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Calendar of Anti-War/Anti-Racist Events -- Updated February 10, 2004

Calendar of Chicago area anti-war/anti-racist events brought to you by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism. Inclusion in calendar does not necessarily indicate CCAWR endorsement. All activities are in Chicago, unless otherwise noted. Please send all submissions to CCAWR (at) aol.com with the subject heading "CALENDAR."
Featured Items:

MARCH 20TH - Midwest Still Says NO to War!
12 PM - Gather to March at Michigan and Pearson
1:30 PM - Rally at Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn)

MARCH 20TH ANTI-WAR ORGANIZING COALITION:
Please join us in planning the March 20 anti-war march and rally! It is vital that as many different communities and organizations as possible take part in planning, participating, and promoting the events. All are welcome at the following meetings.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
Sunday, February 22
1 - 3 pm
DePaul University
25 E. Jackson (Jackson and Wabash)
11th Floor

WORKING GROUP MEETINGS:
Outreach/Media/Propaganda
Thursday, February 12
7 pm
UIC Behavioral Sciences Building
1007 W. Harrison

Program
Tuesday, February 17
6:30 pm
Chicago Temple
77 W. Washington

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Thursday, February 19 - Silencing Dissent: Political Repression and the PATRIOT Act
A Forum on the Future of Civil Liberties
7:30 pm, DePaul University - Loop Campus, Lewis Law Center #241, 25 East Jackson Blvd (Jackson & Wabash)
Keynote Speaker: Michel Shehadeh, L.A. 8 defendant, National Council of Arab Americans, Free Palestine Alliance
Additional Panelists:
- Standish Willis, National Council of Black Lawyers
- Michelle Morales, Boriqua Human Rights Network
- Emma Lozano, Pueblo Sin Fronteras
- Suzanne Adely, Arab American Action Network
- Emile Schepers, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
Why This Forum?
In the last two years, literally thousands of immigrants from Arab and Muslim countries have been harassed, intimidated, secretly incarcerated or deported as part of the Bush administration's ongoing efforts to curtail civil liberties and immigrant rights. In September 2003, the government renewed a decades long campaign to deport L.A. Eight defendants Michel Shehadeh and Khader Hamide for distributing Palestinian literature and raising humanitarian aid in Los Angeles during the 1980s. The Bush administration claims that these constitutionally protected activities are retroactively illegal under the USA PATRIOT Act. The following month, a confidential memo leaked to the New York Times revealed an FBI scheme to have local law enforcement agencies spy on anti-war groups organizing national demonstrations in Washington, DC and San Francisco. Despite growing public opposition, the Bush Administration has urged Congress to renew the recently expanded PATRIOT Act. The costs of this unbridled assault on basic liberties are potentially immense. Join us for a forum that explores the growing threat to our freedom--and new strategies to build a movement to fight for and secure our rights. Sponsored by: The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism. Endorsers List (in formation): Arab American Action Network, Boriqua Human Rights Network, Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Chicago Council of Black Lawyers, Free Palestine Alliance, International Action Center, International Socialist Organization, National Council of Arab Americans, National Council of Black Lawyers, National Lawyers Guild - Chicago, Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, Palestine Aid Society, Palestine Solidarity Group, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Students for Social Justice
- Related Stories:
The Latest New "War on Terrorism" - Michel Shahedeh, CounterPunch -- www.counterpunch.org/shehadeh1203.html
9/11 and the LA 8 - David Cole, The Nation - www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20031027&s=cole
- Background on the L.A 8:
Do Immigrants Have First Amendment Rights? - Jeanne Butterfield, MERIP Reports -- www.merip.org/mer/mer212/212_butterfield.html
For more info, or to add your organization's endorsement, please call CCAWR at 888-471-0874, or email CCAWR (at) aol.com.
Download PDF Flyer from the Chicago IMC website: chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/35979/index.php

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Tuesday, February 10 - Flood the Attorney General's office, demand no appeal to the stay of execution of Kevin Cooper. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay of execution 2/9 for Kevin Cooper just a few hours before he was to be executed in San Quentin. This stay represents a temporary victory to people who are oppose to the racist death penalty and to all of those who are demanding a new trial for Kevin Cooper based on the mountain of evidence indicating his innocence. The execution order is good for 24 hours starting 12:01 tonight Feb. 10. The stay can be over ruled by the courts at any moment during this time period so we must keep up the pressure by coming out to San Quentin tonight. The state's Attorney General office is weighing its option to appeal the 9th Circuit Court's stay by petitioning the Supreme Court. We need to flood Bill Lockyer Attorney General's office with phone calls, fax, email RIGHT NOW. Send an email message, write a note and fax, and call state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office and tell him: "I am calling to demand that the Attorney General does not appeal the stay of execution for Kevin Cooper to the Supreme Court. The Kevin Cooper case represents all of the flaws of the death penalty and should not take place."
CALL: 916-324-5437
FAX: 916-445-6749
E MAIL: bill.lockyer (at) doj.ca.gov
We know that it is not the courts who will gain the freedom of Kevin Cooper and the over 600 others on death row in California but the rising tide against the racist death penalty.

