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Militant Labor Forum presents:</span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div>
<div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size: 4pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 127, 127);font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;"><span style="text-align:center;">French Troops </span><span> Battle<span style="text-align:center;"> in </span> Mali</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;">
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 127, 127);">What does it mean for working people <br>
in the US
and around the world?</span></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: center; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;">Last month </span> France<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;">
sent 3,500 troops to its former colony </span> Mali in Africa<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"> to drive Al Qaeda affiliated
Islamist forces out of that country.</span><br></div><div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: center; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';">
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Come to a discussion about:</span></div>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc">
<li class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How
the current crisis is an unintended consequence of the imperialist-backed
overthrow of the Moammar Gadhafi regime in Libya .</span></li>
<li class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
world financial crisis and French, US, and Chinese competition for African
markets.</span></li>
<li class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
role of imperialism in the underdevelopment of Africa .</span></li>
<li class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
lessons of Thomas Sankara and the Burkino Faso Revolution of 1983-1987.</span></li>
</ul></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:27px;">Friday, February 15, 7:30 p.m. </span><br></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;" align="center"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial;">Militant
Labor Forum Hall<span style=""> </span></span><i style=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></i><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;" align="center">
</div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">13 Bennington St., 2nd floor East Boston 617-569-9169</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span></b></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">Suggested donation $5 </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">▪</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;"> Donaci</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">ó</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">n sugerida $5</span></b></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_211"><br></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traducción al
español</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Come early and browse in the bookstore.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Read <b style="">The Militant</b> newsweekly online at:
www.TheMilitant.com and find Pathfinder Books at www.Pathfinderpress.com</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">T
Blue Line to Maverick Station, bus or walk five blocks down Meridian to
Bennington at Liberty Plaza traffic circle</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;">_________________________________________</div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><b style=""><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-MX">Foro Militante presenta: </span></i></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal;"
class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_244"><div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size:24px;">Tropas Francesas en Malí</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 4pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 127);font-size:24px;">¿Qué significa para la
clase trabajadora <br>
en los Estados Unidos y alrededor del
mundo?</span><span style="font-size:15pt;"></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;"><span lang="ES-MX">El mes pasado Francia envió
3.500 tropas a su ex colonia Malí para empujar fuera del país fuerzas
islamistas que simpatizan con Al Qaeda.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:justify;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:4pt;"><br>
</span><span lang="ES-MX">Llega
a una discusión acerca de:</span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="ES-MX">¿Cómo la crisis
actual es una consecuencia no deseada del derrocamiento apoyado por los
imperialistas del régimen de Moammar Gadhafi en Libia.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><span lang="ES-MX">La crisis financiera mundial y la competencia
francesa, Estados Unidos y China para los mercados africanos.</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><span lang="ES-MX">El papel del imperialismo en el subdesarrollo de
África.</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1667116784MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-left:0.5in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><span lang="ES-MX">Las lecciones de Thomas Sankara y la revolución de
Burkina Faso de 1983-1987</span>.<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></b></div></div><div style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-align: center;">
</div><div style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;" class="yiv1667116784DefaultText"><br></div><div class="yiv1667116784span5" style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv1667116784microsoft_translation_result" lang="es-x-mtfrom-en"><div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(255, 0, 127);"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">
</span></span><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:24px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Viernes, 15 de febrero, 7:30 p.m.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:32px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_297"><i style=""><br></i></span></b></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24px;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_297"><i><br></i></span></b></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24px;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_297"><i>Local del Foro Militante</i></span></b><br></div><span style="font-size:x-large;">
</span><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_305"><span style="font-size:x-large;">13 Bennington St., 2nd floor East Boston</span><span style="font-size:32px;"> </span></span></b><b style="font-size:32px;"><span class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_305"><span> </span></span></b></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span><span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_305"><br></span></b></span></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span><span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">617-569-9169</span></b></span></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><b
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<div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="yiv1667116784yui_3_7_2_18_1360418989879_329"><br></span></i></span></div><div class="yiv1667116784DefaultText" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24px;">Traducción al
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