CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JULY 15 – AUG 2

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

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--July 15, Thu & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--July 15, Thu, & ongoing, various theatres
FILM: FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Michael Moore’s documentary on the Iraq war & oil politics
Info: www.michaelmoore.com

--July 15, Thu, & ongoing, Landmark Century Cinema, Clark & Diversy
FILM: CONTROL ROOM
Jehane Noujaim’s documentary on Al-Jazerra & the Iraq War
Info: (773) 509-4949

--July 15, Thu
PROTEST ANTI-CHOICE FANATICS
Keep abortion safe & legal
9 am, Irving Park Rd & Barrington, Hannover Park
11:30 am, Golf Rd & Roselle, Hoffman Estates
3:30 pm, Euclid Ave & Plum Grove, Rolling Meadows

--July 16, Fri
PROTEST ANTI-CHOICE FANATICS
Keep abortion safe & legal
9 am, Arlington Heights Rd & Golf, Arlington Heights
11:30 am, Oakton & Lee/Mannheim, Des Plaines
3:30 pm, Glenview Rd & Waukegan, Glenview

--July 16-18, Fri-Sun, 7528 North Oakley
BASIC STREET MEDIC TRAINING
3-day training in first aid skills for protests & direct action
Sponsor: CAM & Doc Rosen of the Colorado Street Medics
Info: cam (at) rescueteam.com

--July 16-22, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: POWER TRIP
Paul Devlin's documentary on the privatization
of electricity in the Republic of Georgia
Info: 773-281-4114

--July 16-29, Fri-Thu, Landmark Century Cinema, Clark & Diversy
FILM: THE CORPORATION
Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott’s brilliant new documentary on
the corporate system features Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky,
Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, more
Info: (773) 509-4949

--July 17, Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Guests include Bruce Gilley, author of China's Democratic Future,
Norman Kelley, author of The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome,
Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark,
Jennifer Abbott, filmmakers of documentary The Corporation
Info: www.thisishell.net

--July 17, Sat, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN 2 cable TV
MOVING MOUNTAINS: THE RACE TO TREAT GLOBAL AIDS
Hear author Anne-christine d'Adesky, repeats 4:30 pm

--July 17, Sat
PROTEST ANTI-CHOICE FANATICS
Keep abortion safe & legal
9 am, Central St & Green Bay, Evanston
11:30 am, Davis & Ridge, Skokie
3:30 pm, McCormick & Touhy, Lincolnwood

--July 17, Sat, 10-2 pm, UE Hall, 37 S Ashland
BUILDING THE ROAD TO DISARMAGEDDON
Peace fair & workshop for activists on nonviolent communication
Info: 312.405.9470

--July 17, Sat, 11 am, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
RISING FROM THE RAILS: PULLMAN PORTERS &
THE MAKING OF THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS
Historian Larry Tye discusses his book on the the first successful
black trade union & initiators of the modern civil rights movement

--July 17, Sat, 1 pm, congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
BIKE RIDE IN SOLIDARITY WITH CONGRESS WORKERS
Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism,
HERE Local 1, SEIU Local 1
Info: 773-528-1836

--July 17, Sat, 1 pm, AIW Hall, 2882 Dineen, Decatur
BENEFIT FOR WORKERS INJURED IN THE
FORMOSA PLASTICS PLANT EXPLOSION

--July 17, Sat, 1 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN 2 cable TV
RESPECT IN A WORLD OF INEQUALITY
Hear author Richard Sennett

--July 17, Sat, 3-4 pm
CAFÉ SOCIETY: THE PATRIOT ACT & CENSORSHIP
Open discussion
Big E's, 5131 N Damen
Cafe Dada, 1507 W Foster
Soul Café, 1301 W Hollywood
Sponsor: The Public Square
Info: 312-993-0682, www.thepublicsquare.org

--July 17, Sat, 7 pm, 223 S East Ave, Oak Park
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION
Live Music, speakers, benefits Hospital in Somoto

