NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: NOV 2 - 19

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
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--Nov 2, Thu, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKE PICKET
Rally to support workers in Chicago’s longest running strike
Sponsor: Unite HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Nov 2, Thu, 12 pm, location tba
GUATEMALAN BISHOP ALVARO RAMAZINNI
Hear the activist; annual luncheon for
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Info: 773-293-2964

--Nov 2, Thu, 4 pm, Indiana Theatre, 683 Ohio St, Terre Haute IN
RALLY AGAINST THE MINUTEMEN
Protrest appearances by Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist
Info: www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

--Nov 2, Thu, 3-10 pm, Plaza Tenochititlan, 18th & Blue Island
DAY OF THE DEAD ALTARS FOR OAXACA, ATENCO, CHIAPAS
Music, poetry, food
Info: www.chicagotra.org

--Nov 2, Thu, 4 pm, Adalberto Church 2716 W Division
MARCH OF THE CHILDREN TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Bus to Washington to demand an end to the raids and deportations
Info: 773-671-1727 or rlopez (at) somosunpueblo.com

--Nov 2, Thu, 6 pm, Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium
375 E Chicago
PAUL KRUGMAN

--Nov 2, Thu, 6 pm, DePaul University, 2250 N Sheffield Rm 120
COVERING KATRINA, UNCOVERING RACE
Panelists: journalists Cheryl Corley of public radio, Gary Rivlin of New York Times, moderated by Laura Washington

--Nov 2, Thu, 6:30 pm Columbia College, 1104 S Wabash
IRAQ WAR TEACH-IN
Sponsor: World Can’t Wait
Info: chicago (at) worldcantwait.org

--Nov 2-12
CHICAGO LESBIAN & GAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.reelingfilmfestival.org

--Nov 3, Fri, 7 pm, Catholic Workers House, 4652 N Kenmore
FIRE UP VEGETABLE-OIL-POWERED-BUS
In support of indigenous peoples of Black Mesa, Arizona
Info: fireupworkcrew.blogspot.com/

--Nov 4, Sat
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Info: www.globalclimatecampaign.org

--Nov 4, Sat, 3 pm, Juneau Park, corner of Killbourn & Astor, Milwaukee
IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN MEMORIAL
2,700 markers for each US casualty
Sponsor: Milwaukee Vietnam Veterans Against the War

--Nov 4, Sat, 4 pm, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph
TEACHING A CULTURE OF PEACE AND JUSTICE
Hear Kathy Kelly, Shayna Plaut, Louis Silverstein.
Info: www.chfestival.org/

--Nov 4-5, Sat-Sun, UIC
MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
Info: www.midwestsocialistconference.org/

--Nov 5, Sun, 12:30 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
HOW BUSH RULES: CHRONICLES OF A RADICAL REGIME
Sidney Blumenthal

--Nov 5, Sun, 3 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
TARGET IRAN: THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE WHITE HOUSE'S PLANS FOR REGIME CHANGE
Scott Ritter

--Nov 5, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
MARYANNA MILTON OF PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER
Maintaining community service & social change center in Wheaton since 1975
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Nov 5, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library, Church and Orrington
FILM: DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE: A GLOBALIZATION TALE ABOUT
HUMANS, FISH, & WEAPONS
Hubert Sauper's indispensable documentary on the
ecological trauma of Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Sponsor: Neighbors for Peace.
Info: neighborsforpeace.org

--Nov 5, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHIAPAS MEDIA PROJECT VIDEOS
Screenings of 3 videos: The Land Belongs to Those who Work it,
Eyes on What's Inside-The Militarization of Guerrero, Water & Autonomy
Sponsors: New World Resource Center, Progressive Media Porject
Info: 773-427-2011 or 312-404-7078

--Nov 6, Mon, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES: WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
Hear Alysia Tate of Chicago Reporter, media lawyers
Brian Rosenblatt & Ryan Jacobson

