friends!
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The Tragedies of Haiti:
Reflection on the Earthquake and Interventionism
Friday 12 February, 6.30pm
VIDEO + Speakers: Encuentros Latinoamericanos and Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike
followed by discussion
Venue: Inca Arch, 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
Entrance by £2 donation for victims of the earthquake to go to
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.
Organised by Encuentros Latinoamericanos (Café filosófico) & Global Women's Strike
Contacts: 07854185741 (Encuentros) (020) 7482 2496 (GWS)
Email:
c_filos@yahoo.co.uk (Encuentros)
womenstrike8m@server101.com www.globalwomenstrike.net
Video Foro: Las Tragedias de Haiti: Reflexiones sobre el Terremoto e y el Intervencionismo
Habrán ponentes y un foro con el publico asistente
Lugar: Inca Arch 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
Día: 12 de febrero
Hora: 6 y 30 pm
Entrante: £2 donación para las víctimas del terremoto a
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
Organizado por Encuentros Latinoamericanos (Café filosófico) y
la Huelga Mundial de Mujeres (Global Women's Strike)
No Shock Doctrine for Haiti
Thursday 11 February 2010
7.30pm-9.30pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square
London WC1
Speakers:
Peter Hallward, author of Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
Selma James, writer and solidarity activist, Global Women's Strike
Nick Dearden, director of Jubilee Debt Campaign
Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America, freed as a result of an inspiring revolution. Yet it has been subject to domination ever since, from US occupations, to the crippling 135-year debt imposed by former colonial master France, to Western-backed dictatorships and IMF-imposed free market economic 'reforms'. The last US coup was in 2004 against much loved democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who lives in forced exile and has been prevented from returning.
Now, as US troops patrol the country, free market economists are seeing new opportunities to privatise and 'restructure' Haiti's economy, while its external debts have still not been cancelled by rich donors. The 'shock doctrine' looks to be striking again. Join the discussion about what solidarity we can offer to those in Haiti seeking an alternative future.
Organised by the Radical Activist Network
Supported by War on Want and Climate Camp London
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281283087948&ref=nf Please invite your friends!
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The Tragedies of Haiti:
Reflection on the Earthquake and Interventionism
Friday 12 February, 6.30pm
VIDEO + Speakers: Encuentros Latinoamericanos and Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike
followed by discussion
Venue: Inca Arch, 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
Entrance by £2 donation for victims of the earthquake to go to
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.
Organised by Encuentros Latinoamericanos (Café filosófico) & Global Women's Strike
Contacts: 07854185741 (Encuentros) (020) 7482 2496 (GWS)
Email:
c_filos@yahoo.co.uk (Encuentros) womenstrike8m@server101.com www.globalwomenstrike.net Video Foro: Las Tragedias de Haiti: Reflexiones sobre el Terremoto e y el Intervencionismo
Habrán ponentes y un foro con el publico asistente
Lugar: Inca Arch 202 Coldharbour Lane SE5
Día: 12 de febrero
Hora: 6 y 30 pm
Entrante: £2 donación para las víctimas del terremoto a
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
Organizado por Encuentros Latinoamericanos (Café filosófico) y
la Huelga Mundial de Mujeres (Global Women's Strike)
when making an effort to be informed is all you can do