NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 27 – FEB 13

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/

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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
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--Jan 27, 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 27, Thu, 6 pm, Chicago Historical Society, 1600 N Clark
FILM: HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN
Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller’s documentary on the radical historian

--Jan 27, Thu, 7 pm, UIC 3rd floor, White Oak Rm, 750 S Halsted
THE CASE FOR SOCIALISM
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or e-mail chicago_socialists (at) yahoo.com

--Jan 27-30, various locations
ICICLE BICYCLE FESTIVAL
Rides, talks, workshops, parties, more
Info: www.bikewinter.org

--Jan 27-31, Porte Alegre, Brazil
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php=

--Jan 28, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.chicagocriticalmass.org

--Jan 28, Fri, 7pm, DePaul University Schmidt Academic Center
2320 N. Kenmore, Rm 254
OUR AMERICA: THE STRUGGLE FOR
LATIN AMERICAN UNITY &INDEPENDENCE
Panelists: Martin Sanchez, Chicago Consul General of Venezuela;
Jose Lopez of Puerto Rican Cultural Center;
Felix Masud, Director, DePaul University Latin American Studies Program

--Jan 28, Fri, 10:30 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo,
HOTHOUSE’S SECOND TSUNAMI
BENEFIT CONCERT WITH FUNKADESI
All proceeds to American Red Cross &
American Friends Service Committee
Info: 312-362-9707

--Jan 29, Sat
TAKE A STAND FOR INDONESIAN WORKERS
National day of actions
Sponsor: Campaign for Labor Rights
Info: clr (at) clrlabor.org

--Jan 29, Sat 11-1 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
CITYWIDE YOUTH & MILITARIZATION MEETING
Follow-up to the 11/13 meeting
Sponsor: Chicagoland Coalition Opposed to the Militarization of Youth
Info: epolley (at) afsc.og for more info

--Jan 29, Sat, 1:30 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N North Court
FILM: ON THE GROUND
Documentary on home demolitions in Palestine and the
Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition
Sponsor: Northwest Suburban Chapter of SUSTAIN
Info: www.nwsustain.org

--Jan 29, Sat, 2 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Wester
FILM: WINTER SOLDIER
Classic 1971 documentary of testimonies of Vietnam War veterans
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
Open University of the Left, Democratic Socialists of America
Info: 773.384.5797

--Jan 29, Sat, 2-5 pm, DePaul Center, 1 E Jackson, 11th Floor
CHICAGO RESPONSE TO SECOND ANNIVERSARY
OF IRAQ WAR: PLANNING MEETING
Info: CCAWR (at) aol.com or 888-471-0874

--Jan 29, Sat, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
IRAN: THE NEXT IRAQ?
Veteran Iranian activists discuss the future of the struggle for
freedom in Iran & the prospects for US intervention
Sponsor: Chicago Socialist Party
info: ChgoSp (at) juno.com

--Jan 30, Sun, 1:15 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THE F WORD: FEMINISM IN JEOPARDY:
WOMEN, POLITICS, & THE FUTURE
Author Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

--Jan 30, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
STEVE NELSON OF CHICAGO COMMITTEE
OPPOSED TO THE MILITARIZATION OF YOUTH
Hear the pro-peace activist
Info: 773-626-9385

--Jan 30, Sun, 12:30 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
PLAY: BACK OF THE THROAT
Silk Road Theatre Project’s reading of Yussef El Guindi’s play on the
investigation of an Arab-American; discussion with playwright follows
Info: 312-236-6881 or www.srtp.org

--Jan 30, Sun, 1 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
READINGS FROM HOWARD ZINN'S VOICES
OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Anthony Arnove, Wallace Shawn, Saidah Arrika Ekulona,
Brendan Sexton III, Christina Kirk, Mario Murillo, Brian Jones

--Jan 30, Sun, 2 pm, St Gertrude Church, 1420 W Granville
JOLIE RICKMAN MEMORIAL SERVICE
Info: mkennedy (at) crln.org

--Jan 30, Sun, 2:30 pm, Oak Park River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville
ALI ABUNIMAH & NORMAN FINKELSTEIN: THE CURRENT
SITUATION: WHAT DOES IT HOLD FOR THE FUTURE?
Sponsors: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine,
Not In My Name, American Friends Service Committee.
Info: www.geocities.com/cjpipwebsite or 312-427-2533x18

--Jan 30, Sun, 5-8:30 pm, Spoken Word Café, 4655 S King Drive
VOICES FROM DEATH ROW: FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ILLINOIS MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Art show, performances, phone calls from death row inmates, more
Sponsor: Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Info: www.nodeathpenalty.org or 773-955-4841

--Jan 31, Mon, 4:30 pm, downtown Baraboo, WI
BRING THEM HOME NOW RALLY
Sponsors: Bring Them Home Now Central WI, Wisconsin
Network for Peace & Justice, Sauk Prairie Peace Council
Info: hirok8 (at) aol.com

--Feb 2, Wed, 6 pm, CLEP, 815 W Van Buren
NEW UNITY PARTNERSHIP & THE CRISIS OF LABOR
Hear Tom Balanoff of SEIU Local 1
Info: 312-996-2623

