NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 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, Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
www.newworldresourcecenter.com/events/

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--Feb 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

--Feb 2, Thu & ongoing
SUPPORT STRIKING NORTHWEST AIRLINE MECHANICS
Boycott Northwest Airlines
Sponsor: Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Organization Local 4
Info: 630-567-2052, president (at) amfa4.org, or
www.amfanatl.org/Pages/15_Strike_Info/Support_Strikers_3.html

--Feb 2, Thu, 5:30 pm, Venus Restaurant, 820 W Madison
ILLINOIS COALITION TO ABILISH THE DEATH PENALTY BENEFIT
Hear Rob Warden of Northwestern University Law School Center
on Wrongful Convictions, also exonerated death row inmate Madison Hobley
Info: 312-849-2279

--Feb 2, Thu, 7:30 pm, Left of Center Books, 1043 W Granville
FEMINISM & THE ABYSS OF FREEDOM
Author Linda M.G. Zerilli

--Feb 2–5
FIGHTING FOR PEACE FOLK 'N ROCK JAM
San Francisco singer-song writers Jesse Dyen & Dennis Kyne
Also Gold Star Families for Peace founder Bill Mitchell
2/2 8 pm, Phyllis’ Musical Inn, 1800 W Divison
2/4 9 pm, Rosa’s, 2656 N Lincoln
2/5 2 pm, Duke’s Bar, 6920 N Glenwood

--Feb 3-5, American University, Washington DC
9TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZED RESISTANCE
Info: www.organizedresistance.org

--Feb 4, Sat, 1 pm, Byron Colby Barn, Route 45 & Jones Point Rd, Grayslake
US HEALTH CARE IS BROKE: HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Sponsor: Citizen Action
Info: www.citizenaction-il.org/

--Feb 4, Sat, 1:30 pm, Woodson Library, 9525 S Halsted
PASSIONATELY HUMAN, NO LESS DIVINE:
RELIGION & CULTURE IN BLACK CHICAGO, 1915-1952
Hear author Wallace D. Best, also performance by
legendary gospel pioneer Gladys Gregory
Info: 312-745-2080

--Feb 4, Sat, 2 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
REFORMING THE MEDIA IN A DECAYING DEMOCRACY
Hear independent documentarian Scott Sanders,
Mitchell Szczepanczyk is of Chicago Media Action,
media justice activist Karen Bond
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Feb 4, Sat, 2 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE?
Hear former CIA analysts Kathleen & Bill Christison, now
frequently published in CounterPunch
Sponsor: Not in My Name
Info: info (at) nimn.org, 312-409 4845

--Feb 5, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, Austin & Lake
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM PARTICIPANTS
Hear Ron & Karla Chew

--Feb 5, Sun, 10:30 am, Ethical Humanist Society, 7574 N Lincoln
SHOULD THE MEDIA BE TRUSTED
WITH OUR MEDICAL EDUCATION?
Hear Dr Ellen Mendelson, Professor & Director of
Breast Imaging Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Sponsor: Ethical Humanist Society
Info: admin (at) ethicalhuman.org

-Feb 5, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake Street
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE?
Hear former CIA analysts Kathleen & Bill Christison, now
frequently published in CounterPunch
Sponsors: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine,
Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice.
Info: 312-427-2533 x 18 or info (at) cjpip.org

--Feb 6, Mon
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEONARD PELTIER'S
ILLEGAL EXTRADITION FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES
Info: www.leonardpeltier.org

--Feb 6, Mon, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
TAYLOR BRANCH: AT CANAAN’S EDGE: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS
Hear Martin Luther King’s biographer

--Feb 6, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S. Wabash, Rm 1440
BEHIND THE HAMAS VICTORY IN PALESTINE
Hear Kevin Anderson, co-author of Foucault & the Iranian Revolution
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Feb 6, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th St
FILM: LIFE AND DEBT
Stephanie Black’s documentary of globalization’s impact on Jamaica
Part of Labor, Globalization, & the New Economy: Recent Films series
Info: soul (at) listhost.uchicago.edu