Tuesday, February 10 - The Fight to Save Kevin Cooper. 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S. University (57th and University). The Campaign to End the Death Penalty will be holding a meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the fight to save Kevin Cooper. We invite all abolitionists, activists, and anyone who is concerned about justice to come to this meeting and help spread the word about it. At this time, Kevin has won a stay of execution -- but it is still possible that the stay could be overturned and that the state of California will go ahead with this unjust execution just after midnight tonight. If Kevin's stay is upheld we will discuss what we can do here in Chicago to build on the momentum. But either way, we will be having this meeting to discuss the impact that his case has had on the anti-death penalty movement and next steps in our struggle. As Kevin wrote in a statement last week, "If I must be murdered by the state, then I will do so with my dignity in tact. This guilt that the criminal justice system has put on me will be questioned by anyone and everyone who finds out the whole truth of this case." We need to do our part to expose the racism of our criminal justice system and end the barbaric death penalty once and for all. Info: 773.955.4841

Tuesday, February 10 & ongoing - 24/7 Union Picket - Support the Congress Hotel Strikers! Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan. Sponsor: HERE Local 1. Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

Tuesday, February 10 - Northwest Suburban SUSTAIN (Stop U. S. Tax-Funded Aid To Israel Now!) invites you to attend a special working meeting to build for the April 23 "International Day of Action Against Caterpillar" to be held in Peoria. 7-8:45 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Meeting Room# 1, Palatine, IL. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions has found that Israeli Defense Forces have destroyed almost 11,000 Palestinian homes in a "collective punishment" campaign. The main weapon in this terror campaign against the Palestinian civilian population are D9 bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar. There has been an active campaign for over two years demanding that Caterpillar cease the sale of the bulldozers to Israel. Our campaign has been ignored for the most part by Caterpillar executives. On Friday, April 23, Caterpillar will not be allowed to ignore us any longer. Activists in Chicago and Peoria have been given primary responsibility to organize a massive convergence in Peoria to make our demands heard by Caterpillar management. The parents of Rachel Corrie, who was murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces on March 16 of this past year, have committed to marching with us. Palestine solidarity activists from across the U.S. will travel to Peoria to make our voices heard. We invite you to join us on Tuesday, February 10, to help us plan our actions on the International Day of Action Against Caterpillar. Our action will be nonviolent and legal. We need your direct participation. We call upon you to get organizational endorsements from other political organizations, faith communities, labor groups and community groups. We will be organizing buses from the Chicago area to travel to Peoria on April 23. For further details on the campaign against Caterpillar, please e-mail: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com and visit the following websites: www.sustaincampaign.org; www.catdestroyshomes.org; www.icahd.org/eng; and www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

Tuesday, February 10 - Defend CAN-TV! Chicago Access Network Television is under assault from RCN, the cable conglomerate which is refusing to pay its contractually promised money to CAN-TV in exchange for its lucrative monopoly over cable service in Chicago's wealthiest neighborhoods. Protest at the Next Cable Commission Meeting! The City of Chicago Cable Commission meets at 11 am in the basement of the Harold Washington library in the municipal cable television facility located on the East Side of the basement. You get to the basement by taking the down escalator located in the south hall and then take a right and go to the end of the hall. The municipal offices and studio are to the left. Walk through the office, down a short flight of stairs, and look for the studio door to your left. On January 7, 2004 RCN defaulted on a $215,000 payment to CAN TV.· This is the second major default on a CAN TV payment in two years' time by RCN.· RCN wants to pull out of 2 cable areas and drastically cut its commitment in a 3rd area.· Chicago residents face the loss of cable competition in 3 out of 5 cable areas.· CAN TV faces the loss of 1/4th of its annual budget. RCN's default on a payment to CAN TV hurts a major public resource for all of Chicago. Help send the message that the public will not stand for RCN ignoring its public obligations.· Call your Alderman.· Write RCN's CEO David McCourt at RCN, 105 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08540.· For more information on how you can help call 312.738.1400.

Tuesday, February 10 - "North Korea: Another Country." Author and historian Bruce Cummings discusses his new book. 6 pm, International House, 1414 E. 59th. Info: 773.752.4381

Wednesday, February 11 - Chicago Women in Trades Aspiring Trades Women Summit. 9 am - 2 pm, location tba. Info: vjohnson (at) cwit2.org or 312.942.1444, x203

Wednesday, February 11 - "Being Black in DeKalb," a panel discussion at 7 pm, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL. Heritage Room, Holmes Student Center. Info: www.cnipg.org

Wednesday, February 11 - Organizing meeting on computerized voting. Since the debacle in Florida, there's been a headlong rush to computerized voting machines. But are they a lifeboat? Or an iceberg? If you're nervous about computers "dot-com"ing the polling place, you're not alone. Join the Ballot Integrity Project in working towards a solution. 7 pm, Healing Earth Resource Center, 3111 N. Ashland. Info: 773.348.2378 or e-vote.e-grapevine.org

Wednesday, February 11 - "The Rise of the Republican Party." Explores the Nineteenth Century origins of the party of Lincoln. Part of Third Parties in the US-Past & Present forum series. 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N. Western. Sponsor: Open University of the Left

Wednesday, February 11 - Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Benefit, 7:30 pm, T's, 5025 N. Clark. 10% of food & beverage tab goes to the homeless. Info: 312.435.4548

Wednesday, February 11 - The Lesbian Pulp Fiction Literary Festival. Tempting, titillatingly, informative and intelligent, About Face Theatre presents a celebration of all things pulp! Presented in tandem with the world premiere of Patricia Kane's comedy PULP, these events are included with your evening's admission, you don't have to be a bad girl to enjoy these three exciting post-show events! We dare you to take a peek between the covers!

