NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 6 – 24

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
Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
www.newworldresourcecenter.com/events/

----------------------------------
Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,300+ recipients
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
-------------------------------

--Jan 6, Thu & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Boycott Chicago Intercontinental & Four Seasons Hotels
Sponsor: Unite HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Jan 6, Thu, 11 am, Washington DC
DEFEND YOUR DEMOCRACY RALLY
Rally for a fair voting system
Info: drlora (at) ameritech.net or www.illinooisprogressives.org

--Jan 6, Thu, 6:30 pm, Beef n' Brandy, 127 S State
COUNTER-INAUGURAL PLANNING MEETING
Info: jkirsch (at) earthlink.net

--Jan 7, Fri, 6 pm, corner Sunset & Kellog, Waukegan
STAND UP AGAINST ANTI-CHOICE & ANTI-GAY BIGOTS
Rally against right-wing Agape Christian Church
Sponsor: Red Alert Collective
Info: www.redalertcollective.cjb.net/

--Jan 7-13, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: CHECKPOINT
Yoav Shamir’s haunting documentary on the oppressive system of
roadblocks used by Israel on Palestinian citizens
Info: 773-281-4114

--Jan 8, Sat, 2-5 pm, Faith Church, 613 N Van Buren, Batavia
CONFEDERATION OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS
PEACE GROUPS PLANNING MEETING
Info: 847-742-6602

--Jan 9, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
THE WAR AT HOME: THE BUSH OFFENSIVE
AGAINST WORKING PEOPLE
Hear David Moberg, editor of In These Times
Info: 773-626-9385

--Jan 9, Sun, 2-10 pm, HotHouse 31 E Balbo
CHICAGO RESPONDS: HOTHOUSE'S
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF
Live music, food, more
Benefits American Friends Service Committee & Red Cross
Info: www.hothouse.net/

--Jan 9, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
POTLUCK DINNER MEETING
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--Jan 10, Mon, 5:30-7:30 pm, CAN TV, 322 S Green St
CAN TV PLANNING MEETING
Discussion of CAN TV's future
Info: 312-738-1400 or info (at) cantv.org

--Jan 10, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN ACHEH IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
Discussion
Info: arise (at) newsandletters.org or 312-236-0799

--Jan 12, Wed, 6 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
HOW TO BE A SMART MEDIA CONSUMER
Panelists: DePaul Prof Laura S. Washington,
Dan Sinker of Punk Planet, others
Info: 312–943–9090

--Jan 12, Wed, 7: 30 pm, Block Cinema, Northwestern University 40 Arts Circle Drive
FILM: GRAVEYARD OF THE FIREFLIES
Isao Takahata anti-war drama, followed by panelists
Prof Scott Curtis & peace activist Jack Kelley
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org or 847-866-0312

--Jan 14, Fri, 7:45 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: THE UNTOLD STORY OF EMMETT LOUIS TILL
Keith Beauchamp’s documentary on the famous murder
of an African American teenager in Mississippi
Repeats 1/18, 6 pm

--Jan 15, Sat, 10 am, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
FREE SPEECH: THE WOBBLIES CHALLENGE
Hear historians Paul Buhle & Mike Alewitz
Info: 312–943–9090

--Jan 15, Sat, 11-2 pm, Jack Benny Plaza
203 N Genesee St, Waukegan
FOOD NOT BOMBS VEGETARIAN SERVING
Info: www.redalertcollective.cjb.net

--Jan 15, Sat, 2 pm, Senn High School, 5900 N Glenwood
ANTI-MILITARY & COUNTER INAUGURAL PROTEST & RALLY
March to Broadway Armory, 5917 N Broadway, for rally
Sponsor: Chicago Organizing Coalition-Counter-Inaugural
Info: ccawr (at) aol.com or cocci-info (at) chicagoactions.org

--Jan 15, Sat, 6 pm, St Pius Church, 1915 S Ashland
ARE LATINOS BEING TARGETED FOR
MILITARY RECRUITMENT TO FIGHT THIS WAR?
Panelists: Fernando Suarez of Azteca Guerrero,
Juan Torres, filmmaker Norma Castillo
program in Spanish with translation as needed
Info: 773-247-7820

--Jan 15-16, Sat-Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: HEROD'S LAW
Luis Estrada’s 2000 satire on Mexican politics
Info: 773-281-4114

--Jan 16, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM:
A POST-ELECTION LOOK AT WHITE NATIONALISM
Hear Devin Burghart of Building Democracy Initiative
of the Center for New Community
Info: 773-626-9385

--Jan 16, Sun, 2 pm, New Furama Restaurant, 2828 S Wentworth
FORGING UNITY TO BLOCK THE BUSH AGENDA
Hear Fernando Suarez del Solar of Military Families Speak Out
People's Weekly World / Nuestro Mundo annual banquet
Info: 773-991-7930 or 773-667-5154

--Jan 16, Sun, 2 pm, Columbia College Conaway Center, 1104 S Wabash
GET YOUR VOICE BACK! TAKING BACK POLITICS,
MEDIA, & THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Panelists include Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi
Sponsors; Media Democracy Chicago, In These Times, 88.7 WLUW-FM,
Civic Responsibility & Engagement Committee at Columbia College
Info: www.mediademocracychicago.org or 773-517-6433

