San Francisco: Haitian community denounces murderous coup regime
By Dave Welsh posted on March 12, 2021
San Francisco Waving Haitian flags, a crowd of 80 demonstrated March 1 to mark the anniversary of the bloody U.S.-backed coup d’etat in 2004 that overthrew the popular government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The beloved former president was kidnapped and flown to Africa on a U.S. military plane, beginning a seven-year period of forced exile from Haiti.
Tacuma King on drums at San Francisco Haiti solidarity rally March 1. Credit: Bill Hackwell
Carrying hand-lettered signs, demonstrators protested the serial massacres in working-class neighborhoods in Haiti, the arbitrary arrests, detentions of human rights defenders and the wave of kidnappings for ransom connected to the current coup regime of the dictatorial Jovenel Moїse, backed by the U.S. government.
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Mumia has COVID-19 – the only treatment is his freedom!
By Betsey Piette posted on March 9, 2021
Word has come that Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has tested positive for COVID-19. Supporters learned of the diagnosis March 3, as they were gathered in front of the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to call for Abu-Jamal’s release and that of all incarcerated people over 50, who are vulnerable to premature death from COVID-19 and other illnesses.
Johanna Fernandez speaks outside the Philadelphia DA’s office, March 3.
Johanna Fernandez, with the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, received word from Abu-Jamal’s medical attorney Robert Boyle confirming a diagnosis all had feared. Abu-Jamal, who had been hospitalized to remove excessive fluid from his lungs, was also diagnosed with congestive heart disease.
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