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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>WORLD LABOR HOUR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>SATURDAY DEC. 19<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>11 AM – 12 NOON U.S. Central Time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>90.1 FM and webcast LIVE world-wide at <a href="http://www.weft.org">www.weft.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Paul Simons</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> of the </span><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rojava Solidarity Network</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> in NYC</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>will call into the program to talk about the revolutionary region of Rojava Kurdistan, located in northern Syria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rojava started as a fight for the Kurdish people and has evolved into a regional home for ; Kurds, Arabs, Syrians, Turks, Armenians, Chechens and other ethnic groups which includes Muslims, Christians, Agnostics and Atheists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rojava is also a Worker controlled democratic confederation with Worker cooperatives. Woman not only have equal rights but are also in many of the military and governance leadership positions. There are almost as many woman soldiers as male soldiers fighting the Islamic State. The Rojava fighters have survived attacks from both ISIS and the Turkish military. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tune in to hear about this fascinating middle eastern success story that has received virtually no corporate media coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tune in after the World Labor Hour for “ THE UNION EDGE “ with Host Charles Showalter, broadcast from Pittsburgh PA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WEFT – Listener Supported Community Radio for Central Illinois and the World.</span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>