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Ezili Dantò Note:
Below, Coup Plotter, Stanley Lucas
of IRI, writes about "Management Without Principle..."!!!!
The IRI man who, according to NY Times "tilted Haiti into
Chaos" would like to be taken seriously when he writes about
"A Familiar Path to Chaos..."
This New York Times-accused chaos agent, this Haitian agent, "black-face"
of IRI, a proven provocateur of political instability, manufacturer
of violence and the #1 coup-plotter par-excellence, is actually
writing about "principles" and how to meet democratic
STANDARDS! Bizarre, to say the least! A US Ambassador, no less,
accused Stanley Lucas of IRI of orchestrating instability in Haiti.
Yet, here he is writing about "principles" and standards
for democratic governance. Sa, se gwo blag! Let it be known, though,
that the impunity of Washington-protected Haitian terrorists and
coup plotters will be felled and shaken sooner or later, when
their uses to Empire is completed, as we see with Toto Constant's
recent conviction in the US.
Mr. Lucas writes these bureaucratic tracts, as the one below,
("Management Without Principle, A Path to Chaos..")
for his Washington "Democracy" project masters, not
for Haitians. All we can echo is the voice of the voiceless in
Haiti, who say "the wind has changed" ...,impunity has
suffered its first blow with Toto Constant verdict and conviction.
Mr. Lucas and his handlers will one day also face chargers for
murder, mayhem and destabalization..not for one, but two coup
d'etats in Haiti.
Lame Timachet, the rogue police and coup d'etat executioners in
the Latortue regime, carried out and still are carrying out, the
role FRAPH held in the first Coup d'etat. Political destabilization
is Mr. Lucas' specialty and with his various tracts, like the
one below, he is pecking at the Preval Government to do what he
does best for Washington: create political insecurity, bring on
another forceful ouster of a democratically elected Haitian President,
the result of which is always the death and further misery of
thousands upon thousands of innocent Haitians.
However, Guy Malary and the peasants of Piatre, the peasants of
Jean Rabel and the 2004 coup d'etat victims of Fort National,
Bel Air, Site Soley, Gran Ravin, Cap Haitian, Gonaives, St. Marc,
et al, will one day, come what may, get a hearing. Whether its
IRI's Stanley Lucas, the bloody Haitian army's Guy Phillipe, or
FRAPH's Toto Constant, the time will come, in the next generation,
if not this one, when their Washington handlers won't be able
to shield them from their heinous crimes in Haiti. There was a
time when folks could write about the CIA and Toto Constant and
Toto Constant was protected by his Washington handlers from prosecution.
That time is gone. So, one day, will the era of complete impunity
in Haiti of the Washington protected or economic elite be over...(See,
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/voting.html#malary
; and http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/bushblock.html
and Legacy of impunity by HLLN, October 30, 2006
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Management Without Principle: A Familiar Path to Chaos in Haiti
by Stanley Lucas
Washington Democracy Project
Oct. 28, 2006
Management Without Principle: A Familiar Path to Chaos in Haiti
By Stanley Lucas*
Executive Summary
The newly elected Preval Government has been exhibiting decision-making
reminiscent of the recent past, specifically the period between
1994 and 2004. The result of decision-making during that period
led the country to the chaos of February 2004 with the haphazard
departure of Aristide.
The Preval Administration has outlined priorities in line with
international governance standards, such as rule of law, human
rights protection and free and fair elections. But there is no
action plan on how to achieve these standards. And, in fact, the
actions being taken are starting to go against these standards.
If the Preval Administration continues down this path, Haiti will
be led into chaos yet again. Haitian society and the international
community have an opportunity to help change the course by requiring
the Haitian government to meet the international guidelines for
receiving international aid that all other countries must meet.
This will help ensure that there is an appropriate framework in
place to support Haiti ’s nascent democracy.
The Aristide Legacy
In October 1994, the United States sent 20,000 troops to reinstate
Jean Bertrand Aristide to power and provided more than US$3 billion
to support democracy-building in Haiti . Under the theory that
all politics are local, the international community pressed Aristide
to come up with his own plan for democracy and Haiti’s future
and to take ownership of the effort rather than having it led
by the international community. Aristide consulted his closest
advisors – Philippe Rouzier, Leslie Voltaire and Leslie
Delatour – and outlined a plan that focused on stability
and security by promoting the rule of law and strengthening the
police; initiating a dialogue with Haiti’s civil society;
organizing free and fair elections and promoting good governance;
privatizing industry; fighting corruption and drug trafficking;
respecting human rights and promoting development.
On paper, the plan was a good one. But it had two serious flaws:
1. it was merely a laundry list of objectives with no real action
plan; and 2. it empowered Aristide to be the sole owner of the
plan rather than taking an approach based on “checks and
balances” and supporting the leadership as well as non-government
actors. Essentially, the international community backed one man.
The results were disastrous. From 1994 to 2004, Aristide and his
associates did just the opposite of their stated goals. Aristide
turned against the United States calling the government an “evil
power” and developed was a politicized police force and
a network of gangs loyal to the government. These gangs operated
above the law and were free to take whatever measures they wanted
to stamp out any opposition. They burned opposition party headquarters
and the private residences of opponents.
Independent judges were dismissed replaced by more cooperative
people and a network of paid international lawyers acted as mercenaries
for the cause. Elections were rigged three separate times (April
1997, May 2000 and November 2000). Parliament was dissolved; privatization
turned into bribery; corruption became rampant, drug trafficking
rose to unprecedented levels. With Aristide support, drug traffickers
controlled the police, the presidency and its security apparatus,
the judicial system and financed rigged elections. Members of
Parliament loyal to the president were linked to cocaine trafficking,
including the president of the Senate Fourrel Celestin now serving
a life sentence in a Florida jail. Political assassination and
violations of human rights by the president and his supporters
became a normal practice, well known journalists were killed including
Brignol Lindor, Jacque Roche. The dean of Haiti ’s state
university was severely beaten. Dialogue, a hallmark of the 1994
plan, was later used merely as a tool that was used to flush out
opposition.
