NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 4 - 23

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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--Jan 4, 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

--Jan 4, Thu, 6 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice
205 W Monroe, 5th floor
GUANTANAMO FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ORGANIZING MEETING
Info: dpagosa (at) claret.org

--Jan 6, Sat, 8 am, Book-TV, C-PSAN2 cable TV
A COUNTRY THAT WORKS:
GETTING AMERICA BACK ON TRACK
Hear SEIU president Andy Stern

--Jan 6, Sat, 12-3 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice
205 W Monroe, 5th floor
4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR
Help plan March 20 actions
Sponsors: 8th Day Center for Justice, ANSWER Chicago,
Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, Gay Liberation Network,
Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, International Solidarity
Movement-Chicago, National Boriqua Human Rights Network
Info: CCAWR (at) aol.com

--Jan 6, Sat, 3 pm, Book-TV, C-PSAN2 cable TV
RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE:
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DESMOND TUTU
Hear John Allen and Desmond Tutu

--Jan 6, Sat, 4:30 pm, Mexico Solidarity Network, 3460 W Lawrence
THE STRUGGLE IN LATIN AMERICA
Panelists: Remy Herrera of University of Paris,
Rosa Marea Marques of Partido Socialismo e Liberdade,
Paulo Nakatani of Universidade Federal do Esperito Santo-Brazil
Sponsors: International Action Center, Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
Info: chicagoiac (at) sbcglobal.net

--Jan 7, Sun, 1:45 am, Book-TV, C-PSAN2 cable TV
VIRGINITY OR DEATH! AND OTHER SOCIAL &
POLITICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME
Journalist Katha Pollitt

--Jan 7, Sun, 6 pm, Book-TV, C-PSAN2 cable TV
THE PRICE OF ADMISSION: HOW AMERICA'S RULING CLASS
BUYS ITS WAY INTO ELITE COLLEGES &
WHO GETS LEFT OUTSIDE THE GATES
Author Daniel Golden

--Jan 8, Mon, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
OCCUPATION PROJECT CAMPAIGN MEETING
National campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience
to end Iraq war funding organizing meeting
Info: occupationproject (at) vcnv.org

--Jan 11, Thu, Washington DC
GUANTANAMO FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ACTIONS
Info: www.witnesstorture.org

--Jan 11, Thu, 4-6 pm, Federal Plaza, Dearborn & Adams
GUANTANAMO FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PROTEST
Sponsors: 8th Day Center for Justice,
Christian Peacemakers Team, others
Info: dpagosa (at) claret.org

--Jan 11, Thu, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E. 59th
READING LEGITIMATION CRISIS IN TEHRAN
Hear Danny Postel of openDemocracy

--Jan 12, Fri, 7 pm, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 2700 W Haddon
RACE & WAR
Panelists: Dr Ghada Talhami of Lake Forest College,
Jose Lopez of Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Doug Gills of UIC,
Raja Halwani of School of the Art Institute
Sponsor: Peace Pledge Chicago
Info: www.peacepledgechicago.org

--Jan 12-14, Fri-Sun, Memphis TN
NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MEDIA REFORM
Info: www.freepress.net/conference/CFS

--Jan 13, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: REDS
Warren Beatty’s epic on the life of radical writer John Reed
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Jan 14, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING
Info: 312-719-5719, 773-306-5402

--Jan 14, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
ISM POTLUCK DINNER
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

--Jan 15, Mon
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
“When machines and computers, profit and
property rights are considered more important
than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism
and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
(‘Declaration of Independence from the War in
Vietnam,’ Riverside Church speech, 4/4/67)

--Jan 17, Wed, 6:30 pm, Chicago History Museum, 1600 N Clark
ART, SEX & CENSORSHIP: FROM PAUL CADMUS TO THE PATRIOT ACT
Hear gay art historian Richard Meyer

--Jan 18, 5:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
THE NATION’S PROPERTY: MERCHANT SAILORS & THE RISE OF
LIBERAL POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1800–1870
Hear historian Leon Fink of University of Illinois at Chicago

--Jan 19, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
REMEMBERING VIRDEN: SHAPING & RECONSTRUCTING
RADICAL & RACIAL MEMORIES OF AN EPIC EVENT, 1898–1936
Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University discusses
the labor struggles of the coal mining community of Virden, Illinois

--Jan 20, Sat, 10 am, Whitney Young High School, 211 S Laflin
CHICAGO GLOBAL WARMING TOWN HALL:
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: NOW THAT YOU KNOW,
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Panelists: Sadhu Johnston of Chicago Department of Environment,
Calvin S. Morris of Community Renewal Society, Rev Clare Butterfield
of Faith-in-Place, Steve Perkins of Center for Neighborhood Technology,
Lori Morrison Contreras of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization,
Sponsors: 8th Day Center for Justice, Center for Urban Transformation,
CSA Learning Center at Angelic Organics, Eco-Justice Collaborative, many others
Info: www.neis.org

--Jan 20, Sat
NONVIOLENCE TRAINING
Prepare for Occupation Project actions
10 am, St. Gertrude Parish, 1401 W Granville
12:30 pm, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
Info: occupationproject (at) vcnv.org

--Jan 20, Sat, 7 pm, location tba
THE CASE FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL
Hear author Anthony Arnove, also Jeff Englehart
of Iraq Veterans Against the War
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: Chicago_socialists (at) yahoo.com

--Jan 20-25, Nairobi, Kenya
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.wsf2007.org/

--Jan 21, Sun, 12 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th
FILM: IRAQ FOR SALE
Robert Greenwald’s must-see documentary on how
US corporations are cashing in

--Jan 21, Sun, 7 pm, Lake Street Church, Evanston
RISE & FALL OF HABEAS CORPUS
Heat Atty Susan Compernolle; screening of
Video Outlawed: Extrodinary Rendition
Sponsor: North Shore Coalition for Peace & Justice
Info: riegle (at) svsu.edu, scompernolle (at) cs.com

--Jan 23, Tue 7:30 pm, Augustana Church, 5500 S Woodlawn
CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER ATTACK
Panelists: Michael Deutsch of Peoples Law Office,
Moises Zavala of United Food & Commercial Workers local 881,
Suzanne Adely of Arab American Action Network, Susan Gzesh of
University of Chicago Human Rights Program
Sponsors: Hyde Parkers for Peace & Justice,
Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism

FORTHCOMING
-1/27 End The War March & Rally, Washington DC, www.unitedforpeace.org
-2/2-3 Building Bridges Labour Studies Conference, University of Windsor-Ontario
-3/9-11 Left Forum, Cooper Union NYC, leftforum (at) leftforum.org
-3/17 Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War,
www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php
-3/18-21 National Conference for Union Representatives in Healthcare,
Holiday Inn City Center Chicago
-3/20-22 Peacemaking in an Age of Terror Conference,
Loyola University Chicago, www.luc.edu/ethics/04103peace07.shtml
-4/26-28 Labor Voices 3 Conference, NYC, www.laborsvoices.org/
-5/17-19 Citizenship, Identity, & Social Justice Conference, Windsor, infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php

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NEW BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-2007 Slingshot organizer
-There Is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class & Hurricane Katrina
eds Chester Hartman & Gregory D. Squires
-Telling the Truth: Socialist Register 2006, eds Leo Panitch & Colin Leys
-Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right & the Moral Panic Over the City,
by Steve Macek
-Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran: Iran & the Future of Liberalism,
by Danny Postel
-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: People Against War & Empire
Info: hooshi (at) sbcglobal.net

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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