<div class="gmail_quote">Hey folks,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>I'm sure you've heard of the UE workers in Chicago who took over their factory and forced Bank of America to pay them the wages they were owed. It is an incredibly inspiring victory for working people in the US and around the world. <br>
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<br>This Thursday the northeast regional president of their union will speak on a panel in JP about their struggle along with an MAHT housing rights organizer and a UMass Boston Antiwar Coalition member. We're trying to pull together activists and organizations from various sectors that are being affected by the economic crisis to strategize and build solidarity against the cuts with the UE workers in Chicago as an inspiration for how to fight back. <br>
Hope to see you there!<br>
<br></div><div><div>Cheers,<br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Becca Bor</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beccabor@gmail.com" target="_blank">beccabor@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:21 PM<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: 'arial black',sans-serif;">Resisting the Budget Cuts</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'arial black'; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold;">Defending What's Ours!</span></p></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'arial black',sans-serif;">Public Meeting<br>
Thursday, December 18th<br>7:00 PM<br>42 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain</span></span><br>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Join
us as we bring together local activists who are fighting against the attack on local
and state budget cuts. As the economy continues to spiral out of control and
billions go to bailing out banks and corporations and funding never ending wars
and occupations overseas, ordinary people are left to carry the burden. Workers are tossed aside as factories close, while banks hoard bail-out tax dollars. Escalating
costs and declining enrollment are the excuses used to close public schools in
neighborhoods where classrooms are already overcrowded and teachers are over
worked. Millions are being evicted from their homes. Funding is being denied to
college institutions and students. Whether it's healthcare, tuition hikes,
housing, education, and public services people in this state are being forced to do more with
less. Come to this community meeting to discuss the impact of these cutbacks,
the cause, and strategies for organizing a fight back.</span><br></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Scheduled Speakers:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Peter Knowlton <span style="font-weight: normal;">is the Northeast Regional President of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE).* In Chicago, UE Local 1110 just occupied the Republic window factory for 6 days in what has become a shining victory and rallying point for national and international labor solidarity. <br>
<a href="http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/12/meaning-of-the-republic-victory" target="_blank">http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/12/meaning-of-the-republic-victory</a></span></span></b></span></p>
<p><span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Alex Papali</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> of
the Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants* (MAHT) <br></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Nicole Crane </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">of
the Campus Antiwar Network at UMass Boston* </span><br><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span><b><span style="font-size: 13px;">Becca Bor</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> is a
teacher in the Boston Public Schools and a member of the International Socialist
Organization</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">*groups identified for
reference purposes only </span><br></p>
<p></p>Transportation: orange Line to Green St., left out of the station, up Green St., left onto Alfred St., Right on Seaverns or from Centre Street, Seaverns is on your left.<br><br><div>For more information contact: 617-648-0561<br>
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