Wednesday, February 11 - "A Bar Full of Booze, Broads and Drag-Kings!" PULP. A World Premiere Comedy by Patricia Kane, directed by Jessica Thebus. Tough, trash-talking rebel Terry Logan takes up residency at The Well - a Chicago club for women who love women - and then the trouble really begins. This hilarious new comedy by Patricia Kane (Seven Moves) was a smash-hit during AFT's 2003 Festival of New Plays. Featuring a jazzy score, sensational nightclub acts, and a cast of celebrated actresses, Pulp is a delightful homage to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction novels in which drag kings rule and forbidden lust lurks behind every innuendo. From the company that brought you Xena Live! The musical, Pulp promises to heat up the coldest of Chicago nights! "Inside the Actors Studio" with members of the Chicago Kings. This intimate conversation with members of Chicago's hottest drag troupe, the Chicago Kings, will answer all of those burning questions you have only dared to imagine! Tickets are extremely limited. 8:30 pm, Victory Gardens Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue. Call the box office at 773.871.3000

Thursday, February 12 - "What's At Stake in the Marriage Debate?" Andy Thayer from the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network (www.CABN.org) and a person from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenered community at UIC will speak about the question of equal marriage rights. A discussion about what we can do individually and collectively to defend, and expand, LGBT rights will follow the talk. 3-5 pm, Addams Hall, Room 207, African American Cultural Center. Sponsored by UIC Students for Social Justice. Endorsed by the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Feminists United, and the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Medical Students Alliance. In an attempt to roll back this summer's Supreme Court and the recent Massachusetts court decisions, the religious right is using the "gay marriage" debate to attack Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people. Besides aiming to permanently cast LGBT people as second-class citizens, their attempt to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage is a bridge to a much larger program. A look at leading opponents of equal marriage rights shows that many of them have lengthy anti-civil rights agendas, including enforcement of "traditional marriage" for women, opposition to choice, and intolerance of religious minorities. For many LGBT people, denial of marriage means denial of health care, denial of adoption rights, denial of naturalization rights for non-citizen partners in same-sex relationships, denial of pension and Social Security benefits, and much more. Some versions of the proposed Constitutional amendment would wipe out all same-sex protections around the country, such as domestic partnership ordinances and local anti-discrimination ordinances. Please visit www.DontAmend.com for additional information on this campaign nationally. For additional information send an email to s4sj (at) hotmail.com

Thursday, February 12 - Perspectives on the Wall, with Norman G. Finkelstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science, DePaul University; Ali Abunimah, Researcher, Chapin Hall Center; Derek Jinks, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago; and Roxane Assaf, Journalist. A discussion on the Israeli government's construction of a population barrier on Palestinian lands. This panel is designed to address how this controversial topic relates to current legal, political, humanitarian and journalistic concerns. 7 pm, General Assembly Hall, International House, University of Chicago, 1414 E. 59th Street. Sponsored by: Students for Justice in Palestine, Global Voices, Middle East Studies Student Association. Co-sponsors: Muslim Students Association and Not in My Name. Info: Joshua T. Georgy, isaiah (at) uchicago.edu

Thursday, February 12 - "Everybody Does It: A benefit for the Guild Complex." 6-9 pm, darkroom, 2210 W. Chicago. Info: 773.227.6117

Thursday, February 12 - "Running Toward Fear:A Poet's Response to War & the Black Situation." 7 pm, northwestern Univeristy, Annenberg Hall Rm G21. Hear Haki Madhubuti, founder of Third World Press

Thursday, February 12 - "The Outskirts," Pyotr Lutsik's 1989 film drama of Russian peasants who discover their land has been sold. 7 & 9 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W. Fullerton. Info: 773.281.4114

Thursday, February 12 - "A Bar Full of Booze, Broads and Drag-Kings!" PULP. A World Premiere Comedy by Patricia Kane, directed by Jessica Thebus. Tough, trash-talking rebel Terry Logan takes up residency at The Well - a Chicago club for women who love women - and then the trouble really begins. This hilarious new comedy by Patricia Kane (Seven Moves) was a smash-hit during AFT's 2003 Festival of New Plays. Featuring a jazzy score, sensational nightclub acts, and a cast of celebrated actresses, Pulp is a delightful homage to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction novels in which drag kings rule and forbidden lust lurks behind every innuendo. From the company that brought you Xena Live! The musical, Pulp promises to heat up the coldest of Chicago nights! Sally Alatalo, Pulp Performance Artist. Author, publisher and performer Sally Alatalo will make you purr with delight at her sultry pulp fiction performance and discussion! Tickets are extremely limited. 8:30 pm, Victory Gardens Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue. Call the box office at 773.871.3000

Friday, February 13 - "A Bar Full of Booze, Broads and Drag-Kings!" PULP. A World Premiere Comedy by Patricia Kane, directed by Jessica Thebus. Tough, trash-talking rebel Terry Logan takes up residency at The Well - a Chicago club for women who love women - and then the trouble really begins. This hilarious new comedy by Patricia Kane (Seven Moves) was a smash-hit during AFT's 2003 Festival of New Plays. Featuring a jazzy score, sensational nightclub acts, and a cast of celebrated actresses, Pulp is a delightful homage to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction novels in which drag kings rule and forbidden lust lurks behind every innuendo. From the company that brought you Xena Live! The musical, Pulp promises to heat up the coldest of Chicago nights! John D'Emilio, pulp historian, renowned scholar, author and historian John D'Emilio gets inside the psyche and sexuality of pulp fiction's recent history in this electrifying exploration of pulp fiction cover art! John was recently named as one of this year's Out 100! Tickets are extremely limited. 8:30 pm, Victory Gardens Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue. Call the box office at 773.871.3000

