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
Bookmark: www.newworldresourcecenter.com/index1/events.html

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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks, includes
submissions received by deadline 5 pm Tuesday - 500+ recipients
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Apr 27, 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 27, & ongoing, Celanese Corporation, Meredosia IL
SUPPORT LOCKED-OUT CELANESE WORKERS
Boliermakers local 484
Info: www.boilermakers484.org

--Apr 27 ˆ May 28, ThuˆSun, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
BACK OF THE THROAT
Silk Road Theater‚s production of Yussef El Guindi's play
of two US government officials questioning an Arab-American
Info: www.srtp.org

--Apr 27, Thu, 7 pm, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
303 Dodge, Evanston
DARFUR GENOCIDE: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Hear Jerry Fowler of Committee on Conscience of
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Info: 847-328-7678

--Apr 27-28, Thu-Fri, North Park University, 3225 W Foster
ENCOUNTERING ISLAM TODAY:
BEYOND THE CLASH OF FUNDAMENTALISMS
Hear Dr Michael Sells of University of Chicago Divinity School,
Dr Ghada Talhami of Lake Forest College, Dr. Emran Qureshi
of Harvard University Law School, Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub of Temple University
Sponsor: North Park Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Info: jroth-rivera (at) northpark.edu

--Apr 27 ˆ May 5
CHICAGO LABOR & ARTS FESTIVAL
Info: www.chicagolaborarts.org/

--Apr 28, Fri, 6 pm, DePaul University, 55 E Jackson, Rm 2201
ILLEGAL DOMESTIC SPYING: THE CASE AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH
Hear Michael Avery of National Lawyers Guild
Info: www.NLG.org

--Apr 28, Fri, 6 pm, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N Orleans
GENE DEBS / NORMAN THOMAS / MICHAEL HARRINGTON
ANNUAL DINNER: GOING BEYOND TAKING BACK OUR COUNTRY
John Nichols keynotes; honorees Henry Tamarin of UNITE,
Rev Dr Calvin Morris, US Labor Against the War
Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
Info: www.chicagodsa.org/d2006/flyer48.pdf

--Apr 28, Fri, 7 pm, Decima Musa, 19th & Loomis
LET THE RIVERS RUN: THE RE-GREENING OF NICARAGUA
Hear Elvin Castellon of Nicaragua‚s Federation for the
Development of Peasant Farmers, FEDICAMP
Sponsor: Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
Info: nscchicago (at) igc.org

--Apr 28-29, Fri-Sat, Northwestern University
Harris Hall Rm 108, 1881 Sheridan, Evanston
THE GENIOUS OF THE PEOPLE: NEW PERSPECTIVES
ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Conference examines grassroots politics
in the era of the revolutionary Atlantic
Info: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/docs/NWGS.pdf

--Apr 29, Sat, New York City & elsewhere
NATIONAL MOBILIZATION:
MARCH FOR PEACE, JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org

--Apr 29, Sat, 9:15 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
HOW TO RENT A NEGRO
Author damali ayo takes a satirical look at race relations

--Apr 29, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: BATTLEGROUND: 21 DAYS ON THE EMPIRE'S EDGE
Guerrilla News Network‚s Stephen Marshall‚s documentary of the
war through Iraqi eyes
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Apr 29, Sat, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
FILM: VOTERGATE: EXPOSE OF ELECTION FRAUD IN THE USA
Discussion follows
Sponsors: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice, Oak Park Public Library
Info: www.opctj.org

--Apr 29, Sat, 5 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILM: SOME MOTHERS SON
Terry George‚s drama of the 1981 hunger strike at Long Kesh prison
in the Occupied North of Ireland; discussion follows
Sponsor: Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee
Info: www.wemustbeunited.com

--Apr 29, Sat, 9 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
WHEN NEWS LIES: MEDIA COMPLICITY & THE IRAQ WAR
Author Danny Schechter

--Apr 30, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
DAY LABOR
Hear Nik Theodore of UIC Center for Urban Economic Development
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Apr 30, Sun, 10:30 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BETTER FOR ALL THE WORLD: THE SECRET HISTORY OF
FORCED STERILIZATION & AMERICA'S QUEST FOR RACIAL PURITY
Journalist Harry Bruinius

--Apr 30, Sun, 11:45 am, Heartland cafe, 7000 N Glenwood
FORAGING FRIENDS WILDFOOD ECOLOGY OUTING
Info: 312-719-5719