In the end, Aristide’s gangs took on a life and agenda of
their own. There was extensive infighting over power, control
and wealth – complete chaos. This infighting led to the
events of February 2004 and complete collapse of the government
when Aristide resigned and was helicoptered out of the country
by US forces as his gang of thugs moved into the capital.
Lessons Learned
In 1996 despite the early signs indicating the government was
heading down this path, the donor community remained steadfast
in its position that Aristide should lead the efforts to put in
place a democratic Haiti as he was the elected leader. Parliament,
political parties, Haitian civil society and some donor organizations
decried the situation and made numerous pleas to the international
community for support -- for free and fair elections, for corruption-fighting
, for efforts to redress the lack of transparency in Haitian government,
for job creation programs, and on and on -- all to no avail..
Now in 2006, we are again seeing signs of a return to Aristide
politics. But this time, we must ensure that the voices of reason
and principle prevail. This time we (meaning the donor community
and Haitian civil society actors) must insist that the government
puts into place a real action plan, rather than the list of objectives
that they currently have. Haitian leaders have begun to attack
the international community for not providing aid in a timely
manner, but international actors much resist the attacks and focus
on getting a plan and seeing the actions to fulfill standard requirements
for receiving that aid. To date there have been no capacity building
efforts or measures by the Haitian government to ensure that aid
is implemented effectively. This time, no matter what, Haiti must
become a reliable partner, a reliable international actor and
results-oriented.
The Current Administration
For the past three months, the Haitian government has made some
questionable decisions that, if not redressed, will have a negative
impact on the democratization process. It should be noted that
Preval has made some personal efforts to reach out to various
actors of Haiti ’s political spectrum, but time will tell
whether or not these talks are truly intended to establish a real
political dialogue or if they are purely cosmetic.
First, by retrieving the charges against Jean Bertrand Aristide
in a Florida court the government is sending a signal that accountability
is not a priority and will make it difficult to pursue others.
Second, the government pressured judges to free Aristide’s
political allies involved in political assassinations.
Third, the government named Samba Boukman, a co-chief of Haiti
’s Operation Baghdad, a gang-organized campaign of violence,
as a member of the official presidential disarmament commission.
Operation Baghdad has resulted in the murder of 1,821 Haitian
citizens, decapitation of 108 police officers, 237 women raped,
500 people kidnapped, including Americans and Canadians.
Fourth, by leaning on their close allies within the Provisional
Electoral Council, the government has delayed – and continues
to delay – the completion of the remaining legislative elections
and the organization of the municipal and local elections.
Five, efforts to politicize the police have resumed. The new inspector
general and member of KOREGA in the Grand Anse has a well known
history of violence.
Six, a resumption of targeted attacks against journalists including
Vario Serant of Alterpresse.
Seven, continuing political assassinations, with the most recent
killing of Guy Francois.
Eight, no serious efforts to combat the gangs. Rather the approach
has been to appease them. They have essentially “blackmailed”
the government – a worrisome trend.
Understanding Those in Power
Currently there is a struggle between two major groups that make
up this Administration as well as past Administrations. The first
is a group of technocrats willing to play by the rules and promote
democracy and good governance. They are at the nexus of international
experience and domestic expertise. They are generally well-educated,
idealistic and motivated. Most have peasant roots but have staked
a serious claim in their country’s future. Unfortunately,
they do not have the upper hand.
The second is a minority group who knows no other way to rule
other than by mobocracy. They lack a moral compass. They believe
in political violence, and use corruption, kidnappings, political
assassination, rape, drug trafficking and other illegal activities
to secure their positions of power. For them, the United States
is an “evil power”, and the international community
is weak and can be manipulated. Appointing Samba Boukman, a well-known
criminal, as a member of this official disarmament commission
is a way for this group to show it does not “report to”
the international community. This group of Haitian leaders believes
that the plights of Haiti should be blamed on the IMF, the World
Bank and others – but not them. Unfortunately for now, these
people do have the upper hand.
What Can be Done to Change the Path?
A couple months after the chaos of February 2004, a sense of security
and stability was reestablished, human rights violations decreased,
and an electoral body was put in place. In addition, relations
with the international community strengthened and there was an
allocation of US$1.2 billion to Haiti for various restoration
and capacity building programs. Despite the serious challenges
left by the Aristide regime, and as a transition authority, the
interim government was doing a good job of moving the process
forward. In 2005 and 2006, concerned Haitian citizens, supported
by the international community, heavily invested in the transition
process. The 2006 elections constituted the first step for une
sortie de crise – or a way out of the political crisis.
Now that an elected government is in place, more needs to be done
to strengthen Haiti both politically and economically, but with
serious accountability. Haitians, supported by the international
community, should continue to mobilize and push for a comprehensive
roadmap to strengthen democracy and eliminate mobocracy.
The following is a list of recommendations on how to achieve this.
Essentially, it requires that Haiti ’s government leaders
go back to the basics and spend time working, structuring, and
organizing rather than undertaking endless travel to international
conferences that will not contribute to Haiti ’s stability
and reconstruction. There is much talk about Constitutional reform.
Constitutional reform is not at all a priority (unless perhaps
one is interested in “President for Life”). It seems
that some foreign mercenaries preoccupied by advancing their careers
are more focused on constitutional reform than on taking care
of the Haitian people themselves. Haitians are seeking a better
security environment and opportunities that will help them provide
for their families – not constitutional reforms. So let’s
focus on what is priority.