Friday, February 13 - Café Intifada is proud to present "About Baghdad," and film trailer premiere and discussion. "About Baghdad" is an independent film by Incounter Productions. 7 pm, Southwest Youth Collaborative (SWYC), 6400 S. Kedzie. $10 donation. For more information re: Café Intifada contact Rasha Hassan or Sofia Ahmad at 773.476.3534, x63. Café Intifada sponsored by the Arab American Action Network and Southwest Youth Collaborative In July 2003, Sinan Antoon, an exiled Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to see what has become of his city after wars, sanctions, and now occupation. Antoon takes us on a journey exploring what Iraqis think and feel about the post-war situation and the complex relationship between the US and Iraq. Info: Info (at) aboutbaghdad.com

Friday, February 13 - Valentines Oldies but Goodies Dance, a benefit for the Families of the Wrongfully Convicted. Come join us and have a good time together. Live "DJ" Raffle Prizes & Plenty of parking available. Cash bar. 7 pm - 1 am (food included, 8-9 pm), The Grand Manor, 5350 W. 35th Street, Cicero, IL (just 2 blocks west of Laramie Ave.) $10 donation at the door.

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. George has positioned himself as Illinois' foremost opponent of LGBT rights, not only taking a leading hand in nixing the statewide equal rights bill, SB101, during the last legislative session, but making himself nationally known as an opponent of equal marriage rights for same sex couples. Featured speaker at our rally will be Lynn Sprout, a Lesbian woman who works with downstate Illinois's 85% Coalition. Sprout was fired from her job at a downstate hospital when she had to take time off work to care for her terminally ill spouse. Other speakers include representatives from Equality Illinois and the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network. Info: CABNstopthehate (at) aol.com, www.CABN.org, or 888.471.0874

Saturday, February 14 - Secure Future's "Candidates - Meet the People in the 49th Ward" This is the first ever forum that reverses the traditional role of candidate and voter, with voters announcing at an open mike what they want and what they are willing to do to achieve their goal. All Demo/Green candidates, delegates, judges and referendums on the 49th ward will be represented. Candidates will then have an opportunity to respond to the referendum that is most relevant to the office they are seeking. Refs are here:epowerpictures.tripod.com/gotpeace. Ted Williams and his musical troupe, 3rd Dimension (www.tornthemusical.com/bios.html) will be delivering some great inspirational vocals at this event.

Saturday, February 14 - Nicaragua Solidarity Committee's annual salsa dance, with Orquesta Nabori. 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N. Glenwood. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Free salsa lessons at 9:15. The dance benefits the work of the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, which protests sweatshop working conditions in Nicaragua and around the world; opposes environmentally destructive development in Nicaragua; and raises money for material aid to Nicaraguan revolutionary communities. Join us this year with Radio Populares to set up a battery-powered radio station in Mulukuku, an isolated community with a women's cooperative clinic. Advance tickets are available at the Heartland or by calling NSC at 773-276-5626 or email nscchicago (at) igc.org

Saturday, February 14 - Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks on "The New Nuclear Danger." 1 pm, Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, corner Chicago & Sheridan, Evanston. Sponsor: North Suburban Peace Initiative. Info: 847.475.3692

Saturday, February 14 - "Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration." 1:30 pm, Newberry Library Bookstore, 60 W. Walton. Author Timuel Black discusses his new book. Info: 312.255.3520

Saturday, February 14 & Sunday, February 15 - "Divine Intervention," Elia Suleiman's hilarious satire on love & war along a Palestinian-Israeli checkpoint. 1 pm both days, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton. Info: 773.281.4114

Sunday, February 15 - Monthly volunteer meeting for the New World Resource Center. 11 am, NWRC, 1300 N Western. Info: NWRC_2600 (at) yahoo.com

Sunday, February 15 - SOA Watch meeting with Kathy Kelly. 1 pm, DePaul University, room tba. Info: laurie (at) vitw.org

Sunday, February 15 - Chicago Greens February meeting. 2 pm, Chase Cafe, 7301 N. Sheridan. Hear Betsy Vandercook of Chicago Recycling Coalition. Info: 312.243.5619

Sunday, February 15 - Global Vigil for Peace. 6:30 pm, Wesley Foundation, 435 W. State St, West Lafayette, IN. Info: 765.463.4705

Sunday, February 15 - "Al-Jazeera Exclusive" is Ben Anthony's documentary on the television network. 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark

Sunday, February 15 - Midwest Regional Planning Meeting for Friday, April 23 "International Day of Action Against Caterpillar." 1-3 pm, Agape House, 1046 W. Polk. The acclaimed video "The Killing Zone" will be shown at the start of the meeting. The chilling footage shows Israeli Occupation Forces destroying Palestinian homes with bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar. Organizations wishing to endorse the April 23 action are invited to send representatives to the meeting. Please contact the Chicago chapter of the International Solidarity Movement for more details. The list of endorsing organizations is growing rapidly! Info: 312.491.1789 or ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

Saturday-Sunday, February 14-15 - Divine Intervention, a Palestinian film by Elia Suleiman, will be playing for two days only at Facets Theater, 1417 W. Fullerton Ave. Divine Intervention is the winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was blocked at the Oscar's check point. You can go to: www.musicboxtheatre.com/ for more info.

