CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: MARCH 25 – APRIL 12

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--March 25 & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--March 25, Thu, 5-7 pm, corner Clark, Broadway & Diversey
COW VAN VEGAN OUTREACH
Sponsor: Animal Defense League
Info: ADLChicago (at) yahoo.com

--March 25, Thu, 7 pm, Las Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark
INCARCERATED WOMEN & GIRLS:
REENTRY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Panel discussion, part of Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo
series on incarcerated women & girls
Sponsors: Beyondmedia Education &
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Info: (773) 973-2280

--March 25, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall
FILM: UNCOVERED: THE SELLING OF THE IRAQ INVASION
Documentary on the 2003 US invasion of Iraq
Part of Loyola Women for Peace’ US Foreign Policy:
Truth, War & Consequences Film Series

--March 25, Thu, 7 pm, Left of Center Bookstore, 1043 W Granville
CAMUS AND SARTRE: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP
&THE QUARREL THAT ENDED IT
Hear author Ronald Aronson
Info: 773-856-5090 or danny (at) postelservice.com

--March 25 - April 2, Thu-Fri
ANTI-DEATH PENALTY ROAD TRIP FOR JUSTICE
Tour of IL college campuses to abolish death penalty with
former death row inmates Gary Gauger, Aaron Patterson,
Delbert Tibbs, reps from Amnesty International, others
3/25 Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal
3/26 Heartland Community College, Bloomington-Normal
3/29, Bradley University, Peoria
3/30 Millikin University, Decatur
3/31 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
4/2 Lewis University, Joliet
Sponsor: Amnesty International, IL Coalition Against Death Penalty
Info: www.icadp.org

--March 25 - 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

--March 26, Fri, 9-2 pm, Metropolitan Family Services, 3843 W 63rd St
EMPOWERING LOW-WAGE WORKERS
Immigrant rights training for community advocates &
service providers on workplace rights
Info: 773-476-3534 x 63 or suzanneadely (at) msn.com

--March 26, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

--March 26-April 1, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: FORGET BAGHDAD
Documentary on Iraq’s multicultural past & the Arab-Israeli conflict
Info: 773-281-4114

--March 26-April 1, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport
FILM: GOODBYE LENIN
Wolfgang Becker’s satire on German reunification & the old
German Democratic Republic
Info: 773-871-6604

--March 27, Sat, 9 am, This Is Hell, wnur 89.3 fm radio
MINOR SINCLAIR
Hear the Oxfam America regional director on farm labor
Info: www.thisishell.net

--March 27, Sat, 9:30 am, First United Methodist Church of Normal
211 N School St, Normal IL
CENTRAL ILLINOIS FAITH COMMUNITY TRAINING
ON ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
www.normalfumc.org.

--March 27, Sat, 10 am, Rogers Park Presbyterian Church, 7059 N Greenview
ROGERS PARK COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK MEETING
Lawyers Committee For Better Housing rep
will discuss housing & tenants rights

--March 27, Sat, 1 pm, Trinity Church, 125 E 26th St
IS THE US BECOMING A POLICE STATE?
Panelists: civil rights attorney Stan Willis,
activist Ana Mustafa, Lou Downey of Refuse and Resist
Info: Chicago (at) october22.org or 312-683-5194

--March 27, Sat, 2 pm, North Park Nature Center, 5801 N Pulaski
ANOTHER WAY IS COMING:
PREPARING FOR THE END OF CHEAP OIL
Sustainability Through Permaculture meeting on
synergizing the peace & sustainability movements
Info: 773-907-1465 or www.sustainCUP.blogspot.com

--March 27, Sat, 5:30 pm, Paradise Banquet, 9220 S Harlem
MUSLIM CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER DINNER
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, others
708-598-6640www.mcrcnet.org

--March 27, Sat, 6:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
SHOULD THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FIGHT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Hear activists Darrell Gordon, Andy Thayer, Jennie Mutation, Robert Castillo
Sponsor: Queerzone
Info: socialistpoet (at) azone.org

