NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 17 – MAR 8

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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--Feb 17, 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

--Feb 17, Thu, Landmark Century Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: BORN INTO BROTHELS
Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman’s documentary
on the children of Calcutta prostitutes

--Feb 17, Thu, 8 am, Capital Bldg, Springfield IL
Room D-1 of the Stratton Building
HEARING ON ILLINOIS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL
Info: mpp.org/IL/action.html

--Feb 17, Thu, noon, University of Chicago Admin Bldg, 58th & Ellis
RE-HIRE RICHARD BERG
UC hospital worker fired for union activism

--Feb 17, Thu, 12:15 pm, DePaul Law School, 25 E Jackson, Rm 903
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD NATIONAL DAY OF OUTRAGE:
THE LYNNE STEWART VERDICT

--Feb 17, Thu, 6:30 pm, Chicago Historical Society, corner Clark & North
FRIENDS OR LOVERS?
SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Hear scholars Victoria Brown, Jay Grossman, Martha Vicinus
discuss Jane Addams, Walt Whitman, Charlotte Cushman

--Feb 17, Thu, 6:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
ASIAN-AMERICAN & LATINO PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION
Panelists: Gerald Torres of School of Law University of Texas;
Vijay Prashad of International Studies Program Trinity College;
Mae Ngai of Department of History of University of Chicago
Part of Brown V. Board 50 Years Later program

--Feb 17, Thu, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
KARI LYDERSEN: OUT OF THE SEA & INTO THE FIRE:
LATIN AMERICAN-US IMMIGRATION IN THE GLOBAL AGE
Author & journalist discusses her new book
Info: 773-544-0804 or www.commoncouragepress.com

--Feb 18, Fri, 5 pm, Alderman Flores office, Western & Armitage
COMMUNITY MEETING TO OPPOSE
WESTERN AVE CONDOMINIUMS

--Feb 18, Fri, 7-9 pm, UIC Chicago Center for Working Class Studies
815 W Van Buren, Suite 110
LABOR TRAIL: CHICAGO'S HISTORY OF
WORKING-CLASS LIFE & STRUGGLE
Public unveiling/celebration of the award-winning map
Info: 312-996-2623

--Feb 18-20, Loyola Theatre, 1125 W Loyola
PLAY: DEAD MAN WALKING
Loyola University Theater’s production of Tim Robbins' play
Repeats 2/24-27
Info: www.luc.edu/theatre/dmw/

--Feb 18-20, Fri-Sun
BREAKING AMERICA’S OIL ADDICTION CHICAGO SUMMIT
Trainings, workshops, break-out sessions, more
Sponsor: Rainforest Action Network
Info: 415-398-4404 or www.ran.org/training/

--Feb 18-21, Fri-Mon, DePaul Center, 1 E Jackson
UNITED STUDENTS FOR FAIR TRADE CONVERGENCE
Speakers, workshops, more
Info: www.usft.org/index.php/

--Feb 18-24, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport
FILM: THE TAKE
Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein’s extraordinary documentary of a
factory takeover & workers’ occupation in Buenos Aires
during Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse
Info: www.nfb.ca/thetake/ & www.onf.ca/thetake/flash/viewPress.php

--Feb 19, Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Guests: Avi Lewis, director of film The Take;
Keith Stroup, founder of NORML
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Feb 19, Sat, Loyola University
A CALLING TO JUSTICE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC
CONFERENCE EXPLORING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE
PROFESSIONS & DISCIPLINES
Sponsor: Loyola University Water Tower Campus Ministry
Info: www.sba.luc.edu/wtcministry/

--Feb 19, Sat, 1 pm, First United Methodist Church
Main & Maple, Downers Grove
CONGRESSIONAL ISSUE ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
Gary Cozette & Megan Kennedy-Farrell of
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Info: 630) 469-3819 or urband (at) ameritech.net

--Feb 19, Sat, 2 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted
AFRICAN ART: THE DIASPORA & BEYOND
Hear Daniel Parker, Professor Emeritus of
African American Studies at Olive Harvey College

--Feb 19, Sat, 2 pm, UIC Behavioral Sciences Bldg, 1007 W Harrison
PLANNING MEETING FOR MARCH 19TH
CHICAGO ANTI-WAR PROTEST
Info: groups.yahoo.com/group/m19chicago/

--Feb 19, Sat, 3:30 pm, Northminster Presbyterian Church
2515 Central Park, Evanston
MICHAEL KLARE: BLOOD & OIL:
ESCAPING THE OIL DEPENDENCY TRAP
Hear the author & Nation Magazine Journalist
Sponsor: North Suburban Peace Initiative.
Info: 847.475.3692 or www.nspipeace.org

