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US Social forum: Support the call of Haiti’s grassroots

GIVEN our debt to Haiti whose 1804 revolution led the way for the abolition of slavery in the Americas, defeating Napoleon’s Army, the most powerful of its day, and establishing the first Black republic; and

GIVEN that after the revolution Haiti gave refuge to Simon Bolivar, the liberator of Latin America, and gave him ships and fighters, and that Haiti intercepted slave ships and freed their human cargo; and

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DHS/DCFS Give us back our children

Self-help, multi-racial action and support groups of mothers, other family members, former social workers, foster parents & supporters in Los Angeles and Philadelphia working together against the unjust removal of children from their families by the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Children are often snatched, not because of abuse or neglect, but because of poverty, sexism and racism.

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Some Detroit events recommended by Global Women’s Strike (GWS) and Women of Color in the GWS

Date: Saturday, 19 June 2010 - 12:00am - Friday, 25 June 2010 - 5:00pm

Location: US Social Forum, Detroit

Pre-conference: Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism and Israeli Apartheid June 19-22 see website for details. Selma James international coordinator of the GWS from London on opening panel. http://www.jewsconfrontapartheid.org

PMA: Building a Movement to Combat Increased US Militarism
Wed June 23 1 - 5:30pm Cobo Hall D3-19

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What’s Really Going On in Haiti?

You’re invited to a Public Forum

Saturday June 12th 3:00pm
Southern California Library, 6120 S. Vermont, LA 90044

What’s happening on the ground in Haiti now?

Robert Roth of the Haiti Action Committee and member of the board of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, has just returned from Haiti and brings us the latest news: 
 

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