Featured Items:

Saturday, January 10 – Planning meeting for a March 20, 2004 Midwest Regional Anti-War Protest in Chicago. 1-4 pm, lower level of the First Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington Street. March 20th marks the anniversary of the first full day of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It also is the one-year anniversary of one of Chicago’s most memorable protests ever--the night over 10,000 people marched on Lake Shore Drive in protest against George Bush’s illegal and immoral war (cabn.org/press/040403reader_taken.htm, cabn.org/press/040403reader_boys.htm). In concert with the national initiatives of the ANSWER and the United For Peace & Justice Coalitions, the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism (CCAWR) has chosen to commit its resources to help organize a midwest regional anti-war demonstration here in Chicago on March 20, 2004. For more information, see chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34560/index.php (note that the meeting date has changed from January 8th to January 10th). For more information, email CCAWR (at) aol.com or call 888.471.0874.

Saturday, January 10 thru Tuesday, January 20 – Tour of Chicago by Brian Avery, sponsored by the International Solidarity Movement, Chicago chapter. Brian is the ISM volunteer that was shot in the face on April 5, 2003, by Israeli Occupation Forces in Jenin. He and a Palestinian medical worker stood with their hands up as soon as they heard the Israeli armored personnel carrier approaching around the bend in occupied Jenin. When the vehicle turned the corner it started firing at the two, without any provocation. Brian was shot in the face and fell down. He was conscious, but when he raised himself from the ground, witnesses saw that his left cheek had almost been totally shot off. A doctor wanted him transferred to a hospital inside Israel, but his departure was delayed because the Israeli military refused to grant his ambulance safe passage for more than an hour. The Israeli Occupation Forces claimed they were under attack and suggested that a Palestinian gunman had shot Brian although the streets were empty. Brian was in Jenin as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. The ISM is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and international activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to the Israeli occupation. The ISM utilizes nonviolent direct action to confront and challenge the illegal Israeli Occupation Forces and policies. One of the goals of the tour is to raise donations for the "Brian Avery Medical Fund." Brian has already undergone three facial reconstruction operations and faces at least two more in the near future. Please join us for at least one of the appearances listed below. We urge you to stand in solidarity with Brian as he stood in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Here is the latest listing of Chicago area appearances by Mr. Avery:

Saturday, January 10 – 6 pm, ISM potluck, info 312.491.1789

Monday, January 12 – 7 pm, Grace United Church, 3325 W. Wrightwood

Tuesday, January 13 – 7 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine, IL

Wednesday, January 14 – specific time tba, UIC Lecture Center B2

Wednesday, January 14 - 7:30 pm, Lutheran Church, 909 E Main, Barrington, IL

Thursday, January 15 - 7:30 pm, University of Chicago, specific location tba (will include a showing of the film, “Jenin, Jenin”) Contact: shoshan (at) uchicago.edu

Friday, January 16 – 7 pm, Wesley United Church, 21 E. Franklin, Naperville, IL (includes ethnic potluck and showing of the film “The Killing Zone”)

Monday, January 19 – 7 pm, Neumiller Hall, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (includes talk by Kevin Clark of the Chicago chapter of the International Solidarity Movement and a showing of the film, “The Killing Zone”)

Tuesday, January 20 – specific time tba, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL

Tour sponsored by the International Solidarity Movement. Various meetings sponsored and/or endorsed by: Northwestern Suburban SUSTAIN, Palestine Aid Society, Palestine Solidarity Group, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, American Friends Service Committee, Genewise, Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace, Not In My Name, Peoria Area Peace Network, Stone Soup Cooperative, Students for Justice in Palestine (U of C), Students for Social Justice, Voices in the Wilderness. Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 312.491.1789 or www.palsolidarity.org

For those able to help with Brian Avery's astronomical medical bills, please send a donation to:
The Brian Avery Medical Fund
c/o Wells Fargo Bank NM
7530 Montgomery NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109

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Saturday, January 3 & ongoing – 24/7 Union Picket – Support the Congress Hotel Strikers! Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan. Sponsor: HERE Local 1. Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

