<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The Militant Labor Forum presents:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">A Film Showing: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></H1> <H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 48pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Harlan County USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">HARLAN COUNTY, USA documents a strike at the Brookside mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1971 the accident rate at Brookside was three times the national average. There was no safety committee at Brookside. Until the strike began, the
miners belonged to a company union. Wages ranged from $17 to $32 a day, as compared to $45 per day for miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. Medical and retirement benefits were minimal and unreliable. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In June 1973, the miners at Brookside voted to strike for representation by the United Mine Workers. During that 13-month strike they stood up to company thugs, cops and courts. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The showing of this Academy Award-winning documentary will be followed by discussion on the film and the fight for safety and the union today in the coal mines. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <H6><FONT face=Georgia size=7>Friday, August 31</FONT></H6> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">13 Bennington Street, 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Floor, East Boston<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">Suggested</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt">donation: $5 Dinner; $5 Program<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV> <H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face=Georgia> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H5> <H5 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
center" align=center><FONT face=Georgia size=3>Traducción inglés-español / español-inglés</FONT></H5> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>For more information: 617-569-9169 or email </FONT><A href="mailto:bostonmlf@yahoo.com"><FONT size=3>bostonmlf@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Directions: T Blue Line to Maverick Station, bus or walk 5 blocks down Meridian to Bennington at Liberty
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