--Feb 6, Mon, 7 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore
Schmitt Academic Center Room 154
NEO-LIBERAL IMPERIALISM & THE CITY
Hear Prof David Harvey, CUNY
Part of Confronting Empire series
Info: condor.depaul.edu/~english/exlibris/html/archives/0506/jan06/empire.htm

--Feb 6, Mon, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
HOW THE PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT SAVED AMERICA:
FREEDOM, POLITICS, & THE WAR ON SEX
Author Cristina Page

--Feb 7, Thu, Salvation Army La Villita Corps, 3621 W 24th
NEW ORLEANS REPORT BACK
Hear activist Jim Bywater on working with the
People’s Hurricane Fund in New Orleans
Sponsor: Chicago Solidarity
Info: 773-517-1725

--Feb 8, Wed, 11:30 am, Union League Club, 65 W Jackson
A CONVERSATION WITH TAYLOR BRANCH
Hear the author of Martin Luther King biographies
Sponsor: Union League Club, Chicago Historical Society, others
Info: 847-446-8880

--Feb 8, Wed, 6:30 pm, Gourmand Cafe, 728 S Dearborn
ParECON PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS
Discussion of democratic post-capitalist world
Sponsor: Chi-Area Participatory Economics Society
Info: www.chicagoparecon.org

--Feb 9, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE: RACE, CLASS & TV
Hear activist Darryl Gordon
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Feb 9, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence #202
FILM: NEGROES WITH GUNS: ROB WILLIAMS & BLACK POWER
Documentary on the forefather of the Black Power movement
Sponsor: A.N.S.W.E.R.
Info: 733-463-0311

--Feb 9, Thu, 7 pm, McHenry County College, 8900 US Hwy 14, Crystal Lake
TORTURE SURVIVOR ANTHONY IBEAGHA
Part of Current American Issues series

--Feb 9, Thu, 7 pm, Quimby’s, 1854 W North
READING FOR STUMBLING & RAGING:
MORE POLITICALLY INSPIRED FICTION
Authors Stephen Elliott, Audrey Niffenegger,
Jeff Parker, Stefan Kiesbye

--Feb 9, Thu, 9 pm, Subterranean, 2011 W North
BENEFIT FOR NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
Riot Folk singer Shannon Murray, Unlucky Atlas, lots more
Tix a veritable pittance at $5 – Thanks for all your support!!!
Info: 773-227-4011

--Feb 10, Fri, 1 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore
Richardson Library rm 300
FILM: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH
Peter Bate’s gripping documentary of Belgium’s brutal
colonization of Congo
Part of Confronting Empire series
Info: condor.depaul.edu/~english/exlibris/html/archives/0506/jan06/empire.htm

--Feb 10, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 E Walton
THE WEST IS DEAD: MANIFEST DESTINY &
THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF THE WESTERN IWW
Hear Gerald Ronning of Albright College, with commentators
Brian Hosmer of UIC & Toby Higbie of UIUC
Info: scholl (at) newberry.org, 312-255-3524

--Feb 11, Sat, 11 am, Marriage License Bureau, 118 N Clark
CELEBRATE FREEDOM TO MARRY DAY
Rally for separation of church & state, equal marriage rights for Lesbians & Gays
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com, www.GayLiberation.org, 773-209-1187

--Feb 11, Sat, 2 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILM: THE OIL FACTOR: BEYOND THE WAR ON TERROR
Gerard Ungerman’s documentary on the origins of Middle East conflict
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Feb 11, Sat, 2 pm, Berry Memorial Church, 4754 N Leavitt
WE ALL GET SICK: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
GREEN HEALTHCARE ACTIVISM
Sponsor: Chicago Greens

--Feb 11, Sat, 3 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan
REPORT BACK FROM THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Reps from various grassroots organizations
Sponsor: Chicago Social Forum 2006 organizing committee
Info: 773-383-5457

--Feb 11, Sat, 7 & 9 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILMS: FALLUJAH, also
THE DOCTOR, THE DEPLETED URANIUM & THE DYING CHILDREN
Deep Dish TV’s documentary on the destruction of the Iraqi city,
also an award-winning German documentary on the use of
radioactive weapons in Iraq
Sponsor: Chicago Indymedia