Security: There is a need for a national security
strategy with the input of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary
branches. Input from political parties, civil society should be
sought out and encouraged. Gang members, thugs and drug dealers
are still linked to state affairs and cannot be allowed to participate
in official functions. The Haitian government must put a vetting
process in place to keep criminals out of its ranks – and
have the courage to clear out criminals and others unworthy of
the public trust who are already in government. The strengthening
of the police including recruitment, training, purchasing of arms
in the United States should be supervised by a multifaceted commission
with veto power formed by representatives of the Executive branch,
the Judiciary, human rights organizations and other civil society
organizations. Building a new force, as the Preval Administration
has proposed, seems premature and dangerous. Why build a new force
when the current one has not be strengthened and cleaned from
its ranks the cronies recruited in 1994-2004?
A Policy Agenda : After three months in office,
it is time for Haitian government to present the international
donors with a strategic economic, social and political action
plan. Not a Program to Assist Sinecures (PAS). Their current plan
is disorganized and is not comprehensive. It is a list of US$7
billion in projects without any context as to how they fit into
Haiti 's overall goals. This plan should include projects in the
areas of education, infrastructure, agriculture, health, security,
economic development, and environmental protection. Equally important,
this plan should take into account international funding requirements
and the US$850 million available.
Efficiency in the State Sector: Haiti ’s
revenue generating sectors are currently organized to provide
kickbacks (bribery) to political allies and cronies. This corruption
must stop. The government should show their performance in generating
its own revenue from its revenue generating sectors, such as telecommunications,
ports, and the tax authority.
Strengthen Domestic Management Capability and Accountability:
The Haitian government needs to build up the capacity to absorb
international funds before they are received. The government needs
to put in place a human infrastructure that is capable of project
and fund management and remove those who are incompetent. They
should recruit capable professionals from the Diaspora and within
Haiti into government. There are too many unqualified people in
the government and it is severely limiting progress. As a capable
management team comes in, they must also be subject to strengthened
rules to ensure proper oversight and accountability so that the
cycle of corruption that has weakened the infrastructure in government
in the past is not repeated.
Support Haiti 's Private Sector: Haiti has an
eager Chamber of Commerce with 10 chapters throughout the country.
They desperately lack information on how to function as a Chamber
as well as the ability to carry out the various trade and economic
promotion activities normally run by Chambers. In addition, there
is a need for micro-credit programs and women's development projects,
including women entrepreneurs – a particular opportunity
for the IADB. Haiti needs jobs. One way to encourage job creation
would be for the U.S. Congress to pass the HOPE legislation that
would lower tariffs in certain sectors and promote greater U.S.-Haiti
trade. Hopefully the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,
Representative Bill Thomas, and Representative Charles Rangel
will do their best to get a vote during Congress’ lame duck
session in November. Let’s encourage this effort.
Timely Elections: There is some concern that there is
a deliberate effort to implode the Provisional Electoral Council
in order to delay the remaining district Legislative and nationwide
Municipal and Local elections scheduled for December 3, 2006.
The Haitian voters at the local level and Haitian political parties
are getting impatient and the international community has a US$120
million investment in these elections. If they are not carried
out in a timely, free and fair manner, this government will have
undermined all the current and previous efforts to build viable
democratic process.
Arms Control: When the arms embargo is lifted
by the United States, mechanisms should be put in place to ensure
that arms do not fall into the network of gangs and criminals
– as in the 1994-2004 period when the Aristide government
actually armed the gangs – but get to legitimate police
officers. The National Police Force and a credible commission
formed of human rights activist should help enforce this policy.
* Stanley Lucas worked on Afghanistan , the Middle East, Africa
and Latin America . Lucas is currently the Executive Director
of the Washington Democracy Project
Source: Haiti-Advocacy Goup e-mail
See also: Stanley
Lucas and IRI
http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Stanley_Lucas
- The
Coup Connection: How an organization financed by the U.S. government
has been promoting the overthrow of elected leaders abroad
By Joshua Kurlantzick | November/December 2004 Issue
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/11/11_401.html
)
- Democracy
Undone | Back Channels vs. Democracy
Mixed U.S. Signals Helped Tilt Haiti Toward Chaos
By WALT BOGDANICH and JENNY NORDBERG
Published: January 29, 2006, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/international/americas
/29haiti.html?ei=5089&en=803d683287507b6f&ex=
1296190800&pagewanted=all
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Recommended Links on Stanley
Lucas and IRI:
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RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND LINKS on IRI and Stanley Lucas
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- Stanley
Lucas and IRI
http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Stanley_Lucas
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- Stanley
Lucas' top four targets in Site Soley at
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone
/testimonies/orelapril22.html#lucas
- IRI:
Promulgating Democracy of Another Variety by Jessica
Leight - COHA |July 14th 2004
-HLLN
comments on Stanley Lucas' "Haiti's Hopeless: Youth Fertile
Ground for Terrorists" , August 3, 2006
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone
/testimonies/orelapril22.html#hlln
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Stanley
Lucas/Washington Democracy Project's July, 2006 Statement
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone
/testimonies/orelapril22.html#lucas
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Stanley
Lucas' "Haiti's Hopeless Youth - Fertile Ground for Terrorists"
August 2, 2006
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone
/testimonies/orelapril22.html#lucas8_2_06
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- New
York Times should apologize to Haitians for untruths:
Ezili Danto examines "Democracy
Undone | Back Channels vs. Democracy Mixed U.S. Signals Helped
Tilt Haiti Toward Chaos" where New York Times,
two years too late, reluctantly points to US complicity in Haiti's
instability but conveniently puts all the blame on IRI's
Haitian agent, Stanley Lucas, and none on his bosses, US Ambassador
James Foley who, along with IRI head honcho, Senator John McCain,
financed, orchestrated and presided over tilting Haiti into chaos.
- Feb.