--March 27, Sat, 7 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
HARRIET TUBMAN: THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
Historian Catherine Clinton discuses her book
Repeats 3/28 10 pm

--March 27, Sat, 8 pm, Acme Artworks, 1741 N Western
NELSON ALGREN BIRTHDAY PARTY
Music, drama, comedy, irony, awards, refreshments
Info: www.nelsonalgren.org

--March 27, Sat, 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: PATRIOT ACTS
World premiere documentary explores human cost of post-9/11
immigration policy on Chicago's Pakistani residents
Info: 312-575-8000 or www.siskelfilmcenter.org

--March 27, Sat, Blackies, 755 S Clark
METROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION
UNIVERSAL DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER
Tix $15/20
Info: 773-292-4980 x 222

--March 27-30, Sat-Tue
SOA WATCH SPRING MOBILIZATION & LOBBY DAY
Trainings, skill-shares, street theatre, social & educational events
Info: www.soaw.org

--March 28, Sun, 7:15 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BOOKS ON BUSH DISCUSSION
Authors Eric Alterman, Joe Conason, David Corn,
Mark Green, William Hartung

--March 28, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN: MEDIA REPORTING VS FACTS
IN ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
Hear the author & media analyst
Info: 773-626-9385

--March 29-31, Mon-Wed, WTTW channel 11 TV
THE NEW AMERICANS
Kartemquin Films’ new series on contemporary US immigrants
Info: www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans.

--March 29 - April 4
NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR WEEK OF ACTION
Justice for workers on campuses & in communities
Info: www.jwj.org/SLAP/A4/2004.htm

--March 30, Tue, 9-1 pm, Gleacher Center, 450 N Cityfront Plaza Dr
CHICAGO FORUM ON HEALTH CARE ACCESS & THE UNINSURED
Harvard Forums On Health public discussion

--March 30, 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 30, Tue, 7:30 pm, UIC, Cardinal Room, 750 S Halsted
PETER CAMEJO
Hear the Green Party activist
Sponsors: Chicago Area Greens, GreensAllianceUSA,
International Socialists Organization, Chicago Solidarity
Info773-728-6268

--March 31, Wed, 5 am - 10 pm, WNTD-AM 950 radio
AIR AMERICA RADIO
Non-right-wing talk radio debuts with hosts Al Franken,
Lizz Winstead, Randi Rhodes, Janeane Garofalo,
Chuck D, Robert F Kennedy Jr, more; all day weekdays

--March 31, Wed, 6-8 pm, International House, 1414 E 59th St
GUANTANAMO BETWEEN THE LINES: HUMANITARIAN ISSUES
Hear Alison Parker of Human Rights Watch, others
Sponsors: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, ACLU,
U C Amnesty International, Muslim Students Association,
Action Towards Peace, others
Info: human-rights (at) uchicago.edu or 773-834-0957

--March 31-April 1, Wed-Thu, Illinois State University, Normal
THE JUNGLE, 100 YEARS LATER:
CONFERENCE ON THE MEAT INDUSTRY
Speakers include Howard Lyman, Carol J. Adams,
Kathleen de Grave, Liane Casten, Kari Lydersen, John K. Wilson, more
Info: jungle.pabn.org

--April 1, Thu
APRIL FIRST WEEKLY EVENTS CALENDAR
Sharpen those pencils: Time to make fun of ourselves & everyone else
Submit phony events, book titles, etc by 3/30
(keep it clean) to nwrc2600 (at) juno.com

--April 1, Thu, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, BUT WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
THE LEGACY & FUTURE OF FEMINISM
Panelists: Eleanor Smeal; Beth Richie, director UIC
African American Studies; Lisa Jervis, creator of Bitch Magazine
Info: 312-993-0682 or info (at) thepublicsquare.org

--April 1, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall
FILM: VENEZUELA: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
Documentary on the 2002 failed coup
Part of Loyola Women for Peace’ US Foreign Policy:
Truth, War & Consequences Film Series