--July 17-18, Sat-Sun, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: STRUGGLE
Ruth Mader’s probing drama of Polish immigrants in Western Europe
Info: 773-281-4114

--July 18, Sun, 10:30 am, Ethical Humanist Society, 7574 N Lincoln
CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
Hear human rights activist Jordan Lome
Info: 847-677-3334

--July 18, Sun, 11 am, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER VOLUNTEER MEETING
Scintillating discussion, snacks, fun tasks, lots more
Info: 773-227-4011

--July 18, Sun, noon, Museum Campus Drive
DISABILITY PRIDE PARADE
Info: www.disabledandproud.com/parade.htm

--July 18, Sun, 4 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: THE INNER TOUR
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary follows a group of Palestinians
on a three-day sightseeing tour of Israel, formerly their home
Info: 773-281-4114

--July 18, Sun, 4 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN 2 cable TV
DARK AGE AHEAD
Hear author Jane Jacobs

--July 18, Sun, 5 pm, Goodman Theatre
LET THE EAGLE FLY: THE STORY OF
CESAR CHAVEZ & THE FARM WORKERS
Free admission
Sponsor: Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Info: 312-443-3800

--July 18, Sun, 6 pm
FILM: OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM
House parties hosted by MoveOn.org & Common Cause
Info: action.moveon.org/outfoxed/

--July 19, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK AFRICA:
FIGHTING GENOCIDE IN SUDAN
Hear author Kevin Anderson
Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl (at) igc.org

--July 20, 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

--July 20, Tue, 6:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted St
JIM HIGHTOWER
Author discusses book, Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

--July 21, Wed, 5:30 pm, Clemente High School, 1147 N Western
FILM: BORICUA
Marisol Torres’ film on 4 Puerto Rican youth from Humboldt Park
& their struggles with cultural identity, gentrification, love, pride

--July 21, Wed, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: GAZA STRIP
James Longley’s documentary on Israeli-occupied Gaza
Info: info (at) psgchicago.org

--July 21, Wed, 7 pm, Wellington Avenue Church, 615 W Wellington
BENEFIT FOR ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS SOA WATCH
Hear Kathy Kelly & others

--July 21, Wed, 8 pm, No Exit Café, 7000 N Glenwood
SANDINO VIVE VIDEO THEATER
Screening of Sandinismo: The Peoples Struggle Continues,
discussion follows with Prof Richard Grossman
Sponsor: Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
Info: 773-973-6529 or email nscchicago (at) ic.org

--July 22, Thu, 7:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted St
WOMEN & WAR: STORIES OF WAR, SURVIVAL & WAR
Exhibition of war from women’s’ perspective

--July 22, Thu, 7:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1100 Lake St, Oak Park
WARD JUST: AN UNFINISHED SEASON
Author discusses his new novel of the 1950s

--July 22, Thu, 8:pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
BENEFIT FOR THE HALSTED / CLARK 3
Live bands benefit persecuted queer activists
773-743-3355

--July 23, Fri
THE GUANTANAMOBILE PROJECT
Educational project comes to Chicago
Info: guantanamobile.org/

--July 23, Fri, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FLO RAZOWSKY
Hear the American-born Jewish peace activist deported
from Israel for actions against Israel’s Apartheid Wall
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--July 23, Fri, 8 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: A QUESTION OF SILENCE
Marleen Gorris’ 1982 spellbinder of feminist rebellion
Repeats 7/26 6 pm

--July 23- 25, Fri-Sun,
EDUCATION NOT EMPIRE:
CHICAGOLAND YOUTH ORGANIZING SUMMIT
Youth & student organizing groups: workshops,
skillshares, teach-ins, performances, more
Info: studentliberation (at) ziplip.com

--July 23-29, Fri-Thu, Belgrade
PEOPLES’ GLOBAL ACTION CONFERENCE
www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/belgrade/index.htm

