<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#40007f;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div class="gmail_quote"><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: xx-large; "><span>Resisting the Budget Cuts</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold; ">Defending What's Ours!</span></p></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: large; "><span>Public Meeting<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_5" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">Thursday, December
18th<br>7:00 PM</span><br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_6" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">42 Seaverns Avenue, Jamaica Plain</span></span></span><br><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 19px; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: small; ">Scheduled Speakers:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 19px; "><span style="font-size: small; "></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/12/meaning-of-the-republic-victory"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_7">http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/12/meaning-of-the-republic-victory</span></a></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span
style="font-size: small; ">Nicole Crane </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small; ">of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_8" style="cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; ">Campus Antiwar Network</span> at UMass Boston* </span><br><span style="font-size: small; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_9" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width:
1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">Boston Public Schools</span> and a member of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_10" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">International Socialist Organization</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; ">*groups identified for reference purposes only </span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></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: <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_11" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">617-648-0561</span><br></div><div>Sponsored by the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_12">International Socialist Organization</span>, publishers of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_13" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">Socialist Worker</span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1229633541_14"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.socialistworker.org">www.socialistworker.org</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></span></div><div style="position:fixed"></div></div><br>
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