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English language radio program on Haiti from a progressive Haitian perspective aired 4pm - 5pm Saturdays on WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica radio in New York City.
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Program Title: Unite, Organize, Agitate to Stop Empire's Terror
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Support for WBAI's current Fund Drive
Sister Betty Davis, host of WBAI program "What's Happening" joins us to thank our audience for their support in last Saturday's Ralph Poynter Birthday fundraiser
Song: St Marks on the Bowery Church Jazz Choir from last Saturday's Ralph Poynter Birthday fundraiser
Haiti News & News Analysis:
-Another Kenya mercenary soldier was killed and 3 of their armored vehicles burned in Haiti this week, this time in the Artibonite region
-Haiti clown president Fritz Jean was summoned to Jamaica this past Wednesday for a photo-op with US Secretary of State Marco "Little Marco" Rubio
-Dept of Homeland Security publishes decree ending the Biden CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program in Tuesday's National Register
We play a segment of Prof. Leslie Alexander's recent interview with Ayibopost where she discusses 19th and early 20th century Haitian and "African-American" relations
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Bawon sa yo - Zao ak Djakata
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Program Title: Unite, Organize, Agitate to Stop Empire's Terror
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Support for WBAI's current Fund Drive
Thank you to everyone who supported the Ralph Poynter WBAI-Political Prisoner Fundraiser which happened today at St Marks on the Bowery Church
Our comments on Black Agenda Radio censoring an interview with me they aired on their last WBAI program on Thursday March 20th, 2025
Sounds from yesterday's December 12th Movement protest at the US Mission to the UN to denounce the US Government throwing out the South African Ambassador to the US
Song: Kenbe ti poulèt - Atis Endepandan
Dialogue with our sister Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees on recent Trump administration decisions regarding recent Haitian immigrants and the struggle ahead
Trump lifts Biden's 2022 ban on Dominican Republic's La Romana Corp. for using Haitian forced and child labor
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Manman - Manno Charlemagne
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Program Title: March 1802 - March 2025, 223 years later, we remember the Battle of "La Crète a Pierrot"
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Pitching for WBAI's current Fund Drive
We pour libations for Malcolm Ferguson, Maliki Raymond, Patrick Dorismond, Andre Fields & Tasheen Bourne, all unarmed and murdered by the NYPD in March of 2000
Next Saturday March 22nd, 11:30am to 3pm, Ralph Poynter fundraiser @ St Marks on the Bowery Church to benefit WBAI and political prisoners Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil el Amin, and Kamau Sadiki [131 East 10th Street @ 2nd Ave]
Song: Fanm – Felicia & BIC
Haiti news & news analysis:
-Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees joined the "No Backlash to Women's Rights" protest at the UN on Wednesday March 12th
-Cholera seems to be back in Haiti; Government says 70 Haitians have already died
-Sound from Tuesday, March 12th, 2025 Haiti protest demanding a wage hike for workers and persona non-grata status for Kim Ives and Dan Cohen because of their support for the gangs terrorizing the population
-Despite the government using kamikaze drones against the gangs, they continued to drive the poor out of their neighborhoods and set fire to 80 year old media institution, Radio Caraibes
-Only 14 US House of Representative members have signed to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil
-Push back from CARICOM countries to the Trump administration threatening to sanction them for their collaboration with Cuba's medical brigades
-A plane with 226 Haitians from Turkey who have been waiting months to go back to Haiti landed in Cap-Haitien this week; Such a delight to see how happy they were to be back at home and kissing the Haitian ground
Last week one of our listeners asked for more information about Jean Jacques Dessalines, the liberator of our country: From March 4th to March 24th, 223 years ago, Dessalines led the Battle of La Crète a Pierrot
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Fanm D Ayiti - Solèy Leve
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Program Title: Ann chanje chemiz pou moun ki swe pou nou - Let's support those who have sacrificed so much for us!
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
"Hard Pitching" for WBAI's current Fund Drive
Interview with Brooklyn UNIA Division 431 President Rodney Dugué about their International Women's Month celebration happening 3pm tomorrow at Bedstuy Restoration Plaza
Song: L'Afrique se reveille - Jean Claude Martineau (Koralen)
Haiti news & news analysis:
-Fritz Jean was inaugurated yesterday as the new revolving provisional president of Haiti
-UNIFA (The Aristide Foundation University) held its 7th graduation ceremony last Sunday
"Hard Pitching" along with Sister Betty for WBAI's current Fund Drive
Dialogue with Sister Betty Davis of WBAI program "What's Happening with Sister Betty" about the March 22nd Ralph Poynter Birthday fundraiser for WBAI and political prisoners Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil el Amin, and Kamau Sadiki
Open lines with our listeners
Elon Musk threatens to have Trump pardon white racist cop Derek Chauvin who murdered George Floyd
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Fanm D Ayiti - Carole Demesmin
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Program Title: "Chodyè prete pa kuit pwa sèch" (You can't fight a war with someone else's weapons)
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Join us in supporting Sister Betty's What's Happening WBAI-Political prisoner fundraiser in honor of Warrior Ralph Poynter
Funeral for Haitian writer, poet, artist Franketienne happened yesterday morning; We read (in Kreyòl) a passage from Franketienne's book "Dezafi"
Song: Flèwonde - Sò Anne
Haiti news & news analysis:
-The US-armed gangs continue to terrorize the poor and the US puppets in "power" continue to talk about constitutional referendum and elections
-Trump wants undocumented immigrants in this country to turn themselves in to ICE, finger print and all so he could throw them out
-Trump proposes a new $5M gold "green card" with a straight path to citizenship for anyone anywhere who wants to come to the USA
-Fireworks at the US Oval Office yesterday between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky: They basically threw him out and told him if he's coming back to come back on his knees
-1.4 million Lebanese (~25% of the country's population) came out for Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah's funeral last Sunday
Song: Bazou - Lataye
Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic celebrated their 181st independence anniversary (From Haiti!) last Thursday; Our message to Dominican President Abinader
Open lines with our listeners
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Papa Bawon
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Program Title: Down with Trump stooge Eric Adams! - Down with Trump's anti Black and anti Brown immigration policies!