--April 1-11, various locations
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Screenings of Marina; Death In Gaza; Railroad of Hope;
Life In A Basket; Asylum; We Interrupt This Empire; lots more
Info: 773-486-9612 or www.chicagodocfestival.org/

--April 2, Fri, 3-6 pm, Congress Picket Line, 520 S Michigan
SOLIDARITY WITH CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
All-city march in support or 9-month-long strike & picket
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--April 2-3, Fri-Sat, International House, 1414 E 59th St
ANGELA DAVIS: INCARCERATION & DETENTION:
RACE & HUMAN RIGHTS
Two-day conference also features Abdeen Jabara,
Danny Davis, Milton Estes, Suzanne Adely, others
Info: humanrights.uchicago.edu/conference/

--April 2-4, Fri-Sun, Loyola University Galvin Auditorium
6339 N Sheridan
LAKE SHORE ARABIC & FARSI FILM FESTIVAL
Films from Algeria, Iran, Morocco, Palestine, France
Info: 773-508-3727

--April 2-4, Fri-Sun, Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre, 300 E Ohio
FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY CONFERENCE
Speakers, workshops, actions
Info: www.farmsanctuary.org/farmanimalforum/

--April 2-4, Fri-Sun, Lake Forrest College
ANTI-OPPRESSION TRAINING
Sponsor: Student Labor Action Project
Info: www.chicagoslap.org/

--April 3, Sat, 8:30 am, St. Gertrude's Church, 1420 W Granville
PEACE IS A HUMAN RIGHT:
WORKSHOP ON TEACHING PEACE
All day training session
Info: www.peaceed.org

--April 3, Sat, 10 am, UIC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S Halsted
MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or midwestsocialists (at) yahoo.com

--April 3, Sat, 11 am, Arlington Heights Library, 500 N Dunton
FILM: SOA: GUNS & GREED
Documentary on School of the Americas
Info: 773-274-8979

--April 3, Sat, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark St
FILM: GENERATION X-SADDAM
Shelley Saywell’s doc on Iraq shot on the eve of the 2003 US invasion
Discussion follows with Kathy Kelly of Voices In The Wilderness
Info: 773-293-1447

--April 4, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
CURRENT SITUATION IN HAITI & US INVOLVEMENT
Hear Evanston Alderman Lionel Jean-Baptiste
Info: 773-626-9385

--April 4, Sun, 11 am, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 2502 W Division
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY FOLLOW UP MEETING:
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Brunch & plan future activities
Info: 773-278-6706

--April 4, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Library, 1703 Orrington
FILMS: INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR,
also YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN
Sponsor: Neighbors for Peace
Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org or 847-289-7253

--April 4, Sun, 4 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
CINDY & CRAIG CORRIE: DEMAND CATERPILLAR
STOP SELLING BULLDOZERS TO ISRAEL
Organizing rally for 4/23 International Day of Action Against CAT
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: 312-491-1789 or www.stopcat.org

--April 5, Mon, 5 pm, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 2739 W Division
CUBA & THE CUBAN 5
Forum with Andrés Gómez
Info: 773.342.8023

--April 5, Mon, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library
EMPTY CAGES: FACING THE CHALLENGE OF ANIMAL RIGHTS
Hear author Dr. Tom Regan

--April 5, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
ALIENATION & HUMANISM: MARX'S CRITIQUE
OF THE RADICAL ALTERNATIVES OF HIS TIME
Part of Alternatives to Capitalism series
Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl (at) igc.org

--April 5, Mon, 7 pm, International House, 1414 E 59th St
TWO WINGS OF THE SAME BIRD: UNRAVELING
DEMOCRACIES IN HAITI & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Panelists: authors Prof Alex Dupuy, Emelio Betances, Alan McPherson
Sponsor: International House Global Voices

--April 7, Wed, 6 pm, UNITE Hall, corner Ashland & Van Buren
GLOBALIZATION, POVERTY & THE IMF & WORLD BANK
Hear South African activist Virginia Setshedi,
Cambodian Oxfam activist Sam Vuthy,
Organizing meeting for 4/23 IMF protests in Washington DC
Sponsors: Chicago Social Forum, Chicago Jobs with Justice,
Chicago Africa Initiative, American Friends Service Committee
Info: info (at) chicagosocialforum.org

