NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JUNE 2 - 20

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 deadline 5 pm Tuesday
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Jun 2, 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

-- Jun 2, Thu & ongoing, Landmark Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

--Jun 2, Thu, Columbia College Chicago, 1104 S. Wabash
2005 COMMUNITY MEDIA WORKSHOP:
MAKING MEDIA CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE
Keynote: journalists Alex Kotlowitz & Mary Mitchell
Workshops, panels, more
Info: www.newstips.org.

--Jun 2, Thu, 6-8 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
REPRESENTING INVISIBLE LABOR: HOW THE ARTS SPEAK
THE LANGUAGE OF LABOR
how artists have represented the many forms of work that go unnoticed in everyday life; program moderated by Emily Udell & Aaron Sarver of Fire on the Prairie radio
Info: 312-422-5580

--Jun 2, Thu, 7-9 pm, Belmont Red Line
COW VAN OUTREACH
Sponsor: Animal Defense League
Info: 773-430-9472

--Jun 3, Fri, 7:30 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland
FILM: RACHEL: AN AMERICAN CONSCIENCE
New documentary on Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--Jun 3-5, Fri-Sun, Madison WI
RADFEST: MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM
Info: info (at) havenscenter.org

--Jun 4, Sat
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR ASSATA SHAKUR
Info: www.assatashakur.org

--Jun 4, Sat, Chicago Historical Society, 1600 N Clark
WITHOUT SANCTUARY: LYNCHING PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA
Images from outspoken anti-lynching activists document
murder of 5,000 African Americans between 1882-1968

--Jun 4, Sat, 9 am, WNUR 89.3 fm radio
ANITA AND JORDAN MILLER: WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO:
THE CONYERS REPORT ON THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Interview guests on This Is Hell radio program
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Jun 4, Sat, 10- 2 pm, St. Gertrude's Church, 1420 W Granville
WORKSHOP: EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY:
IMPROVING YOUR POLITICAL GAME
Hear strategist David Wilhelm
Info: RSVP to alex (at) janschakowsky.org

--Jun 4, Sat, 6-11 pm, Casa de la Cultura Mestizarte, 1440 W 18th
FACES OF PILSEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
Poetry, bands, more

--Jun 4, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI HEALTH WORKERS
UNIFY TO OPPOSE THE OCCUPATION
Hear physician Ellen Isaacs
Sponsor: Concerned Students & Workers in the Medical Center District
Info: 847-251-8057

--Jun 5, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield
THE EDUCATION & HOPE PROJECT
Hear activist Julie Coyne discuss the Guatemala project

--Jun 5, Sun, 12-2pm, Water Tower Park, 830 N Michigan
ISRAEL, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
Protest & commemoration of 39th year of Israeli occupation
of West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza
Sponsors: Chicago Chapter International Solidarity Movement,
Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine, CJPIP Elmhurst Chapter,
AFSC, End the Occupation Coaltion-Northern Illinois, others
Info: 312-409-4845 or info (at) nimn.org

--Jun 5, Sun, 3 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
FILM: THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR
Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy’s documentary on the
economic rationale behind Operation Iraqi Freedom
Info: 773-489-0930

--Jun 5, Sun, 5-7 pm, location tba
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT POTLUCK DINNER
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--Jun 6, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
REVOLT IN EAST GERMANY, JUNE 1953
Bob McGuire leads a discussion
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Jun 6, Mon, 7 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR
Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy’s documentary on the
economic rationale behind Operation Iraqi Freedom
Info: 773-281-4114

--Jun 9, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N. Western
BEYOND THE FRINGE: READING JON RONSON’S THEM
Hear activist Glenn Fritz
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-384-5797

--Jun 11, Sat, 12-2 pm, Wyatt Community Center, 8950 S Stony Island
CELEBRATING THE BRIDGES WE HAVE BUILT
Luncheon celebrates Building Bridges Project of the
Chicago Interfaith Committee, places women & minorities into
union building trades apprenticeship programs
Info: 773-728-8400 x 18

--Jun 11, Sat, 1-3 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
STOP CAT COALITION MONTHLY MEETING
Info: www.stopcat.org/ or info (at) stopcat.org

--Jun 11, Sat, 1-4 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
COUNTER-RECRUITMENT SUMMER TRAINING WORKSHOP
Sponsor: AFSC
Info: 312-427-2533 or dgramigna (at) afsc.org

--Jun 11, Sat, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
HISTORY & POLITICS OR RYTHYM & BLUES
Queer activist Darrell Gordon discusses the
anti-disco movement of the 1970s
Info: 773-227-4011

--Jun 11, Sat, 6-11 pm, 1278 N. Milwaukee Ave. #4W
IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR
BENEFIT ART SHOW, FILM SCREENING, DISCUSSION
Info: 847-308-4666

