<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#248000" style="font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(36, 128, 0); "><b>************************************************</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#270cff" style="font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(39, 12, 255); "><b>"THE IMPACTS OF THE IRAQ WAR" - NOAM CHOMSKY SPEAKS</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">a <b>BIKES NOT BOMBS</b> presentation</font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Thursday December 13th</font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">6:30pm</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">At the Pleasant Street Congregational Church</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">75 Pleasant Street, Arlington, MA 02476</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">(One block west of Mass Ave, in Arlington Center. Ten minutes by bus from the Alewife T station. Two blocks off the Minuteman Bike Path)</font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">For full info, and to buy tickets online, see <a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/chomsky07"><font color="#250af4" style="color: rgb(37, 10, 244); "><u>http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/chomsky07</u></font></a></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">You can also contact Bikes Not Bombs at 617-522-0222 or <a href="mailto:mail@bikesnotbombs.org">mail@bikesnotbombs.org</a></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Noam Chomsky has been a Bikes Not Bombs donor and member for more than 12 years, and he will be donating his time to speak as a benefit for BNB on December 13th. As the war stretches on in Iraq and threatens to spread into unending war for the US in more countries, this is an important time to hear from Professor Chomsky on the political, social and economic consequences of the current war, including the growing threat of war with Iran. Thus we can deepen our understanding of the workings of power and consider how we can best work towards lasting peace and social justice.</font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Doors open at 6:30pm. Noam Chomsky will be speaking first, followed by a question and answer period. Next will be a slideshow by Carl Kurz, founder of Bikes Not Bombs, giving a history of BNB's beginnings in war-torn Nicaragua, and an updated overview of BNB's international and youth work today. A brass choir (including BNB members) will be opening and closing the event with brief performances of shape-note and Croatian harmonies, played on tuba, trombones, french horn, and trumpet.</font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">"Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today," wrote Paul Robinson in the New York Times Book Review. Chomsky, a 79 year-old professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the most widely known critic of American foreign policy, especially as it affects ordinary citizens of Third World nations. For more information on Noam Chomsky's work, books, articles, etc see <a href="http://www.chomsky.info/"><font color="#1907f1" style="color: rgb(25, 7, 241); "><u>www.chomsky.info</u></font></a>. For more information on this event with Bikes Not Bombs and to purchase advance tickets, see <a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/chomsky07"><font color="#250af4" style="color: rgb(37, 10, 244); "><u>http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/chomsky07</u></font></a></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">DIRECTIONS:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">* The Minuteman Bike Path crosses the intersection of Mass Ave and Pleasant Street (about a block from the church). This is about a 10 minute ride on the path going north from Alewife T station. We are bringing racks so you can lock up your bike on the lawn of the church.</font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">* Buses from the Alewife T station are a 10 minute ride and let you out 2 blocks from the church. (From Alewife take either the #79 "Arlington Hts Mass Ave" or the #67 "Turkey Hill Via Arlington Ctr") Use the MBTA Trip Planner: <a href="http://mbta.com/rider_tools/trip_planner/"><font color="#250af4" style="color: rgb(37, 10, 244); "><u>http://mbta.com/rider_tools/trip_planner/</u></font></a></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">* By Commuter Rail, get off at Porter Square in Cambridge and catch a bus directly to Arlington Center (we suggest the #77 "Arlington Hts Mass Ave"). Use the MBTA Trip Planner: <a href="http://mbta.com/rider_tools/trip_planner/"><font color="#250af4" style="color: rgb(37, 10, 244); "><u>http://mbta.com/rider_tools/trip_planner/</u></font></a></font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">* Driving directions are very simple: traveling north on Massachusetts Avenue, turn left on Pleasant Street at the main intersection of Arlington Center, and the church is on your right in the second block. Unrestricted parking is available on Pleasant Street after 6pm. There is also a city lot in Arlington Center which will be free for parking after 6pm. (Driving north on Mass Ave, go through the lights at the intersection with Pleasant St, then take your first right to get to the parking lot. 2.5 blocks from the event!)</font></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#248000" style="font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(36, 128, 0); "><b>************************************************</b></font></p>
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