3, 2006 New York Times Editorial: No Help to Democracy in Haiti
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- Democracy
Undone | Back Channels vs. Democracy
Mixed U.S. Signals Helped Tilt Haiti Toward Chaos
By WALT BOGDANICH and JENNY NORDBERG
Published: January 29, 2006, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/international/americas/29haiti.ht
ml?ei=5089&en=803d683287507b6f&ex=1296190800&pagewanted=all
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( The
Coup Connection: How an organization financed by the U.S. government
has been promoting the overthrow of elected leaders abroad
By Joshua Kurlantzick | November/December 2004 Issue
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/11/11_401.html
)
In 2002 and 2003, IRI used funding from the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) to organize numerous political training sessions
in the Dominican Republic and Miami for some 600 Haitian leaders.
Though IRI's work is supposed to be nonpartisan -- it is official
U.S. policy not to interfere in foreign elections -- a former
U.S. diplomat says organizers of the workshops selected only opponents
of Aristide and attempted to mold them into a political force.
The trainings were run by IRI's Haiti program officer, Stanley
Lucas, the scion of a powerful Haitian family with long-standing
animosity toward Aristide -- Amnesty International says some family
members participated in a 1987 peasant massacre. To have Lucas
as your program officer sends a message to archconservatives that
you're on their side,� says Robert Maguire, a Haiti
expert at Trinity College in Washington, D.C.
IRI's anti-Aristide focus appeared to have support from the Bush
administration. The former U.S. diplomat in Haiti says Lucas was
in constant contact with Roger Noriega, the administration's top
Latin America official, who had previously worked for Senator
Jesse Helms and had long sought to oust Aristide. Noriega and
conservative Republican congressional staffers kept in close touch
with IRI-trained opposition leaders and pushed for additional
funding for IRI's Haiti activities. "The USAID director in
Haiti was under enormous pressure [from Congress] to fund IRI,"
says the former diplomats? ( The
Coup Connection: How an organization financed by the U.S. government
has been promoting the overthrow of elected leaders abroad
By Joshua Kurlantzick | November/December 2004 Issue
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/11/11_401.html
)
Response
#1: Letter from Mr. Emmanuel to Stanley Lucas
in reference to: Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa mwen pa
pe chale"- The new and modern incompetent "intellectual"
house nigger.
Response
#2 on Stanley Lucas from Yves Erols:
"Zili, pa pedi tan ou avek tyoul blan sa-yo, apatrid sa-yo,
moun ki abitye kraze peyi sa-yo... "
Response
#3 on Sanley Lucas from Michel Sanon: "
Kiyè bwa oubyen Tizon dife?" Nov. 3, 2006
Stanley
Lucas' Management Without Principles: A Familiar Path to Chaos
in Haiti ,Oct. 28, 2006
Haitian pro-democracy group
(Jean Yves Point-du-Jour of "Democracy for Haiti") writes
letter protesting IRI delegation in Haiti (in Kreyol and English):
Statement concerning the visit of the members
of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in
Haiti this week, October 26, 2006 |yves@erols.com
Letter
from Stanley Lucas to HLLN entitled "Margeurite Laurent:
Mwen se kiye bwa mwen pa pe chale"
Conspiracy or Not?
Legacy of Impunity
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Response
#1: Letter from Mr. Emmanuel to Stanley Lucas in reference to:
:Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa mwen pa pe chale"
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below******************
- Response #1: Letter from Mr. Emmanuel to Stanley Lucas in reference
to: "Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa mwen pa pe chale"
- RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND LINKS on IRI and Stanley Lucas' murderous
role in Haiti
- Statement concerning the visit of the members of the International
Republican Institute (IRI) in Haiti this week, Oct. 26, 2006,
Jean Yves Point-du-Jour,
Democracy for Haiti | October 26, 2006 |yves@erols.com
- Letter from Stanley Lucas to HLLN: "Margeurite Laurent:
Mwen se kiye
bwa mwen pa pe chale " sent October 25, 2006
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Response #1: Letter from Mr. Emmanuel to Stanley Lucas in reference
to: :Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa mwen pa pe chale"
From: "mr
EMMANUEL" <mr.emmanuel@mail.com>
To: "zili danto" <erzilidanto@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:21:10 -0500
Subject: Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa
mwen pa pe chale
Hi Marguerite,
Object: Response to Stanley Lucas
We have here the perfect example of a modern house nigger. Since
the enemy noticed that the traditional house nigger is on the
way to extinction; now, he is working hard to create a new one,
a modern one, to serve and to worship him. At the same time, the
child of the slaves master is encouraging the excessive production
of this specimen within our People: the modern incompetent "intellectual"
house nigger. Our history reminds us that this modern incompetent
"intellectual" house nigger, despite the influence and
the power he seems to have, is never competent enough, or to have
enough money, influence and power to help his people to make one
step forward. In fact, he is just a tool for the enemy who uses
him. First, to show and to make white people and the humanity
believe that Black People are stupid in the purpose to justify
the white supremacy ideology. Second, the enemy also uses him
to make our institutions obsolete and/or to destroy them. Therefore,
the child of the slave masters can claim that Black People are
not competent; so we are unfit to rule our countries without their
paternalistic intervention.