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Thank you to listeners who supported the fundraiser for political prisoner Leonard Peltier
Report from today's New York Immigration Coalition protest to oust NYC Mayor Eric Adams
-Sound from the protest
-Of course after so many favors, crooked Brooklyn Haitian-American politician Rodneyse Bichotte would stand with crook Eric Adams
Haiti news & news analysis:
-National Haitian 2025 carnival is cancelled
-Michael Geilenfeld, White American founder of St Joseph's Home for Boys in Haiti is finally convicted for raping those boys in a Florida court
Libations for Haitian author, playwright, artist Franketienne who passed on this past Thursday at 89 years old
Open lines with our listeners
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Loumandja - Zao ak Djakata
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Program Title: Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Report back from last night's Harlem-Palestine Peace Walk for Justice and Liberation
Fundraiser for Leonard Peltier coming home on Tuesday February 18th
Song: Linyon – Steve Brunache
Libations for Freedom Fighter Sam Nujoma
Song: African sunset - Miriam Makeba
Haiti news & news analysis
All out to oust Trump's slave "Mayor" Eric Adams who has sold New York City's Black and Brown immigrant community to Trump
Open lines with our listeners
Our closing remarks and announcements
Appeal for support for Leonard Peltier
Closing song: Yo di m se djab nan peyi a - Azor
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Program Title: We will never forget February 7th, 1986 & February 7th, 1991
Due to techinical problems, only the first 30 minutes of this program was recorded. Our apologies. If someone in our audience has the full recording, we would appreciate it very much if they can share it: Dahoud@wbai.org
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who have supported WBAI; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Our thoughts on February 7th, 1986 & February 7th, 1991
Sound: Short clip of President Jean Bertrand Aristide's Feb. 7th, 1991 inauguration speech
Song: 7 fevrier - Septentrional
Haiti news & news analysis
-UN announces that the Trump administration has asked them to freeze US Kenya "Black Face" occupation monies as of yet unspent
-US Secretary of State "Little Marco" Rubio announces Trump team will continue to support Biden's Kenya "Black Face" occupation of Haiti
-70 new Salvodoran soldiers & 144 new Kenya police have landed to join the "Black Face" occupation
-Killing USAID - Trump & Musk have done the world a service, even if this was not their intention.
Kudos to the folks in the streets all over the US resisting Trump's anti-Black and anti-Brown immigration policies; In NYC, our resistance must start with getting rid of Trump's slave "Mayor" Eric Adams who's in the process of dismantling the sanctuary status of New York City
Open lines with our listeners
Our closing remarks and announcements
Appeal for support for WBAI
Closing song: Operasyon Dechoukaj – Fedia Laguerre
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Program Title: US puppets and an undeclared war against the poor in Haiti
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who helped WBAI surpass our 2024 Winter Fund Drive goal; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Report back and sound from last Tuesday's KOMOKODA protest against Hillary Clinton at the Kaufman Concert Hall in Manhattan
Song: Deportees - Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Trump's executive orders and deportations: Back and forth with Colombia's President Gustavo Petro; Round-ups and deportations of Dominicans from Puerto Rico; Preparations supposedly under way to detain 30,000 immigrants at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba
Haiti news and news analysis:
-Haiti's provisional president Leslie Voltaire travels to the Vatican to kiss the Pope's ring and to France to kiss Emmanuel Macron's behind even after Macron called him and his 8 other co-presidents "cons" (idiots)
-Puppet government announces calendar for referendum for a new constitution and elections
-Another massacre of poor peasants in Haiti this week by the "Viv Ansanm" gang terrorists, this time in Kenskoff
-Jose Marti's 172nd birthday celebrated in Cuba, in New York, around the world and in Haiti this past Wednesday January 28th
Kim Ives and Dan Cohen pen an article attacking activist and former CUNY Professor Danny and in the process attack Jean St Vil (Jafrikayiti) and Dahoud Andre who they call "racialists"
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Gede Mazaka - Kdja Ginen
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Program Title: Struggle is always the order of the day!
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud
We thank the listeners who helped WBAI surpass our 2024 Winter Fund Drive goal; We encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues - Go to https://www.give2wbai.org or send your contribution through the mail:
Pacifica-WBAI
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Joe Biden pardons Marcus Garvey and commutes Leonard Peltier's 2 life sentences
We hear Rev. Lorenzo Sewell's prayer for Trump and Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's admonition to Trump
Our thoughts on Trump's inauguration, his bogus decrees, and what all true progressives should be aiming for: General Amnesty for ALL undocumented immigrants!
Report and sound from KOMOKODA's 1-22-25 protest in front of the Dominican Republic Consulate
Haiti news and news analysis:
-Colombian President Gustavo Petro visits Haiti "for 3 hours"
-UN Security Council meeting on Haiti this past Wednesday
On "Black Agenda" giving a platform to Travis Ross to push the Kim Ives-Dan Cohen-Travis Ross wannabe white savior garbage that the terrorist gangs murdering poor Haitians is actually a new Haitian revolution in progress
Our closing remarks and announcements
Closing song: Peyi pa m - Berthony Pierre Louis