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

Sunday, February 15 - "My Terrorist," a 2002 documentary that asks hard questions about the meaning of forgiveness and hate, the inevitability of violence and, just possibly, about the chance of reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. Sponsored by the Film Studies Center of theUniversity of Chicago. Info: Maureen Loughnane, the University of Chicago Human Rights Program, 773.834.0957 or human-rights (at) uchicago.edu

Monday, February 16 - Union Organizing Training, Sponsor: Service Employees International Union. Info: svartm (at) seiu.org

Monday, February 16 - Immigrant Day Laborers respond to President Bush's temporary worker proposal. 10:30 am, Rally at the corner of Pulaski and Argyle, (5000 North/ 4000 West). 11 am, Press Conference. Join Immigrant Day Laborers from Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and their allies as they publicly respond to presidents Bush's Temporary Worker proposal. In addition, the Day Laborers will provide information on efforts to establish a democratic workers center. For info, contact the Latino Union of Chicago, 312.491.9044 or latinounionofchicago (at) yahoo.com

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.

Tuesday, February 17 - See the Move On documentary, "Uncovered: the Whole Truth about the Iraq War." 7 pm, LaGrange Park Public Library, 555 N. LaGrange. See the Move On documentary Info: 708-88-0583 or navesel (at) yahoo.com

Tuesday, February 17 - The PRNC will present MoveOn's documentary film "Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War" 7 pm at the LaGrange Park Public Library, 555 N. LaGrange Road, LaGrange Park, Illinois. Free admission, followed by discussion. Info: 708.588.0583 or navesel (at) yahoo.com.

Wednesday, February 18 - "Why We can't Afford to Run Away from Race," with author Prof Laura S. Washington. 6:30 pm, St Xavier College, 3700 W. 103rd St. Info: 773.298.3974

Wednesday, Februar 18 - Meeting of the Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties & Rights. 6:30 pm, 325 S. Wabash, Suite 105. Info: 312.939.0675

Wednesday, February 18 - "Are Settlements an Obstacle to Peace?," with Georffrey Aronson, Director of Research and Publications at the Foundation for Middle East Peace in Washington. He is the Editor of the Foundation's bi-monthly Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories. Aronson is the author of "From Sideshow to Center Stage: U.S. Policy towards Egypt and Israel" and "Palestinians and the Occupied Territories: Creating Facts in the West Bank." Aronson appears frequently at symposia on a wide range of Middle East related issues and has consulted for both the World Bank and U.N., and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives. 7 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-sponsored by the St. Giles Family Mass Community Action for Justice Committee and Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. Info: JustPeace1 (at) aol.com, 312.427.2533, x18 or www.geocities.com/cjpipwebsite/0402_aronson.html

Thursday, February 19 - "Are Settlements an Obstacle to Peace?," with Georffrey Aronson, Director of Research and Publications at the Foundation for Middle East Peace in Washington, He is the Editor of the Foundation's bi-monthly Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories. Aronson is the author of "From Sideshow to Center Stage: U.S. Policy towards Egypt and Israel" and "Palestinians and the Occupied Territories: Creating Facts in the West Bank." Aronson appears frequently at symposia on a wide range of Middle East related issues and has consulted for both the World Bank and U.N., and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives. 7 pm, Evanston Public Library, Church & Orrington, Evanston. Co-sponsored by Not In My Name. Sponsor: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine and Not In My Name. Info: JustPeace1 (at) aol.com, 312.427.2533, x18 or www.geocities.com/cjpipwebsite/0402_aronson.html

Thursday, February 19 - "Silencing Dissent: Political Repression and the PATRIOT Act" with Michele Shehade of the LA8 and other local leaders active in civil rights issues such as Standish Willis, National Council of Black Lawyers; Michelle Morales, Boriqua Human Rights Network; Emma Lozano, Pueblo Sin Fronteras; Suzanne Adely, Arab American Action Network and Emile Schepers, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights. The meeting is at 7:30 pm, at DePaul University - Loop Campus, Lewis Law Center #241, 25 East Jackson Blvd (Jackson & Wabash). Sponsored by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism. Cosponsored by Northwest Suburban Sustain, and ISM-Chicago. Info: CCAWR (at) aol.com or 888.471.0874

Thursday, February 19 thru Saturday, March 6 (8 pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) - Lysistrata 3000, presented by the American Demigods. The Athenaeum Studio Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, $12. Lysistrata 3000 sets the classical Greek premise of women holding a sex strike to end a devastating war in the far future of New Athens. The bawdy comedy of the Aristophanes original is blended with character driven drama and epic scope. The inaugural production of the American Demigods, written and directed by Rory Leahy. Lysistrata 3000 was first produced by Mr. Leahy in November of 2000 while he was a student at the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign through the Penny Dreadful Players student theatre company. That production earned "Best Original Work" as well as several individual performance awards at the company's awards ceremony in May of 2001. Info: 312.902.1500, www.ticketmaster.com or www.whatjailislike.com/adg www.whatjailislike.com/adg>

Thursday, February 19 - "After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman," with historian Susan Elenor Hirsch discusing her new book. 6 pm, Newberry Library Bookstore, 60 W. Walton. Info: 312.255.3520