--Feb 11-12, Sat-Sun, 12:30 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: COME AND SEE
Elem Klimov’s 1986 drama of the barbarity of war in Nazi-occupied Byelorussia

--Feb 12, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING
Earhday planning meeting
Info: 312-719-5719, 773-306-5402, wesgreen (at) ripco.com

--Feb 12, Sun, 2 pm, Sharfstein Room, Rush North Shore Hospital
9600 Gross Point Road, Skokie
SHALL THE FUNDAMENTALISTS WIN? UNDERLYING
ISSUES OF SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE UNDER ATTACK
Hear Rabbi Herbert Bronstein of Lake Forest College
Sponsor: Chicagoland Jewish Secular Humanists
Info: 773-743-1031

--Feb 12, Sun, 3-5 pm, Chicago Video Project, 800 W Huron
FREEDOM IS NOT ENOUGH
Launch party for author Nance MacLean’s new book
Sponsors: Chicago Center for Working Class Studies,
Chicago Video Project

--Feb 13, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th St
FILM: THE TAKE
Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein’s 2004 documentary on Argentinean grassroots
movements to institute worker-controlled factories
Part of Labor, Globalization, & the New Economy: Recent Films series
Info: soul (at) listhost.uchicago.edu

--Feb 14, Tue, 6:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted
LIGHTING THE WAY: NINE WOMEN WHO CHANGED MODERN AMERICA
Author Karenna Gore Schiff discusses her book on Ida B. Wells-Barnett,
Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, others

--Feb 15, Wed, 7 am, CAN-TV cable channel 19
DEMOCRACY NOW CHICAGO TV DEBUT
Continues each weekday, Mon-Fri
Made possible by CAN TV, Chicago Media Action,
Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation, Free Speech TV

--Feb 15, Wed, 7 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore, Student Center 314B
VENEZUELA AND GLOBALIZATION
Hear Consul General of Venezuela Martin Sanchez
Part of Confronting Empire series
Info: condor.depaul.edu/~english/exlibris/html/archives/0506/jan06/empire.htm

--Feb 17, Fri, 3 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore, SAC 254
GUANTANAMO: THE LEGALITY OF DETAINMENT
Hear Bill Goodman of Center for Constitutional Rights
Part of Confronting Empire series
Info: condor.depaul.edu/~english/exlibris/html/archives/0506/jan06/empire.htm

--Feb 17, Fri, 6:30 pm, St Pius Church, 1919 S Ashland
CINDY SHEEHAN
Sponsor: Committee Against the Militarization of Youth

--Feb 17-23, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: HARLAN COUNTY USA
Barbara Kopple's groundbreaking must-see documentary on
worker's strike at the Brookside coal mines in Harlan, Kentucky
in the early 1970s to win a UMW contract
Info: 773-281-4114

--Feb 17 – March 19, Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N Western
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
White Horse Theatre’s production of Orson Welles’ anti-capitalist farce
Info: www.whitehorsetheatre.com

--Feb 18, Sat, 10 am, Chicago Historical Society, 1600 N Clark
SYMPOSIUM: CENTENNIAL OF UPTON SINCLAIR'S THE JUNGLE
Sponsor: Urban History Seminar of Chicago Historical Society
Info: www.chicagohistory.org/lectures.asp

--Feb 18, Sat, 1 pm, DePaul University College of Law, 25 E Jackson, Rm 803
LYNNE STEWART & THE CRISIS WE'RE IN
Hear National Lawyers Guild activist & talk-radio host Michael Smith
Also screening of new Lynne Stewart video
Info: contactnlgchicago (at) yahoo.com, 312-913-0039

--Feb 18, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: TROOP 1500: GIRL SCOUTS BEYOND BARS
Ellen Spiro & Karen Bernstein’s documentary on the innovative
Girl Scout program that brings daughters together with their inmate mothers
Co-Presented by Women Make Movies

