NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: APR 21 – MAY 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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includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,400+ recipients
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--Apr 21, 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

--Apr 21, Thu, 3 pm, 547 W Lake St
TRANSIT DAY RALLY
No to service cuts, fare Increase, layoffs, block 37 superstation, Circle Line;
Yes to accountability/CTA audit, transparency/impact studies,
affordability, reliability
Info: ncbg_chicago (at) yahoo.com or www.bettertransit.com/

--Apr 21, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University, Mundelein Auditorium
1020 WSheridan at Kenmore
CORNEL WEST: JUSTICE OR JUST US? THE IMPORTANCE OF
BUILDING COALITIONS WHEN ENVISIONING SOCIAL &
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Hear the author & activist
Sponsors: Loyola Campus Greens, Black World Studies,
Minority Women United, Loyola African-American Student Association,
Beta Rho, Department of Sociology, Graduate Association of Sociologists,
Loyola Amnesty International
Info: campus-greens (at) luc.edu

--Apr 21, Thu, 7 pm, Acme ArtWorks, 1741 N Western
SINCLAIR LEWIS: IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Author & activist J. Quinn Brisben discusses Lewis’ novel
of an American fascist dictatorship
Info: OULChicago (at) yahoo.com or 773-384-5797

--Apr 21, Thu, 7 pm, Association House of Chicago, 1116 N Kedzie
SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN HUMBOLDT PARK MEETING

--Apr 21 - May 3, Siskel Film Center & St. Xavier University
CHICAGO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL
World’s only annual festival of Palestinian & Palestine related film
Info: www.PalestineFilmFest.com

--Apr 22, Fri, 11-1 pm, Caaelii's Civitas, 4300 N Hermitage
TEACH-IN/WORKSHOP: DIVESTMENT STRATEGY IN ISRAEL
Learn about the Presbyterian Church's strategy with
Rev Magdalena Garcia of Ravenswood Presbyterian Church,
Rev Don Wagner of North Park University,
Suzanne Adely of Arab American Action Network
Sponsors: Coalition of African, Asian, European, & Latino
Immigrants of Illinois, Arab American Action Network
Info: 773 248 1019 or jose (at) caaelii.org

--Apr 22, Fri, 7 pm, IIT Tribune Campus Center, 3201 S State
CROSSROADS FUND BENEFIT
Celebrate innovative organizing & raise funds for social change
Honorees: IL Sen Emil Jones Jr,
IL Sen Carol Ronen, IL Rep Larry McKeon
Info: www.crossroadsfund.org/2005Benefit.html

--Apr 22, Fri, 8 pm, United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse
SOUTH ASIAN PROGRESSIVE COALITION: VOICES OF RESISTANCE
Evening of exploration & affirmation of South Asian diasporic
identity through art, music, spoken word
Info: www.sapacchicago.org/sapacwebpage_files/Page1481.htm

--Apr 22, Fri, 8 pm, Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, 925 W Diversey
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
Speaking Ring Theatre Company’s production of Bertolt Brecht's
anti-war folktale of a mother & child during wartime, thru 5/14
Info: 312-458-9374

--Apr 22-28, Fri-Thu, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: THE UNTOLD STORY OF EMMETT LOUIS TILL
Keith Beauchamp’s documentary on the famous civil rights case
Info: www.siskelfilmcenter.org

--Apr 22 – May 1
VERSIONFEST 2005
More than 350 artists, performers, media makers, cultural
workers, community activists participating in over 200
projects, performances, presentations, talks, interventions
Info: www.lumpen.com/version/version05.pdf

--Apr 22-23, Fri-Sat
DAHR JAMAIL IN CHICAGO
Hear the independent journalist who reported from Fallujah, Iraq
4/22, 6 pm, Chicago Peace Museum, 100 N Central Park
4/23, 6-9:30 pm, Sonotheque, 1444 W Chicago
Sponsor: Voices In The Wilderness
Info: www.vitw.org

--Apr 23, Sat, 1 pm, Acme ArtWorks, 1741 N Western
FILM: THE END OF SUBURBIA
Earth Day discussion follows with Rael Bassen of Chicagoland Urban
Permaculture Group, Erica Allen of Growing Power, Jesse Elam &
Sarah Rothschild of Urban Planning & Policy at UIC, Laura Weathered
of NNWAC & Wicker Park Food Coop
Info: 773-278-7677 or 773-384-5797

--Apr 23, Sat, 7-10 pm, UIC, 750 S Halsted
VOICES FOR A FREE PALESTINE
Sponsor: Chicago's Middle Eastern Student Society,
Students for Justice in Palestine
Info: uic_mess (at) yahoo.com or tigger.uic.edu/~jsalam5/

--Apr 24, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, Austin & Lake
CHICAGO’S LATINO UNION
Presentation on the first democratic workers' center in the Midwest

