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CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 19 – MARCH 8

CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 19 – MARCH 8
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 19 – MARCH 8

Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Community-Owned Bookstore & Meeting Center
1300 N Western, Chicago IL USA 60622-2923
(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com
Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm

WOW! HUGE SALE! 10%-OFF-EVERY-DARN-BOOK
BOOK SALE ON RIGHT NOW & all of February
at your very favorite progressive book store (excludes
periodicals) so come on down & save, save, save!
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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,000+ recipients
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Feb 19 & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Feb 19, - April 3, Stage Left Theatre, 3408 North Sheffield
BURYING THE BONES
Stage Left Theatre’s production of Margaret Lewis’s drama of
a woman seeking the truth about her disappeared husband
from South Africa’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Info: 773-883-8830

--Feb 19, Thu, 1 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
CHANGES IN MEDICARE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS:
HOW WILL THEY AFFECT SENIORS & THE DISABLED?
Hear Rep Jan Schakowsky, William McNary of US Action
Sponsor: Committee for New Piorities, Jobs With Justice, others
Info: 312-243-6296 or 312-666-3037

--Feb 19, Thu, 6 pm, Newberry Library Bookstore, 60 W. Walton
AFTER THE STRIKE: A CENTURY OF LABOR STRUGGLE AT PULLMAN
Historian Susan Eleanor Hirsch discusses her new book
Info: 312-255-3520

--Feb 19, Thu, 7 pm, Evanston Public Library, corner Church & Orrington
ARE SETTLEMENTS AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE?
Hear Geoffrey Aronson of Foundation for Middle East Peace
Sponsors: Not In My Name, Committee for Just Peace in Israel & Palestine
Info: JustPeace1 (at) aol.com or 312/427-2533 x 18.

--Feb 19, Thu, 7:30 pm, DePaul University
Lewis Law Center #241, 25 E Jackson
SILENCING DISSENT: POLITICAL REPRESSION & THE PATRIOT ACT
Hear L.A. 8 defendant Michel Shehadeh, Standish Willis of
National Council of Black Lawyers, Michelle Morales of Boriqua
Human Rights Network, Emma Lozano of Pueblo Sin Fronteras,
Suzanne Adely of Arab American Action Network
Info: 888-471-0874 or CCAWR (at) aol.com

--Feb 19 – March 6, 8 pm, Thus-Sats, Athenaeum Studio Theatre
2936 N. Southport
LYSISTRATA 3000
American Demigods’ production of the anti-war Greek classic
Info: 312-902-1500

--Feb 20, Fri
THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY
WITH MUSLIM, ARAB & SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANTS
Info: www.laresistencia.org/endorse_national_day_of_solidarity.htm

--Feb 20, Fri, 9:30 pm, The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia
PINK BLOQUE'S POST-VALENTINE'S DAY
DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER
Benefits 4/25 March for Women's Lives in Washington DC
Info: www.pinkbloque.org

--Feb 20-22, Fri-Sun, Illinois State University, Normal IL
MIDWEST NUCLEAR REALITY CONFERENCE
Workshops, panels, more. Oppose Exelon’s plans
to build a nuclear reactor in Clinton IL!!
Info: www.nukereality.org

--Feb 21, Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 fm radio
NOAM CHOMSKY, GREG PALAST
Interview guests, This Is Hell radio
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Feb 21, Sat, 10 am, Devon Ave
STOP THE DISAPPEARANCES CAR CARAVAN
Meet 10am, Our Lady of Mercy, 4432 N Troy
Aftermeet, 2pm, Bundoo Khan Restaurant, 2501 W Devon
chicago (at) refuseandresist.org or 312-683-5194

--Feb 21, Sat, 1 pm, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E 59th
FILM: BROTHER OUTSIDER: LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN
Reception & panel discussion follows
Info: 773-549-4151 or www.rustin.org

--Feb 21, Sats, 2-4 pm, Logan Square. Kedzie & Milwaukee
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING

