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<P><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000>The Militant Labor Forum presents --</FONT></EM></P>
<P align=center></STRONG></SPAN></FONT><STRONG><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_15>Colombia</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><FONT color=#7f007f size=6> </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=5>and the Debate on Revolutionary Strategy: Lessons for Today</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'">
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">A wide-ranging debate opened up after the release of prisoners held by the <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_16 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">FARC</SPAN></SPAN>. <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_17>Fidel Castro</SPAN></SPAN> explained the different view Cuba's <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_18>revolutionary movement</SPAN></SPAN> holds on questions such as hostage taking and on the necessity to fight for power, in contrast to a strategy of prolonged <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_19>guerrilla warfare</SPAN></SPAN> over decades. Join a discussion on the lessons of the <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_20>Cuban
revolution</SPAN></SPAN> and their relevance today in Colombia and elsewhere in <SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_21>Latin America</SPAN></SPAN> -- from <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_22>Bolivia</SPAN> to <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_23 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Venezuela</SPAN> -- where a growing number of workers and peasants are organizing resistance to the policies of capitalist austerity. </FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN>
<P class=EC_MsoHeading9 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=5>Speaker:<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_24 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Laura Garza</SPAN>, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">activist in defense of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_25>Cuban <BR>revolution</SPAN>, representative <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_26 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Socialist Workers Party</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_27 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3</SPAN> </SPAN></B></P>
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<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO>Militant Labor Forum Hall • 13 Bennington Street, 2nd floor, East Boston, MA 02128</SPAN></H2>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"> By train, take the blue line to Maverick Station and walk down <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_33>Meridian</SPAN> about 5 blocks to Bennington, at the Liberty Plaza intersection</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'"> </SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><SPAN class=EC_yshortcuts><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'">
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Colombia</SPAN></B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 17.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'"> y el debate sobre la estrategia revolucionaria: Lecciones para hoy</SPAN></B></SPAN>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Un amplio debate abrió después de la liberación de <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_34 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">los prisioneros</SPAN> de las FARC. <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_35>Fidel Castro explicó el punto de vista diferente del movimiento revolucionario</SPAN> de <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_36>Cuba</SPAN> sobre cuestiones como la toma de rehenes y sobre la necesidad de luchar por el poder, en contraste con una estrategia de la prolongada guerra de guerrillas durante décadas. Únete a un debate sobre las lecciones de la revolución cubana y su importancia hoy en día en Colombia y en otros lugares de América Latina - desde Bolivia a Venezuela - donde un número creciente de los trabajadores y los campesinos están organizando <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1222825432_37 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM:
#0066cc 1px dashed">la resistencia</SPAN> a las políticas de austeridad capitalista. </FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">
<P class=EC_MsoHeading9 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=5>Oradora:<SPAN> </SPAN>Laura Garza, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">activista en defensa de la <BR>revolución Cubana, y representante del Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoHeading9 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Extra Bold'">VIERNES, el 3 de OCTUBRE</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=EC_MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">Programa: 7:30 p.m., Cena: 6:30 p.m.</SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">
<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO>El local del Militant Labor Forum </SPAN></H2>
<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO>13 Bennington Street, 2do piso, East Boston, MA 02128</SPAN></H2>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">617-569-9169 o email: </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><A href="mailto:swpboston@verizon.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:swpboston@verizon.net"><FONT color=#0000ff>bostonmlf@yahoo.com</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">Donación sugerida -- Programa: $5 </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">• </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Cena $5 </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><FONT size=3>(cena solamente el 3 de octubre)</FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> • </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Traducción al español<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">Visite <B>themilitant.com</B> y <B>pathfinderpress.com --</B> sitios del web para noticias, análisis, libros, y folletos</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoHeader style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN lang=ES-CO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Albertus Medium'">Tome Tren Azúl a Estación Maverick, tome bus o camine 5 cuadras sobre<SPAN> </SPAN>Meridian a Bennington hacia Plaza Libert</SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></div><br>
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