Haiti Update

Yep, if there's any doubt this was a right wing coup that occurred with the blessing of ruling class interests in Haiti, the U.S. and elsewhere...

Haiti's army turns back the clock

Red Pepper magazine - April 2004 --

Article by Charles Arthur

It didn't take long for the new order in Haiti to
reveal itself. The day after President Aristide 'left'
for exile, 34 union members at the Ouanaminthe garment
assembly factory run by the Dominican Grupo M company,
were fired. The next morning, when the 600-strong
workforce decided to strike, a group of armed men
launched a violent attack. Some unionists were
handcuffed, many others were beaten up, and the
workers were forced back inside the factory.

The aggressors were members of the so-called rebel
force, fresh from their victory over the government of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. They said they had
been called to the factory by management, to deal with
workers "causing trouble".

As in so many Haitian towns, the Ouanaminthe
insurgents had taken over from the police. Their
leaders say they are former members of the Haitian
Army, the FAD'H, a force demobilised by Aristide in
1995. Some, such as Guy Philippe and Gilbert Dragon,
were trained by the US in Ecuador and flown home to
senior positions in the new Haitian police force in
the mid-1990s.

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The freedom to brutally union-bust. American-inspired values at their very best, folks...