It’s a really wonderful thing to see local groups get informed not just about their local political climate but also the international political tone. Thanks to the good folks at Philly Workers Voices for high-lighting this great event.
We invite you to join us in welcoming two important union and mass-movement leaders from the Caribbean to the United States. Elie Domota from Guadeloupe and Fignolé St. Cyr from Haiti will be traveling to eight U.S. cities from July 5 to 14. [See tour schedule below.]
Elie Domota is the spokesperson of the LKP Strike Collective in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, a colony of France. He is also general secretary of the UGTG Trade Union Federation of Guadeloupe.
Fignolé St. Cyr is the general secretary of the Autonomous Confederation of Haitian Workers (CATH) and convener of the Third Caribbean Conference “To Defend Haiti Is to Defend Ourselves!” He is also an organizer of the International Commission of Inquiry on the UN Occupation of Haiti.
Earlier this year, the trade unions of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe led a powerful fight-back against the deepening worldwide economic crisis. United in the LKP, a coalition of 47 organizations, the workers and people of Guadeloupe waged a powerful 44-day nationwide general strike that won a $250/month wage increase for low-wage workers, more jobs for youth, a reduction in the prices of basic necessities, and a moratorium on home foreclosures.
In Haiti, the unions are playing a major role in the struggle to restore democracy after the U.S. government removed democratically elected President Bertrand Aristide — and U.N. troops continue to occupy the country, killing activists who protest the occupation and demand their national, social, democratic, and economic rights.
Brothers Domota and Fignolé will be accompanied by Raymond Gama from the LKP Strike Collective in Guadeloupe.
Come find out more about this great victory in Guadeloupe and learn about some of the important lessons of this struggle that we can draw to promote the fight-back here in the United States against the massive loss of jobs, healthcare, pensions, and homes. Come find out more about what we can do here to stop the UN occupation of Haiti, so that the Haitian people can reclaim their sovereignty, self-determination and democratic rights — free from all foreign intervention.
This 10-day Guadeloupe-Haiti Tour USA has been initiated by the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples (ILC), the Free Mumia Committee of New York, HUERA, the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), the Interreligious Foundation of Community Organizations (IFCO), and The Organizer Newspaper.
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Please join with us in welcoming these two great union leaders and in helping to build a solid support base for the unions of Guadeloupe and Haiti in their struggles for workers’ and people’s rights.
In Solidarity and Struggle for Workers’ and People’s Rights,
Colia L. Clark
GHT National Tour Coordinator
Organizer, International Liaison Committee
National Coordinator, Richard Wright Centennial
The local tour will be at the Bay Ridge Baptist Church this Sunday July 5th at 10:30 am
GHT TOUR USA SCHEDULE:
NEW YORK CITY
Sunday, July 510:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Bay Ridge Baptist Church
6701 4th Avenue
Phone: 1-718-238-0555
Thanks to all for their efforts on this one. Ground up historical education is all too rare in our communities.