--Feb 21, Sat, 3:30 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: OCTOBER
Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary 1927 recreation
of the Russian Revolution of 1917, repeats 2/26 6 pm
Info: 312-846-2600

--Feb 21, Sat, 7:30-11 pm, Mutiny Pub, 2428 N Western
SOCIAL JUSTICE HOOTENANNY:
SONGS ABOUT OPPRESSION & SOCIAL CHANGE
Performance & group sing along

--Feb 22, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church Forum, 301 N Mayfield
ANTHONY BURTON: THE GOING HOME INITIATIVE
Discussion of jobs programs for ex-cons
Info: 773-626-9385

--Feb 22, Sun, 1 pm, DePaul University, 25 E Jackson, 11th Floor
MARCH 20 ORGANIZING COALITION MEETING

--Feb 22, Sun, noon, Pearson Park, 830 N Michigan
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ISRAEL'S APARTHEID WALL
Info: info (at) nimn.org or call 312/409-4845

--Feb 23, Mon, Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute IN
FILM: INVISIBLE WAR: DEPLETED URANIUM &
THE POLITICS OF RADIATION
Discussion follows
Info: (812) 988-1917 or www.BPAC.info

--Feb 24, Tue
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO END
CORPORATE INVASION OF IRAQ & SUPPORT
IRAQI WORKERS’ RIGHTS
Sponsors: Campaign to Stop the War Profiteers, Citizen Works,
CodePink, Democracy Rising, Direct Action to Stop the War,
Global Exchange, National Network to End the War Against Iraq,
National Youth & Student Peace Coalition,
United for Peace & Justice, US Labor Against War, others
Info: peace (at) globalexchange.org or 415-575-5555

--Feb 24, Tue, 10 am, 208 South LaSalle Street
STOP THE CORPORATE INVASION OF IRAQ
Labor Informational Picketline at Halliburton / KBR corporate offices
Info: CLPPJ (at) aol.com

--Feb 24, Tue, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
Schmitt Academic Center Rm 254, 2300 N Kenmore
FILM: HEARTS AND MINDS
Award wining documentary of the Vietnam War
Sponsors: Peace Pledge, Activist Student Union of DePaul

--Feb 24, Tue, 7:30pm New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
ANARCHY VS. COMMUNISM
IN REGARD TO THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Sponsor: A-Zone Collective
Info: www.azone.org

--Feb 25, Wed, 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N Western
POST-CIVIL WAR THIRD PARTY EFFORTS
Nineteenth century rise of populism
Part of Third Parties in the US-Past & Present forum series
Sponsor: Open University of the Left

--Feb 25, Wed, 7pm, Healing Earth Resource, 3111 N Ashland
NO MORE VICTIMS: CLOSE THE SCHOOL Of THE AMERICAS
Media presentation to close the School of the Americas
followed by discussion with SOA watch prisoners of conscience
& recent arrestees, including Kathy Kelly.
Info: 773-274-8979 or www.soaw.org

--Feb 25, Wed, 7pm, Champaign Public Library
505 S. Randolph, Champaign IL
YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK
Sponsor: People's Law School series
Info: 217-403-2070

--Feb 25, Wed, 8 pm, Riddles Comedy Club, 15750 S Harlem, Orland Park
COMEDY FOR PEACE FUNDRAISER
Ray Hanania & Aaron Freeman, Palestinian-Jewish comedy duo

--Feb 27, Fri, early am, location tba
ROAD TRIP TO LOUISVILLE TO PROTEST TACO BELL
Sponsor: Chicago Student Labor Action Project
Info: 312-342-7564 or slap_Chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 27, Fri, 10-4 pm, Metropolitan Family Services, 3848 W 63rd St
UNDERSTANDING ARAB-AMERICANS &
ARAB IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
Training workshop for social service providers
Info: 773-476-3534 x 63

--Feb 27, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

--Feb 28, Sat
FIRST MIDWEST REGIONAL RACIAL JUSTICE 911 MEETING
Developing a regional network of racial justice organizations
Info: 773-476-3534 x 34