Friday, February 20 - Pink Bloque's Post-Valentine's Day Dance Party Fundraiser. 9:30 pm, The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. Benefits 4/25 March for Women's Lives in Washington DC. Info: www.pinkbloque.org

Saturday, February 21 - Stop the Disappearances Car Caravan, an action to oppose the registrations and deportations of our Arab, Muslim and South Asian brothers and sisters. The car caravan will be going through Devon Ave. and other north side neighborhoods with immigrant and solidarity-minded people, will include a rally on Devon Ave, and a press conference. Of the 82,000 people who voluntarily registered during 2002-2003, 2,500 were detained, 13,000 were deported, yet ZERO were charged with anything related to terrorism. The so-called "war on terrorism" unjustly targets Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities and is used to justify assaults on ALL immigrants, as shown by the raids on Hispanic service workers at Chicago airports and Loop office buildings, and by local police enforcing federal immigration laws. (For more info, see www.bluetriangle.org/). Everyone concerned with human and civil rights needs to make a stand with our immigrant sisters and brothers, many of whom are worried about showing their faces on the street in this climate of fear. These cruel and baseless registrations, detentions and deportations must be stopped. Endorsed by the Afghan News Agency; Arab American Action Network; Chicago Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights; Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism; Chicago Chapter of Refuse & Resist!; Coalition of Pakistani Organizations; Democratic Socialists of America, Chicago Chapter; Loyola Anti-War Coalition; Muslim Civil Rights Center; National Lawyers Guild, Chicago Chapter; Not In Our Name Project Chicago; Palestine Solidarity Group (list in formation). For info or to endorse: chicago (at) refuseandresist.org or 312.683.5194

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 21 - "October," Sergei Eisenstein's legendary 1927 flm recreation of the Russian Revolution of 1917. 3:30 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State (repeats 2/26, 6 pm). Info: 312.846.2600

Saturday, February 21 - STOP the Disappearances! Join the Car Caravan which will travel through north side neighborhoods en route to a solidarity rally on Devon Ave. - the center of Chicago's Pakistani community which has been devastated by deportations. Gather at 10 am in the parking lot of Our Lady of Mercy Church, 4432 N. Troy St. (1 block north of Montrose, 1 block east of Kedzie). 2 pm, Solidarity Rally on Devon Ave. For info or to endorse: chicago (at) refuseandresist.org or 312.683.5194 or 773.216.5464 (Urdu). Co-sponsored by: Afghan News Network; Albany Park, NorthPark, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice; American Muslim Alliance; Arab American Action Network; Chicago Chapter of Refuse & Resist!; Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism; Chicago Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights; Coalition of Pakistani Organizations; Democratic Socialists of America, Chicago Chapter; Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace; Loyola Anti-War Network; Muslim Civil Rights Center; National Lawyers Guild, Chicago Chapter; Not In Our Name Project; Chicago; Pakistani-American Democratic Forum; Palestine Solidarity Group. Chicago Car Caravan is being held in conjunction with the 3rd National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants. Download the Chicago Car Caravan flyer (PDF format) at: www.righttodissent.org/downloads/feb21caravan_flyer.pdf

Sunday, February 22 - "Gacaca: Living Together Again in Rwanda?" This 2002 film documents the Gacaca Tribunals, a new form of citizen-based justice, aimed at unifying the scarred nation of Rwanda. Sponsored by the Film Studies Center of theUniversity of Chicago. Info: Maureen Loughnane, the University of Chicago Human Rights Program, 773.834.0957 or human-rights (at) uchicago.edu

Sunday, February 22 - Next general planning meeting of the March 20 Anti-War Organizing Coalition. 1 - 3 pm, DePaul University, 25 E. Jackson (Jackson and Wabash), 11th Floor. Info: CCAWR (at) aol.com or 888.471.0874. See "Featured Items" above for more details.

Tuesday, February 24 - See the Oscar Award winning 1975 Vietnam war documentary "Hearts and Minds." This emotionally and visually intense documentary details the history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the psychology of the American people that permitted this unjust war. The movie challenges Americans view of the Vietnamese people as uncaring people. Hearts and Minds establishes that the U.S. war on Iraq is not bad foreign policy but inherent to the U.S. system. 6:30 pm, Schmitt Academic Center, Room 254, 2300 N. Kenmore by Fullerton and Sheffield. Sponsored by Peace Pledge and Activist Student Union of DePaul.

Thursday, February 26 - "October," Sergei Eisenstein's legendary 1927 flm recreation of the Russian Revolution of 1917. 6 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State. Info: 312.846.2600

Friday, February 27 - Critical Mass Bike Ride, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza. Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

Saturday, February 28 - Your Vote, Your Future: A Festival of Music, Ideas, Empowerment. 10 am - 4 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, $5 suggested donation. Meetings include: "Propaganda in the Media" with Liane Casten, Chicago Media Watch, Laura Miller, PR Watch, and Matt Rothschild, The Progressive; "The Help America Vote Act" with the Illinois League of Women Voters; Other speakers include Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness, Breeze Luetke-Stahlman, Carolyn Kay, Dan Johnson-Weinberger and Kelly Bateman. Presented by Chicago Rolling Thunder in cooperation with The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice. Info: 773.235.4488

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

Sunday, February 29 - "Is the World Safer Without Saddam?" First-hand observations from McGuire Gibson, a University of Chicago professor of Mesopotamian Archeology who has lived and worked in Iraq since l964. The talk will be preceded by a Vigil against the Occupation: 4:15 pm, vigil (Folk Singer Anna Stange will perform), Beverly Unitarian Church, 1909 W. 103rd Street (103rd and Longwood Drive). Talk begins at 5 pm. Info: 773.239.1439

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.

