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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.
Episodes
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Today is Oct. 28th International Kreyòl Day; The people of Kenya have nothing to do with one Black US puppet getting paid to prop up another Black US puppet ...
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
On the US-UN "Black face" Kenya & CARICOM invasion and occupation of Haiti
Song #2: Monte larivyè - Kali
On International Kreyòl Day
Sound #3: Interview with Dr. Lily Cerat of the Haitian Studies Institute and Espas Kreyòl on activites happening at Brooklyn College and Medgar Evers College to celebrate International Kreyòl Day; This year's event is honoring writer and poet Jean Claude Martineau
Comedy piece from St Lucia on family who leave our countries to go overseas and the immediately pretend to forget their native tongues
Interview with Brother Karanja Gacuca from Kenya about situation in Kenya and Kenyan President William Ruto's decision to head a US-UN occupation force in Haiti
Our closing remarks
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 - Call 212-209-2950 or click https://www.give2wbai.org
Closing song #5: Se Kreyòl nou ye - Boukman Eksperyans
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Haitian community protest at the NYC Kenya consulate; Ngugi Wa Thiongo on Kenyan puppets and Haiti; Updates on the Canal and the latest UNSC report on Haiti ...
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
On the US-UN "Black face" Kenya & CARICOM invasion and occupation of Haiti
Sound #2: Kenyan writer and playwright Ngugi Wa Thiongo's denunciation of Kenyan President William Ruto's treachery
Sound #3: Sound from yesterday's KOMOKODA protest at the NYC Kenyan consulate
Developments on the Massacre River canal and the UN panel of "experts" report on Haiti dated Sept 15th, 2023 but which just came out Thursday
Song #4: Rezistans - Kiki Wainwright
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 - Call 212-209-2950 or click https://www.give2wbai.org
Mamyrah interview with Jovan Julien on the StopCopCity movement and community organizing in Atlanta
Our closing remarks
Announcements
Closing song #5: Mwen pa ka lage w - Emeline Michel
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Haitian community memorial and march to remember Trujillo's 40,000 victims: A senseless genocide by Israel and the US; Updates on the Canal and the US's Kenya invasion occupation project ...
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
Memorial and march on Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn to mark 86 years since the 1937 Dominican Republic president Rafael Leonidas Trujillo massacre of 40,000 Haitians
Sound #2 - Kreyòl language testimony of 3 elders who lived through the massachre; Sound from the March
Strength, Courage, and Love to our Palestinian Brothers and Sisters fighting hard for their freedom from their Haitian Sisters and Brothers
Song #3: War - Bob Marley
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 https://www.give2wbai.org
Developments on the canal and the US's Kenya invasion and occupation project
Sound #4: Se bon - Martha Jean Claude
Open Lines with our listeners
Announcements
Closing song: Yo di m se djab nan peyi a - Azor
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Haitian community protest at Kenya Consulate: Kenya Shame on you, William Ruto is still a slave!; Memorial in Brooklyn tomorrow to mark 86 years since Trujillo's massacre of Haitians...
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
Sound #2 - Sound from yesterday's protest outside the Consulate of Kenya in NYC to denounce their treachery against the people of Haiti
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 https://www.give2wbai.org
Song #3: Fèy O di nou - Desandan
We discuss the UN Security Council vote against the people of Haiti and we denounce all 15 UNSC countries who voted to allow the US to have its way
Strength, Courage, and Love to our Palestinian Brothers and Sisters fighting hard for their freedom
Sound #4: Lakou Lakay - Solèy Leve
This week marks 86 years since the 1937 Dominican Republic president Rafael Leonidas Trujillo massacre of 20,000 to 40,000 Haitians
Open Lines with our listeners
Announcements
Closing song: Milwisankat - Awozam
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Haitian community protest sounds; Kenya is a US-Western Puppet; 32 years since US coup against President Aristide; 86 years since Trujillo's massacre...
