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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Students Against Occupation</span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">@
UMass Boston say:</span></b></span></font></p>
<h3><b><font size="5" face="Arial Black"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: "Arial Black";">Protest John Kerry at UMass Boston Commencement!</span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Show the school that we don't want John Kerry speaking at OUR
graduation!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5"><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">3PM, Friday, May 29, 2009</span></font></b></font></p>
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Center front lawn, UMass Boston</span></font></b></font></p>
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Morrissey Boulevard</span></font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">Planning Mtng: </span><font style="font-style: italic;" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Saturday, May 9th at 2pm, Campus Center</span></font><br><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"></span></font></b><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="cid:1.4220755709@web65405.mail.ac4.yahoo.com" align="left" width="200" height="290" hspace="12"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">John Kerry was selected by Chancellor Motley as
the keynote speaker at Commencement 2009. In the University's newspaper
"The University Reporter", the Chancellor hailed Kerry as
representing the values of our university. He also praised Kerry's supposed
commitment to the poor and to the Middle East
peace process. <br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Kerry is speaking at AIPAC on May 5th, strongly backed
Israel 's construction of a 425-mile-long barrier
between Israel and the
Palestinian territories (calling it a security fence), and embraces a
"special relationship" between Israel
and the US,
among other problematic practices. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goYpXaJ5UaOiAK5F7fEh2iTLd3Kw">Upon his visit to the war ravaged Gaza strip, Kerry responded to Palestinian Lawyer </a></font><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goYpXaJ5UaOiAK5F7fEh2iTLd3Kw"><font size="3"><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Span1">Shaarhabel Alzeem's modest plea for the Palestinians to be allowed to live "respectable lives" by </span></font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goYpXaJ5UaOiAK5F7fEh2iTLd3Kw">defending Israel's slaughter, and saying it is the Palestinians who are are to blame</a>. Kerry also is an avid supporter of the escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, insisting comparison to Vietnam is flawed because Afghans represent a "real threat" to the US.<br>
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Come protest to show the Chancellor that deserve a say in who speaks at our
graduation and that we do NOT want a man who supported continuing occupation at
out school!<br>
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While the details are not exactly set in stone yet, we will be organizing a
large-scale protest of Kerry and his speech. We hope to include graduates,
parents and the greater Boston
community in our demonstration. Check</font></p>
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A planning meeting is scheduled for Saturday May 9th at 2pm. We are meeting in
the front entrance to the Campus Center
at UMass Boston. Please come with your ideas and enthusiasm!</span></font></p>
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