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<DIV id=cover-sheet>I hope you will join us for this exciting event. In the hope
that we will not have to deny anyone who would like to attend, we have added a
low/income/student ticket price. Please consider posting this announcement, and
redistributing it to your own lists. -- David Knuttunen, Boston DSA
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src="cid:image001.gif@01C91F01.4D79DC30" width=48><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place> Jimmy Higgins Committee Presents
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<H1><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Jimmy
Higgins - A Life in the Labor Movement<BR></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">A new play by Harlan Baker, <BR>directed by Christopher
Price<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H1>
<P><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Encuentro 5 (UNITE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">HERE</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, 5TH
floor)</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">33 Harrison
Ave.</FONT></B></STRONG></st1:Street><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">,
<st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></FONT></B></STRONG></st1:address><BR><STRONG><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Saturday, October 4, at 4:00
pm</FONT></B></STRONG></SPAN></B><BR><EM><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Followed by a reception with the
playwright/actor.</FONT></I></EM></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The name
"Jimmy Higgins" has for generations stood for the name of the rank-and-file
union and socialist activist. Harlan Baker's one-man play personifies
Jimmy Higgins, whom he plays himself, and takes us on an engaging and inspiring
tour through the history of the American labor movement. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The play
opens on the eve of the 1960 presidential race. Higgins, a rank and file
union activist is being interviewed by a college student about his life.
He recounts his days as a newspaper boy in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sandusky</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
during the first World War, his meeting with Eugene Debs and other radicals
opposed to American participation in the First World War, his experiences in the
Lafollette campaign for president in 1924 and his experience covering the union
organizing drives of tenant farmers and auto workers in the 1930s. He
populates his account with colorful portrayals of the myriad characters he met
along the way. In the end, we are left with a sense of the grand sweep of
this history, and the character and courage of the many ordinary people who
risked everything to stand up to the powers that be, to win a better life for
themselves and their families.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The play
premiered on April 28th 7:30 pm in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maine</st1:State></st1:place>, where it was sponsored by the Southern
Maine Labor Council, the Maine State Employees Association and The West End
News, and was favorably reviewed in the <A title="Portland Phoenix review"
href="http://thephoenix.com/Portland/Arts/62788-JIMMY-HIGGINS-A-LIFE-IN-THE-LABOR-MOVEMENT/"
target=_blank>Portland Phoenix</A>.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>
performance is sponsored by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. Proceeds from the
show go to support the work of the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City> chapter of Democratic Socialists of
America. Ticket price is $25. (Low income/student rate $15.) Sponsorships,
and program ads are available. For details or to order tickets online,
visit <A
href="http://dsaboston.org/higgins">http://dsaboston.org/higgins</A>. You
may also email <A
href="mailto:webmaster@dsaboston.org">webmaster@dsaboston.org</A> or call (617)
354-5078. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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