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<h3 align="center"> <font color="#000080">Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 7:30 PM</font></h3>
<h3 align="center"> <font color="#000080"><b>Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, NYC</b></font></h3>
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Join with Organizers from the Brecht Forum, the Left Forum, and the
US Social Forum to discuss: <br>
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<h3 align="center"> <font color="#000080" size="4"><b>How Does the US Social Forum Contribute to
Building a New Progressive Movement in the US?</b></font></h3>
<h3 align="center"> <font color="#000080" size="4"><b>And What is the Relation of Other Forums to
This Process?</b></font></h3>
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Speakers:</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Seth Adler</b>, Left Forum Conference Coordinator</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Sam Anderson</b>, Black Left Unity Network, Brecht
Forum Board of Directors </font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Kazembe Balagun</b>, Brecht Forum Outreach
Coordinator</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Rod Bush</b>, Sociology and Anthropology, St. John's
University, Left Forum Board of Directors</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Jerry Jeremie</b>, St. Johns University alumnae<br>
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<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Alfredo Lopez</b>, may first/people link, U.S. Social
Forum National Planning Committee<br>
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<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Liz Mestres</b>, Brecht Forum Director</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Frances Fox Piven</b>, Political Science, CUNY
Graduate Center, Left Forum Board of Directors</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Maliha Safri</b>, Associate Editor, Rethinking
Marxism, Brecht Forum Board of Directors</font></p>
<p> <font color="#000080"><b>Max Uhlenbeck</b>, Brecht Forum Development
Coordinator, Left Turn<br>
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<p><font color="#000080">Moderated
by <b>Lorraine Minnite</b>, Left Forum Board of Directors</font></p>
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Speakers will draw on their experiences at the US Social Forum in
Detroit to reflect on how the Forum contributes to its stated goal — to
advance a convergence of fragmented social movements into a strong and
effective force for a better world. And they will discuss the role of
the three forums in the process of building a national progressive
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<h3> <font color="#000080"><b>When: Wednesday September 15, 2010, 7:30 PM<br>
Where: Brecht Forum, 451 West
Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets), NYC 10014<br>
Phone: (212) 242-4201<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:brechtforum@brechtforum.org">brechtforum@brechtforum.org</a>,
<a href="javascript:void(0);/*1284165851829*/">www.</a></b><a href="javascript:void(0);/*1284165851829*/">brechtforum.org</a><br>
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