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Editor’s note: The following is a statement from The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. The organization will hold its national conference this Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24 in St. Petersburg, FL. More information, including the conference program, can be found at BlackIsBackCoalition.org. The Black is Back Conference will also be videocast live on UhuruNews.com.

With the death rate rising daily and the suffering faced by African people in Haiti deepening daily following Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake, the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) and the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) held a press conference today at the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg. Dr. Aisha Fields, chair of AAPDEP opened the conference with a powerful statement published below.

The island country of Haiti where African people waged the first successful workers’ revolution that brilliantly defeated the French colonial slave master militarily in 1804 today faces an estimated 100,000 dead, thousands homeless and vast devastation following a massive earthquake on Jan. 12.

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