Wednesday, March 3 - Next Chicago Social Forum meeting. 6:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee, 637 S. Dearborn. Hosted by the Coalition to Protect Public Housing. The Coalition to Protect Public Housing will look at how we can utilize the United Nations system to vindicate the right to housing as well as pursuing housing rights in the Inter-American system. Followed by a Chicago Social Forum business meeting. Info: 312.427.2533.

Thursday-Friday, March 4-5 - National Youth and Student Peace Coalition action against military recruitment and war. Info: Dan, 773.505.2579 or dwlb (at) uchicago.edu. Local cosponsors include the University of Chicago Action Towards Peace & Students Organizing and United with Labor

Friday, March 5 thru Sunday, March 7 - Midwest Regional Conference of the National Lawyers Guild, hosted at the DePaul College of Law, downtown Chicago. For more information, contact the DePaul Chapter of the Guild at 312.362.6841 or lcavise (at) depaul.edu

Saturday, March 6 - "From Oslo to the Road Map: Explaining the Failure of Peace in the Middle East" with Sara Roy. 3 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. Sara Roy has lived in and visited the Gaza Strip repeatedly since 1985, conducting extensive research into the effects of occupation on the Palestinian economy. A senior research scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, Roy is author of The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development. Roy provides an important analysis of the relationship between violence and occupation and on the prospects for peace offered by the current negotiations. Roy's message contains both the personal reflections of the daughter of Holocaust survivors and the analytical perspective of a political economist. Co-sponsored by the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

Saturday, March 6 - Celebrate International Women's Day! 9:30 am - 4 pm. Start with a women's only breakfast, 9:30 -10:30 am ($5 donation). Then, there will be a conference open to all. Theme: "Women's Realities, Women's Choices." First panel: "The impact of U.S. economic and military policies on women around the world." Followed by discussion groups. Then we will have testimonials from women on issues such as: women and immigration, working women, students, trafficking of women, violence against women, lesbian rights and health and reproductive rights. Place to be announced. Sponsored by: International Women's Day Coalition which includes the 8th Day Center for Justice, Chicago; National Organization for Women; Peace Pledge; Prairie Fire Organizing Committee; and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. For info or to co-sponsor: 773.278.6706.

Saturday, March 6 - Volunteer With the GI Rights Hotline! Join Us For Training! A day-long training for those who want to volunteer with the GI Rights Hotline to counsel active military personnel seeking information about options for conscientious objection and discharge. This is a new project for the Chicagoland area. Volunteering with GI Rights Hotline entails: willingness to be available for at least one shift a month starting within a month of training; ability to receive notice of calls (pager, cell phone, etc.) during your shift; ability to return phone calls promptly within GI Rights Hotline standard; ability to maintain detailed call records and to forward them on a monthly basis; ability to provide phone records for reimbursement of costs related to Hotline calls; commitment to attend a monthly support / follow up meeting; commitment to confidentiality; commitment to attend to GI concerns with accurate information and without a personal political "agenda." Veterans are especially welcome. Pre-registration is Required! 9 am - 5 pm (gather by 8:45 am), Lake Forest Friends Meeting House (Quakers), Lake Forest, IL. The trainer will be J.E. McNeil, Attorney & Executive Director, Center on Conscience & War, Washington, DC. Co-operating Organizations are IYM Peace Resources Committee (PRC), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and Lake Forest Friends Meeting (Quakers) Peace & Social Concerns Committee. Cost is $35, which includes materials and lunch on site. Register by Monday, March 1 by sending an email to peaceresources (at) ilym.org. Info: peaceresources (at) ilym.org

Sunday, March 7 - Hear from Health Professionals from Palestine! An all day conference, exploring the topic "Health Consequences of Military Occupation and its Impact on Palestinian and Israeli Populations." 8:30 am - 5 pm, University of Illinois Chicago, School of Public Health (SPH-PI), 1603 W. Taylor Street (SW corner of Taylor and Ashland). Speakers include professionals with expertise in mental health, post-traumatic stress syndrome, environmental public health, economic development, nutrition, hospital administration, child development, and community health. For a complete review of the program go to health.peacechicago.org/program.htm To register: health.peacechicago.org ($50 registration fee/$25 for students, includes lunch). Organizers of this conference include Arabs and Jews, students and health professionals, activists and educators, who are committed to making this conference a success. Info: 312.427.2533, x18

Monday, March 8 - March and Rally for International Women's Day. Join us at noon at the Daley Center for our annual march and rally to celebrate International Women's Day. We will focus on: the impact of U.S. war on women economically ? cuts in health care, education, women in prison and more. We will then march to various consulates and talk about the reality of women in these countries. International Women's Day Coalition. Info: 773.278.6706

