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</div><div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Militant Labor
Forum presents:</span></u></i></b></div>
<h1 style="text-align:center;">A Showing of the Film “American Violet”</h1>
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<div class="yiv1975089040ecxmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><i style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#2A2A2A;">American</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#2A2A2A;"> <i style="">Violet</i> is a recent feature-length,
fact-based drama about an innocent Texas mother caught up in a high-profile
drug raid. Arrested and unjustly accused, a young single mother of four living
in a small Texas town, goes against the wishes of her mother, and rejects the
plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but brand her as a felon for life.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040ecxmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#2A2A2A;"><span style=""> </span>As word begins to
spread that similar incidents are occurring in poor communities all across the
country, the young woman realizes that there are more mothers out there like
her, and decides to take a stand. </span></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:white;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Today
97 percent of federal convictions and 94 percent of state convictions are the
result of plea-bargaining. Earlier this year the Supreme Court in a pair of
decisions deepened the denial of jury trials for working people and legitimized
plea-bargaining as the decisive factor in who goes to prison and for how long.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES"><span style=""> </span>In English, with Spanish
subtitles / <i>En inglés, con subtítulos en español</i></span></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;"></span></i></b></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>The film will be followed by a discussion</span></i></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">.<span style=""> </span></span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Friday, July 6, 7:30 PM /<i> Viernes, 6 de </i></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-MX">julio,</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> 7:30 PM</span></i></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;"></span></b></div>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">Militant Labor Forum Hall</span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">13 Bennington Street, 2nd floor,</span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><b>East Boston, MA 02128</b></h3>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">617-569-9169 or email:
bostonmlf@yahoo.com<span style=""> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">Suggested Donation: $5</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><span lang="ES-CO">Traducción al español</span></h4>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">Visit <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.themilitant.com/">themilitant.com</a></b> and <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pathfinderpress.com/">pathfinderpress.com</a> </b>for news,
analysis, books and pamphlets.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1975089040MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family:Arial;" lang="ES-CO">By train, take the blue line to Maverick Station and walk down Meridian
about 5 blocks to Bennington, by Liberty Plaza.</span></div>
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