--Apr 30, Sun, 3 pm, Chatham-Bethlehem Presbytery Church, 741 E 84th St
CONGREGATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH LATIN AMERICA
Hear from an Afro-Colombian family living in Sanctuary in Chicago
Info: mamie (at) firstunitedoakpark.com

--May 1, Mon
NATIONAL IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS RALLIES & STRIKES
Info: www.NoHR4437.org, www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

--May 1, Mon, 10 am, Union Park, Randolph & Ogden
CHICAGO IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS RALLY & MARCH
-12 pm March to Grant Park for 1 pm rally
-7 pm Post-march celebration with the Latino Union,
Our Lady of Mercy Church, 4432 N Troy
Info: Movimiento 10 de Marzo, 773-454-9979;
www.latinounion.org/

--May 1, Mon, 1-8 pm, Iron Studios, 3636 S Iron
FILM: LA COMMUNE
Peter Watkins‚ 1999 epic of the Paric Sommune imagines a
journalist for Versailles Television broadcasting a soothing official
view of events while a Commune indymedia
station provides perspectives of the Paris rebels
Info: versionfest.com/version06/festival/archives/000417.html

--May 1, Mon, 4:30 pm, Haymarket Monument, Randolph & Des Plaines
MAY DAY CELEBRATION

--May 1, Mon, 4:30 pm,
RALLY TO STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR
Sponsor: Chicago Coalition to Save Darfur
Info: www.chicagodarfur.org

--May 1, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
NOT BY POLITICS ALONE: WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE STATE?
Part of Alternative to Capitalism series
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--May 1-7, Mon-Sun
120 YEARS AFTER HAYMARKET:
A WEEK OF MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS
Art shows, film fests, more
Info: www.arsenalmagazine.net/filmfest/

--May 2, Tue, 7 pm, Happy Dog/Heaven 1542-1550 N Milwaukee
FILMS: THE END OF SUBURBIA,
also HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL
Discussion follows
Info: versionfest.com/version06/festival/archives/2006_05_02.html

--May 3, Wed, 7 pm, Loyola University, Sullivan Center,
Galvin Auditorium, 6339 N Sheridan
WAR IS SELL: US PROPAGANDA & THE ATTACK ON IRAQ
Hear John Stauber of Center for Media & Democracy
Info: tsmith6 (at) luc.edu

--May 3, Wed, 7 pm, Northwestern University Fisk Hall rm 217
845 Sheridan Rd, Evanston.
ELIZABETH BETITA MARTINEZ
Hear the author & activist
Sponsor: Peace Project, ALIANZA, Rainbow Alliance, College Feminists,
English Department, History Department, North Shore Antiwar Coalition, others
Info: nuprotest (at) gmail.com

--May 3, Wed, 7 pm, Wellington Avenue Church, 615 W Wellington
FILM: BEYOND TREASON
Documentary on US use of dangerous battlefield
weapons banned by the United Nations
Info: 773-989-3346

--May 3, Wed, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHELLI STANLEY & JOHN HARMER
Activists from Tel Rumeida Project discuss work in occupied Palestine Info: www.telrumeidaproject.org

--May 4, Thu, 7 pm, Barbara‚s Books, 1218 S. Halsted
DEATH IN THE HAYMARKET
Historian James Green discusses his new book

--May 4, Thu, 7:30 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILM: CHECKPOINT
Yoav Shamir‚s indictment of Israeli military‚s authority over Palestinians;
discussion follows with Lauren Langman of Loyola University
Part of Free Fire Zone Film Series
Sponsor: Near NorthWest Arts Council
Info: laura (at) nnwac.org

--May 4-7, Thu-Sun, Athens
EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM
Info: athens.fse-esf.org/

--May 5-11,Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: SIDE EFFECTS
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau‚s satire on the pharmaceutical industry

--May 5, Fri, 9:30 pm, Happy Dog/Heaven 1542-1550 N Milwaukee
FILM: THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross‚s documentary of how three
young men from Tipton ended up in the world's most notorious prison
Info: versionfest.com/version06/festival/archives/000428.html

--May 6, Sat, 9 am, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan
CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.chicagosocialforum.org/

--May 6, Sat, 11 am, Newbery Library, 60 W Walton
DEATH IN HAYMARKET: A STORY OF CHICAGO,
THE FIRST LABOR MOVEMENT, & THE BOMBING
THAT DIVIDED THE GILDED AGE IN AMERICA
Hear historian James Green
Info: www.newberry.org/media/summer2006events.html