--Feb 19, Sat, 4 pm
WOMEN IN MEDIA & NEWS HOUSE PARTY
Hear Jennifer L. Pozner, Christine Cupaiuolo,
Veronica I. Arreola, Paula Kamen
Info: rsvp (at) wimnonline.org or 773-562-2129

--Feb 19, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN'S SHORTS

--Feb 19, Sat, 7:45 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2, cable tv
CLARE SHORT, JOSEPH WILSON
Repeats 2/20 8 am

--Feb 19-21, Sat-Mon, St Louis MO
UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/

--Feb 20, Sun, 11 am, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER VOLUNTEER MEETING
Prospective staffers welcome
Info: www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com

--Feb 20, Sun, 3 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
VIDEO: REVOLUTION: WHY IT’S NECESSARY,
WHY IT’S POSSIBLE, WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Screening of talk by Bob Avakian
Info: 773-489-0930

--Feb 20, Sun, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
FAIR TRADE NIGHT IN ROGERS PARK
In concert with the United Students for
Fair Trade's International Convergence

--Feb 21, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
TRANSITIONAL SOCIETY OR ABSOLUTE LIBERATION?
ON WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY AFTER THE REVOLUTION
Discussant: Ali Reza of Anjoman Azadi
Part of Beyond Capitalism series
Info: 312-236-0799 or arise (at) newsandletters.org

--Feb 21, Mon, 6:45 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2, cable tv
BURY THE CHAINS: PROPHETS & REBELS
IN THE FIGHT TO FREE AN EMPIRE'S SLAVES
Historian Adam Hochschild discusses his book on the
history of the abolition movement and slave revolts

--Feb 22, Tue, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St
KEMBREW MCLEOD: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION®
Author discusses his book on
commercialization of intellectual property

--Feb 23, Wed, 7 pm, Assumption Church, 323 W Illinois
MEDEA BENJAMIN
Hear the Code Pink & Global Exchange activist
Info: www.codepink4peace.org/

--Feb 23, Wed, 7 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland
FILM: THE END OF SUBURBIA: OIL DEPLETION
& THE COLLAPSE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Sponsor: Progressive Film Forum of Chicago
Info: www.postcarbon.org/eos/

--Feb 23, Wed, 7 pm, Loyola Park Fieldhouse, Greenleaf & Sheridan
RACISM USA: THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LIBERATION
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or RPsocialists (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 24, Thu, 2 pm, Harold Washington College, Rm 320, 30 E Lake
MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS SPEAK OUT:
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
Hear Connie Cominsky of Military Families Speak Out
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or loop_chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 24, Thu, 5-7 pm, DePaul University Art Museum, 2350 N Kenmore
ART EXHIBIT: THE SUBJECT OF PALESTINE
Works from Palestinian artists, thru May 14

--Feb 24, Thu, 5:30 pm Loyola University, Bremner Lounge
RACHEL LYONS: RACE TO EXECUTION
Filmmaker discusses and shows clips from her recent
documentary on capital punishment in Alabama
Info: www.luc.edu/theatre/dmw/calendar.shtml

--Feb 24, Thu, 5 pm, University of Chicago, Social Sciences Rm 122, 1126 E 59th
PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND:
US MEDIA AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Film/discussion program. Sponsors: Not In My Name,
Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Chicago
Info: sjpuc-announce (at) listhost.uchicago.edu

--Feb 24, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
DECONSTRUCTING DYLAN: READING BOB DYLAN'S CHRONICLES
Writer-critic Warren Leming takes on the Dylan art & rock machine
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-384-5797

--Feb 25-Mar 3, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport
FILM: PATHS OF GLORY
Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war WWI drama

--Feb 25, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.critical-mass.org

--Feb 25, Fri, 6-9 pm, Chicago Labor Education Program Office,
Suite 110, 815 W Van Buren
SINGING IN THE DARK DAYS
Hear singer Kristin Lems, also reading of
Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty
Info: 312-996-2623

--Feb 25, Fri, 7 pm, Loyola University Damen Hall
10th floor Hussey Lounge, 6525 N Sheridan
NOEL IGNATIEV: THE INVENTION OF RACE:
PALESTINE A CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE
Hear the historian & author of How the Irish Became White
Sponsor: Loyola Campus Greens
Info: tsmith6 (at) luc.edu or www.racetraitor.org

--Feb 25, Fri, 8 pm, Next Theatre, 927 Noyes, Evanston
NORTH SUBURBAN PEACE INITIATIVE BENEFIT:
THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Next Theatre Company’s production of the Carson Kreitzer play
Info: www.nspipeace.org

--Feb 25-27, Fri-Sun, DePaul University
COLOMBIA ACTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
Info: www.colombiaactionnetwork.org/main.html

--Feb 26, Sat, 6 pm, Johnsonese Gallery, 867 W Buckingham
EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS
Hear State Rep Sara Feigenholtz, reps from ACLU, others
Info: 773-525-5877