The information above should help us to understand the mind set
of a man as Stanley Lucas, who, apparently, went to school and
has learnt a little bit more than just to read and to write. It
is very sad to see, according to the note that he sent previously
to Mrs. Marguerite Laurent, that he is unable to understand the
meaning of : " To be illiterate does not mean that you are
stupid". Unfortunately, all of his studies, his qualifications,
his trainings and his experiences have allowed him to understand
one thing: If you are illiterate you are stupid. Therefore, according
to Mr. Stanley Lucas, when president Jean-Bertrand Aristide says
to our People: " To be illiterate does not mean that you
are stupid", he is glorifying illiteracy. Obviously, there
is no doubt that the modern incompetent "intellectual"
house nigger is a strange specimen. He is blind, deaf and confuse
when it comes to deal with Truth i.e Actual Facts. We need to
explain to this lost and confuse poor fellow that "To be
illiterate does mean that you are stupid" simply means that
the fact that you do not know how to read and write does not mean
that you are not capable to understand what is going on. Otherwise,
you may be illiterate but you still have a brain; you are capable
of thinking, understanding and making the right decisions to protect,
preserve and defend the Freedom and the Well-being of your People,
the Sovereignty of your Nation and the Independence of your Country.
As we said in our first paragraph, the modern incompetent "intellectual"
house nigger is a tool that our enemy uses to make our institutions
obsolete and/or to destroy them. In this perspective, all of us
know about the work of Mr. Stanley Lucas and his commitment to
achieve the goals of his master. However, we suggest that IRI
gives a better training to its puppet. It is a shame for this
organization to display a man like this. A man who is blaiming
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to have not gave to Citè
Soleil everything that is missing in the whole country. Mr. Stanley
Lucas, Citè Soleil is not Haiti. It is just a region of
our country. The fact that president Aristide did not give everything
that is missing in the country to Cite Soleil is just a proof
of the fairness of the man and his government. A man who believes
in the following principle: Power to the People , for the People
and by the People.
Finally, we believe that we should not give too much attention
to this lost and confuse poor fellow. It would be more relevant
to work in the perspective to stop or to diminish the excessive
production within our People of the new house nigger: the modern
incompetent "intellectual" house nigger. We believe
also this is our duty to build up strong character and personality;
and to develop our self-esteem, love for ourselves and love for
our People; as well as loyalty to our People in the purpose to
preserve ourselves from becoming this new specimen: the Modern
Incompetent "Intellectual" House Nigger.
Mr.Emmanu-EL Djehuty-Thot
Canada
mr.emmanuel@mail.com
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Response
#2 on Stanley Lucas: "Zili, pa pedi tan ou avek tyoul blan
sa-yo, apatrid sa-yo, moun ki abitye kraze peyi sa-yo... "
From: "Yves" <yves@erols.com>
To: "zili danto" <erzilidanto@yahoo.com>,
eromulus@cfl.rr.com
CC: "Stanley Lucas" <maloukwi@yahoo.com>,
centurionlucas@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye
bwa mwen pa pe chale
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:28:05 –0400
Zili, pa pedi tan ou avek tyoul blan sa-yo, apatrid sa-yo, moun
ki abitye kraze peyi sa-yo. Si Stanley Lucas te onet ak tet li,
li ta rele pwop fanmi-li nan jistis pou masakre yo masakre ti
peyizan Jean-Rabel-yo. Se ti visye sa yo ki ran peyi-a kote li
ye la jounen jodi-a. Ti kolon nwa ak kravat sa yo, nou bouke avek
yo. Li le pou yo pran konsyans. Se pou yo konpran ke Ayiti se
pou tout moun li ye, li pou sa ki an ro-a, li pou sa ki an ba
tou, sa ke li di ki bet-yo. Se sak fe li te fe konplo avek blan
pou te al kraze yo, mim jan li abitye fe sa Jean Rabel.
Yves
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Response
#3 from Michel Sanon on Stanley Lucas: " Kiyè bwa
oubyen Tizon dife?" Nov. 3, 2006
From: "Michel Sanon" <sanmba@hotmail.com>
To: erzilidanto@yahoo.com
CC: editor@haiti-progres.com
Subject: Kiyè bwa oubyen Tizon dife?
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:13:54 -0500
Onè ak respè, pitit Desalin!
Mwen vle di w mèsi, anvan tout bagay, pou tout enfòmasyon
ou abitywe voye ban mwen.
Mwen te li dokiman sou nonm yo rele Stanley lucas la, mwen santi
gen oun ti bagay ki merite klarifye.
Msye di li pa pè chalè, se vre. Sèlman, se
pa paske l se kiyè bwa; se
paske li se tizon dife. Siv tras msye tout kote l pase sou latè
pou wè ki kokennchenn dega ki fèt kote sayo.
Li klè msye ap chache fè patwon l yo ranje oun lòt
misyon sanginè pou l al ekzekite nan zantray pèp
Desalin nan, kòm yo pat reyisi krabinen Site Solèy
nèt.
Oun gwo kout chapo pou HLLN ak Haïti Progrès pou jan
nou abitywe mete kakachat yo deyò pou tout moun ki gen
je ka wè longè ke bèt yo.
Kenbe fèm
Sante ak lapè pou nou.
Michel
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Statement concerning the
visit of the members
of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Haiti this
week.
It is with great consternation that we have learned from the Haitian
media that a mission of the International Republican Institute
(IRI) has arrived in Haiti, this week to monitor the development
of democracy in the island country. We have found this visit to
be extremely shocking.
IRI is one of the organizations which have consistently played
a significant role in the destabilization of Haiti in the past
decades. IRI has worked with and financed many groups in Haiti
that were very instrumental in destroying the democratic process
in Haiti. So we find it very ironic that IRI with such records
dare to go to Haiti to assess the development of democracy. How
can one forget the fact that after the May legislative and November
presidential elections of 2000, Micheline Begin, the then IRI
Representative in Haiti has declared that “they
will not let Aristide govern the country with his party having
control of both chambers of the legislature�, and
the rest is history. How can one forget the actions of Stanley
Lucas, former IRI employee in Washington DC who was one of the
main coordinators of the actions of the civil society including
Guy Philippe and company; to name a few. Moreover, IRI is one
arm of the U. S. Republican Party's machinery trying to suppress
the rights of the masses to elect their own representatives around
the world. IRI is not about democracy. Therefore, we are denouncing
their present visit and hope that it is the last time that those
people will set foot in Haiti. Enough is enough. Yes, we need
to build the country; yes we need to unite the country but not
working with those people whose motto is division, exploitation
and repression.
