NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: APR 13 – MAY 1

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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--Apr 13, 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 13, & ongoing, Celanese Corporation, Meredosia IL
SUPPORT LOCKED-OUT CELANESE WORKERS
Boliermakers local 484
Info: www.boilermakers484.org

--Apr 13, Thu, 7 pm, Lake Forest College, Holt Memorial Chapel
555 N Sheridan, Lake Forest
SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE: IS THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES?
Hear CIA retiree Ray McGovern of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Sponsors: World Can't Wait
Info: chicago (at) worldcantwait.org

--Apr 13-14, Thu-Fri, CAN TV Cable Channel 19
ARE YOU A TEAMSTER? THE TOM LEEDHAM 2006 CAMPAIGN
Documentary on the challenger to Jimmy Hoffa Jr for IBT General President
4/13 9:30 pm, 4/14 4:30 pm

--Apr 14, Fri, NOON, Congress & Michigan
GOOD FRIDAY WALK FOR PEACE
March ends at Thompson Center, Clark & Randolph
Info: Mnelson (at) crln.org

--Apr 14, Fri, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CUNNING ALLIES OF THEIR OWN GRAVEDIGGERS:
THE AFL-CIO'S ROLE IN GLOBALIZATION, COLD WAR HYSTERIA
& THE CORPORATE EMPIRE
Historian Jeffery Olson discusses AFL role in
defeat of Guianese Peoples Progressive Party
Sponsor: Chicago Socialist Party
Info: ChgoSP (at) juno.com

--Apr 15, Sat, 11 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH
Hear Michael Ratner, Bill Goodman, Maria Lahud, Shayana Kadidal
of Center for Constitutional Rights

--Apr 15, Sat, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington
LIFE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE: EYE-WITNESS STORIES & PHOTOS
Hear Anna Baltzer of International Women's Service
Sponsors: Not In My Name, National Lawyers Guild, 8th Day Center
Info: 312-409-484, www.nimn.org

--Apr 15, Sat, 3:15 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
CUBAN REVOLUTION PANEL
Hear authors Anthony DePalma & Samuel Farber
Repeats 4/16 11 pm

--Apr 15, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: JOHN EDGAR HOOVER: THE GREAT AMERICAN INQUISITION
Dennis Mueller’s documentary on FBI crimes
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Apr 15, Sat, 2 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
HAROLD WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Hear Timuel Black, others

--Apr 15, Sat, 6 pm, Unity Center, 3339 S Halsted
FREEDOM SEDER
Sponsor: People's Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo
Info: 773-446-9932

--Apr 15-16, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: STATE OF FEAR: THE TRUTH ABOUT TERRORISM
Pamela Yates & Peter Kinoy’s harrowing documentary on
the findings of the Peruvian Truth Commission
Info: www.facets.org/asticat

--Apr 16, Sun, 3 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER:
HURRICANE KATRINA & THE COLOR OF DISASTER
Author Michael Eric Dyson

--April 16, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS
Hear Marty Shalloo of ACORN on salvaging homes &
community-based planning process for rebuilding
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Apr 16, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING & FORUM
Info: 312-719-5719, 773-306-5402

--Apr 16, Sun, 7 pm, Doc Cinema, 1212 E 59th
FILMS: TONGUES UNTIED, also W.R. MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM
Marlin Riggs’ documentary on Black gay men,
also Dusan Makavejev’s classic exploration of Wilhelm Reich
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu

--Apr 17, Mon, 6 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
WHEN NEWS LIES: MEDIA COMPLICITY & THE IRAQ WAR
Author Danny Schechter

--Apr 17, Mon, 9-4 pm, Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn
TAX DAY PROTEST AT FEDERAL PLAZA
Protest funding of Iraq war
Info: epolley (at) afsc.org

--Apr 17, Mon, 9-6 pm, Evanston Post Office
TAX DAY ANTI-WAR LEAFLETING
Sponsor: Neighbors for Peace
Info: riegle (at) svsu.edu

--Apr 17, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
CHINA AT THE CROSSROADS
Hear authors Peter Hudis & Kevin Anderson
Info: arise (at) newsandletters.org

--Apr 17, Mon, 7 pm, Harold Washington College, 30 E Lake, Rm 1115
JEFFREY ST. CLAIR: GRAND THEFT PENTAGON:
TALES OF CORRUPTION & PROFITEERING
IN THE WAR ON TERROR
CounterPunch journalist discusses his new book
Sponsors: Haymarket Books, International Socialist Review

--Apr 18, Tue, 5 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
FILM: THE DEVIL’S MINER
Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani’s documentary on child labor in
Bolivian silver mines

--Apr 18-19, Tue-Wed
KAREN FINLEY: GEORGE & MARTHA
Author discusses her satirical book in which George & Martha meet in a
seedy motel room on the night before the Republican National Convention
4/18 7:30pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted
4/19 7:30pm, Seminary Co-op, 5757 University

--Apr 19, Wed, & pm, Wellington Church, 615 West Wellington
FILM: ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE
Robert Kane Pappas’s documentary on the US media
Info: 773.989.3346

--Apr 20, Thu, 7 pm, UIC Lecture Center A1, 750 S Halsted
STUDS TERKEL & ANTHONY ARNOVE:
IRAQ - THE LOGIC OF WITHDRAWAL
Hear the authors
Sponsors: International Socialist Review, In These Times, New Press
Info: anna (at) inthesetimes.org