--Jun 11, Sat, 9 pm, 1666 N California
WORD NAKED BIKE RAIDE DAY
Protest oil dependency au natural
Bare as you dare, clothed riders ok too
Info: www.worldnakedbikeride.org/chicago

--Jun 12, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield
STRESS AND THE ACTIVIST
Hear activists Jean Darling and Darlene Grossman

--Jun 12, Sun, 2 pm, DePaul University Schmitt Academic Center
2320 N. Kenmore, Room 254
FILM: BUTTERFLIES ON THE SCAFFOLD
An Afro-Cuban neighborhood of Havana is transformed
by beautiful & charismatic drag queens
Info: 773-376-7521 or uscubachi (at) hotmail.com

--Jun 12, Sun, 2:30 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
TORTURE BY THE U.S.-FROM GUATEMALA TO ABU GHRAIB:
WE CAN'T REMAIN SILENT
Hear human rights lawyer Jennifer Harbury
Sponsor: Friends of the Third Unitarian Church of Chicago
Info: 773-626-9385 or tucoffice (at) yahoo.com

--Jun 13, Mon, 8:30-12 pm, Hilton Towers
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
MICHAEL CHERTOFF & US ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES
Say hi to these radical right-wing boneheads
Protest sponsor: DePaul Students Against the War

--Jun 13, Mon, 5 pm, INS office, 10 W Jackson
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:
NO ASYLUM FOR LUIS POSADA CARRILES
Sponsors: Antonio Maceo Brigade, National Lawyers Guild,
la Alianza Martiana, la Alianza de Trabajadores de la Comunidad Cubana,
National Committee to Free the Cuban Five,
la Asociacion de Mujeres Cristiana, National Network On Cuba

--Jun 14, Tue, 6:30–9 pm, Merlo Library, 644 W. Belmont
ANIMAL PROTECTION THROUGH LEGISLATION
Sponsor: Humane Society of the United States

--Jun 15
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKE

--Jun 15, Wed, 5:30-8 pm, Spertus Museum, 618 S Michigan
ILLINOIS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY'S
ANNUAL CELEBRATION

--Jun 17, Fri, 6-7:30 pm, Unite Here Hall, 333 S Ashland
IRAQ LABOR TOUR IN CHICAGO
Hear representatives of Federation of Workers Councils & Unions of Iraq
including Falah Awan & Amjad Ali Aljawhry
Sponsors: U.S. Labor Against the War, Chicago Labor for Peace, Prosperity
and Justice, Chicago Labor Against the War, others
lduncan (at) igc.org

--Jun 16, Thu, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th
DAVID ROEDIGER: WORKING TOWARD WHITENESS
Historian discusses his new book on how
American ethnic groups became white

--Jun 17-23, Fri-Thu,
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
www.Facets.org

--Jun 18, Sat, location tba
ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE REFERNDUM 2006 LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Help place a referendum on the 2006 state-wide ballot
calling for universal healthcare
Info: michelle (at) taufmanngroup.com or 773-489-6645

--Jun 18, Sat, noon, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FREE PALESTINE GUERILLA THEATER PLANNING MEETING
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

--Jun 18-19, Sat-Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: BEYOND THE SEA (MAS ALLA DEL MAR)
Lisandro Pérez-Rey’s documentary on the 1980 Mariel Boatlift from Cuba

--Jun 19-21, Sun-Tue, National Labor College, Silver Spring MD
GREAT LABOR ARTS EXCHANGE
Info: www.laborheritage.org/glae04p1.html

FORTHCOMING:
www.laborheritage.org/glae04p1.html
-6/23 Utah Phillips, HotHouse
-6/25 IWW Centenary Concert, People's Church
-6/25-26 Conference on IWW Centenary, UIC, centenary (at) iww.org
-7/1-4 Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative, www.socialismconference.org
-7/2 G8 Protest-Make Poverty History, Edinburgh, www.makepovertyhistory.org/
-7/23 Conference: Palestine, Labor & the AFL-CIO, www.al-awdany.org/lfp/
-7/23 Amy Goodman in Chicago
-7/28-31 Midwest School for Women Workers, University of Michigan
-8/7-15 World Festival of Youth & Students, Caracas, usnpc.net/apply.html
-9/17 8th Day Center for Justice 30th Anniversary, www.8thdaycenter.org
-9/24 National Anti-War Mobilization, Washington DC, www.ufpj.org
-9/22-25 Jobs With Justice Annual Meeting, St Louis
-10/20-22 North American Labor History Conference,
Wayne State University, ao1605 (at) wayne.edu
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-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee, lots more

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by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday

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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 pm, Cafe Mestizo, 2123 S Ashland
CAFE SOCIETY
Sponsor: The Public Square, Illinois Humanities Council
Info: www.thepublicsquare.org/cafe

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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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.

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