UNAC: “Defending Our Movements Against US Government Attacks on Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights”
The possibility of another armed intervention in Haiti has come one step closer as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has caved into US pressure and voted to support a US military attack on the country.
Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago in early July, the CARICOM conference has switched from opposition to such an intervention to supporting it. At the meeting, attended by Antony Blinken and a bipartisan US Congressional delegation, CARICOM called for the creation of a “Humanitarian and Security Corridor” in Haiti. On the following day the head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) issued a call for a “robust international force” to be sent to Haiti. BINUH along with the so called “Core Group” (Which includes the US, France. Canada, the EU and others) have been an occupying force in Haiti since 2004. This occupying force has been responsible for the suppression of Haiti’s independence and sovereignty and have helped create a vacuum of leadership that has resulted in an acute crisis in the country. [read more]
Defending Our Movements Against US Government Attacks on Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights
Our movement is today experiencing ever-deepening FBI and other government agency attacks. Increasing numbers of organizations and activists have been charged and face prison sentences for exercising basic free speech and democratic rights. Corporate and social media outfits are censoring, if not outright banning our views.
