30290: Pierre (Comment) Re: 30287: Roebling (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Kawonabo1500@aol.com


Haitian and  Dominican Workers have one Future: They must lead and transform
the entire  island into a Workers' Paradise. That's  why the reactionary
haitian and dominican ruling classes are doing  everything in their power to 
divide
the Haitian and Dominican Workers. The  ultra-racist and ultra-nationalist
fascists in the Dominican Republic' s ruling classes and  government, with
Leonel Fernandez Reyna, member of the Dominican Liberation  Party at the head,
swear on their mothers' graves to instigate hatred and racism  of the most 
extreme
type toward the Haitian Workers in the Dominican  Republic. Meanwhile, they
need Haitian Slave  Labor like dry land in need of water. They are desperate
for Haitian cheap  labor. They make millions in profits on the backs of Haitian
Immigrant Workers.  The Dominican economy rests primarily on Haitian Immigrant
Workers. The  Dominican Republic reaps $800  million annually in trade with
Haiti alone. The Dominican  capitalists behave just like classical orthodox
slave masters. Slave  masters had to convince themselves that the slaves were 
not
humans and  developed mechanisms to make the slaves think they were not
humans. The  dominican capitalists, politicians, "intellectuals", faith-based
authorities in  the catholic hierarchy are part of this filth dehumanizing 
Haitian
Workers  and Dominicans of Haitian Descent. Even the so-called left in the
Dominican  Republic is collaborating in this shameful  degradation of our
Working Class Brothers and Sisters across the border. The  Dominican left has
accommodated itself so much with the electoral status  quo in the Dominican
Republic that it is castrated and becomes  unable to offer an alternative 
orientation
to the Dominican Workers and  toiling masses. For them, this is always a
"complicated" issue. When it comes to  defending workers' rights firmly and
effectively, the Dominican and Haitian left  are in the same trash. They are 
all
trailing and wooing the bourgeoisie on both  sides of the border.
The Dominican  government has a lot of nerves crying out about a so-called
international  campaign to accuse it. Accuse it of what? Nobody is accusing the
Dominican  government of anything. The facts are there for all to see for
themselves. The  Dominican government and reactionary ruling classes much as 
the
ruling classes  around the world need to be civilized-an impossible task, of
course. Just felt  like saying it. They are dead wrong, illegal, in violation 
of
every  international convention, in violation of their own constitution in
their  treatment of the Haitian Immigrant Workers and Dominicans of Haitian
origin. They want to keep the labor pool devalued by not providing any
mechanisms for legalizing the workers so much so that they can continue to 
exploit
them without mercy.
They must respect  the Haitian Immigrant Workers and provide all Persons born
in the  Dominican Republic Dominican citizenship and Birth Certificates.
There is no ifs  and buts about it. This is not a question of Dominican
sovereignty. It is a  question of Human Rights and Birth Rights. You can't 
bluff anyone
on that  issue. The Dominican government and ruling classes must stop circling
around  this issue. They must back off and move aggressively to correct this
situation  immediately.
There has been a  picket line in front of the Dominican Consulate in New York
 City every First Thursday of the Month for the past year and a half  to
demand respect for the rights of the Haitian Immigrant Workers and Dominicans 
of
Haitian Descent in the Dominican Republic. And it is not  part of the $30
million campaign to "accuse" the Dominican  Republic of enslaving Haitians.
However, these  pickets will continue whether this campaign is launched or not. 
The
next picket  will be on Thursday April 5, 2007 - 5:30 - 6:30, 1501 Broadway
between 43rd and  44th Streets in Manhattan. It is about time that people  show
their concerns in action and not simply in words on the Corbett  list.