--July 24, Sat, 10-5 pm, 1125 S Western
WORKING BIKES CO-OP GRAND OPENING
Recycled bikes sold locally to fund
shipments of bicycles to developing countries
Info: workingbikes (at) yahoo.com

--July 25, Sun, 1 pm, Wild Hare, 3530 N. Clark
SONGS OF FREEDOM:
AFTERNOON OF CULTURE & POLITICS
Sponsors: Committee on Filipino Issues,
Palestine Solidarity Group, Colombia Action Network
All African Peoples Revolutionary Party
Music, poetry, spoken word, food, dance

--July 25-30, Sun-Fri, Quito, Ecuador
AMERICAS SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.forosocialamericas.org/index.phtml.en

--July 26, Mon, 7 pm, Oriental Institute, 1555 E 58th
WALTER MOSLEY: LITTLE SCARLET
Author discusses the latest Easy Rawlins mystery
set during the 1965 Watts riots

--July 26-29, Boston
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ACTIONS
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/

--July 28, Wed, 7 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland
PROGRESSIVE FILM FORUM
Film showings every other Wednesday: 8/11, 8/25
Sponsors: Healing Earth Resources, Chicago Indy Media,
New World Resource Center
Info: drlora (at) ameritech.net

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

--July 31, Sat, 1-3 pm Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton.
BUGHOUSE SQUARE DEBATES
Chicago's legendary free speech festival, huge used book sale

--July 31, Sat, 2 pm, Peace Museum 100 North Central
DOOMSDAY CLOCK & THE NEW NUCLEAR DANGER
Hear Bulletin of Atomic Scientists publisher Stephen Schwartz
Info: 773-638-6450

--August 1, Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: RAGING DOVE
Duki Dror’s documentary on the Palestinian/Israeli/American boxer
Info: 773-281-4114

--August 2-9, Hiroshima
2004 WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Info: antiatom (at) topaz.plala.or.jp

FORTHCOMING:
-8/5-8 A Better World's in Birth? Struggles Against Globalization conference,
international.conference (at) juno.com
-8/6-8 Conference on Contingent Academic Labor,
www.chicagococal.org/index-cocal6.html
-8/6 Hiroshima Remembrance Day
-8/13-15 Prison Abolition Conference, 708-534-1334
-8/20-22 Life After Capitalism Conference, www.lifeaftercapitalism.org/
-8/20-25 Grassroots Media Festival, grassrootsmediafestival.org/
-8/27-29 Chicago Trans/GenderQueer Film/Video Festival, www.widc.org/
-8/28 Apna Ghar domestic violence shelter fundraiser, www.apnaghar.org/indexnew.shtml
-8/29-9/2 Republican Party Convention Protest NYC, www.chicagonewyork.net/
-9/1-3 Illinois AFL-CIO Convention, 217-544-4014
-10/15 Nuclear Power & Children's Health Symposium, mpeters (at) nuclearpolicy.org
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-The Fateful Triangle, new edition, by Noam Chomsky
-The Uses of Haiti, by Paul Farmer
-HealthCare Meltdown, by Robert Lebow
-History as Mystery, by Michael Parenti
-America Besieged, by Michael Parenti
-For Reasons of State, with forward by Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky - $19.95
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-The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast
-Crime & Criminals, by Clarence Darrow, $8
-A Vietcong Memoir, by David Chanoff
-Lies & the Lying Liars That Tell Them, by Al Franken
-Dude, Where`s My Country, by Micheal Moore
-Oil, Power, & Empire, by Larry Everest
-Ten Days That Shook the World, by John Reed

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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

Sat, 2-4 pm, Logan Square, Kedzie & Milwakee Aves
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING

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,
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM north side
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM south side

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
BIWEEKLY MEETING
2nd & 4th Tue
Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/

Tue, 7:30 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church, 103rd & Longwood Dr
SOUTH SIDERS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.southsidersforpeace.com/

Wed, 4-6 pm, Logan Square, Kedzie & Milwaukee
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING

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