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RADICAL WOMEN RISING, P6-12 RADICAL WOMEN RISING, p6-12 Issue #175, MARCH 21 – APRIL 17, 2012 THE INDYPENDENTA FREE PAPER FOR FREE PEOPLE LUCY VALKURY STRANDED RIVERA RETURNS OCCUPYING THE SCHOOLS p3 p17 p5 indypendent.org community calendar SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS AT INDY- MAR-APR [email protected]. TUE MAR 27 spending in over a decade, but companies UPCOMING EVENTS THETHE INDYPENDENT INDYPENDENT 6:30pm • Free like Boeing and Lockheed Martin are fighting WORKSHOP: WOMEN/TRANS REPAIR to keep that from happening. Is this a short- CLASS: WHEELS, SPOKES, TIMES UP! term battle or an historic turning point for MON MARCH 26 • 7:30pm FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION: AUDRE LORDE — THE BERLIN Come learn the basics of bicycle repair from defense spending? YEARS, 1984-1992. female mechanics at our workshop designed The New School 66 W 12th St, 7th Fl Join director Dagmar Schultz, poet Ika Hugel Marshall and Afro- by and for women. 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