<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><strong>Global Revolution<br><em>What It Is and Why It's Necessary<br></em></strong><br>Thursday<br>March 22, 7pm<br>Haymarket People's Fund<br>42 Seaverns Avenue<br>Jamaica Plain</div><div> </div><div>RSVP on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/172909459493528/">https://www.facebook.com/events/172909459493528/</a></div><div> </div><div>A new generation is calling out a system of power and privilege for<br>the few, uncertainty and hardship for the many. Revolutions in Tunisia<br>and Egypt, general strikes in Greece, and occupations on Wall Street<br>and across the United States are just a few examples from the past<br>year illustrating that the global capitalist crisis is not going to be<br>solved by gutting working people's living standards—not without<br>provoking a diverse, widespread, and
determined struggle against it.<br><br>Leon Trotsky called a revolution "the forcible entrance of the masses<br>into the realm of rulership over their own destiny." This is what<br>socialists mean when we talk about revolution. Today a small number of<br>rulers make the important decisions, and the rest of us have to abide<br>by them or organize ourselves in opposition. But why should decisions<br>be left in the hands of the 1%? Isn't it fundamental to the idea of a<br>free society that big decisions shouldn't be in the hands of the few,<br>but should be the purview of the entire society? Shouldn't Chinese<br>workers have a say in whether they live in cramped dormitories,<br>working 16-hour shifts assembling iPads? Shouldn't Greek workers have<br>a say in whether they have access to a job or their living standards<br>are cut by 25%?<br><br>What if we had a society "in which the free development of each is the<br>condition for the free development of
all"? How could we achieve that?<br>This talk will lay out what we mean by revolution and argue that such<br>a thing is possible, but only if we set our sights high.<br><br>Take the Orange Line to Green St.<br>Reply to this e-mail for more information or for childcare assistance<br>Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization •<br><a href="http://bostonsocialism.org/" target="_blank"><span id="lw_1331735936_0" class="yshortcuts">bostonsocialism.org</span></a> •<a href="http://socialistworker.org/" target="_blank"><span id="lw_1331735936_1" class="yshortcuts">socialistworker.org</span></a><br></div></div></body></html>