<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new date: Thursday, March 19. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">no other changes</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">apologies for any inconvenience</span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> tom arabia <tom_arabia@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> boston socialists <bostonsocialists@lists.riseup.net>; act ma
<act-ma@act-ma.org>; amp <ampcollective@googlegroups.com>; northeastsds@lists.riseup.net; oct11boston@googlegroups.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 7, 2009 9:17:39 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> 7PM Thurs: Revolutionary Rehearsal: Portugal 1974-75<br></font><br>
<div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"><div class="event_profile_title" style="margin-left:10px;background-image:url(http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/icons/event.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-color:transparent;padding-left:22px;padding-bottom:15px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(238, 238, 238);color:gray;margin-bottom:10px;background-position:0% 1px;"><h3 style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:2px;font-size:14px;">Revolutionary Rehearsal: Portugal 1974-75</h3>what revolution looks like and how to make it happen</div><div class="event_profile_information" style="padding-top:5px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"><span><span><a
target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55905707225">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55905707225</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height:13px;"><br><br><table class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="label" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;
width:100px;color:gray;">Date:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;">Thursday, March 19, 2009</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">Time:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;">7:00pm - 9:00pm</div></td></tr><tr><td
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padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">Street:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;">42 Seaverns Avenue</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">City/Town:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;
padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;">Jamaica Plain, MA</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;"><div id="global_map_drop_link"><div class="maps_brand" style="float:left;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=42+Seaverns+Avenue%2C+Jamaica+Plain%2C+MA"
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style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">Phone:</td><td class="data" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;">617-970-2701</div></td></tr><tr><td class="label" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;width:100px;color:gray;">Email:</td><td class="data"
style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:11px;line-height:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:0px;"><div class="datawrap" style="width:270px;word-wrap:break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:isoboston@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:isoboston@yahoo.com" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(59, 89, 152);text-decoration:none;">isoboston@yahoo.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div class="UIProfileBox_Container"><div class="UIProfileBox_Box" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><h3 class="UIProfileBox_Header clearfix" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);
background-color:rgb(236, 239, 245);border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(148, 163, 196);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:8px;"><span class="UIProfileBox_Title" style="font-size:11px;float:left;display:block;">Description</span></h3><div class="UIProfileBox_Content" style="padding-top:10px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:8px;"><div class="description UIOneOff_Container" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">In 1974-75 in Portugal, the working class overthrew fascism, broke
down the military, took factories and whole towns from the hands of their bosses and political oppressors, and radically transformed society in the interest of ordinary people. Workers nearly took over the whole country and government in a revolution from below, but were betrayed and beat back in a counter-revolution. <br><br>Nonetheless, from the role of liberation movements against war and soldiers' rebellion, to the role of competing classes, politics and organization in the movement, to the very process of the development of mass revolutionary consciousness and action, this explosion of working class self-empowerment has left us a vast wealth of inspiration and lessons for our work in transforming society today.<br><br>Come to discuss what a revolution in our lifetime (or our parents' lifetime) did look like--and could look like again! Spread the word!<br><br>***Suggested reading*** <br><br>"Portugal 1974-75: Popular Power," Peter
Robinson<br>from REVOLUTIONARY REHEARSALS, ed., Colin Barker <br><br>available to read online at google books<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=m-ekf1g5llUC">http://books.google.com/books?id=m-ekf1g5llUC</a></span><br><br>available for purchase at <a target="_blank" href="http://Haymarketbooks.org">Haymarketbooks.org</a> and also at this meeting.<br><br>sponsored by:<br><a target="_blank" href="http://SocialistWorker.org">SocialistWorker.org</a><br><a target="_blank" href="http://Internationalsocialist.org">Internationalsocialist.org</a></div><div class="description UIOneOff_Container" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><br></div><div class="description UIOneOff_Container"
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