Saturday, January 3, 2004 – Chicago Celebrates a Decade of Zapatismo. It's been 10 years since Mexico and the world awoke a certain 1st of January to the news that thousands of indigenous from the Zapatista Army of National Liberation rose up in arms in the state of Chiapas for 11 demands - work, land, housing, food, health, education, independence,liberty, democracy, justice, and peace. Come to the Chicago premier of the movie EZLN 20 and 10: The Fire and The Word (in Spanish). After the movie, trova, rock, punk and indigenous live music and poetry, art, cd's, posters, tshirts - and much more. Entrance Free! 6pm at Studio Colibri ( 18th and Damen ) Info: visit www.rojo.net or call 312.316.6759

Saturday, January 3 – Grassroots Campaign Workshop. 9 am, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn. Sponsor: IVI-IPO. Info: 312.939.5105

Monday, January 5 – Oak Park Board of Trustees vote on resolution urging repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act. 7:30 pm, Village Hall, 123 Madison, Oak Park

Tuesday, January 6 – Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Tuesday, January 6 - US Senate Candidate Forum, discussing jobs, housing, war & peace, community empowerment, and education. Confirmed candidate attendees: Gery Chico, Joyce Washington and Nancy Skinner. Pending confirmation: Barack Obama (candidates declining invitation: Blair Hull, Dan Hynes, and Maria Pappas). Refreshments will be served. Optional donation ($10 or whatever you can; all are welcome regardless). 7:30 pm, Rogers Park Presbyterian Church, 7059 N. Greenview (at Greenleaf). Info: fxtobin (at) earthlink.net

Tuesday, January 6 – “Uncovered: The Truth About the Iraq War,” a film documentary that takes the viewer behind the walls of government : the CIA, Pentagon, and other institutions. Interviews with more than 20 experts detail the misstatements, exaggerations, and untruths that were presented to the American people, Congress, the United Nations and the press during the buildup to the Iraq war. 6:30 pm, Glen Ellyn Library, 400 Duane St, Glen Ellyn. Sponsored by DAWN (DuPage Against War Now). Free admission (but a donation of $1 per person would be appreciated to finance future showings of the movie and DAWN Voter Advocates, a team of peace and justice voter registrars who are committed to empowering Americans, youth, seniors and labor groups to vote in upcoming elections). Info: www.d-a-w-n.org or DAWN151 (at) msn.com. See January 14th for info about another showing.

Tuesday, January 6 – “Chaos,” Coline Serreau’s film drama of violence towards women. 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E. 59th St. Info: 773.702.8574

Wednesday, January 7 – Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating. 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark. Author Jeffrey Smith discusses his important book. Info: 773.769.9299.

Thursday, January 8 - Dennis Gannon, president of Chicago Federation of Labor, was fired up. It was an historic event, with the CFL openly berating Mayor Daley for his ramming down job cuts for city workers. If you couldn't get down to Teamsters 705 hall earlier this month to see the big, angry CFL rally, you can watch it on Labor Beat. 9:30 pm, CAN TV, Chicago Cable Channel 19. Another showing on January 9 (see below). The segments, in order, in the show are: "Chicago Federation of Labor Protests Against City Hall at Teamsters Local 705"; a 6-minute piece by Thomas Yun (CIMC producer) on some stealth pollution at midnight in Pilsen; "Insult to Injury," a new video by SEIU about Advocate Health Care and how working families are hounded for medical bills; "Chicago Teachers at School of the Americas Protest in Georgia," interviews with CTU members who attended the recent protest against the SOA, and who draw the connection between that protest and the situation in Chicago's public school classrooms. Info: www.laborbeat.org or mail (at) laborbeat.org

Friday, January 9 - Dennis Gannon, president of Chicago Federation of Labor, was fired up. It was an historic event, with the CFL openly berating Mayor Daley for his ramming down job cuts for city workers. If you couldn't get down to Teamsters 705 hall earlier this month to see the big, angry CFL rally, you can watch it on Labor Beat. 4:30 pm, CAN TV, Chicago Cable Channel 19. Another showing on January 8 (see above for more info).

