<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div id="yiv1821264293"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">The Militant Labor
Forum presents:</span><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv1821264293"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv1821264293"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:24pt;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;"><br></span></u></i></b><div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:28pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">The
Class Struggle in Israel, Palestine,<br>and the Middle East Today</span><br>
<div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans"><b><i><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Arial;">La</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">lucha</span>
<span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">de</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">clases</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">en</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">Israel,</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">Palestina,</span></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span><span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">y</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">el</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">Oriente</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">Medio</span> <span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans">hoy<br></span></span></i></b><div style="text-align:left;"><b><br></b>
<div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>In
August, social protests in Israel involving both Jews and Arabs over rising
housing costs and declining living standards dealt a blow to the false notion
that class divisions and popular struggle against the country’s capitalist
government are precluded because there is supposedly no basis in Israel for
common struggle by working people from the Jewish majority and the oppressed
Palestinian people.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Why the events in Israel are an affirmation of the power of
the struggle for a democratic secular Palestine.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;">How the toppling of regimes in North Africa from Tunisia to
Egypt, ongoing struggles from Syria to Bahrain, and the mass protests inside
Israel involving Jews and Arabs have opened space for working people to
organize and fight for their interests. What is being prepared in the region is
not “peace,” but sharpening class struggle.</span></div><div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;"><font style="font-weight:bold;" size="6">Friday, October 14, 7:30 PM</font></span></div><div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;"><font style="font-weight:bold;" size="6">Militant Labor Forum Hall</font></span></div><div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;"><font style="font-weight:bold;" size="6">13 Bennington Street, 2nd Floor,</font></span></div><div class="yiv1821264293MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><font style="font-weight:bold;" size="6">East Boston, MA 02128</font><br></span></div><div
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<font size="6"><i style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></i></font><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">617-569-9169 or email: bostonmlf@yahoo.com</span><br><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">Visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.themilitant.com"><b>themilitant.com</b></a>
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<div class="yiv1821264293MsoBodyText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><font size="3"><i><span style="color:black;">By train, take the Blue Line to Maverick Station and walk
down Meridian about 5 blocks to Bennington, </span></i></font></div><font size="3">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">at the Liberty Plaza</span></i></font><br></div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"></span></i><br><b><i><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><span class="yiv1821264293wordtotrans"></span></span></i></b></div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>