--Feb 2, Wed, 7 pm, Loyola Park Fieldhouse, corner Greenlead & Sheridan
DEMOCRACY UNDER OCCUPATION:
WILL ELECTIONS STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ?
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or Rpsocialists (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 2, Wed, Loyola University Mullady Theatre, 6525 N Sheridan
ANTI-DEATH PENALTY ACTIVIST MIKE FARRELL
Sponsor: Loyola University Student Life

--Feb 3, Thu, 7 pm, Harold Washington College, 30 E Lake
BUILDING THE SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or loop_chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 3, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
DEMOCRACY & ITS DISCONTENTS:
A LOOK AT HENRY ADAMS’ POLITICAL NOVEL
Discussant: Hugh Iglarsh
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: OULChicago (at) yahoo.com or 773-384-5797

--Feb 3, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University, Schmitt Academic Center
Rm 154, 2320 N. Kenmore
DR. ERNEST MORRELL:
YOUTH AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCHERS
Hear the Co-Director of the Critical Research & Writing
Seminar, UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access
Info: 773-325-1856

--Feb 4, Fri, 7 pm, Amor De Dios Church, 2356 S Sawyer
A NIGHT OF SOLIDARITY WITH VENEZUELA
Includes screening of Venezuela Bolivariana,
People & Struggle of the 4th World War; speakers, more
Sponsors: Círculo Bolivariano Amada Libertad, YCL Chicago Club,
Chicago-Venezuela Coalition, Colombia Action Network, Socialist
Workers Party, La Voz de Los de Abajo, Consulate General of
Venezuela/Chicago, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5,
Young Socialists, Hands Off Venezuela Campaign USA,
Chicago Cuba Coalition, Puerto Rican Cultural Center

--Feb 5, Sat, 9 pm, North Park University
Lecture Hall Auditorium, 3225 W Foster
IRON SHEIK: RAP FOR JUSTICE
Sponsor: Middle Eastern Student Association

--Feb 6, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
THE NEW MEDICARE LAW & THE THREAT TO SENIORS
Hear Jim Benn of Community Renewal Society
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Feb 6, Sun, 2 pm, Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St
FILM: PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND:
US MEDIA AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Sponsors: Not In My Name, West Suburban Faith-Based
Peace Coalition, Downers Grove End The Occupation,
DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
Info: 630-964-0450

--Feb 6, Sun, 5 pm, location tbd
ISM CHICAGO POT LUCK DINNER
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--Feb 7, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILMS: CHERNOBYL HEART, also NADYA'S VILLAGE
Two documentaries on the impact of Chernobyl
Info: 773-702-8574

--Feb 9, Wed, 7:30 pm, Evanston Public Library
FILM: LIFE & DEBT
Stephanie Black & Jamaica Kincaid’s documentary on the
mechanism of debt used in the third world
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org

--Feb 10, Thu, 3-5 pm, Armed Farces Recruitment Center, 2600 W Addison
ANTI-RECRUITING PROTESTS

--Feb 10-20
WITNESS FOR PEACE DELEGATION TO CUBA
Info: cubatrip2005 (at) hotmail.com

--Feb 11, Fri
HOLLY NEAR
Info: www.northpark.edu/campustheme

--Feb 11, Fri, 7 pm, Faith Community of Saint Sabina
210 W 78th Place
HARRY BELAFONTE

--Feb 12, Sat, noon, Moody Church, corner Clark & North
FREEDOM TO MARRY DAY RALLY
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: www.CABN.org

--Feb 13, Sun, 11:15 am, Faith Community of Saint Sabina
210 W 78th Place
CORNELL WEST

FORTHCOMING:
-2/18 Labor Trail: Chicago's History of Working-Class
Life & Struggle, 312-996-2623
-2/18-20 Breaking America’s Oil Addiction Chicago Summit, www.ran.org/training/
-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
-3/4-5 Draft Counseling Workshop Chicago, draftcounseling (at) yahoo.com
-3/8 International Women’s Day
-3/16-20 Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival
-3/19 Global Day of Protest/Two-Year Anniversary of Iraq War www.unitedforpeace.org/events
-3/19 Northern Illinois Peace Conference & Demonstration, Rockford, 815-964-7111
-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/
-4/30-5/1 Chicago Social Forum, 312-427-2533
-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
-5/12-15 Global Studies Association Conference, Knoxville TN, www.net4dem.org/mayglobal
-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
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-10% Off on All Magazines, Papers & Journals!
-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee from Nicaragua

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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS

Thu, 10 am, wluw 88.7 fm
ALTERNATIVE RADIO

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

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, 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, 1 pm, WILL radio 580 AM
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Info: www.will.uiuc.edu/am/mediamatters/default.htm

Sun, 7 pm, wluw radio, 88.7 FM
LABOR EXPRESS RADIO
Info: redjerry2 (at) yahoo.com

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, wluw radio 88.7 FM
9:30 am, FIRE ON THE PRAIRIE, 2nd Mon/month
10 am THE EIGHTH DAY, 1st & 3rd Mon/month
10 am FROM THE TRENCHES, 4th Mon/month

Mon-Fri,
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-9 am, wzrd 88.3 FM
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM
9-10 am Mon-Wed-Fri, WLUW 88.7 FM

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/

Wed, 10 am, wluw 88.7 FM
COUNTERSPIN
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