Thursday, January 9 - "Thunder in Guyana," a film telling the remarkable story of a young Chicago woman, Janet Rosenberg, who married Guyana-born activist Cheddi Jagan, and set off for the British colony to start a socialist revolution. Jagan and Rosenberg became important political figures in Guyana, but they also faced arrest, repression, and the intervention of powerful nations under the leadership of individuals including Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy. Free and fair elections were finally instituted in the country in the early 1990s, and Janet Rosenberg-Jagan was elected the first foreign-born, female president of Guyana in 1997. 8 pm, the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street. A Women Make Movies release. Advance tickets are available by calling 312.575.8000 (repeat showing of the film, Monday, Jan. 12, 6 pm).

Friday, January 9 – “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a film documentary about the School of the Americas. Discussion with SOA Prisoners of Conscience follows. 7 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N. Ashland. Info: 773.274.8979

Friday, January 9 thru Thursday, January 15 – “Battle of Algiers,” Gillo Pontecorvo’s gripping must-see drama of the 1950s Algerian civil war against French occupation. Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport. Info: 773.871.6604

Friday, January 9 thru Thursday, January 15 – “Circle of Deceit,” Volker Schlöndorff’s 1981 film drama on the war in Beirut. Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W. Fullerton. Info: 773.281.4114

Saturday, January 10 – Planning meeting for a Midwest Regional Protest on the one year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. 1-4 pm, lower level of the First Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington Street (see details under “Featured Items,” above).

Saturday, January 10 thru Tuesday, January 20 – Tour of Chicago by Brian Avery, sponsored by the International Solidarity Movement, Chicago chapter (see deails under “Featured Items,” above).

Saturday, January 10 – Property Tax Protest Rally. 9 am, Operation Push, 950 E. 50th Street.

Saturday, January 10 & Sunday, January 11 – “Wariko,” (The Jackpot), Fadika Kramo-Lancin’s brilliant satire on getting rich in the Ivory Coast. Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W. Fullerton. Info: 773.281.4114

Sunday, January 11 - George Ryan will be among speakers at an event commemorating the first anniversary of his clearing out of Illinois death row at 3 pm in the sanctuary of the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington. A reception will follow. Info: Rob Warden, Executive Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law, 312.503.3291

Sunday, January 11 – Kathy Kelly and Dave Corcoran, School Of the Americas Watch activists, will speak at a Festival of Hope. Proceeds of the event will go for Kathy’s and Dave’s defense fund. They were arrested at Fort Benning this year and will face trial on January 26th. Illinois School Of the Americas Watch is a local coalition of organizations organized to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas, a government installation which has trained soldiers of other nations in torture techniques and numbers amongst its “graduates” numerous human rights violators. The benefit will be at 2-5 pm, St. Gertrude's, 1401 West Granville. $10 donation (students and seniors, $5).

Sunday, January 11 - Women of All Colors/Cultures Together (WACT) Brunch at a member¹s home on the south side. Info: 773.268.4438, WACTlist (at) gay.com

Monday, January 12 – "Thunder in Guyana,” a film at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street. 6 pm. (see January 9th listing for details).

Monday, January 12 - Jury trial for Boeing protesters. Info: anicoter (at) depaul.edu

Tuesday, January 13 – “War & the Economy,” a forum sponsored by Committee for New Priorities/Jobs With Justice. 7 pm, UNITE Hall, 333 S. Ashland (parking available). Info: 312.666.3037.

Wednesday, January 14 - “Uncovered: The Truth About the Iraq War.” 7:30 pm, Villa Park Library, 305 S. Ardmore Ave, Villa Park. See January 6th listing for details.

Thursday, January 15 – What’s at Stake in the Marriage Debate?: In an attempt to roll back this summer’s Supreme Court decision and the recent Massachusetts court decision, the religious right once again has ramped up its slander campaign against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people, and are attempting to impose a viciously anti-gay amendment to the Constitution. With the debate over “gay marriage” beginning to ignite the national political landscape, Chicago Gay and Lesbian leaders will lead a Town Hall Meeting. Speakers are Robert Castillo, a member of the Advocacy Committee of Chicago’s Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues; Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network and National Rally Coordinator, DontAmend.com; Rev. Karen Hutt, Co-Pastor of the Church of the Open Door; Rick Garcia, Political Director, Equality Illinois; and Camilla Taylor, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund. Sponsored by the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, The Advocacy Committee of Chicago's Advisory Council of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues, and Church of the Open Door and the Open Door Center for Community Change, DontAmend.com, and Equality Illinois. 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, Pierce Hall, 77 W. Washington Street (at Clark, across the street from Daley Plaza). Info: CABNstopthehate (at) aol.com, 888.471.0874, www.CABN.org

Thursday, January 15 - International Women's Day planning meeting. Come join a meeting for women to plan activities for International Women's Day, 2004 (March 8th). 6 pm, food provided. Info: 773.278.6706. Co-sponsors: Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and the National Organization for Women.