--Nov 7, Tue, Harris Theatre
JOAN BAEZ

--Nov 7, Tue, 7-9 pm, WHPK-FM, 88.5 FM radio
ELECTION COVERAGE
Featured: TJ Crawford of National Hip-Hop Political Convention,
David Moberg of In These Times,
Beauty Turner of Chicago's Residents' Journal, others

--Nov 8, Wed, 7 pm, Acme Artists Community, 2418 W Bloomingdale
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER: NEW FILMS FROM OAXACA & IRAQ
Chicago premier of David Martinez’ 500 Miles to Bablyon
Sponsor: Chicago IndyMedia
Info: imc-chicago (at) indymedia.org

--Nov 8, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
STACY MITCHELL: BIG BOX SWINDLE
Author discusses true cost of Mega-Retailers
Info: www.localfirstchicago.org

--Nov 8, Wed, 6-10 pm, Clinton Junior High, 701 Illini Drive, Clinton IL
PUBLIC HEARING FOR EXELON NUKE PLANT
Public comment encouraged
Info: www.neis.org

--Nov 9, Thu, 6 pm, Decima Musa, 1901 S Loomis
MOVIES & PRESENTATIONS ON OAXACA TEACHERS' STRUGGLE
Info: www.chicagotra.org/

--Nov 9, Thu, 6 pm, Albany Park Arts Cooperative, 3460 W Lawrence
REPORT BACK ON VENEZUELA
Hear Stephanie Farmer of Columbia College, Suzanne Adely
of Arab American Movement of Women Arising for Justice
Info: 312-236-3011

--Nov 9, Thu, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E. 59th St
OFF THE BOOKS: THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
OF THE URBAN POOR
Author Sudhir Venkatesh

--Nov 9, Thu, 7 pm, McHenry College Conference Center
8900 US Highway 14, Crystal Lake
THE MIDDLE EAST - PAST AND PRESENT
Hear Not in My Name activist Joel R. Finkel
Sponsor: McHenry County Peace Group
Info: www.mcpg.org

--Nov 9, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University Monroe Hall, 2312 N Clifton
DEFENDING CIVIL LIBERTIES & RESISTING THE EMPIRE
Hear Columbia University Prof Hamid Dabashi,
Iranian feminist Golbarg Bashi, Iranian-American antiwar activist Ali Akbari
Sponsor: Chicago Coalistion Against War a& Racism
Info: www.ccawr.org

--Nov 9, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS
Hear journalist Joel Bleifuss of In These Times
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Nov 9, Thu, 7 pm, Mundelein Center Auditorium
Loyola University, 1020 W Sheridan
BISHOP ALVARO RAMAZZINI
Hear the Guatemalan activist
Sponsors: Loyola University departments of University Ministry,
Theology, Jesuit Community, Latin American Studies Program;
Chicago Religious Leadership Network (CRLN), SOAWatch
Info: 773-493-3367

--Nov 10, Fri, 6 pm, Gage Gallery,18 S ichigan
HIKE THE VIRTUAL CHICAGO LABOR TRAIL
Preview of online version of The Labor Trail:
Chicago’s History of Working-Class Life & Struggle
Sponsor: Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies
Info: www.workingclassstudies.org

--Nov 11, Sat, 10-4 pm, Morton Community Center Room 105,
222 Chauncey St, West Lafayette, IN
BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY: THE NEXT STEPS
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism Midwest Meeting

--Nov 11, Sat, 11 am, NW corner of Wacker & Wabash
VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace,
Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out,
Gold Star Families For Peace, Code Pink

--Nov 11, Sat, 11-5 pm, Orozco School, 1940 W 18th St
TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM FAIR
Sponsors: Teachers for Social Justice, Rethinkg Schools
Info: www.teachersforjustice.org/

--Nov 11, Sat, 12 pm, Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium
375 E Chicago
RASHID KHALIDI

--Nov 11, Sat, 1 pm, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 1801 S Indiana
IRAQ WAR VETERAN AARON HUGHES ART EXHIBIT