--Feb 28, Sat, 9:15 - 5 pm, UIC Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Cultural Center
803 S Morgan, Lecture Center B2
VOICES OF THE DISAPPEARED:
CHICAGOANS FOR A PEACEFUL COLOMBIA
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA
Panels, workshops, more
Info: 773-454-0820 or colombia (at) chicagoans.net
or www.chicagoans.net

--Feb 28, Sat, 9:30-6:30pm, Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Theater
1212 E 59th St
BACK TO THE FUTURE:
GENERATIONS OF FEMINISM CONFERENCE
Hear Dorothy Allison, Sabrina Craig, Judith Halberstam,
Kate Millet, Aihwa Ong, Gayatri Spivak, Michelle Wallace, others
Info: humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cgs/GFConference.htm

--Feb 28, Sat, 10-4 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan
YOUR VOTE, YOUR FUTURE.
A FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, IDEAS, EMPOWERMENT
Hear Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness,
Progressive Magazine editor Matt Rothschild, panels & workshops
Sponsor: Chicago Rolling Thunder
Info: 773-235-4488

--Feb 28, Sat, 2 pm, North Park Village Center, 5801 N Pulaski
VIDEO: VISIONS OF UTOPIA
Geophy Kozeny’s 2003 doc on alternative communities in the US
Info: 773-907-1465 or www.sustainCUP.blogspot.com

--Feb 29, Sun, time tba, Hyatt Regency
AIPAC EVENT
Say hello to supporters of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, the right-wing pro-Israel lobby group

--Feb 29, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church Forum, 301 N Mayfield
REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY DISCUSSION
Hear Dr. Conrad Worrill of National Black United Front
Info: 773-626-9385

--Feb 29, Sun, 5 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church 1909 W 103rd Str
IS THE WORLD SAFER WITHOUT SADDAM?
Hear Prof McGuire Gibson
Sponsor: South Siders for Peace
Info: 773-239-1439 or SouthSidersforPeace (at) yahoogroups.com

--March 2, Tue, 6:30 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST WAR & RACISM GENERAL MEETING
Info: 888-471-0874 or CCAWR (at) aol.com

--March 3, Wed, 6:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee, 637 S. Dearborn
NEXT CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM MEETING
Coalition to Protect Public Housing looks at using
United Nations to vindicate right to housing
Info: 312-427-2533.

--March 4, Thu, 4 pm, 4:30 pm, Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn
EDUCATION NOT EMPIRE
Protest the increasing militarization of schools
Info: 773-505-2579 or dwlb (at) uchicago.edu

--March 5-7, Fri-Sun, DePaul College of Law,
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD MIDWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Info: 312-362-6841 or lcavise (at) depaul.edu

--March 6, Sat, 9-5 pm, Lake Forest Friends Meeting House, Lake Forest, IL.
GI RIGHTS HOTLINE TRAINING
Info: peaceresources (at) ilym.org

--March 6, Sat, 9:30-4 pm, location tba
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Conference theme: Women’s Realities, Women’s Choices
Sponsor: International Women’s Day Coalition
Info: 773-2778-6706

--March 6, Sat, 3 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
FROM OSLO TO THE ROAD MAP:
EXPLAINING THE FAILURE OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Hear Sara Roy of Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

--March 7, Sun, 8:30-5 pm UIC, School of Public Health, 1603 W Taylor
CONFERENCE: HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF
MILITARY OCCUPATION & ITS IMPACT ON
PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI POPULATIONS
Info: health.peacechicago.org or 312-427-2533 x18

--March 7, Sun, 10 am Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
GRACE PALEY’S ESSAYS ABOUT THE FIRST US-IRAQ WAR
Ruth Dear facilitates an a female panel discussion
Info: 773-626-9385

--March 7, Sun, 8 pm, Heartland Cafe, 7000 N Glenwood
DAVE ROVIKS & ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
Anti-war & protest songs & poems
Sponsor: Chicago Media Action