Jean Yves Point-du-Jour,
Democracy for Haiti
October 26, 2006
yves@erols.com
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Krèyol
Tradiksyon:
Deklarasyon sou visit mam IRI an
Ayiti semen-sa:
Sè avèk ou gwo sézisman nou tandé
nan laprès ké “International Republican Institute”
ou “IRI” rivé an Ayiti semèn-sa pou
vin gadé ki jan demokrasi ap devlopé nan zilé-a.
Nou twové visit-sa ékstrèman chokan.
IRI sé youn nan òganizasyon ki toujou jwé
youn wòl empotan nan déstabilizé Ayiti nan
lané ki sot pasé –la yo. IRI té travay
épi finansé ou ban gwop an Ayiti kité toujou
jwé ou wòl klé nan détwi prosésis
démokratik-la an Ayiti. Kididonk, mwen twové sa
vrèman ironik ké IRI avèk dosyé-sa
gin kouraj pou li alé an Ayiti pou al wè kijan démokrasi
ap dévlopé nan péyi dayiti. Koman poun’ta
bliyé ké aprè éléksyion législativ
Mé 2000 e éléksyion prézidansyèl
Désamm 2000-yo, Micheline Begin ki té réprezantan
IRI an Ayiti épòk-sa té déklaré
“yo paka kité Aristide gouvèné péyi-a
avèk pati li-a ki kontwolé tou 2 cham-yo nan paleman”,
e nou konen sa kité pasè apré sa. Koman pou’n
ta bliyé aksyion Stanley Lucas ki té youn nan amplwayé
IRI nan Washington DC é kité youn nan moun ki tap
koodoné aksyion sosyété sivil ak tout Guy
Philippe élatriyé, pou’n sité sayo
sèlman. Anplis de sa, IRI sé youn nan enstriman
ké pati répibliken ameriken itilizé pou siprimé
dwa mass pèp pou éli réprézantan-yo
atravè lémond. Sé poutèt-sa, nap dénonsé
vizit-sa é nou éspéré ké sé
dènyé fwa moun-sa yo ap mété pyé-yo
an Ayiti. Nou di asé. Wi nou vlé bati péyi-nou;
wi nou vlé ini péyi nou, min nou pap travay avèk
moun-sa yo ki gin pou deviz éksplwatasyion, divizyion ak
réprésyion.
Jean Yves Point-du-Jour,
Democracy for Haiti
October 26, 2006
yves@erols.com
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Letter from Stanley Lucas
to HLLN:
"Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye
bwa mwen pa pe chale "
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:"Stanley Lucas" <maloukwi@yahoo.com
Subject: Margeurite Laurent: Mwen se kiye bwa
mwen pa pe chale
To: centurionlucas@gmail.com
CC: ezilidanto@lists.riseup.net, erzilidanto@yahoo.com
Mwen we ke wap voye gwo kominike monte sou zafe komante ke mwen
fe sou zafe analfabet. Mwen pa lobyst pou pesonn se demokrasi
ki bousol mwen. Mwen we ke genyen ampil lavalassien ki move pou
tet plizye emisyon ke mwen fe sou koman yon pati politik demokratik
fonksyonne sou www.radioclassiqueinter.com ak radio energy Boston.
Neg yo ap bay jounalis presyon, yo move e ou santi si jounalis
sa yo te potoprens yo ta boule yo, touye yo, men jan yo abitye
fe sa ak Brignol Lindor elatrye. Yo move paske mwen fe komante
sou deklarasyon Aristide te fe: "Analfabet pa bet".
Mezanmi mwen pa pran nan kaponay.
Leu zanmi ou Jean Bertrand Aristide kampe nan figi pep la li deklare
" Analfabet pa bet" lap manke pep la dega. Paske Ti
Moris ki chita an afrik di sid ak 300 milyon dola ameriken pep
la (rapo komisyon Paul Denis ak lajistis kap chache msye Florida
ak zanmi dwog li yo) konen tre bien ke analfabet pa kapab travay
nan faktori, analfabet pa kapab travay nan Mc Donald, nan Lotel
ou kom dokte. Nan mond sa a yon neg ki analfabet ou se yon esklav
modenn. Kidonk leu wap fe apoloji analfabet olieu ke ou ankouraje
noun al lekol se yon mechancete, se yon zak kriminel. Deklarasyon
sa se yon fason pou kembe pep la nan fe nwa pou li menm kom met
dam kontinye byen mennen.
Leu pep la pa kapab li, li pa kapab analize, leu pep pa kapab
konte li pa kapab kalile. Ti moris vle kembe pep la nan fe nwa
tankou analfabet ki bet pou li kapab kontinye bay manti e sevi
ak leta tankou chwal papa. Ti Moris vle kembe pep la analfabet
pou bourik kontinye travay pou chwal galonen.
Madame Laurent kap defan Ti pe a fache. Ti pe ki ta brize kraze
peyi poul kap byen menen. Di mwen Madame Laurent: Kombyen lekol
ke Ti Moris konstwi site soley leu li te prezidan? Kombyen Lopital
ke ti Moris konstwui site soley leu li te prezidan? Tampri di
mwen nan kombyen kay ke li mete dlo pou moun bwe nan site soley?
Tanpri di mwen nan kombyen kay site soley ke gouvenman Ti Moris
la mete kouran Site Soley? Di Mwen ki agrandisman ki fet sou ti
Moris nan Inivesite Deta pou voye jenn site soley yo lekol?
