Haiti Action Committee Urges Support Of H.R. 3919
Beginning a week of non-violent demonstrations in the United States, representatives of the Bay Area-based Haiti Action Committee this week called for people of conscience to support the Haitian people's ongoing struggle for basic freedoms and pressure their representatives to support H.R. 3919. The, bill, titled, Responsibility to Uncover the Truth About Haiti Act, was introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and calls for an independent bi-partisan commission to uncover the facts about the Bush Administration's involvement in the February 29, 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti.Candlelight vigils, pickets and teach-ins are planned throughout the United States in support of he Haiti demonstrations set for Cap-Haitien and Milot in Northern Haiti from August 12 - August 14. That region has seen brutal crackdowns on the non-violent mass movement Lavalas. [more 
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