--Apr 24, Sun, 11-1 pm, Islamic Cultural Center, 1810 Phingston, Northbrook
ALADDIN ELAASAR: HOW 9/11 HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED
ARAB, MUSLIM, MID EASTERN & IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE USA
Hear the author & journalist
Info: 847-310-0342

--Apr 24, Sun, 8 pm, Skylark, 2149 S Halsted
BENEFIT FOR PILSEN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
& REFORM ORGANIZATION
Music by The Idle Hours, Headlights, Melodic Scribes
Info: pilsenperro.org

--Apr 25 & 27, Mon & Wed
FILM: AFRICAN STALINGRAD:
CUBA & SOUTHERN AFRICAN LIBERATION
Isaac Saney’s documentary on Cuba’s role in defeating Apartheid
4/25, 7 pm, Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th
4/27, 7 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake
Sponsor: Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5
Info: 312-663-0527

--Apr 26, Tue, Roosevelt University Schaumburg, 1400 Roosevelt Rd
ANN VARGHESE: THE ONE CAMPAIGN ON GLOBAL POVERTY,
MILLENNIUM GOALS, & AIDS
Sponsors: Roosevelt University Dept of Economics, Mansfield Institute
for Social Justice, St Claire Drake Center for African American Studies,
Bread for the World
Info: www.bread.org/ONE or sbalkin (at) roosevelt.edu

--Apr 27, Wed, Washington DC
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

--Apr 27, Wed, 7 pm, DePaul University Schmidt Academic Center
Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
DEADLY SERIOUS CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE THE NUCLEAR THREAT
Hear Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, also screening of
Hiroshima Nagasaki August 1945
Sponsors: DePaul College of Liberal Arts and Science,
Japanese Studies Program, Department of Religious Studies,
Friends of the Green Planet; Stephen Trace Productions
Info: ymiyamot (at) depaul.edu or 773.325.7385,

--Apr 27, Wed, 7 pm, Healing Earth, 3111 N Ashland
Films: WORLD POPULATION: A GRAPHIC SIMULATION OF
THE HISTORY OF HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH,
also ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: NORTH AMERICAN
VOICES AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

--Apr 27, Wed, 7 pm, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N St. Louis
THE REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS OF CHE GUEVARA
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380

--Apr 29, Fri, 12-6 pm, corner Clark & Washington
HUMAN CHAIN FOR IMMIGRANTS
Join the Human Chain for Immigrant Legalization
Sponsors: Centro Sin Fronteras, Coalition of African Asian
European & Latino Immigrants of Illinois
Info: 773-836-8383

--Apr 29, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.chicagocriticalmass.org

--Apr 29, Fri, 9:30 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
BENEFIT FOR CHICAGO PEACE ACTIVIST TRAVELING TO PALESTINE
Live music by Dirty Blue, Eshu, Bird Names
Info: circle (at) riseup.net

--Apr 29 – May 5, Fri-Thu, Landmark Century Cinema, Clark & Division
FILM: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Alex Gibney’s documentary on the Enron crimes

--Apr 30, Sat, 10 am, Dole Library, 255 Augusta, Oak Park
YOUR BALLOT, YOUR FUTURE: OPEN FORUM ON ELECTIONS:
Hear Cook County Clerk David Orr, others
Includes screening of Invisible Ballots documentary
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice
Info: 708-524-0415 or 708-447-1547

--Apr 30, Sat, 1 pm, College of Dupage
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, SRC 1450A
IS VENEZUELA THE NEXT IRAQ?
Sponsor: Peace Agenda Forum
Hear Venezuela's Consul General to the Midwest, Martin Sanchez
Info: sports480 (at) aol.com

--Apr 30, Sat, 1-4 pm, Pizza Uprising, 2467 W Grand
CELEBRATE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF VIETNAM WAR
Speakers, film, open mike, great pizza
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War

--Apr 30, Sat, 4 pm, St Xavier University, McGuire Hall, 3700 W 103rd St
FILM: MY OLIVE TREE
Osama Qashoo’s documentary about olive tress & Palestinian culture
Palestinian olive oil tasting follows
Sponsor: American Friends Service Committee
Info: 312-427-2533 x.18

--Apr 30, Sat, 8 pm, Headquarters, 6313 W Roosevelt, Berwyn
PEACE FEST BENEFIT
Bands include Roadcrew, New Clear Threat, GP, Mattithias, more
Info: gnrlpatt (at) ameritech.net

--Apr 30, Sat, 9 pm, Salsedo Press, 3139 W Chicago
SALSEDO PRESS 32ND ANNUAL MAYDAY BLAST
Music by Ghanatta, Sones de Mexico
Benefits Cesar Augusto Pinell Hospital, Somoto, Nicaragua
Info: salsedopress (at) earthlink.net

