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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:42.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 30pt; ">Chiapas:
Indigenous</span><span style="color:#333333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 30pt; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 30pt; ">Struggle & Popular
Alternatives to Capitalism</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 30pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:26.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 30pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; ">A
Conversation with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20pt; "> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20pt; ">Jorge Santiago</span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:26.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; font-family: Verdana;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:26.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 33px; "><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande-Bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; ">Thursday,
April 2, 7:00 p.m.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; "> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(52, 30, 13); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Encuentro
5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">33
Harrison Ave, 5</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> floor</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Boston,
MA – Chinatown</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande-Bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">617-482-6300</span></b></span><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">www.encuentro5.org</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(52, 30, 13); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">See attached Flyer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">For more info contact: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Brian @ 617-947-8983 / vinniechops@hotmail.com</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">As
the Wall Street financial crisis sparks urgent discussion of shortcomings in
the US economy, the Mexico-US Solidarity Network invites you to join us in
examining lessons from economic projects in the indigenous communities of
southern Mexico . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Jorge
Santiago is the former Director of Desarrollo Económico y Social de los
Mexicanos Indígenas (DESMI; Indigenous Mexican Social & Economic
Development) where he has worked since the 1970s developing economic
alternatives in over 200 indigenous communities in Chiapas , the southernmost
state of Mexico.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Jorge's
work suddenly gained a high profile after the 1994 Zapatista uprising, an
indigenous movement supported by many of the communities where he worked. DESMI
was founded by Father Samuel Ruiz, former Bishop of the Diocese of San Cristóbal,
and was one of the first NGOs in the state. Jorge is co-author of </span></span><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; "><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/fan_reach/pt?eid=1656055_7218429&url=http://www.libroslatinos.com/cgi-bin/libros/117780"><span style="font-family:Agenda-Medium;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Si Uno Come, Que Coman Todos: Economía Solidaria</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> (If One Eats, May
Everyone Eat: Solidarity Economy; published by DESMI), and has traveled
extensively in Latin America and Europe discussing alternative indigenous
development in Chiapas. He is one of the foremost experts on the struggles
indigenous communities in Chiapas , and is a leader in the “solidarity economy”
movement that advocates an alternative to the neoliberal model of economic
development. He was born in San Cristobal and has lived in Chiapas most of his
life. Jorge will be joined by Stuart Schussler from the Mexico Solidarity
Network and both will discuss:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*
Alternative economic development initiatives in Chiapas indigenous communities,
and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*
The broad historical context of indigenous resistance in Southern Mexico.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Agenda-Medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Fifteen years after the North American Free Trade
Agreement went into effect, Jorge reflects on the alternative economic projects
of indigenous communities that prioritize self-sufficiency, sustainability,
community and human needs. Despite persistent human rights abuses against
indigenous communities, and especially against the Zapatista sympathizers,
these communities have not only sustained themselves but have become an
inspiring example of resistance to the dominant neoliberal model of economic
development and globalization.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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