--Feb 26, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
VIDEO: HEALTHCARE INJUSTICE: CONFRONTING
CORPORATIZATION AT RESURRECTION HOSPITALS
AFSCME Council 31 video, followed by discussion with
St. Elizabeth Hospital Coalition activists
Sponsor: New World Resource Center
Info: nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 26, Sat, 7 pm, Truckers Union Hall, Ashland & Marshfield
FILM: THE 4TH WORLD WAR
Youth Struggling for Survival movie night

--Feb 26-27, Sat-Sun, Auditorium Theater
ANI DIFRANCO

--Feb 27, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN DARFUR SUDAN
Hear Michaela Purdue of Amnesty International

--Feb 27, Sun, 2 pm, St. Gertrude’s, 1401 W. Granville
RALLY TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
Music by Voices Vicios de Papá, Mariachis Amables
Speakers: Colombian journalist Hector Sepulveda, others
Info: 312-641-5151

--Feb 27, Sun, 4 pm, World Folk Music Co, 1808 W 103rd St
FILM: PEACE, PROPAGANDA, & THE PROMISED LAND:
US MEDIA & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Sponsors: Not In My Name, South Siders for Peace
Info: 773-239-1439.

--Feb 27, Sun, 7 pm, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple, Downers Grove
DUPAGE PEACE THROUGH JUSTICE COALITION
DISCUSSION GROUP: VENEZUELA
Info: 630-852-9741 or lsmpax (at) 3arts.us

--Mar 3, Thu, 7 pm, Harold Washington College, Rm 320, 30 E Lake
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: THE POLITICS OF MALCOLM X
Hear International Socialist Review editor Ahmed Shawki
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or loop_chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Mar 4-5, Fri-Sat, Portage Park Center for the Arts, 3914 N Menard
DRAFT COUNSELING WORKSHOP
Info: 847-791-4791 or 773-383-8609 or draftcounseling (at) yahoo.com

--Mar 5, Sat, 9:30-1 pm, UNITE Hall, 333 S Ashland
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CONFERENCE:
CONFRONTING THE BUSH/US GOVERNMENT BACKLASH ON WOMEN
Sponsor: International Women's Day Committee 2005
Info: 773-278-6706

--Mar 5, Sat, 1 pm, Lake Street Church, 607 Lake, Evanston
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FORUM & RALLY
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Speakers: Caroline Skolnik on Rwandan Women and HIV/AIDS;
Ana Maria Murillo on Human Rights Issues of Indigenous Women;
Dr. Mary Fabri on Gender Issues in the Treatment of Torture Survivors
Rally 3:30 pm Fountain Square, Evanston
Sponsors: Amnesty International Evanston/Rogers Park,
Evanston Township & New Trier High Schools
Info: 847-328-4010 or 847-869-2152

--Mar 5, Sat, 7 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
SING/SHOUT/SHIMMY/DANCE!
CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Numerous bands, DJs, info tables, lots more
Info: www.emilylonigro.com/shimmy.html

--Mar 5, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: DAILY BAGHDAD
Romain Goupil’s documentary of residents of
Baghdad a year after the beginning of the war

--Mar 6, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
MONTHLY POTLUCK DINNER MEETING FOR
CHICAGO THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
Info: 773-489-3505 or ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

--Mar 7, Mon, 6:30 pm, New & Letters, 36 S. Wabash, Rm 1440
DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY SOCIAL LABOR: WHAT KIND
OF HUMAN RELATIONS CAN TRANSCEND CAPITALISM?
Discussion with author Peter Hudis
Part of Beyond Capitalism series
Info: 312-236-0799 or arise (at) newsandletters.org

--Mar 8, Tue, noon, Daley Center
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY RALLY MARCH
Sponsor: International Women's Day Committee 2005
Info: 773-278-6706

--Mar 8, Tue, time tba, Decima Musa, 1901 S Loomis
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:
MUJERES VALIENTES / BRAVE WOMEN
Lin Boyle sings primarily Spanish-language songs
Info: LinBoylesing (at) aol.com

--Mar 8, Tue, Senn High School, 5900 N Glenwood
SAVE SENN COMMUNITY FORUM
Speakers oppose the military takeover of public schools
Info: www.savesenn.org

FORTHCOMING:

-3/17-21 Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival, www.widc.org/festival/calendar.html
-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
-3/26 Activist Kay Meyers 90th Birthday Celebration, College of Complexes
-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/
-4/15-17 Palestine Right to Return Conference UCLA, al-awda.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/
-5/14 Polk Women's Labor Leadership Conference, St Charles
-6/3-5 Radfest/Midwest Social Forum, Madison WI, info (at) havenscenter.org
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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
10 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
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
--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
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independent left & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
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