--March 8, Mon, 8:40 am, York High School, 355 W St Charles Rd, Elmhurst
DAVE ROVIKS & ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
Anti-war & protest songs & poems

--March 8, Mon, noon, Daley Center
MARCH & RALLY FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Info: International Women’s Day Coalition
Info: 773-278-6706

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WEEKLY EVENTS BELOW
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NEW BOOKS & ETC AT NWRC:

-CHE SOCCER JERSEYS, $16
-Deaming War: Blood for Oil & the Cheney-Bush Junta,
by Gore Vidal, $11.95
-Fast Food Nation, $13.95
-Hope Dies Last, by Studs Terkel, $25.95
-School of Assassins: Guns, Greed & Globalization, $15
-Bolsheviks and the Chinese Revolution 1919-1927, $15.95
-War in Colombia: Made in the USA
-The New War on Terrorism, by Noam Chomsky, $14.98
-The Politics of Individualism, $24.98
-Artists in Times of War and Other Essays, Howard Zinn - $9.95
-Bushwhacked: LIfe in George W. Bush's America, Molly Ivins - $24.95
-Dude, Where's My Country, Michael Moore - $24.95
-The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Greg Palast - $14
-For Reasons of State, with new forward by Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky - $19.95
-Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Domination, Noam Chomsky - $22
-Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition, Upton Sinclair - $12
-Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen - $15
-Manufacturing Consent, Herman & Chomsky - $18.95
-Silencing Political Dissent, Nancy Chang - $9.95
-Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond, Michael Parenti - $8.95
-War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges - $12.95
-10% OFF EVERY BOOK SALE DURING FEBRUARY!!

CALENDAR INFO: Send event title, date, time, location,
phone & sponsor to NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday

ONLINE CALENDAR LINKS:
servercc.oakton.edu/~pboisver/OESR/ChicEventsCal.html
chicago.indymedia.org/
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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS

Thu, 7:30 pm, 806 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/

Thu, 9:30 pm, CAN-TV cable channel 19
LABOR BEAT: CLASS STRUGGLE TV
Repeats Friday 4:30 pm
Info: 312-226-3330 or www.laborbeat.org

Fri, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
Info: ameyer (at) niu.edu

Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Info: www.thisishell.net

Sat, 9 am, wluw 88.7 fm radio
LIVE FROM THE HEARTLAND
Info: www.heartlandcafe.com

Sat, 10-5pm, 927 S Western
GIANT HUMANITARIAN BIKE SALE
Repeats Sun 12-4pm, Wed 12-5pm
Info: www.workingbikes.org

Sun, noon, Water Tower Park, 830 N Michigan
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE VIGIL
Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/

Sun, 7 pm, WLUW radio, 88.7 FM
LABOR EXPRESS RADIO
Info: wheimbach.igc.org

Mon, 6 pm, 2502 W Division
IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE
Info: peacepledgechicago.org/

Mon, 7 pm, North Shore Church, 5242 N Lakewood, Rm 131
ANDERSONVILLE NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE
First & third Mondays
Info: AndersonvillePeace (at) yahoogroups.com

Mon-Fri, 7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM radio
DEMOCRACY NOW

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
--3:45 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM radio
--6 pm, WLUW 88.7 FM radio

Tue, 8-9 am, Chicago Federal Building, Jackson & Dearborn
SILENT VIGIL AGAINST WAR & RACISM
Sponsor: 8th Day Center for Justice
Info: 312-641-5151

Tue, 7 pm, Grace Church, 3325 W Wrightwood
LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORS FOR JUSTICE & PEACE
Info: 773-252-9956 or g.henninger (at) comcast.net

Tue, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
HYDE PARK COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR & RACISM
WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/
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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011or
nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com. New World is a centrally located non-
smoking storefront accessible by public transportation, street parking
available, wheelchairs/bikes welcome. Small donation requested.

WHO WE ARE: The New World Resource Center is Chicago’s oldest
independent left & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
collective. Volunteers always welcome; phone 773-227-4011 for info.

THANKS to everyone for your support.

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