Showing posts with label Batay Ouvriye. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 06, 2010


CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT/ ANARCHIST MUSIC- NEWFOUNDLAND:
MUSICAL HELP FOR HAITI:
Molly recently received a request to publicize this fund raising effort for Haiti relief via the Rebel Time Records. The Class War Kids, now of Newfoundland and formerly of Winnipeg (think of it as Winnipeg's one contribution to civilization(Gary Doer to Washington doesn't count if you think of the implications of "civilization"), have released a download available at http://theclasswarkids.bandcamp.com/ . Only a dollar, and all proceeds go to the Haitian union Batay Ouvriye. My apologies to RTR for not replying directly, but I am an old fart who cannot figure out the intricacies of Facebook, assuming anyone can. Here's the promo, strangely named 'Twinkles Last Stand'. Don't let the name put you off at all. It's for real. Good class war music.:
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Twinkles Last Stand:
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by The Class War Kids
Coma Girl 00:00/03:11

Download Album name your price
Immediate download of 4-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
All Proceeds to go to The Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network www.batayouvriye.org/English/Welcome.html
The rebuilding effort in Haiti is going to be very expensive and if someone is going to make a giant profit on the heels of this disaster, it should at least be the workers and the poor in Haiti. ... more

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Friday, January 15, 2010


INTERNATIONAL LABOUR-HAITI:
SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN WORKERS/SOUTIEN AUX TRAVAILLEURS HAÏTIENS:
The following appeal for solidarity with the workers of Batay Ouvriye, a Haitian union sympathetic to syndicalism, originated with Miami Autonomy and Solidarity. The English version that follows is from the Ontario platformist organization Common Cause. La version française du Voix De Faits suit ci-dessus.
Call for Solidarity and Funds for the Working People of Haiti!:

Joint statement from Miami autonomy and solidarity and the Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network
Send money to Batay Ouvriye using paypal
01/14/09- A natural disaster has descended upon Haiti whose scope we only are seeing the surface of at this time. The Haitian people will be struggling to rebuild their lives and their home possibly for decades in light of unprecedented collapse, both physical and social. Yet despite the unpredictability of earthquakes, this disaster is unnatural, a monstrosity of our time. The extent of the damage of the earthquake is part of the cost of unrestrained exploitation which at every step put profit above the health, safety, and well being of the Haitian people. While the world watches on ready to help, power is being dealt an opportunity. The Haitian workers and peasants have been fighting for their rights to even the most basic level of existence for decades, while the UN-occupying force, the state, and the ruling elites maintain the social misery without relenting. Now as Port-Au-Prince is in rubble, new opportunities arise for rulers to rebuild Haiti in their own interests, and likewise for the Haitian workers and peasants to assert their right to their own Haiti, one where they will be not be forced to live in dangerous buildings, and work merely to fill the pockets of elites, foreign or domestic.

As we move from watching in horror to taking decisive action, progressives can offer an alternative. There is a strong and beautiful desire to do something, to help others in this time of need. Our actions are strongest when we organize ourselves, and make a concerted effort in unity. Right now we can have the deepest impact by committing ourselves to act in solidarity with the autonomous social movements of Haiti directly. They present the best possible option for the Haitian people, and are in the greatest need. At the same time, we are in the best position to help them out our common interest as people engaged in struggling against a system that works to exploit us all. We are calling for solidarity people-to-people engaged in common struggle. It is not only a question of money for AID but also an autonomous and independent act of international solidarity that illuminates the bankruptcy of the occupying forces, multinational corporations, and Haitian elites that are primarily responsible for the decayed state of Haiti. There will be aid flowing and money given as a form of charity until the next disaster. Our act of solidarity should, in no shape or form, be solely an act of humanitarian aid. It should not be an apolitical act, and we shouldn't give the green light to those that wish to capitalize on the suffering of others. It should be an act of solidarity to the struggling people of Haiti and their organizations while at the same time rejecting the totally inept Haitian elites and their state apparatus for bankrupting Haiti. The earthquake is a natural disaster, but the state of Haiti, the abject poverty of the masses and the vile injustice of the social order, are unnatural.

We have a relationship with one organization, Batay Ouvriye, and are putting our resources and time into helping Batay Ouvriye to help rebuild from the catastrophe and maintain the struggle for a better Haiti and a better world. Batay Ouvriye is a combative grassroots worker and peasant's organization in Haiti with workers organized all over Haiti, especially in the Industrial sweatshops and Free Trade Zones.

We have set up a means to send money to Batay Ourviye. Send money to Batay Ouvriye using paypal or email: miamiautonomyandsolidarity@yahoo.com
Money Orders/checks: Payable to Miami Workers Center (in memo write MAS) Miami Workers Center 6127 Northwest 7th AvenueMiami, FL, USA 33127-1111
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Appel à la solidarité et à l’envoi de fonds pour les travailleurs d'Haïti !:
Une catastrophe naturelle vient de s'abattre sur Haïti, dont nous n’entrevoyons encore que la surface. Les haitiens vont devoir lutter pour reconstruire leur vie et leurs maisons, et ce vraisemblablement pour des décennies considérant cet effondrement sans précédent, à la fois physique et social.