Thursday, January 15 - Non-Violence Study Group meeting. 7:30 PM at 4511 N Hermitage at the Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church (Sunnyside & Hermitage) Enter through the office doors just north of the church. Please email BeyondToday (at) BeyondToday.com for texts, info, and RSVP if you would like to participate. Info: www.beyondtoday.com/images/general/STARROLL.GIF

Thursday, January 15 – Hear veteran activist and writer Grace Lee Boggs on the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. 7 pm, UIC Illinois Room, 750 S. Halsted. Sponsors: The Public Square, African-American Studies at UIC, Center for Youth & Society, Children & Family Justice Center, Long Hairz Collective, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago

Friday, January 16 – “The Empty Chalices,” scenes from Judy Veramendi’s play about the radical Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini. 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark. Info: 773.769.9299

Saturday, January 17 – Northside Forum on Black Family and Community Issues, with Congressman Danny Davis. 9 am, Loyola University Simpson Center, 6333 N. Winthrop. Sponsor: Black Unity Political Convention of Illinois. Info: 773.465.6666 or BLKagenda2004 (at) aol.com

Sunday, January 18 – “The Shop in Main Street,” Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos’ 1965 film drama about a Jewish button shop in a Nazi-occupied Slovak town. 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E. 59th Street. Info: 773.702.8574

Sunday, January 18 – “The Finger,” all-gender-queer-open-mic-and-variety-show. Hosted by Nomy Lamm (www.nomylamm.com) and Ana Jae. 7 pm at Early to Bed (female queer owned and operated sex toy store) 5232 W. Sheridan. $3 donation

Monday, January 19 – Young Feminist Discussion Group discusses “Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman,” by Leslie Feinberg. A fascinating journey through history by Leslie Feinberg, one of the most prominent transgender activists of our day and the author of the acclaimed novel “Stone Butch Blues.” New members are always welcome. Discussion books are discounted 10%.7:30 pm, Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark Street. Info: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com or wcfbooks (at) aol.com

Monday, January 19 - Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays sponsors The 9th Annual Free Breakfast Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a new location this year; this year¹s breakfast will also be a champagne brunch to celebrate CBLG¹s 10th anniversary. 10 a.m., Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox, 312.409.4917

Tuesday, January 20 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Saturday, January 31 - Chicago Social Forum: Another Chicago is Possible. 9 am to 6 pm, Jones High School, 606 S. State. The Chicago Social Forum will bring together activists from different movements, organizations, campaigns and struggles for democratic discussions, debates and building solidarity. A “movement of movements,” we seek to create on ongoing center for activism that can educate, organize and mobilize our diverse campaigns for social justice as well involve individual activists on a range of issues. The Chicago Social Forum is one of a number of regional and local social forums being organized around the world. The Chicago forum is a step towards a proposed North American Social Forum in 2005. Speakers include: Dr. Calvin Morris, Community Renewal Society; Njoki Njehu and Soren Ambrose, 50 Years Is Enough/US Network for Global Economic Justice; Dr. Quentin Young, Physicians for a National Health Plan; James Thwinda, Chicago Jobs with Justice; Mary Zerkel, American Friends Services Committee; Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago; Dave Ranney, Hemispheric Social Alliance; Ahmed Shawki, International Socialist Review; Carl Davidson, Chicagoans Against War in Iraq. For info or to endorse: 312.427.2533 or www.chicagosocialforum.org Endorsers (List in formation) ADAPT, American Friends Service Committee, Andersonville Neighbors for Peace, Beyond St. Leonard¹s, Campaign for Victims of Police Torture & Wrongful Convictions, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Center for Economic Research and Social Change, Chiapas Peace House Project, Chicago Africa Initiative, Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Independent Media Center, Chicago Media Action, CSA Learning Center, Coalition to Protect Public Housing, Community of Uptown Residents for Affordability & Justice, The Coordination of Mexican Organizations in the Midwest, Earth Charter Chicago, ECOVIDA, Eighth Day Center for Justice, EnlacesAmerica, Freestyle Collective, Genewise, Gingarte Capoeira, Haymarket Books, Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism, Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Illinois SOA Watch, Inside Out Art Studio, Insight Arts, The International Coalition of Mexicans Abroad, National Writers Union-Chicago, The New Chicago School, Open Book Peace Project, QUAD Productions, Queer to the Left, Rogers Park Community Action Network, University of Hip Hop, University of Illinois-Chicago Campus Antiwar Network