--Feb 19, Sun, 2 pm, World Folk Music Co. 1808 W. 103rd Street
DEPLETED URANIUM & OTHER EFFECTS OF WAR
Hear Prof Joseph Miller of Notre Dame, also Kathy Kelly
Sponsor: Southsiders for Peace
Info: www.southsidersforpeace.org, 708-499-6431

--Feb 20, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th St
FILM: BLIND SHAFT
Yang Li’s 2004 drama of the dangerous coal mines of provincial
China has been banned in the People’s Republic
Part of Labor, Globalization, & the New Economy: Recent Films series
Info: soul (at) listhost.uchicago.edu

FORTHCOMING
-2/22 Robin D.G. Kelley, Loyola University, 7 pm
-2/27 Tariq Ali, DePaul University, 6 pm
-3/2 Rabbi Michael Lerner, 6 pm, Northwestern University, hum (at) northwestern.edu
-3/4 Chicago International Women’s Day Conference, 773-278-6706
-3/4-5 Venezuela Solidarity Conference, Washington DC, Nicanet (at) afgi.org
-3/8 International Women’s Day rally, 773-278-6706
-3/10-12 Left Forum 2006 Conference, New York, www.LeftForum.org
-3/18 Anti-Iraq War rally, answer (at) ChicagoAnswer.net
-3/18-20 National Iraq War Protests, www.answercoalition.org/
-3/23-24 Middle East Political Economy in the Age of Empire
York University, Toronto YorkMidEastConference (at) yahoo.com
-3/24 Crossroads Fund Annual Benefit, www.crossroadsfund.org
-3/24-26 National Lawyers Guild Midwest Conference, www.nlgchicago.org
-4/1 Coalition of Illinois Peace & Justice Organizations Founding Conference, www.ilcpj.org
-4/7-9 Counter-Recruitment Conference, Pittsburgh, wwww.organizepittsburgh.org/conference
-4/29 National Mobilization: March For Peace, Justice & Democracy www.unitedforpeace.org
-5/6 Chicago Social Forum, Roosevelt University, chicagosocialforum (at) yahoo.com
-5/6-7 Labor Notes Conference, Detroit, labornotes.org/conferences/index.shtml
-5/12-14 Alternative Globalizations Conference, DePaul University, www.net4dem.org/mayglobal
-6/8-10 How Class Works Conference, www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
-7/6-9 Midwest Social Forum, Milwaukee WI, www.mwsocialforum.org
-7/16-21 Midwest School for Women Workers, 312-996-8733
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-Che Guevara, Cat-Lovers Against the Bomb, many more
-SOLD OUT: Slingshot daily organizers

-Books in Spanish / Libros en Español, 30% off sale

DONATIONS NEEDED
-Used book donations appreciated! Non-fiction, politics, history, etc, will pick-up!
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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS

Thu, 10 am, wluw 88.7 fm
ALTERNATIVE RADIO

Thu, 7 pm, 3334-61/2 W Lawrence, Rm 202
A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION MEETING
Info: 773-920-7545, answerchicago (at) gmail.com

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

Sat, 3-6 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
WORLD CAN'T WAIT: DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME
Info: 773-412-8318, chicago (at) worldcantwait.org

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, 1:30 – 3:30 pm, Art Institute of Chicago front steps
PEACE VIGIL
Sponsor: Code Pink. Info: codepinkchicago (at) yahoo.com

Sun, 7 pm, wluw radio, 88.7 FM
LABOR EXPRESS RADIO
Info: redjerry2 (at) yahoo.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, 6 pm, 2502 W Division
IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE
Info: peacepledgechicago.org/

Mon, 6:30 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence #202
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, Funky Buddha Lounge, 728 W Grand
LEFTIST LOUNGE
Info: focus (at) apolloproject.org

Mon-Fri,
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM
9-10 am, WLUW 88.7 FM

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
4-4:30 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

Wed, 6-8pm, Association House, 1116 N Kedzie
POMEGRANATE RADICAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
Second Wednesday of the month
Info: www.pomegranatecollective.org, 312-924-1820

Wed, 6:30 pm, 1325 S Wasbash, Suite 105
CHICAGOLAND COALITION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES & RIGHTS
1st & 3rd Wed
Info: www.ccclr.org/
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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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