--Nov 11, Sat, 2 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
THE OTHER SIDE OF ISRAEL: MY JOURNEY
ACROSS THE JEWISH/ARAB DIVIDE
Hear author Susan Nathan
Sponsor: Not In My Name
Info: www.nimn.org

--Nov 11, Sat, 7 pm, Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CHICAGO ANNUAL DINNER
Honoree: Michael Deutsch
Info: www.nlgchicago.org

--Nov 11, Sat, 8 pm, Linneman's 1001 E Locust, Milwaukee WI
VETERANS DAY BLUES
Features Handy Award Nominee Watermelon Slim
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War

--Nov 11-12, Sat-Sun, University of Chicago Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E 59th
THIRTY YEARS IS ENOUGH: END THE DEATH PENALTY
Campaign to End the Death Penalty Convention
Info: www.nodeathpenalty.org

--Nov 12, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
Hear Alexander Polikoff, author of Waiting for Gautreaux:
A Story of Segregation, Housing, & the Black Ghetto
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Nov 12, Sun, 11:30-4:30 pm, Wesley United Methodist Church
21 E Franklin, Naperville
FAIR TRADE FAIR
Info: 630-355-1834

--Nov 12, Sun, 12 pm, Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium
375 E Chicago
AMARTYA SEN

--Nov 12, Sun, 2 pm, North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N Pulaski
TIPPING POINT: CLIMATE CHANGE FEEDBACK CRISIS
Pirate TV Video of David Wasdell's Humanity 3000 seminar
Sponsor: Chicagoland Urban Permaculture
Info: 312-744-5472, NoMoreBusinessAsUsual.blogspot.com/

--Nov 12, Sun, 2 pm, De Paul University, Schmitt Academic Center
2320 N Kenmore, Room 154
FILM: LLAGUNA BRIDGE: KEYS TO A MASSACRE
Angel Palacios’ documentary of the Venezuelan coup d'etat of April 2002
Info: 773-376-7521, uscubachi (at) hotmail.com

--Nov 12, Sun, 2 pm, New World Bookstore,1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING, FORUM
Info: 312-719-5719

--Nov 12, Sun, 4:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
CRY RAPE: THE TRUE STORY OF
ONE WOMAN’S HARROWING QUEST FOR JUSTICE
Journalist Bill Lueders discusses the case of the
1997 rape of a visually impaired Wisconsin woman

--Nov 12, Sun, 7 pm, New World Resource, Center 1300 N Western
RAISE CANE
Activist Bob Brown speaks on slavery disclosure &
the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit
Info: nscchicago (at) igc.org

--Nov 13, Mon, 6:30 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
COLOR OF VIOLENCE: THE INCITE! ANTHOLOGY
Panelists: Elizabeth Betita Martinez, Andrea Ritchie, Andrea Smith

--Nov 16-18, Thu-Sat
SPEAKING TOUR: NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN PALESTINE
Hear Mohammed Khatib of Bil'in's Popular Committee Against the Wall,
Firyal Abu Haikal of Kortuba School in Hebron
11/16 7 pm, Lake Street Church Evanston, 607 Lake St
11/17 7 pm, Wesley United Methodist Church, 21 E Franklin, Naperville
11/18 2:30 pm, Maze Branch Library, 845 S. Gunderson, Oak Park
11/18 7 pm, Grace Church, 3325 W Wrightwood
Sponsors: Not In My Name/Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, 8th Day
Center for Justice, Christian Peacemaker Teams-Chicago, End The Occupation,
Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Neighbors for Peace-Evanston, Committee
for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, American Friends Service Committee,
Stop CAT Coalition
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

Nov 16-19, Thu-Sun, Marriott Hotel Midway, 6520 S Cicero
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
Info: www.nnaac.org/programs/register.htm.

