<div class="MsoNormal"><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Please note, forum on Sat. this week, and a special class on Sunday (see note at end).<br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The Militant Labor Forum presents a special forum to benefit the </span></i></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">$100,000 Militant Fund</span></i></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">:</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5">U.S. HANDS OFF <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_0"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1193699497_0">IRAN</span></span>!</font><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.3366in; text-align: left;"><br></div><font size="3">-- Why Working People Should Oppose Sanctions and U.S. Military Threats Against <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_1"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_1">Iran</span></span></font><font size="3"><br>-- What Is the Road Forward for Working People in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_2"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1193699497_2">Iran</span></span></font><br><font size="3"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></i></b></font><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i style=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;">Speaker: Cindy Jaquith<br></span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">staff writer for<i style=""> </i>the<i style=""> Militant </i>newspaper</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 5pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></b></div> <div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""></span><span style=""><font size="1"> </font></span><font size="1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jaquith covered the 1979 revolution that overthrew the U.S.-backed <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat
scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_3"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_3">Shah of Iran</span></span> and also the occupation of the U.S. embassy by Iranian students later that year. She traveled to <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_4"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_4">Iran</span></span> shortly after the overthrow of the Shah to provide eyewitness accounts for the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Militant </i><span style="font-family: arial;">newspaper on the unfolding events.</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2pt; text-align: justify; font-family:
arial;"><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""></span>More recently she has participated as part of teams of volunteers staffing the Pathfinder Press <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_5"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_5">London</span></span> booths at international book fairs in Tehran.</span></font></div> <font size="1"><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font> <div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Washington has enacted new sanctions against Iran. The U.S. rulers are continuing a campaign to pressure other countries to take action against <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_6"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed
rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_6">Iran</span></span> for its nuclear program, to isolate <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_7"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_7">Iran</span></span> politically, and to justify further moves as part of its "war on terror." </span></div> <div class="MsoBodyText3"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Opponents of the U.S. war drive need to expose the rulers' false claim to be for democracy in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_8"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_8">Iran</span></span>. Sanctions and military intervention by Washington are the last thing the Iranian toilers need.</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Come to a discussion of the fight of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_9"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_9">Middle East</span></span> toilers against imperialist oppression and class exploitation and why working people everywhere have a stake in defending Iran’s right to be free of imperialist threats.<br></span>_____________________________________________________________<br></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;" lang="CS">Saturday, November 3<br></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="CS">Dinner: 5:00 pm<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Wingdings;" lang="CS"><span style="">--</span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="CS"><span style=""> </span>Program: 6:00 pm<br></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;">Militant Labor Forum Hall<br></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;">13 Bennington Street, 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor, <br>East Boston</span><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program</span></h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Traducción inglés-español / español-inglés<span style=""> </span><span style=""><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_10"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_10">617-569-9169</span></span> or email: </span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts"
id="lw_1193699344_11">swpboston@verizon.net</span></a></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></div> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-color: windowtext; border-width: 0.5pt medium medium; padding: 1pt 0in 0in; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Cindy Jaquith will also present a class on Sunday, November 4 at noon:</span></i></b></div> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" class="MsoBodyText2">The Struggle for the Emancipation of Women in the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102,
204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_12"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_11">Middle East</span></span>:<br> From the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_13"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_12">Baku</span></span> Congress of 1920 to Today</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">__________________________________________________________</span> </span></div> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T Blue Line to Maverick Station, bus or walk 5 blocks down Meridian to</span> <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);
cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_14"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699497_13">Bennington</span></span> at Liberty Plaza<br><br> <i>Visit <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://themilitant.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_15">themilitant.com</span></a></b> and <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pathfinderpress.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1193699344_16">pathfinderpress.com</span></a></b> websites for news, analysis, books, and pamphlets</i></span><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></i><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com