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Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
Sound #2 - Sound from 9/18/23 protest against Dominican Republic president Luis Abinader at Columbia University
We thank the listeners who have supported and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues https://www.give2wbai.org
Sound #3 - Sound from 9/22/23 protest against Haiti US puppet prime minister Ariel Henry at the UN
On Kenya agreeing to lead a US sponsored invasion and occupation of Haiti for $100 million and a 5 year defense package; And an update on the movement of the Maribawou peasants to finish the Massacre River canal so they can irrigate their farms
Sound #4: Tèt ansanm leve pye w pi wo - Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen
Today is 32 years since the US sponsored coup d'etat against Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide
The coming first week of October will mark 86 years since the 1937 Dominican Republic president Rafael Leonidas Trujillo massacre of 20,000 to 40,000 Haitians
Announcements
Closing song: Libète - Sò Anne
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Black puppets of empire getting paid to invade and occupy Haiti and they try to pass it off as pan-African solidarity
Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro with Dahoud and Mamyrah
We thank the listeners who have supported and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues https://www.give2wbai.org; Today, we have a $500 matching fund; Pitching to get our listeners to match it
Sovè - Ferere Laguerre and Choeur Simidor
On Kenya and CARICOM and an update on the movement of the Maribawou peasants to finish the Massacre River canal so they can irrigate their farms
Pitching to reach our $500 match
Song #2: Na sispann pèdi - Manno Chalmay
Today is 10 years since the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court denationalized hundreds of thousands or maybe even millions of Dominicans of Haitian descent
Announcements
Closing song: Konviksyon - Regleman Afè Popilè
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Special program on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crisis with our co-host Mamyrah Douger-Prosper
Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro
We thank the listeners who have supported and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues https://www.give2wbai.org; Today, we have a $500 matching fund; Pitching to get our listeners to match it
Sound from protest on the Haitian side of the border against racist Dominican President Luis Abinader and against Haitian puppet government of Ariel Henry
Pitching to reach our $500 match
Some background to the current crisis and international efforts to push Haiti into a cheap labor haven through Reagan's Caribbean Basin Initiative, Clinton's FTAA, and again the Clinton-UN Collier Plan for Economic Development with Mamyrah and Dahoud
Announcements
Closing song: Ayiti Demen by Solèy Leve
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Program Title: Standing strong for Haiti!
Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro
We thank the listeners who donated last week and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues
https://www.give2wbai.org;
Song #2: Lakay - Eddy François
Report back from 9/6/23 protest by the Ad Hoc Committee for the Hillary Out of Columbia Coalition at Columbia University to denounce the school's appointment of Hillary Clinton as a professor there
Sound #3: Sound from the protest
Interview with Harper of the Columbia Chapter of the Revolutionary Marxist Students, a member of the Coalition on their participation of the protest
Song #4: Ki sa w fè ou yo - Lataye
Report from KOMOKODA US/UN protest against the US plan to send Kenyan troops to invade and occupy Haiti
Sound #5: Sound from the protest
Closing remarks
Closing song #5: Yayaounde - Sò Anne
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Program Title: The Haitian people will never renounce our ancestors
Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro
We thank the listeners who donated last week and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues
https://www.give2wbai.org;
Song #2: Seremoni Bwa Kayiman - Boukman Eksperyans
All Honor and Praises to our ancestors who plotted, fought, and delivered us from bondage and domination
Sound #3: Boukman nan Bwa Kayiman - Azor
Interview with Ingrid Luciano on the 2023 Santo Domingo International book fair boycott
Closing remarks
Closing song #5: Gwo wòch - Wawa
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Program Title: Why we embrace Jean-Jacques Dessalines as our Father
Theme Song: Batay la fèk Kòmanse by Berthony Pierre-Louis
Intro
Today, we have "Petro" Haitian music
Report back from Tuesday night's celebration of Dessalines' birthday
Report back from yesterday's protest at Citigroup headquarters in Manhattan to mark 108 years since the first US occupation of Haiti
We pour libations to the memory of our brother Lionel Philippe Auguste who passed away; Strength, Courage, and Love to his family and friends
We thank the listeners who donated last week and encourage our listeners to continue support WBAI and to support on behalf of our program Haiti: Our Revolution Continues
https://www.give2wbai.org;
Sound #2 - Sounds from the protest
Announcements
Sound #3 Seremoni Petwo
Reflections on Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines; History is about the present and the future, not the past
Sound #4 Janpetro - Super Jazz des Jeunes
Closing remarks
Closing song #5: Bosou, Lennmi bare mwen - Kouzen Dantò