O kontre, olieu Ti Moris bay pep la bon bet, mete lespri nan tet
jenn site soley li bayo zam, zam fann fwa pou boule mache pep
la, kraze bak ti machann, li bayo lisans pou kidnape, vyole, kadejak
elatrye.
Mwen pa pran nan divesyon ak kaponay, menas. Pandan ke wap kontinye
voye monte, travay mwen pou demokrasi ki te simen an donen ap
kontinye. Experyans mwen lot kote seke demokrasi toujou mete bon
jan ledikasyon ak lot oportinite pou pep la. Gade kijan demokrasi
ki simen isit kote wap viv pemet ou kale ko ou, gen gwo diplom,
ou pale angle, kreyol, franse, aloske ti moris did pep la jan
nou ye a nou bon " analfabet pa bet". Sa pral chanje,
analafabet yo pral lekol pou demagogue sispann jwe avek lavi yo.
Mwen pa gentan pou mwen pedi ak radyo ke ti Moris ap finanse kap
fe pwopagand pou femen je pep la e kreye divizyon. Tankou pwoveb
la di " Se le van soufle ou we deye poul"
Pou radi ke ou di mwen radi, devan letenel, se vre. Si ou pat
konen Ayisyen ki respekte tet you fet radi.
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Edwidge Romulus' - Radyès
Stanley Lucas se ..."Yon mank dega ak insilt pou tout Ayisyen...
ANALFABET PA BET"
CC: erzilidanto@yahoo.com
From: Edwige Romulus
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:02:09 -0400
Subject: Yon mank dega ak insilt pou tout ayisyen
Ayisyen frè ak sè-m yo,
Nan yon emisyon radyo ki rele "Seròm Verite"
ki pase chak dimanch soti nan
dezè (2:00 PM) pou rive katrè (4:00PM) sou divès
radyo nan dyaspora-a ak peyi
d'Ayiti tankou Radyo Unite (unitehaiti. com), Radyo Louvri Je
(radiolouvrije.
org), Radyo Pa nou (radiopanou. com), Afroayiti.com, elatrye,
Misye Staley
Lucas deklare ke "Analfabèt se bèt".Bagay
sa-a te rive ayè lè radyo sa yo te
tanmen yon diskisyon sou sa ki konsènen peyi d'Ayiti. Se
konsa Misye Stanley
Lucas te rele Radyo Unite nan West Palm Beach pou-l te fè
yon entèvansyon.
Nan voye monte Stanley Lucas kòmkwadire se "Gwo Pèp"-la
ki lakòz Jean
Dominique, Brignol Lindor, Jacques Roche mouri, yon nan jounalis
yo, Edwige
Romulus, te troke kòn ak misye. Lè sa-a Misye Stanley
Lucas montre koulè-l ak
diskriminasyon- l aklè kont moun nan Bèlè,
Site Soley, Gran Ravin, Solino,
Raboto, elatrye. Nou kwè se yon frekansite melanje ak yon
pèmèt lè nou konnen
ki sa lafanmi Lucas, Puadvien elatrye te fè kont abitan
Jan Rabèl ak divès
lòt zòn nan peyi-a. Se akòz moun tankou Staley
Lucas kifè nou gen yon gwo
kantite moun ki pa konn li ni ekri. Se lakòz moun sa yo
ki fè gen kantite
moun pòv sa yo nan peyi-a. Se lakòz moun tankou
Stanley Lucas sa-yo ki fè egn
inegalite nan sosyete-a. Mr. Staley Lucas montre aklè ke-l
se yon senkyèm
kolòn. Pou deklarasyon fasis sa, nou mande yon ekskiz piblik
nan men Misye
Stanley Lucas. Radyès sila, nou pap aksepte-l nan men pèpap.
ANALFABET PA BET
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Other Recommemded HLLN Links:
- The Morally Repugnant Business Elites (MREs) of Haiti
- The Issue With Disarmament
- International laws violated by US role in the Bicentennial Coup
D'etat
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The Haitian Psyche
by Ezili Danto, August 14, 2004
Understanding Haitian resistance and psyche
(no matter what Haiti's docile Black overseers (MREs),
Haiti's Chalabis or mentally colonized intellectuals or professionals
may lobby or say to the contrary) is critical. The Haitian NARRATIVE,
as outlined, from 1 to 4 below, attest for why Neocolonialism,
"protectorate" and re-occupation will never work, in
the long term, in Haiti:
1. "Se pa kado blan te fè nou,
se san zanset nou yo ki te koule" Haitian National
Anthem | "Haiti wasn't gifted to us
by the white colonists, it's ours by the blood of our Ancestors"
- Haitian National Anthem (See, Dessalines'
Law and The
Three Ideals of Dessalines.)
2. "I
want the assets of the country to be equitably divided"
- Jean Jacques Dessalines (The
Life, Ideals and Triumphs of Haiti's founding father,
Why
Neocolonialism is unseemly in
Haiti )
Jean
Jacques Dessalines, said, "I Want the
Assets of the
Country to be Equitably Divided" and for that he was
assassinated. That
was the first coup d'etat, the Haitian holocaust - organized exclusion
of the masses, misery, poverty and the impunity of the economic
elite - continues (with Feb. 29, 2004 marking the 33rd coup d'etat).
Haiti's peoples continue to resist the return of despots, tyrants
and enslavers who wage war on the poor majority and Black, contain-them-in
poverty through neocolonialism' debts, "free trade"
and foreign "investments;" These neocolonial tyrants
refuse to allow an equitable division of wealth, excluding the
majority in Haiti from sharing in the
country's wealth and assets.
Who
killed Dessalines, Haiti's founding father?
Toussaint
Louverture was kidnapped and killed by the French. The Haitians
most allied to the white colonists then killed Haiti's founding
father. Petion/Gerin- the Reactionary Mulatto Generals more allied
to French/colonial economic and cultural interests than the Haitian
majority.