Saturday, March 13 - "Wearing Buttons Is Not Enough," joint benefit for Rebel Grrrl Distro and Unbound Books Distro. 7pm-Midnight (starts on time, really). $5 -15 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds), United Church of Roger's Park, Insight Arts, 1545 W. Morse (a block and half west of the Morse Redline stop). Hosted by Scott Free. Bands include: Close But Not Quite; Scott Free; Spit for Athena; Three Dollar Bill; more TBA. This is a joint benefit to raise funds for a button maker which would be shared by both Rebel Grrrl and Unbound Books Distros. We've discovered that button-makers are disturbingly expensive and that's where you come in. The button-maker will be used to create radical and subversive propaganda...that you can wear! However we feel that wearing buttons is not enough and we encourage you to go out and effect real change. In the spirit of mutual aid and cooperation we're inviting other alternative distros and political organizations to table and speak at this event. Rebel Grrrl Distro is... first and foremost a feminist distro. We are anti-sexist, anti-racist, pro-queer/trans/etc. We are political, liberal, and anti-authoritarian. We are pro-choice. We are environmentalists. We believe in challenging learned behavior, especially -isms (racism, ablism, classism, and so forth). We are (safe) sex-positive. We are anti-copyright. We believe in change through creativity, community, and the exchange of information. Unbound Books Distro is... a mailorder distro with plans of becoming a collectively-run worker-owned bookstore, resource center and community space located somewhere in Chicago. We are anti-racist, anti-authoritarian, pro-queer, trans-inclusive, (safe) sex-positive, fat-positive and feminist. We don't believe in waiting until after the revolution. We believe that if you want a better world you should start acting like it now. That is why we choose to work within a non-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian structure. All decisions are made through consensus. There are no bosses. For more information: Info (at) RebelGrrrl.org or Unbound (at) UnboundBooks.org

Saturday, March 13-Sunday, March 14 - Break Through 2004: Carrying the Refuser Message into the Mainstream. A conference for anti-occupation organizers sponsored by the Refuser Solidarity Network and hosted at DePaul University. Break Through 2004 will gather together official representatives of all the Refuser groups, other refusers living in the United States, leaders and volunteers of the Refuser Solidarity Network, and anti-Occupation activists from around the country. Through discussions, workshops and sharing of ideas, we will develop concrete plans for using the courageous stand and sacrifices of the Refusers to increase the effectiveness of our own anti-Occupation organizing. The information below will give you a solid overview of Break Through 2004. For much more detailed information and to register, please visit www.refusersolidarity.net Who should attend Break Through 2004? You should make it a priority to attend Break Through 2004 if you: 1) Plan to bring a Refuser to your community for speaking events or would like to organize support activities for Refusers. Not only with you learn about the Refuser Movement at BT2004, but you will meet with and establish personal relationships with key Refuser leaders. You will also learn concrete skills and take back materials to help make your events extremely successful; 2) Are actively organizing to end the Occupation now and want to figure out how to increase the effectiveness and impact of your work. The Refuser message should be a key part of everything you do; the story of an Israeli soldier or conscript rejecting Occupation open doors and minds in a way that few other voices from the region can; 3) Would like to help the Refuser Solidarity Network get bigger and stronger in 2004 and beyond. We are growing quickly and expanding our capacity, but we still need many volunteers to help increase our effectiveness. Info: www.refusersolidarity.net

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. 12 noon, Pearson & Michigan (1 block north of Chicago). See "Featured Items" above for info on the event and planning meetings.

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

Friday, March 26 - Critical Mass Bike Ride, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza. Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

Tuesday, March 30 - 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, April 13 - 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, April 17 - 48th Ward Green Committee Earth Day Festival and Civic Fair. 10 am - 4 pm at the Broadway Armory. Info: marcloveless (at) yahoo.com

Sunday, April 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

Wednesday, April 21 - "Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict," with Norman Finkelstein, author of "Image and Realtiy fo th eIsrael-Palestine Conflict," "The Rise and Fall of Palestine," "A Nation on Trial: the Golhagen Thesis and Historical Truth," and "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering." His writings have appeared in the London Review of Books, Journal of Palestine Studies, New Left Review, Middle East Report, Christian Science Monitor, and Al Ahram Weekly. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he is the son of Holocaust survivors. Sponsor: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. Info: JustPeace1 (at) aol.com or 312.427.2533, x18

Friday, April 23 - International Day of Action Against Caterpillar. Details t.b.a. Sponsor: the Chicago chapter of the International Solidarity Movement. Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or call Kevin Clark, 312.491.1789

Sunday, April 25 - On this day the largest gathering of pro-choice Americans will assemble on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March for Women's Lives! Don't miss this chance to speak out for reproductive freedom on the nation's largest stage, just blocks from the White House. Buses from all over Illinois are being organized right now and bus tickets are available. Call the National Organization for Women at 312.578.9351 to get tickets.

Tuesday, April 27 - 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.

Friday, April 30 - Critical Mass Bike Ride, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza. Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

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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 - Twice-monthly meeting (1st and 3rd Mondays) 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, 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, 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).

Thursdays, 7 pm - Southside Slam. Open Mics at N'diga Coffee & Books, 3510 W. 63rd Street. List opens at 6 pm, performances begin at 7 pm. Bring a gently used book and get in free ($2 otherwise, performers free, no cookbooks please). Non-smoking, children friendly environment. Info: 773.925.2517

Thursdays, 9 pm - Homolatee, Queer Words and Music, hosted by Scott Free. No Exit Café, 6970 N. Glenwood. www.scottfree.net/homolatte.html

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

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Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
CCAWR (at) aol.com 312.458.9559 888.471.0874 chicagoantiwar.org
 
 

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