--Nov 17, Fri, General Jones Armory, 5200 S Cottage Grove
CHICAGO HOMELESS VETS STANDDOWN
A day of health care, food, and shelter for homeless veterans
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Info: auspex (at) earthlink.com

--Nov 17, Fri, 7 pm, CLEP, 815 W Van Buren
UNION CONTRACTS FOR WRITERS
Workshop
Sponsor: National Writers Union Grievance & Contract Division
Info: hworthen (at) uiuc.edu

--Nov 17, Fri, 7:30 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: MOTHERS & BABIES: LESBIANS CREATING FAMILIES
Ami Burns’ award-winning film
Sponsor: Chicago Women’s Health Center

--Nov 17-19, Fri-Sun Ft Benning GA
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS PROTESTS
Info: www.soaw.org

--Nov 18, Sat, 9-3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
MAKING THE MEXICANO METROPOLIS: HISTORICAL RESEARCH
& CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON MEXICAN & MEXICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY LIFE IN CHICAGO
Seminars chaired by Juan Mora-Torres of DePaul University, others
Kenote: Sylvia Puente of University of Notre Dame
Info/RSVP: scholl (at) newberry.org

--Nov 19, 7 pm, Center for Performing Arts, Governor State University
1 University Parkway, University Park
EL-FUNOUN PALESTINIAN POPULAR DANCE TROUPE
Sponsor: Arab American Action Network
Info: 773-436-6060 ext. 109

FORTHCOMING
-12/1 International AIDS Action Day
-12/2-3 US Labor Against the War antiwar rally & labor conference,
Cleveland, www.uslaboragainstwar.org
-12/8-10 Historical Materialism 2006 Conference, London,
historicalmaterialism (at) soas.ac.uk
-12/10 Inaugural Jane Addams Day in Illinois, www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/janeaddamsday/
-12/10 Illinois Labor History Society 2006 Awards Dinner
-12/12 Greenham Common 25th Anniversary Peace Protests
-1/12-14 National Conference for Media Reform, Memphis TN, www.freepress.net/conference/CFS
-1/20-25 World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya
-2/2-3 Building Bridges Labour Studies Conference, University of Windsor-Ontario
-3/17 Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War,
www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php
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NEW BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-Telling the Truth: Socialist Register 2006, eds Leo Panitch & Colin Leys
-Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez Talks to Marta Harnecker
-Naked Imperialism: The US Pursuit of Global Dominance, by John Bellamy Foster
-Railroading Economics: The Creation of the Free Market Mythology,
by Michael Perelman
-The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib & the American Media, by Lila Rajiva
-The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer
-Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq,
by Stephen Kinzer
-The Liberal Virus: Permanent War & the Americanization of the World,
by Samir Amin
-Pox Americana: Exposing the American Empire,
eds John Bellamy Foster & Robert W McChesney
-The Problem of the Media: US Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century,
by Robert W McChesney
-Windows on the Workplace: Technology, Jobs, & the Organization of Office Work,
by Joan Greenbaum
-Silent Revolution: The Rise & Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America,
by Duncan Green
-The Socialist Feminist Project: A Contemporary Reader in Theory & Politics,
ed Nancy Holmstrom
-Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education,
by Joe Berry
-A History of Capitalism: 1500 – 2000, by Michel Beaud
-Eastern Cauldron: Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine,
& Iraq in a Marxist Mirror, by Gilbert Achcar
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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: 773-463-0311, answer (at) chicagoanswer.net

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

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 & 10 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM

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, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
WORLD CAN'T WAIT: DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME
Fair trade coffee/snacks available from Acme Jazz Cafe
Info: 773.227-2453, chicago (at) worldcantwait.org

Mon, Funky Buddha Lounge, 728 W Grand
LEFTIST LOUNGE
Info: focus (at) apolloproject.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
First & third Tuesday
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/

Tue, 8 pm, Baker, 1215-27 W Lunt
NICARAGUA SOLIDARITY WORKERS COOP
FOR BIG CHANGE weekly meetings

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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