--April 7, Wed, 6:30 pm, DePaul University SAC, 2320 N Kenmore Rm 154
BEYOND NEOLIBERALISM:
THE CITIZEN SCHOOLS PROJECT IN PORTO ALEGRE
Colloquium with Prof Luis Armando Gandin on the
Citizen Schools serving the favelas of Porto Alegre
Info: 773-325-1856 or itdr (at) depaul.edu

--April 7, Wed, 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N. Western
THE NEW DEAL & THE ROOSEVELT COALITION
Impact of Great Depression on third parties
Part of Open University of the Left’s Third Parties series

--April 8, Thu, 7 pm, Northwestern University Ryan Auditorium
Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan
JULIA BUTTERFLY
Hear the environmental activist
Sponsor: Peace Project
Info: naureen (at) northwestern.edu

--April 9, Fri, noon, corner Congress & Michigan
ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY WALK FOR JUSTICE
Info: 312-641-5151 or 8thday (at) claret.org

--April 9 & 11, Fri & Sun, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: UNCOVERED: THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR
Robert Greenwald’s 2003 documentary
Info: 773-293-1447

--April 9-11, Fri-Sun, University of Chicago
STUDENT PEACE ACTION NETWORK'S SUMMIT
Workshops, panels, films, more
Info: www.studentpeaceaction.org/summit.html

--April 9-15, Fri-Thu, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: MC5 - A TRUE TESTIMONIAL
David C. Thomas’ must-see documentary on the politics
& music of the seminal 1960s rock band
Info: 312-846-2600

--April 11, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church 301 N Mayfield
MAD COWS & THE AMERICAN BEEF INDUSTRY
Hear Susan Linke-Salazar
Info: 773-26-9385

--April 12, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
VALUE, EXCHANGE VALUE, & FREELY ASSOCIATED LABOR
Part of Alternatives to Capitalism series
Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl (at) igc.org

--April 12, Mon, 7:30 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan
AKALLO GRACE GRALL
Hear the former Ugandan child soldier
Sponsor: Amnesty International Group 113,
Roosevelt University Women's & Gender Studies Program.
Info: www.indiastudies.org

FORTHCOMING:
-4/13 Robert McChesney, www.chicagomediaaction.org/
-4/15 Manning Marable & Studs Terkel @ Harold Washington Public Library
-4/16-28 Chicago Latino Film Festival, www.latinoculturalcenter.org/filmfest/
-4/17 Chicago Media Watch Conference, www.chicagomediawatch.org/SpringConference041704.htm
-4/17-18 Mother Earth & Mother Jones labor & enviro conference, admin (at) asje.org
-4/21 Norman Finkelstein - Images of Palestine, JustPeace1 (at) aol.com
-4/23 International Day of Action Against Caterpillar, ISMinChicago (at) aol.com
-4/23-24 Chicago Labor & Arts Festival
-4/24 Self-Publishing & Media Reform Fest, www.selfpublishers.org
-4/25 All Out!! March for Women's Lives, Washington DC, 312-578-9351
-4/29-5/2 The New Latin American Left,
www.havenscenter.org/latinamericanleft.htm
-4/30 Crossroads Fund 2004 Annual Benefit, 773-227-7676
-5/1 Happy May Day
-5/7 Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner, www.chicagodsa.org/d2004.html
-5/7-13 Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival, www.hrw.org/iff/2003/index.html
-5/17 National Day of Rallies for Equal Marriage Rights
-6/25-30 Americas Social Forum - Ecuador, www.forosocialamericas.org
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NEW BOOKS & ETC AT NWRC:

-CHE SOCCER JERSEYS, $16
-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
-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
-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
-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
-10% OFF EVERY BOOK SALE DURING FEBRUARY!!
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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 Mondays of month
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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