Tuesday, February 3 – Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Saturday, February 7 - Stop the Disappearances Car Caravan, an action to oppose the registrations and deportations. The car caravan that will go through north side neighborhoods which have a lot of immigrants and open-minded people, and culminate in a solidarity rally on Devon Ave. This will be a way to get our message out to many thousands of people, and send an urgently needed expression of support for the Pakistani community under siege. This action has been endorsed by: (list in formation) Afghan News Agency; Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism; Chicago Chapter of Refuse & Resist!; Muslim Civil Rights Center; Not In Our Name Project Chicago. For info or to endorse: chicago (at) refuseandresist.org

Saturday, February 7 - Lesbian Community Cancer Project Coming Out Against Cancer Ball, South Shore Cultural Center, (773) 561-4662

Saturday, February 14 - National day of protest for the Equal Right to Marriage! Sponsored nationally by www.DontAmend.com, locally by the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network. Here in Chicago the protest will take place at 12 noon, in front of Cardinal George’s residence on North Avenue & State. Cardinal George has been an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage on the national scene. Info: CABNstopthehate (at) aol.com, www.CABN.org, or 888.471.0874

Sunday, February 15 - “The Finger,” all-gender-queer-open-mic-and-variety-show. Hosted by Nomy Lamm (www.nomylamm.com) and Ana Jae. 7 pm at Early to Bed (female queer owned and operated sex toy store) 5232 W. Sheridan. $3 donation

Tuesday, February 17 – Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Wednesday-Thursday, February 18-19 – "Are Settlements an Obstacle to Peace?," with Georffrey Aronson, Director of Research and Publications at the Foundation for Middle East Peace in Washington, DC and editor of the Foundation's bi-monthly "Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories." He is author of "From Sideshow to Center Statge: U.S. Policy towards Eguyt" and "Israel, Palestinians and the Occupied Territories: Creating Facts in the West Bank." Sponsor: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. Info: JustPeace1 (at) aol.com or 312.427.2533, x18

Saturday, February 21 - A screening of the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, followed by a reception, panel discussion and break-out groups. 1-5 p.m., Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, 1212 E. 59th. Info: 773.549.4151, www.rustin.org

Saturday, February 28 - Back to the Future: Generations of Feminism. Feminism is "assumed" out of existence; and that the relationship between second wave feminists and later generations needs to be rethought. This event aims to confront the ways in which feminism - as an academic disciple, a politics, or an economic, legislative and cultural issue - has changed. Has the coalition aspect of contemporary feminist discourse - the conjoining of feminism with other political and/or epistemological projects - fundamentally altered the discipline. Do globalization studies, race studies, queer studies, even "gender" studies need to be reinfused with feminism? Is there a value to calling out feminism again on its own terms? Or not? Panelists include Dorothy Allison, Sabrina Craig, Judith Halberstam, Sharon Holland, Nancy Miller, Kate Millet, Aihwa Ong, Lynn Speigel, Gayatri Spivak and Michelle Wallace. University of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Theater

Tuesday, March 2 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Monday, March 8 – International Women’s Day.

Tuesday, March 16 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war and racism are welcome! 6:30 pm, 1st Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington (at Clark), lower level. Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail CCAWR (at) aol.com for information.