--May 1, Sun, 8am-6pm, Jones High School, 660 S State
CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.chicagosocialforum.org

--May 1, Sun, noon, Daley Plaza
ANNUAL BIKE RIDE TO HAYMARKET MARTYRS MONUMENT
IN FOREST HOME CEMETERY
Info: rjmatter (at) prodigy.net

--May 1, Sun, 2 pm, Haymarket Statue, corner Des Plaines & Randolph
RECLAIMING THE ORIGINAL LABOR DAY IN CHICAGO
Sponsor: Illinois Labor History Society, Chicago Federation of Labor,
AFL-CIO/Illinois AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice,
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America

--May 1, Sun, New York City
ANTI-NUCLEAR RALLY,
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/

--May 2, Mon, Albany Park Workers' Center, 4174 N Elston
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY &
CHICAGO DAY LABORERS' VICTORIES OF 2005
Keynote: Senator Miguel Del Valle
Sponsors: Latino Union of Chicago, San Lucas Workers Center,
Day Labor Collaboration
Info: lurodriguez (at) sbcglobal.net or 773-259-4826

--May 4, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark
LOUNG UNG: LUCKY CHILD: A DAUGHTER OF CAMBODIA
REUNITES WITH THE SISTER SHE LEFT BEHIND
Author, survivor & landmine activist discusses her new book

--May 5, Thu, 4-6 pm, Cambodian American Heritage Museum &
Killing Fields Memorial, 2831 W Lawrence
MISSING PEACE: JODY WILLIAMS & LOUNG UNG
Hear Noble Peace Laureate Jody Williams & Cambodian
genocide survivor/author Loung Ung
Auction benefits refugees & landmine survivors
Reception follows, 7-9 pm, Hard Rock Hotel, 230 N Michigan
Sponsors: Landmines Blow, Cambodian Association of Illinois
Info: 630-308-0131 or www.landminesblow.org

--May 5, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark
STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW: EFFECTIVE
RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE & TERRORISM
Hear Jodie Evans, co-editor of book of 70 female activists on how to stop war

--May 6, Fri, 6 pm, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
DEBS-THOMAS-HARRINGTON DINNER
Honorees: Linda Rae Murray MD,
Hal Gullett of Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans
Info: www.chicagodsa.org/d2005/index.html

--May 6-7, Fri-Sat
IWW & a Century of Radical Labor Activism 1905-2005,
jgugliel (at) email.smith.edu

--May 6-12, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL
Info: 773-281-4114

--May 7, Sat, 5:30 PM, Lutheran School, 1100 E 55th St
MANNING MARABLE
Hear the historian, Chicago 2005 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Sponsor: National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression
Info: 312-939-2750

--May 7, Sat
May Day Chicago Labor History Tour
hworthen (at) uic.edu

--May 7, Sat, Washington DC,
HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY RALLY
Info: www.ANSWERcoalition.org

--May 8, Sun, 2 pm, Veteran's Park, Milwaukee
MOTHER'S DAY FOR PEACE
Sponsors: Peace Action Wisconsin, Candlelight Coalition,
GrassRoots of Waukesha County, First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee,
Lake Country Unitarian Universalist Church, PeaceActionWi.org
Info: GrassrootsWaukesha (at) hotmail.com or 262-965-5787

--May 8, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT POTLUCK
Info: ISMinChicag (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

FORTHCOMING:

-5/11-12 Gang Of Four, Cabaret Metro
-5/11-14, Regina V. Polk Women's Labor Leadership Conference, St. Charles
-5/12-15 Global Studies Association Conference, Knoxville TN,
www.net4dem.org/mayglobal
-512-14 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival, filmfest (at) arsenalmagazine.net
-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
-5/18-21 10th Anniversary Conference of Center for
Working-Class Studies, www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs/
-5/30 VVAW Memorial Day Ceremony, 773-276-4189
-6/3-5 Radfest/Midwest Social Forum, Madison WI, info (at) havenscenter.org
-6/8-10 How Class Works conference, Stony Brook NY
-6/19-21 Great Labor Arts Exchange, Maryland, www.laborheritage.org/glae04p1.html
-6/25-26 Conference on IWW Centenary, UIC, centenary (at) iww.org
-7/1-4 Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative, www.socialismconference.org
-7/23 Conference: Palestine, Labor & the AFL-CIO, www.al-awdany.org/lfp/
-7/28-31 Midwest School for Women Workers, University of Michigan
-9/17 8th Day Center for Justice 30th Anniversary, www.8thdaycenter.org
-10/20-22 North American Labor History Conference,
Wayne State University, ao1605 (at) wayne.edu
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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, 6:30 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION MEETING
Info: 773-878-0166

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
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM
9-10 am, WLUW 88.7 FM
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
3:45-4:15 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM
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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in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
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