--May 6, Sat, 6:30 pm, Muslim Community Center, 4380 N Elston
Fundraising Dinner for Pakistan Earthquake victims
Hear Kareem M. Irfan, Dr Agha Saeed of American Muslim Alliance,
Shaikh Abdool Rahman Khan of Islamic Foundation
Info: www.helpinghandonline.org

--May 6, Sat, 9 pm, Salsedo Press, 3139 W Chicago
MAY DAY DANCE PARTY

--May 6-7, Sat-Sun, Detroit
LABOR NOTES CONFERENCE
Info: labornotes.org/conferences/index.shtml

--May 6-25, Siskel Film Center & St Xavier University
CHICAGO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL
www.palestinefilmfest.com/

--May 7, Sun, 1 pm, Scoville Park, Lake & Oak Park Ave, Oak Park
DANNY GLOVER, RONNIE GILBERT & ALI ABUNIMAH:
WALK FOR A JUST PEACE IN ISRAEL & PALESTINE
Buffet & potluck follows
Info: www.cjpip.org

--May 8, Mon, Northwestern University, 108 Harris Hall, 1881 Sheridan
ETIENNE BALIBAR: POLITICS AS WAR, WAR AS POLITICS
Hear the philosopher & author

--May 9, Tue, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
CENTENARY PRESENTATION OF UPTON SINCLAIR‚S THE JUNGLE
Veteran activist Quinn Brisben leads a discussion of the
most famous of the muckraking novels
Sponsor: Open University of the Left

--May 12-14, Fri-Sun, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore
ALTERNATIVE GLOBALIZATIONS CONFERENCE
Info: www.net4dem.org/mayglobal

--May 13, Sat, 2 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake
FILM: BOOKS NOT BARS
Documentary on the movement for community-based juvenile justice
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice

--May 13, Sat, 7:30 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILM: J Edgar Hoover & the Great American Inquisitions
Denis Mueller‚s film on the FBI, discussion follows with Warren Leming
Part of Free Fire Zone Film Series
Sponsor: Near NorthWest Arts Council
Info: laura (at) nnwac.org

--May 15, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
Marx's Concept of the Transcendence of Value Production
Part of Alternative to Capitalism series
Info: www.newsandletters.org

FORTHCOMING
-5/20 Protest US Policies Against Venezuela & Cuba, Washington DC,
May20 (at) yahoo.com
-5/23 Eduardo Galeano, Museum of Contemporary Art
-6/8-10 How Class Works Conference, www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
-6/10 David Roediger & Mark M. Smith on Race, Newberry Library
-6/22-25 Socialism 2006 Conference NYC, www.socialismconference.org
-6/23-24 Summer Veterans Stand-down, Armory at North & Kedzie,
auspex (at) earthlink.net, www.vvaw.org/events/
-6/27 - 7/1 U.S. Social Forum, Atlanta, www.ussf2007.org/
-7/6-9 Midwest Social Forum, Milwaukee WI, www.mwsocialforum.org
-7/16-21 Midwest School for Women Workers, union education, 312-996-8733
-7/29 Bughouse Square Debates
-10/20-22 Conference on Feminism & War, Syracuse University, www.SisterSong.net
-10/26-28 Rethinking Marxism Conference, www.rethinkingmarxism2006.org
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DONATIONS NEEDED
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CALENDAR INFO: Send event title, date, time, location,
contact info, sponsor to NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday

CALENDAR BOOKMARK:
www.newworldresourcecenter.com/index1/events.html
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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 pm, Valois Restaurant, 1518 E. 53rd
CAFE SOCIETY
Sponsors: The Public Square, Illinois Humanities Council
Info: www.thepublicsquare.org

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 ˆ 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-Fri
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-8 am, CAN-TV cable TV channel 19
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM
9-10 am, WLUW 88.7 FM
Info: www.DemocracyNow.org

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
4 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM
6 pm, WLUW 88.7 FM radio

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, Funky Buddha Lounge, 728 W Grand
LEFTIST LOUNGE
Info: focus (at) apolloproject.org

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, Gourmand Cafe 728 S Dearborn
PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS
Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society
Second Wednesday of the month
Info: www.chicagoparecon.org

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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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011or
nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com. New World is a centrally located non-
smoking storefront accessible by public transportation, street parking
available, wheelchairs/bikes welcome. Small donation requested.

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