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Haiti: The Betrayal of Democracy - Kevin Pina in Southern California this weekFebruary 16 - 19Pina's complete Los Angeles Southern California Black History Month: HAITI SPEAKING TOUR Feb 16th - Long Beach, CA Feb 17th - Venice, CA Feb 18th - Beverly Hills, CA - Protest at Brazilian Consulate Feb 18th - Hollywood, CA Feb 19th - Los Angeles, CA About Kevin Pina's Haiti Speaking Tour Kevin Pina produced his first documentary, "Haiti: Harvest of Hope," while making his home in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti for the past five years. Risking his life, filming in the line of fire, he is compiling his second film, "Haiti: The Betrayal of Democracy," which he brings to L.A. during Black History Month. Pina is an editor for the Haiti Information Project (HIP), an alternative news agency in Port-Au-Prince, which is featured at haitiaction.net. He is also an Associate Editor for the Black Commentator online magazine and a Haiti Special Correspondent for Flashpoints Radio. Pina provided eye-witness accounts for the recent book by Amy Goodman, Paul Farmer, and Noam Chomsky "Doing Haiti Right This Time". He will discuss his experience in Haiti, the ongoing situation in Haiti, and show new footage. For more information or to add your group as a sponsor contact Jeb at jsprague@csulb.edu or (562) 714-2976. Also visit the CSULB Campus Progressive Website at http://www.csulb.edu/org/csulbcp/ For morecurrent information about Haiti see www.haitiaction.net For more reading on Haiti: Amy Goodman/Noam Chomsky's "Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup", Paul Farmer's "The Uses of Haiti", and C.L.R. James' 1938 classic, "The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution". Sponsored by: CSULB Campus Progressives, Los Angeles International Action Center, Los Angeles Answer Coalition, La Raza, Topanga Peace Alliance, CSULB History Student Association, Haiti Action Committee, Haiti Information Project, CSULB Muslim Student Association, CSULB Department of Black Studies, Robey Theatre Company + more sponsors welcome. |
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