[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] 7/3: 4:30 pm, WFN Rally/SpeakOut vs. Utility Shutoffs and Food and Fuel Prices!

[Sofia JarrinT]

--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Women's Fightback Network <iacboston at iacboston.org> wrote:

> From: Women's Fightback Network <iacboston at iacboston.org>
> Subject: [IACBoston] Thur., 7/3, 4:30 pm, WFN Rally/SpeakOut vs. Utility Shutoffs and Food and Fuel Prices!
> To: iacboston at organizerweb.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 5:38 PM
> Spread the Word!!
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>  
> Join the Women's Fightback Network at a
>  
> *RALLY and SPEAK OUT to Demand:*
> * *
> *STOP UTILITY SHUT OFFS NOW!
> AFFORDABLE FOOD, FUEL and HOUSING IS A RIGHT!*
> * *
> *Thursday July 3, 2008*
> * *
> *4:30 -- 6:00pm*
> * *
> *at NStar Electric & Gas Corp. *
> * *
> *1165 Mass Ave., Dorchester MA*
> * *
> Across from South Bay Mall and
> Super Stop-n-Shop entrance.
> (look for the yellow WFN banner)
>  
> -Solidarity with NStar and Stop-n-Shop Workers!
> -No Utility Shut-offs or Job Layoffs!
> -$$$$ for food, housing, jobs and education, not war!
> -SHUT OFF Utility & Oil Company Greed, Not Our Heat and
> Lights!
> -Roll back Utility Rates and Food Costs for the People!
> -Bail Out the People - Not the Banks and Corporations!
> -Foreclose the War, Not People's Homes!
> -Subsidize Food, Fuel, Housing and Human Needs not WAR!
>  
> On May 1st, 2008, 100,000 Massachusetts households received
> gas and
> electric utility shutoff notices.   Food, fuel, heat,
> electricity,
> water, and housing are all basic human needs.   Why should
> the
> utility and oil companies make HUGE PROFITS while workers
> struggle
> to get to work, keep a roof over their heads, feed their
> families
> and keep the lights on at home?  Or keep from freezing in
> the
> winter?
>  
> Last week, Congress gave the Pentagon $162 billion more for
> the
> war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The current
> cost of
> the war is now over $650 billion.  This is a crime against
> the people of Iraq and Afghanistan and people here at home!
>  
> It is time for us to come together to demand $$ for food,
> fuel and
> community needs, not for a war which profits greedy
> corporations,
> politicians, military contractors and BIG OIL.
>  
> While our jobs and wages are shrinking, the Bush
> administration
> and Congress have passed laws which give greater tax cuts
> to
> the rich.  And there are massive cutbacks in healthcare,
> housing,
> schools, youth services, food programs, and infrastructure.
>  
> We are in an economic crisis.  It is time to fightback and
> demand
> emergency relief to stop the foreclosures, rising food and
> fuel
> prices, and utility shutoffs.   Subsidize Community Needs,
> Not the
> Pentagon War Machine!
>  
> A militant, independent, mass movement led by women, people
> of
> color, youth, immigrants, LGBT folks, workers and all the
> oppressed
> is the way forward!
>  
> For more info:
> Call 617-522-6626 or email at wfn at iacboston.org
> <mailto:wfn at iacboston.org>
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