--Apr 20, Thu, 7 pm, corner Roscoe & Halsted
CELEBRATE FAILURE
Far right forces in Illinois failed to get anti-gay referendum
on the November ballot
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: www.gayliberation.org/home.html

--Apr 20-21, Thu-Fri, Dirkson Building, 219 S Dearborn, Rm 1248
DEFEND MOHAMMED SALAH
Palestinian supporter unjustly accused or terrorism
Sponsor: Coalition to Protect People's Rights

--Apr 20 – May 28, Thu–Sun, 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 21, Fri, 8 am, UIC Student Center West, Wolcott below Polk
NURSING UNIONS IN ILLINOIS: FORMULA FOR THE FUTURE?
Day-long conference for nurses & students; reps from INA, NNOC,
AFSCME, SEIU, AFT; author Suzanne Gordon keynotes
Info: www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/ce

--Apr 21, Fri, 6 pm, Metal Works Gallery, 2340 N Lister
PLAYING THE RACE CARD
Interpretations from more than a dozen artists, writers, public figures
Info: www.metalworksgallery.net/

--Apr 21 - May 3
CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.latinoculturalcenter.org/festival06/index.htm

--Apr 22, Sat, UIC
CAMPUS ANTIWAR NETWORK REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Info: www.campusantiwar.net, schwartz2020 (at) gmail.com

--Apr 22, Sat, 12-5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
THE OTHER EARTHDAY
Ecopolitics from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti,
Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Illinois, Louisiana, more
Info: rudnergreens (at) hotmail.com

--Apr 22, Sat, 2 pm, Albany Park Library, 5150 N Kimball
FILM: THE TORTURE QUESTION
PBS Frontline documentary, discussion follows
Info: justice.yes (at) juno.com

--Apr 22, Sat, 6 pm, Unity Center, 3339 S Halsted
RICHARD VARGAS
Hear the poet & activist
Sponsor: Workers Education Society
Info: jbachtell (at) rednet.org

--Apr 23, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT POTLUCK DINNER
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

--Apr 23, Sun, 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILMS: REASSEMBLAGE, also PROFIT & NOTHING BUT!,
also IMAGES OF THE WORLD & THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR
Trinh T. Min-ha’s documentary on Senegalese women, Raoul Peck’s
documentary on capitalist-ravaged Haiti, & Harun Farocki’s
essay on Auschwitz
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/

--Apr 24, Mon, 12 pm, Special Prosecutor's Office, 221 N. LaSalle
JAIL JON BURGE: PICKET & PRESS CONFERENCE
Sponsors: Campaign to End the Death Penalty, 8th Day Center
for Justice, Amnesty International, Families of the Wrongfully Convicted,
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, International Socialist
Organization, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Justice Coalition of
Greater Chicago, Prison Action Committee, others
Info: julien (at) nodeathpenalty.org

--Apr 24, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
SPONTANEITY, EVERYDAY RESISTANCE, & THE NEED FOR
A NEW RELATION OF PHILOSOPHY & ORGANIZATION
Part of Alternatives to Capitalism series
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Apr 24, Mon, 7 pm, Fleetwood Roller Rink, 7321 W. Archer
POMEGRANATE RADICAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
ROLLERKSTAING FUNDRAISER
Info: info (at) pomegranatecollective.org

--Apr 25, Tue, 7 pm, Elmhurst College
TORTURE: IMMORAL, ILLEGAL, & INEFFECTIVE
Forum of human rights experts
Sponsors: Amnesty International, Elmhurst College,
CAIR-Chicago, Pax Christi Illinois, AFSC
Info: aiwheaton.org/TortureForum.html

--Apr 24-26, Tue-Thu
CHERNOBYL 20TH ANNIVERSARY: THE ACCIDENT CONTINUES
4/24, 7pm, Evanston Library, 1701 Orrington: It Can Happen Here:
Consequences of a Nuclear Accident near Chicago,
with Dr. Andrew Kanter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
4/25, 7pm, Evanston Library, 1701 Orrington:
award winning documentary Chernobyl Heart
4/26, 7pm, Sulzer Library, 4455 N Lincoln:
award winning documentary Chernobyl Heart
Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.neis.org/events/Chernobyl%20at%2020.pdf

--Apr 26, Wed, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
DRUG WAR ROAD SHOW
Interactive educational theater: skits, puppets, humor, etc. on the
social justice issues that encompass the Drug War
Sponsors: Wellington Avenue Church, Chicago Colombia Sanctuary,
Christian Peacemaker Teams, Chicago Religious Leadership
Network on Latin America
Info: drugwarroadshow (at) fastmail.fm

--Apr 26, Wed, 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 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 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 29, Sat, New York City & elsewhere
NATIONAL MOBILIZATION:
MARCH FOR PEACE, JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org

--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

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

--May 1, Mon, 10 am, Union Park, Ashland & Lake
CHICAGO IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS RALLY & MARCH

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

--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: affc (at) riseup.net

FORTHCOMING
-5/4-7 European Social Forum, Athens, athens.fse-esf.org/
-5/5-11 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, www.facets.org/asticat
-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
-5/20 Protest US Policies Against Venezuela & Cuba, Washington DC,
May20 (at) yahoo.com
-6/8-10 How Class Works Conference, www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
-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/
-7/6-9 Midwest Social Forum, Milwaukee WI, www.mwsocialforum.org
-7/16-21 Midwest School for Women Workers, union education, 312-996-8733
-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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-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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contact info, sponsor to NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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, 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-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, 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

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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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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