Saturday, March 20 - International day of protests against the U.S. occupation of Iraq, on the one year anniversary of the invasion. Protest here in Chicago being planned. See Saturday, January 10th organizing meeting under "Featured Items," above.

Sunday, March 21 - “The Finger,” all-gender-queer-open-mic-and-variety-show. Hosted by Nomy Lamm (www.nomylamm.com) and Ana Jae. 7 pm at Early to Bed (female queer owned and operated sex toy store) 5232 W. Sheridan. $3 donation

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On-Going Events:

Daily, 7-9 am - Democracy Now! is now in Chicago! Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, and their guests are a daily independent source of news on matters like the occupation of Iraq. WZRD, 88.3 FM

Mondays thru Fridays, 3:45 pm – Hear Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News on WZRD 88.3 FM

Mondays thru Fridays, 6 pm – Hear Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News on WLUW 88.7 FM.

Mondays, 6:30 pm - Not In Our Name Youth and Student Meeting. DePaul Campus, Student Center Lobby, corner of Belden and Kenmore..

Mondays, 6 pm - Peace Pledge Chicago meetings, 2502 W. Division.

Mondays, 7-9 pm - Weekly meeting of Andersonville Neighbors for Peace, at North Shore Baptist Church, 5242 N. Lakewood, room 131 (Lakewood is three blocks east of Clark, and the church is one block north of Foster.).

Mondays – First Mondays of each month. Department of Peace Coalition meetings. 7 pm, Thomas Ford Library, 800 Chestnut, Western Springs. (MarjorieZ (at) DOPC.us)

Tuesdays, 11 am-12 noon - Informational picket to stop support for Israel because of its oppression of Palestinians. In front of the office of AIPAC, 120 W. Madison. Info: Kent Jones, 773.271.8673

Tuesdays, 7 pm - South Siders for Peace at the Beverly Unitarian Church, 10244 S. Longwood Dr, Chicago. Info: lswolf (at) imaxx.net

Tuesdays, 7 pm - Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism weekly meeting at University Church, 57th and University, Chicago. Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/hpcawr.html

Tuesdays, 8 am - Silent Presence for Peace at the Federal Building - Peace Vigil, Federal Plaza, Dearborn & Jackson. 8th Day Center for Justice: 312.641.5151

Wednesdays, 3 pm - Food Not Bombs: Meals for the Hungry. Loyola El Station.

Thursdays, 4-6 pm - Vigil at arms manufacturer Boeing. Washington Boulevard at the Chicago River.

Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 pm - Neighbors for Peace weekly meeting. St. Nicholas Church, 806 Ridge Ave. Evanston (3 blocks west of the Main St. 'L' station).

Every last Saturday of the month - Waukegan Food-not-Bombs will be serving vegetarian and vegan food to all those who wish to eat at Jack Benny Plaza in downtown Waukegan. People who can bring or donate food are highly appreciated, but the most important thing is your stomach and your sense of social justice. Please contact the RedAlert Collective for more info. www.redalertcollective.cjb.net or redalertcollective36 (at) hotmail.com

Saturdays, 9 am - "This Is Hell" irreverent radio show. WNUR 89.3-FM. Info: www.thisishell.net

Saturdays, 9 am - "Live from the Heartland" progressive radio show. WLUW 88.7-FM. Info: www.heartlandcafe.com

Sundays, 1:00-2:45 pm - Food Not Bombs serving free vegetarian meals to the hungry @ corner of Lincoln and Fullerton.

Sundays, Noon-1 pm - Not In My Name weekly vigil: End Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip & East Jerusalem. Water Tower Place, 830 N. Michigan. For more info, go to www.nimn.org

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Emergency Response Plan to War & Racism
Sponsored by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism

1. If the U.S. starts another full scale war on another country besides Iraq, a protest will take place at 5 pm+ at the Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago, the day the bombing begins. There will be a larger follow up protest at the same time & place the day after.

2. In the event of a provocative attack on community leaders or organizations in the Chicago area, CCAWR has constructed a phone tree to mobilize the community to quickly protest the attack, whether at a police station, federal government office, or other appropriate place. To get on the Emergency Response phone tree / e-mail list and receive regular calendar updates such as this one, send your contact information to CCAWR (at) aol.com