Pourtant, malgré les l'imprévisibilité des tremblements de terre, ce désastre est contre nature, une monstruosité de notre temps. L'ampleur des dégâts du tremblement de terre fait partie du coût de l'exploitation effrénée qui, à chaque moment, met le profit devant la santé, devant la sécurité et devant le bien être du peuple de Haïti.
Alors que le monde observe - prêt à aider, le pouvoir voit l’occasion de traiter une opportunité. Les travailleurs et paysans de Haïti ont lutté pendant des décennies pour leurs droits aux plus basiques niveaux de l’existence, tandis que les forces d’occupation de l’ONU, l’Etat et les élites dirigeantes maintenaient la misère sociale, sans fléchir. Maintenant que Port-Au-Prince n’est plus que gravât, de nouvelles opportunités s’offrent pour les dirigeants de reconstruire Haïti dans leurs seuls intérêts propres.
Mais de la même façon, les travailleurs et paysans haïtiens pourraient affirmer leur droit à leur Haïti ; un où ils ne seraient pas contraints de vivre dans des immeubles dangereux, ni de travailler uniquement pour remplir les poches des élites, étrangère ou locale.
Quand nous cessons de regarder l’horreur pour prendre des actions décisives, les progressistes nous pouvons offrir une alternative. Il ya un désir fort et beau de faire quelque chose, pour aider les autres en ce temps de besoin. Nos actions sont plus fortes lorsque nous nous organiser nous mêmes, et que nous faisons un effort concerté dans l'unité. Maintenant même, nous pouvons avoir l'impact le plus profond en nous engageant à agir en solidarité avec les mouvements sociaux autonomes d'Haïti directement. Ils représentent la meilleure option possible pour le peuple haïtien, et sont dans le plus grand besoin.
Dans le même temps, nous sommes les mieux placés pour les aider, en tant que personnes engagées à lutter contre un système qui fonctionne à nous exploiter tous. Nous appelons à la solidarité des individus pour les individus engagés dans une lutte commune.
Ce n'est pas seulement une question d'argent pour aider mais aussi et surtout un acte autonome et indépendant de solidarité internationale qui illumine la faillite des forces d'occupation, des sociétés multinationales, et des élites haïtiennes qui sont les premiers responsables de l'état démembré de Haïti.
Il va couler des flots d’aide et de monnaie donnés comme forme de charité. Jusqu’à la prochaine catastrophe. Notre action de solidarité ne devrait, sous aucune forme que ce soit, être exclusivement un acte d'aide humanitaire. Il ne devrait pas être un acte a-politique, et nous ne devrions pas donner le feu vert à ceux qui souhaitent capitaliser sur les souffrance des autres.
Cela devrait être un acte de solidarité avec la population en lutte de Haïti et leurs organisations, tout en rejetant dans le même temps la élites haïtiennes totalement ineptes et leur appareil d'État qui a entraîné Haïti dans la faillite. Le tremblement de terre est une catastrophe naturelle, mais l'état de Haïti, l’abjecte pauvreté des masses et l’ignoble injustice de l’ordre social ne sont pas naturels.
Nous sommes en contact avec une de ces organisations, Batay Ouvriye, et nous mettons nos moyens et notre temps à les soutenir, pour aider à la reconstruction après la catastrophe et pour maintenir la lutte pour un meilleur Haïti et un meilleur monde.
Batay Ouvriye est une organisation ouvrière et paysanne combative et de base, avec des travailleurs organisés partout à Haïti mais plus spécialement dans zones d’extrême exploitation que sont les ateliers clandestins (où l’on gagne « le salaire de la sueur ») et les zones franches. Le groupe « Miami Autonomie et Solidarité » a mis en place une caisse de solidarité et un moyen d’envoyer de l’argent pour Batay Ouvriye.
Si d’autres veulent également leur envoyer de l’argent, qu’ils se mettent en rapport en envoyant un mail à : miamiautonomyandsolidarity@yahoo.com
Miami Autonomie et Solidarité et Réseau de Solidarité Haïti Batay Ouvriye
(Traduction : CNT AIT Paris - contact@cnt-ait.info )
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Monday, August 10, 2009



INTERNATIONAL LABOUR-HAITI:

FACTORY OCCUPATIONS IN HAITI:



The following item from the Anarkismo website was sent their way from the Miami Autonomy and Solidarity group (sorry no internet contact as of yet). It's about recent factory occupations (a wonderful idea that is becoming more common worldwide) and their planned solidarity march this August 19th. Much more information on the situation in Haiti is available (en français) from the Alterpress website noted at the end of this item. Also check out the poorly updated website of the Haitian union group Batay Ouvriye.
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Factory Occupations in Haiti & a March August 19th:
Over 10,000 workers including Batay Ouvriye members at the industrial parks (i.e. mass sweatshop district) of Port au Prince occupied their factories Tuesday in support of the demand for the enactment of the minimum wage legislation passed by Parliament, but stalled by the President.





August 6th 2009: Over 10,000 workers including Batay Ouvriye members at the industrial parks (i.e. mass sweatshop district) of Port au Prince occupied their factories Tuesday in support of the demand for the enactment of the minimum wage legislation passed by Parliament, but stalled by the President. The workers are demanding the full 200 gourdes minimum wage, while the President and capitalists are trying to negotiate a lower wage. The bosses fled the factories in a panic through the back door as workers took over. Workers then marched to Parliament where a meeting was being held on the objections to implementing the minimum wage law. Flags from occupying nations were torn down and burnt by the workers (Alterpresse 08/04/09).




The first event occurred on August 3rd, and then subsequently by other groups of workers. Batay Ouvriye, a combative workers' organization, has called for the full 200 gourde minimum wage to be implemented, and has mobilized to fight in communities and factories to see it through. Miami Autonomy and Solidarity supports the struggles of Haitian workers and students, and will be picketing the Haitian Consulate in Miami on August 19th in coordination with other Haitian solidarity groups. MAS asks progressives and revolutionaries to organize similar pickets and struggle alongside Haitian workers this August 19th. In the days following August 4th similar occupations and activities have been reported in the industrial parks of Port-au-Prince.
http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article8600