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style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Antiwar Dinner and
Fundraiser for the <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Friday, September 21<sup>st</sup>,
7:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, 5<sup>th</sup> Floor<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
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style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma;">(Chinatown stop on the <st1:place
w:st="on">Orange</st1:place>
line or Boylston stop on the Green line)</span></font></b><font
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Who are they kidding?
Everyone in <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> is blaming
someone else for the debacle in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Bush and the Republicans blame “terrorists and extremists” (al
Qaeda). The Democrats blame the Republicans even though they are in the
majority. In fact, we have been lied to. Millions of Iraqis just don’t
want their country to be a client state taking orders from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>,
pure and simple. This is the
root cause of their debacle which can only be resolved with the
immediate
withdrawal of all occupation forces. This war has nothing to do with
defending
our safety or security or “spreading democracy”. The war makers in <st1:State
w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> are on a campaign to privatize the
oil
resources of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>
and
dominate the politics of the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN">There is a
growing awareness throughout the country that if
we wait for the politicians, the war and occupation will never end.
Funding the
war is killing the troops and Iraqi people. A vote of 50% plus one in
just one
branch of Congress could end funding for the occupation and force the
evacuation of all <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
forces. <b><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">They</span></u></b>
want to
continue this war and over time <b><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">We</span></u></b>
can force it to end if all of us who oppose it take united mass action.
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">This is
their war, not ours! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN">As students, so
many of us face the prospect of dead end
“McJobs” when we graduate. We are conditioned to feel a sense of
powerlessness in the face of the real problems that exist in the real
world.
The mercenary values promoted by all the leading social institutions
teach us
to “get ahead” and “look out for number one”. For
college students facing a lifetime of college debt, ROTC is offered as
a
"cost-free" alternative. For high school students, the military is
offered as a career option for “serving the country”. With the
realization that Congress will act to continue the war, the time for us
to act
is NOW! Grassroots strategies are being discussed to bring students out
of
their classes and into the streets this Fall. We are making a
difference!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Working people have
nothing to gain and everything to lose
from the war. Our taxes pay for every bloody crime committed. It is our
sisters
and brothers, and our sons and daughters that die and are injured in
their
scheme of domination. We are expected to spill the blood of other
working
people who have done us no harm. We are expected to bear the mass
lay-offs, shredding of our democratic rights, and violations of our
privacy and
dignity. We are expected to bear our share of “sacrifice” –
which is usually the entire weight. We are expected to sit down, shut
up and be
obedient. <em><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We
are
NOT expected to understand that we as workers are the overwhelming
majority and
that if we unite we have the power to stop the war and massively shift
the
political agenda in this country to serve our needs and interests.</span></font></i></em><em><i><font
face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Please join us for dinner
where we can relax and discuss the
October 26<sup>th</sup> Sickout/Walkout and other upcoming activities
for the
Fall. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Suggested Donation:
$10.00 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.boston.sowoco.org/">www.boston.sowoco.org</a>
</span></font><b><font face="MgOpenCosmetica-Bold"><span
style="font-family: MgOpenCosmetica-Bold; font-weight: bold;">617-482-3090</span></font></b><font
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: MgOpenCosmetica-Bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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