NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JUNE 30 – JULY 17

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 30, 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 30, Thu & ongoing, Landmark Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

--Jun 30, Thu, 7 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM IN VENEZUELA
Hear Venezuelan activist Dozthor Zurlent

--Jun 30, Thu, 7 pm, Left of Center Books, 1043 W Granville
KIAROSTAMI & IRANIAN CINEMA TODAY
Screening of two Abbas Kiarostami short films
Discussion with Jonathan Rosenbaum & Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa
Info: www.leftofcenterbookstore.com/

--Jul 1, Fri, 7 pm, St Pius Church, 1919 S Ashland
IRAQ CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR CAMILO MEJIA
Info: 312-226-6161

--Jul 1-4, Fri-Mon
SOCIALISM 2005: BUILD THE LEFT ALTERNATIVE
Hear Cindy & Craig Corrie, Peter Camejo, Luciana Genro,
Howie Hawkins, Camilo Mejía, many others
Info: www.socialismconference.org

--Jul 2, Sat, Edinburgh UK
G8 PROTEST-MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
Info: www.makepovertyhistory.org/ or
www.g8alternatives.org.uk/

--Jul 2, Sat, 7 pm, Casa Juan Diego Youth Center, 2020 S Blue Island
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR CAMILO MEJIA
Sponsor: Committee Against the Militarization of Youth
Info: 312-226-6161

--Jul 2, Sat, 7 pm, La Casita de Don Pedro, 2625 W Division
CAFÉ INTIFADA
Hip-hop, spoken word, music, art, culture
Info: rayyahaddadis (at) gmail.com

--Jul 2-8, Sat-Fri
PATRIOT ACT DAYS OF ACTION
Leafleting 7/5, 4:15-6 pm, Federal Plaza
& 7/7, 4:30-6 pm, Berwyn CTA Red Line
Film screening 7/8, Chicago Filmmakers
Info: www.bordc.org/involved/weekofaction.php &
www.ccclr.org/2005PatriotDaysOfAction.html

--Jul 3, Sun, 5 pm, CAN-TV cable channel 19
CHICAGO 2005 MAY DAY RALLY
Repeats 7/8 9 am

--Jul 3-4, Sun-Mon, CAN-TV cable channel 21
NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MEDIA REFORM
Rebroadcast of St Louis Conference,
with Jim Hightower, Patti Smith, many more
7/3 11:30 – 5 pm
7/4 9 - 8:30 pm

--Jul 4, Mon, 10-12 pm, Oak Park, corner Jackson & Ridgeland
JOIN VETS FOR PEACE –
PEACE CONTINGENT IN OAK PARK PARADE

--Jul 4, Mon, Evanston parade
JOIN THE PEACE TRAIN IN THE
EVANSTON FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Info: sugrcreek (at) aol.com

--Jul 5, Tue, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
BARRY SHEPPARD: A SOCIALIST MEMOIR FROM THE 1960s:
THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY IN AMERICA 1960-1968
Activist discusses his new book, The Party: A Political Memoir
Sponsors: Solidarity-Chicago Chapter, Chicago Socialist Party
Open University of the Left
Info: 773-227-4011

--Jul 5-31, San Francisco CA
LABORFEST 2005
Labor, cultural, film arts festival celebrating
1934 San Francisco General Strike
Info: www.laborfest.net

--Jul 6, Wed, 11-12:15 pm, Bicentennial Park, 201 W Jefferson, Joliet
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUTH TRUCK RALLY
Truck carrying 1.2 million anti-privatization petitions to Congress
Sposnor: Alliance for Retired Americans

--Jul 6, Wed, 7 pm, Wellington Avenue Church, 615 W Wellington
FILM: THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR
Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy’s documentary on the
roots of the war on terror

--Jul 6, Wed, 7:30 pm, Chopin Theatre, 1534 W. Division
ANTHONY WALTON in conversation with NELSON PEERY
Noted authors discuss how Black WWII soldiers
helped ignite the Civil Rights movement
Sponsor: Guild Complex
Info: www.guildcomplex.org/

--Jul 7, Thu, 5:45-8 pm, UIC College of Nursing, , 845 S Damen
FILM: THE DESERT AND THE RAINBOW
Documentary on civilian war victims in Iraq
Sponsor: EMERGENCY
Info: 312-413-9013 or meena773 (at) yahoo.com
or www.emergencyusa.org/

--Jul 7, Thu, 6:30 pm, Northwestern University
Thorne Auditorium, 375 E Chicago Ave
UNNATURAL DISASTERS: LESSONS
FROM THE DEADLY CHICAGO HEAT WAVE
Hear Eric Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave:
A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
Info: 312-422-5580

--Jul 7, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
JOHN BROWN & THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LEFT
Hear labor historian & writer Mark Lause
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-384-579

--Jul 7, Thu, 7 pm, Black Water Café, 1741 N Western
AFL-CIO FOREIGN POLICY: THE CHALLENGE
WITHIN THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Hear labor historian Kim Scipes
Info: j-pendergast (at) northwestern.edu

--Jul 8, Fri, United Methodist Church, 925 W Diversey
ART FOR PEACE EXHIBIT OPENING
Info: (773) 973-7900

--Jul 8, Fri, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: STATE SECRETS
Documentary on the Patriot Act & the enemy combatant policy
Sponsor: Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties & Rights
Info: 773-250-3225 or ccclr_org (at) ccclr.org

--Jul 9-10, Montrose Harbor
PEACE FEST
Info booths, food, speakers, more
Info: 708-212-2035 or www.genralpatton.com/

--Jul 10, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 North Mayfield
HIDDEN DANGERS OF DEPLETED URANIUM

--Jul 10, Sun, 2 pm, DePaul University Schmitt Academic Center
2320 N Kenmore, Room 254
FILM: GREENING OF THE REVOLUTION
Documentary on sustainable agriculture in Cuba
Sponsor: Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5
Info: 773-376-7521 or uscubachi (at) hotmail.com

--Jul 14, Thu, 6 pm, Peace Museum, 100 N Central Park
KATHY KELLY
Voices in the Wilderness activist discusses her new book,
Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison

--Jul 14, Thu, 7 pm, 845 Chicago, Evanston
YOU CAN’T NUKE GLOBAL WARMING:
WHY NUCLEAR POWER CAN’T MITIGATE
GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS
Hear Dave Kraft of NEIS, also video screening
Info: 847-869-7650 or www.neis.org

--Jul 15, Fri, 8 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: PATHS OF GLORY
Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war classic drama of WW1
Repeats 7/18 6 pm

--Jul 15-21, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: SAVE THE GREEN PLANET
Jang Jun-Hwan’s surrealist anti-capitalist satire
Info: 773-281-4114

--Jul 17, Sun, 3 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: DR STRANGELOVE
Stanley Kubrick’s anti-militarist cold war satire
Repeats 7/20 6 pm

--Jul 17, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
ISM POTLUCK DINNER
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505

FORTHCOMING:
-7/23 Conference: Palestine, Labor & the AFL-CIO, www.al-awdany.org/lfp/
-7/23 Amy Goodman in Chicago
-7/24, National Rank and File Conference, Truman College, www.laboraction.org/index.html
-7/28-31 Midwest School for Women Workers, University of Michigan
-8/4-25 Black Harvest International Festival of Film & Video, Siskel Center
-8/6 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
-8/7-15 World Festival of Youth & Students, Caracas, usnpc.net/apply.html
-9/10 Oak Park Peace Fair
-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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NEW STUFF AT NWRC:

-10% Off on All Magazines, Papers & Journals!
-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee, lots more

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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
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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.

THANKS to everyone for your support.

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