<br><div class="gmail_quote"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 204, 51)">****Please Forward Widely****<br><br><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">All of these events are free and open to the public although donations may be sought at some.</span></span><br>
<br><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="4"><font face="courier new,monospace">In This Email:<br><font color="#990000"><br>1. Jill Stein for Governor! House Party in Savin Hill, Dorchester</font><br clear="all">
</font></font></span></span></span></span><font size="4"><font color="#990000"><font face="courier new,monospace">2. Union Organizing in YOUR Workplace: A Discussion with John Harris<br>3. Coalition to Defend Education Planning October 7th Actions<br>
4. Solidarity Appeals from Pakistan<br>5. Save the Dates: Conference with Cindy Sheehan, Speaker from Ireland, etc.<br><br><font color="#ff0000"><u><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><font size="6">1. Jill Stein on the Ballot! Party in Savin Hill on Saturday, September 4th.<br>
<br></font></font></u><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><font size="6"><font color="#000000"><font size="4">Jill Stein is on the ballot for November's election for Massachusetts Governor! Jill is the only candidate on the ballot against budget cuts, and she also campaigns for green jobs and single-payer health care. Come meet Jill on Saturday, September 4th in the Savin Hill neighborhood of Dorchester. From <u><b>3-6pm on Saturday September 4th</b></u>, there will be a house party with Jill Stein at <b><u>50 Saxton Street, Apartment 3</u></b>. The party will be hosted by union activists and Socialist Alternative members Genevieve Morse and Josh Koritz. Call 716-598-4757 or email <a href="mailto:joshua.koritz@gmail.com" target="_blank">joshua.koritz@gmail.com</a> for more information.<br>
<br><font size="2">See the facebook page for this event here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=150969324917230" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=150969324917230</a></font><br>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(192, 192, 192)"><font size="6">2. Union Organizing in YOUR Workplace: Lessons and Discussion--Thursday, September 9th in Chinatown</font></span><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<br><font size="4">John Harris, veteran activist of many social movements, has recently played a crucial role in a successful nation-wide organizing drive of high tech workers. John is now a negotiator of a bargaining unit represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2222 (IBEW 2222). This union drive is rich with lessons in overcoming obstacles through organization and solidarity in order to better the lives of working people. Come to this discussion in order to learn, share your experiences and prepare to organize! <br>
<br>The meeting will be held beginning at <u><b>6:30pm</b></u> in Chinatown at Encuentro Cinco, the meeting space on the <b><u>fifth floor of 33 Harrison Avenue</u></b>, in the UNITE building. In addition to Socialist Alternative, this event is endorsed by the Boston branch of Solidarity.</font><br>
<br>See the facebook page for this event here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=133640506679856" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=133640506679856</a><br><br><span><span style="background-color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><b><font color="#990000"><font size="6">3. National Day of Action to Defend Public Education: October 7th. Actions Being Planned in Boston!<span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></span></font></font></b><font color="#990000"><font size="6"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color="#000000"><font size="4"><br>October 7th is the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, building off of the momentum from the actions on March 4th of this year and the successful student strike in Puerto Rico. With teachers being blamed for a crisis created by under-funding and privatization, we need to stand united against budget cuts. A group with many organizations represented has formed in Boston to plan as united and big an action as possible on October 7th to defend education.</font></font></span></span></font></font><b><font color="#990000"><font size="6"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></span><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="4"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></span></span></font></font></b><font color="#990000"><font size="6"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="4"><font color="#000000">Students from many universities, teachers, staff and community organizations have participated in the first two meetings to plan October 7th actions. Many events will build up to this day, possibly including a march across the state against budget cuts. The next planning meeting of this group will be held on <b><u>Wednesday, September 15th at 6:30pm</u></b>. The meeting will be at Encuentro Cinco, <u><b>the fifth floor of 33 Harrison Avenue in Chinatown</b></u>. Organizations based in Boston's K-12 public education system have expressed interest in getting further involved, and actions around October 7th have also been called by anti-war organizations and ethnic studies groups. We want to link up all these forces for a big, united demonstration on October 7th. Join us!<br>
<br><u><font color="#ff0000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="6">4. Pakistan: Flood Relief and Strike Solidarity<br><br></font></font></font></u><font color="#ff0000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="6"><font color="#000000"><font size="4">Socialist Alternative stands in solidarity with the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), organizing in over 40 countries. Through the CWI, our sister organization in Pakistan is currently conducting heroic work both in flood relief and to help lead a strike of telecommunications workers. Socialist Movement Pakistan <font color="#cc0000">(<a href="http://socialistpakistan.org" target="_blank">socialistpakistan.org</a>) </font>is involved in the Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan <font color="#990000">(<a href="http://turcp.org" target="_blank">turcp.org</a>) <font color="#000000">and the Progressive Workers' Federation, the union representing over half-a-million workers in Pakistan.<br>
<br>These organizations have set up the Workers' Relief Committee in response to the flood devastation. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></font></font></span></span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As the government response remains inadequate, they are demanding that all aid
should be under the control of accountable representatives of the
workers and poor through committees at all levels while conducting relief themselves. </span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The strike of telecommunications workers involves over 26,000 at a time of very difficult conditions. Messages and donations of solidarity are needed for both the flood relief and the strike. See both <span style="color:rgb(204, 0, 0)"><a href="http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/4463" target="_blank">http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/4463</a></span> and </font><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0)"><a href="http://socialistworld.net/doc/4467" target="_blank">http://socialistworld.net/doc/4467</a></span> for more information about these events in Pakistan.</font> <br>
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<span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 102)"><font size="6"><u><b>5. Save the Dates: Speaker from Ireland in September, Conference with Cindy Sheehan in October</b></u></font></span></span><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></font></font><b><font color="#990000"><font size="6"><span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"></span></span></font></font></b></span></span><br>
<font face="courier new,monospace"><font size="4">In mid-September, Cian Prendiville from the Socialist Party in Limerick, Ireland will be speaking throughout Massachusetts about the economic collapse in Ireland, the class struggle in Europe, the future for young people internationally and the case for socialism. <b>We will post details about Cian's tour on <a href="http://boston.socialistalternative.org" target="_blank">boston.socialistalternative.org</a> when they arise.<br>
<br></b>In early October, in addition to the October 7th actions, there will also be a massive march on Washington for jobs, peace and progress on October 2nd. Socialist Alternative will have a banner and contingent on this historic day. <br>
<br>In mid-October, we will host the 5th annual New England Socialist Conference. This one definitely seems like it will be the best ever, so we'll have a two day event with <b>Cindy Sheehan, Steve Early and a debate with the Tea Party. Again, see boston.socialistalternative.or (which we're going to start using again) for details as they arise.</b><br>
<br><b>Also, we are entering the final days of Socialist Alternative's annual summer appeal: <a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article22.php?id=1392" target="_blank">http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article22.php?id=1392</a></b><br>
</font></font><br>-- <br>-Boston Socialist Alternative <br><a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org" target="_blank">www.socialistalternative.org</a><br>
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