--Jan 17, Mon
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
“When machines and computers, profit and
property rights are considered more important
than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism
and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
(Declaration of Independence from the War in
Vietnam, Riverside Church speech, 4/4/67)

--Jan 17, Mon, 7 pm, Oak Park Library,
FILM: THE OTHER SIDE OF AIDS
Robin Scoville’s new documentary challenges the
pharmaceutical industry's conception of HIV/Aids

--Jan 18, Tue, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
SISTER HELEN PREJEAN
Hear the anti-death penalty advocate

--Jan 19, Wed, 5 pm
BUS FROM CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON DC COUNTER-INAUGURAL
Returns Chicago 1/ 21 approximately 9 am
Info: ccawr (at) aol.com or cocci-info (at) chicagoactions.org or
rideboard at www.chicagoactions.org/cocci/

--Jan 20, Thu, Washington DC
COUNTER-INAUGURAL PROTEST
www.chicagoactions.org/cocci/

--Jan 20, Thu, 6:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
BROWN & THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Panelists: USC Prof Mary Dudziak, University of North
Carolina Prof Gerald Horne, University of Michigan
Prof Penny Von Eschen, UIC Prof Barbara Ransby
Info: 312-422-5580 or ihc (at) prairie.org

--Jan 20, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N. Western
FILM: BUSH FAMILY FORTUNES:
THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: OULChicago (at) yahoo.com or 773-384-5797

--Jan 20, Thu, 8-1 am, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
ANTI-INAUGURAL BALL & ART SHOW

--Jan 21, Fri, 6 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: HEARTS & MINDS
Peter Davis’ brilliant 1974 documentary on the Vietnam War
Repeats 1/24 7:30 pm, 1/25 8 pm

--Jan 22, Sat, 9-1 pm, 815 W Van Buren, Suite 110
THIS STORY IS UNION-MADE:
A WRITING WORKSHOP & RECEPTION FOR WORKERS
Workshop instruction by author Mark Nowak
Reading & reception 2/4, 6-9 pm
Sponsor: Chicago Labor Education Program
Info: www.ilir.uiuc.edu/labor

--Jan 23, Sun, 7 pm, First United Church, 1032 Maple, Downers Grove
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
Info: 630-852-9741 or lsmpax (at) 3arts.us

--Jan 24, Mon, time/location tba
DR. ALBERTO COLOMBI
Heat the US goodwill ambassador for
the Italian NGO Emergency
Info: www.vitw.org

--Jan 24, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILM: WAR & PEACE / JANG AUR AMAN
Anand Patwardhan’s epic documentary of peace activism
in the face of global militarism in India, Pakistan & Japan
Info: 773-702-8574

FORTHCOMING:
-1/26-31 World Social Forum, Porte Alegre, Brazil
-2/2 New Unity Partnership & the Crisis of Labor, 312-996-2623
-2/2 Anti-Death Penalty Activist Mike Farrell, Loyola University
-2/11 Holly Near, www.northpark.edu/campustheme
-2/19-21 United for Peace & Justice National Assembly, St Louis MO
-2/26 Ani DiFranco, Auditorium Theater
-3/4-5 Coalition of Immokalee Workers Farmworkers Chicago visit, www.ciw-online.org
-3/8 International Women’s Day
-3/16-20 Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival
-3/20 Global Day of Action Against War in Iraq
-3/25-28 Third Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference, apisc2005 (at) greenleft.org.au
-3/28-4/5 Delegation to El Salvador commemorates 25th Anniversary of
Archbishop Romero, mkennedy (at) crln.org
-4/15-16 Global Left Forum, NYC, www.2005leftforum.org/
-5/6 Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
-5/6-7 IWW & a Century of Radical Labor Activism 1905-2005, NJ, jgugliel (at) email.smith.edu
-5/13-15 National Conference for Media Reform, St Louis MO, www.freepress.net/conference/
-6/3-5 Radfest/Midwest Social Forum, Madison WI, info (at) havenscenter.org
--------------------------------------
NEW STUFF AT NWRC:

-ANTI-BUSH UNDERWEAR!! Keep your pants W-free
-10% Off on All Magazines, Papers & Journals!
-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee from Nicaragua
-Visit our ever-expanding DVD movie section

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

Thu, 1:30 pm, whpk 88.5 fm radio
THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH
Info: msszczep (at) midway.uchicago.edu or
whpk.uchicago.edu

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, 4:30 pm, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen
VIGIL FOR PEACE & WITNESS AGAINST WAR
Info: www.vitw.org

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
Also Wednesdays 4-6 pm

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, 9:30 am, every second Mon/month, WLUW radio 88.7 FM
FIRE ON THE PRAIRIE
Hosted by Aaron Sarver of In These Times

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, 6-7:15 am, comer Sheridan & Hollywood
ANTI-WAR VIGIL
Sponsor: Voices In The Wilderness
Info: www.vitw.org

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/

------------------------------------------------------
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.

[Nwrc2600 (at) juno.com to unsubscribe]

----------please forward & cross-post-----------------