A-Infos (en) Haiti, Just how far will this protectorate government go? by Yannick Etienne - Batay Ouvriye*

Last week, while we were demanding the Ministry of Social Affairs to mediate the 
payment of the severance pay a capitalist owed a group of workers, a ministry 
gang attacked us; two of our comrades were illegally arrested, and spent a week 
in jail. ---- We already denounced, last month, the Police’s refusal to allow us 
to march, and even on MayDay, we were forced through immense red tape before 
eventually being able to take to the streets. Last week, while we were demanding 
the Ministry of Social Affairs to mediate the payment of the severance pay a 
capitalist owed a group of workers, a ministry gang attacked us; two of our 
comrades were illegally arrested, and spent a week in jail. Following a wave of 
protests and demonstrations, they were released. Today, again, our democratic 
rights are being undermined.

Now: yes, the President of Brazil, Ignacio Lula da Silva, will in Haiti on 
Wednesday May 28, 2008 to visit his occupation troops and the Haitian President, 
Rene Preval as well.

As Batay Ouvriye opposes these troops’ presence and the on-going exploitation 
the imperialists allied with the Haitian bourgeoisie have decided to push down 
our throats, a project which the occupation troops are here to ensure, we 
prepared to organize a sit-in at the Palace entrance to inform Brazilian 
president of our stand. The Police categorically refused us the permit to do so. 
We suggested holding it a little further, on the central plaza’s main meeting 
place (kiosk of the Champs de Mars), they again vehemently refused. We finally 
suggested to hold the event, much further, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or 
in front of the Brazilian embassy, but they again refused --- and this time, 
with unveiled threats of repression !

We forcefully denounce this latest threat to silence our voice. This Press 
Release is to alert the people of the forces of repression weighing upon all of 
us who refuse to bow before the occupation forces

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* An antiauthoritarian anticapitalist
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