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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><i><span style="font-family: Albertus;">The Militant Labor
Forum Presents: </span></i></font><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Albertus;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><font size="5">Thomas Sankara: <br>Legacy of a Revolutionary</font><br>
<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Discussion of newly published book of
Sankara’s speeches and video showing about Sankara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.3in;"><font size="3">Thomas Sankara led the revolution
that took place in the West African country Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987.
October 2007 marked the twentieth anniversary of the murder of Thomas Sankara,
who was described by some as Africa’s Che.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.3in;"><font size="3">Under Sankara's leadership, working
people established a popular revolutionary government, which started to fight
the hunger, illiteracy and economic devastation imposed by imperialist
domination. In the collection of speeches and interviews in the newly published
version of <b><i>Thomas Sankara Speaks</i></b>, Sankara explains how during
those years the peasants and workers of Burkina Faso: </font></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3">established
a popular revolutionary government;</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3">started
to fight the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by
imperialist domination;</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="3">and
began to combat the oppression of women inherited from thousands of years
of class society.<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="3"> Their actions set an example not only for the
workers and peasants of Africa but for those of the whole world, then and
now.<span style=""> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="3"> Sankara was assassinated October 15, 1987, in a coup
carried out by the country’s current president, Blaise Compaoré.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Albertus;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Albertus;">Special Offer: $5 discount with admission to the forum on
the new book “Thomas Sankara Speaks” available in English or French.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Friday,
December 14<br>
Dinner at 6:30 * Program at 7:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO">Militant Labor Forum Hall<br></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO">13 Bennington Street, 2nd floor, East Boston, 02128</span><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO">617-569-9169
or email: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO"><a href="mailto:swpboston@verizon.net">bostonmlf@yahoo.com</a><br>
Suggested Donation: $5<span style=""> </span>for dinner, $5
for program <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO">
Traducción inglés-español / español-inglés<span style=""> <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Albertus Medium";" lang="ES-CO"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Visit <b>themilitant.com</b>
and <b>pathfinderpress.com</b> websites <br>
for news, analysis, books, and pamphlets</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">T Blue Line to Maverick Station, bus or walk 5
blocks down Meridian to Bennington at Liberty Plaza</span></div></div><br>
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