Following Dessalines'
assassination in 1806, under the long Mulatto and Eurocentric
presidencies of Petion (12 years) and Boyer (25 years), the name
Dessalines was execrated, declared loathsome, cursed, marginalized
and not allowed to be spoken. Neocolonialism
had begun in Haiti, would be formalized with Boyer's "Independence
Debt" ($22
billion with the last slave-trade payment made in 1947
to US, the richest country in the world by Haiti, the most defenseless
and poorest. See HLLN's
Open Letter to the People of France.) The legacy of
the impunity and undemocratic offenses of this one class and sector
of Haitian society, continues to this day…This
Haitian economic elite with their foreign allies
cannot accept the principal of
one citizen-one vote because it would mean that they would lose
their privileges and influence. Hence the Feb. 29, 2004 coup d'etat
and current UN protectorate under President Preval which pursues
the interests of foreigners and their black overseers in Haiti.
3. IMF
(Haitians reject financial colonialism)
4. Thank
you Father Dessalines
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Haiti
pulls back from the brink
Campaign aims to disarm gangsters; 'A country where almost everything
is broken' | STEVENSON JACOBS | AP |Monday, October 30, 2006
Haiti pulls back from the brink
Campaign aims to disarm gangsters; 'A country where almost everything
is broken'
STEVENSON JACOBS
AP
Monday, October 30, 2006
CREDIT: EDUARDO MUNOZ, REUTERS
Protester shouts anti-UN slogans Friday as he holds a poster of
former president Jean Bertrand Aristide.
Young men with pistols roam the fetid slums of Haiti's capital
- but now many are looking for jobs instead of victims. Children
in checkered uniforms walk to school on dusty streets where stray
bullets used to whiz past.
Five months into Haiti's latest attempt at democracy, small but
important improvements have pulled the Caribbean nation from the
brink of collapse. Perhaps most notably, an unprecedented wave
of kidnappings that terrorized Haitians rich and poor finally
seems to be levelling off.
Only a year ago, Haiti was engulfed in violence that began with
the February 2004 rebel uprising that toppled President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide. Hundreds, possibly thousands, died in almost daily clashes
among well-armed gangs, former rebels, rogue police and UN peacekeepers.
Today, a new government led by elected President Rene Preval has
passed a budget, begun to collect taxes, raised $750 million U.S.
in foreign aid and launched a campaign to disarm hundreds of gangsters.
The economy is starting to show small but encouraging signs of
life. Double-digit inflation that soared after the revolt is starting
to fall, while vital cash sent home by Haitians working abroad
has increased and overall growth is expected to reach 2.5 per
cent this year.
"It's a very different place today," U.S. ambassador
Janet Sanderson said. "There are some real accomplishments
and some real things that, when looked at over a year, are encouraging."
Peace and stability are far from assured. Huge challenges remain,
from employing hungry slum dwellers and rebuilding shattered infrastructure
to equipping Haiti's outgunned police.
"This is a country where almost everything is broken,"
Sanderson said.
A drive across the capital, along streets cratered by giant potholes,
underscores her point.
Street children with swollen bellies beg for money, crying "I'm
hungry" in Creole as they cluster around stopped cars. Few
Haitians have electricity or running water. Jobs are scarce.
Acrid black smoke rises day and night from burning tires thrown
on trash heaps.
Haiti ranked 153rd out of 177 countries in the UN's most recent
report on global quality of life, behind Sudan and Zimbabwe and
ahead of such countries as Nigeria, Congo and Sierra Leone. A
recent World Bank report lists Haiti as one of 26 states at risk
of collapse.
But buoyed by its modest progress, the government is wooing foreign
investors, even touting Haiti as a Caribbean vacation spot.
"There is some kind of window of opportunity and the sense
of stability that the country has some future," said Edmond
Mulet, the UN special envoy to Haiti.
"It's still a fragile situation. I wouldn't say we've turned
a corner yet, but I think in the next months we'll be able to
assume that, hopefully."
The key will be security.
After the revolt, gangs loyal to Aristide launched a wave of killings
and kidnappings aimed at destabilizing a U.S.-backed interim government,
which was accused of persecuting Aristide supporters. Everyone
was a potential victim - from foreign missionaries to security
guards to former first lady Lucienne Heurtelou Estime, an elderly
widow shot to death at a jewellery store in May.
The number of reported kidnappings fell from about 80 in August
to half that last month, Mulet said. Officials attribute the decrease
to government-led negotiations with gangs and increased police
and UN patrols.
Last month, the government unveiled a UN-administered program
to disarm up to 1,000 low-level gangsters in exchange for food
grants, civics courses and training for such jobs as mechanics
and electricians.
So far, 109 Haitians have been enrolled, Mulet said, and dozens
of weapons recovered.
"We must disarm to have peace," said Alix Fils-Aime,
who leads the national disarmament commission. "It's a make-or-break
situation. If we don't do it, the whole country will drown in
criminality."
But gang leaders wanted for murder and other serious crimes aren't
eligible for the program, and Haitians fear gang members will
return to kidnapping if they don't get jobs, which are scarce.
On a recent day in the sprawling Cite Soleil slum, three young
gang members sat outside a squat cinderblock house, puffing on
a huge marijuana cigarette and complaining.
"A lot of people here are hungry," Richard Jean-Baptiste
said, adding that he'd like to work as a trucker. The other men
nodded in agreement.
"We need jobs. The new government promised us help, but we're
still waiting," said Joseph Jean, 27, who claimed to be broke
even though he wore expensive sneakers and a cell phone clipped
to his designer jeans.
He said he surrendered a pistol but has yet to hear if he will
be accepted into the UN program.
"We're giving over the guns," he said. "Now we
want peace."
The Gazette (Montreal) 2006
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