NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 11 - 27

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 11, 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 11, Thu, 1 pm, AMA bldg, 515 N State
ASHLEY TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION
Demand AMA practice ethical accountability &
dialogue with the disability community
Sponosr: Feminist Response in Disability Activism
Info: fridanow.blogspot.com/

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

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

--Jan 11, Thu, 6 pm,
VIGILS TO STOP TROOP ESCALATION IN IRAQ
-Corner Church & Ridge, Evanston
-Harlem/Irving Plaza Mall
-Corner Lake & Green Bay, Wilmette
-Corner Central & 2nd, Highland Park
-Corner Northwest Hwy & Arlington Hts Rd, Arlington Hts
-Corner Main & Duane, Glen Ellyn
-Corner Division, Ashland, Milwaukee
Sponsor: Move On

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

--Jan 11, Thu, 7 pm, 3460 W Lawrence, 2nd Floor
OAXACA EMERGENCY DELEGATION REPORT-BACK
Hear CRLN members Maureen Kelleher,
former Maryknoll missioner Celine Woznica
Info: gcozette (at) crln.org

--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, 11 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
INTERNAL COMBUSTION: HOW CORPORATIONS &
GOVERNMENTS ADDICTED THE WORLD TO OIL
& DERAILED THE ALTERNATIVES
Journalist Edwin Black, repeats 1/14 11pm

--Jan 13, Sat, 11 am, Federal Bldg, Dearborn & Jackson
MINUTEMAN RALLY
Greet the militant anti-immigrant crowd

--Jan 13, Sat, 1 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

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--Jan 13, Sat, 4-7 pm, Quenchers Saloon, 2401 N Western
REMBERING CHICAGO ACTIVIST DAN PARRY
Please join Chicago-area activists & friends in remembering our own
Dan Parry, in a manner in which he would have approved:
with a cold beer, warm company & good conversation.
Dan was a tireless advocate and volunteer for Chicago’s New World
Resource Center, a regular member of the Chicago Socialist Party, an
activist for international solidarity with the peoples of Colombia & Palestine,
an active IBEW union member, & a lifelong activist for working class causes.
Come & toast to the hope and promise that Dan inspired.
Info: www.ChicagoSocialistParty.com, www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com
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--Jan 13, Sat, 6 pm, St Pius Church, 19th & Ashland
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IRAQ WAR & THE IMMIGRATION STRUGGLE
Discussion hosted by Comité Anti-Militarización

--Jan 14, Sat, 1:30 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
A COUNTRY THAT WORKS: GETTING AMERICA BACK ON TRACK
SEIU president Andy Stern

--Jan 14, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
NATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACISM & OPPRESSION
Ted Pearson speaks on work of the alliance.
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--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, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE BELIEVE
Screening of 3 newsreels on the Black Panther Party:
Off the Pig; Mayday; Repression
Sponsor: Progressive Media, New World Resource Center

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

--Jan 14, Sun, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
CLOSE THE SOA
Hear University Church co-minister Rev Don Coleman, who
will go on trial for protests at Ft Benning GA

--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 15, Mon, 11 am, Little Village Lawndale High School, 3120 S. Kostner
SOLIDARITY RALLY & MARCH ON MLK BIRTHDAY
Join students, parents, staff, neighbors

--Jan 16, Tue, 6 pm, University of Chicago International House
Home Room, 1414 E 59th
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS & IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION
Hear Alejandro Bendaña of Centro de Estudios Internacionales,
Rose Spalding of DePaul University,
historian Michel Gobat of Iowa University
Sponsor: CLRN
Info: gcozette (at) crln.org

--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, Thu, 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 18, Thu, 7 pm, La Décima Musa, 1901 W Loomis
ANTI-WAR JAM
Hear Juan Torres of Gold Star Families for Peace, Eric Alhberg
of Iraq Veteran’s Against the War, musicians Lauren Fleer,
Orlando Sepúlveda, Ramón Marino, Ricardo Mendoza, Iván Resendiz
Info: 773-387-8225

--Jan 18, Thu, 7 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
BLAQ MARKET: ESSAYS & PLAYS
FROM AFRIKAN CENTERED THEATER
Reading of Carla Sitwell’s play, The Divine Order of Becoming
Info: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com

--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
labor struggles of the coal mining community of Virden, Illinois

--Jan 19, Fri, 6 pm, Johnsonese Gallery, 2149 W Armitage
ART GOES ON - IN BAGDHAD
Group show of contemporary paintings by Iraqi artists
currently living & working in Baghdad
Exhibit through March 3
Info: www.johnsonese.com

--Jan 19, Fri, 7 pm, Acme Artworks Community, 2418 W Bloomingdale
CHICAGO INDYMEDIA FUNDRAISER:
Serious fun with the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
Info:
chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/75700/index.php

--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, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library
GUANTANAMO UPDATE
Hear Atty Joseph Margulies, author of Guantanamo & the Abuse of
Presidential Power; also reading of Guantanamo: Honor Bound
to Defend Freedom
Sponsor: Neighbors for Peace, World Can't Wait
Info: www.Neighborsforpeace.Org

--Jan 20, Sat, 6:45 pm, Chicago Opera House,
Corner Madison & Wacker
ANTI-FUR OUTREACH
Info: adlchicago (at) riseup.net

--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, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
IS ANTI-ZIONISM ANTI-SEMITISM?
Hear Jesse Bacon, organizer of the US Campaign to End the Occupation.
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.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, 2 pm, Acme Works, 1741 N Western
SOLIDARITY BENEFIT FOR CONN-SELMER UAW364 ELKHART WORKERS
Support 9-month strike of musical instrument workers in Elkhart IN
Donations & food bank contributions needed
Sponsors: Chicago Support Committee for Conn-Selmer UAW Elkhart Strikers, LaborBeat, Chicago Independent Media Center,
Labor Action Coalition, UAW Members for Democracy
Info: ckaihatsu (at) gmail.com

--Jan 21, 4:30 pm, Harper College, Rm J143, Palatine
KEEPING ABORTION SAFE & LEGAL:
PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF ABORTION
Hear Dotty Mayer of Planned Parenthood Chicago
Info: www.nwsubnow.org

--Jan 21, Sun, 7 pm, Lake Street Church, Evanston
RISE & FALL OF HABEAS CORPUS
Hear NLG 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

--Jan 24, Wed, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th
THE FIRE: THE BOMBING OF GERMANY, 1940-1945
Hear historian Jorg Friedrich

--Jan 25, Thu, 7:30 pm, Beth Emet Free Synagogue
1224 Dempster, Evanston
COMBATANTS FOR PEACE
Hear Elik Elhanan & Sulaiman Al Hamir, Israeli & Palestinian
coordinators of Combantants for Peace, on the situation
in Israel & Palestine

--Jan 26 – Feb 1, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W. Fullerton
FILM: HIGHWAY COURTESANS
Mystelle Brabbee’s documentary on sex workers in central India
Info: www.facets.org/

--Jan 27, Sat, Washington DC
END THE WAR MARCH & RALLY
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org

--Jan 27 Sat, 1 pm, Burberry, 633 N Michigan
ANTI-FUR DEMONSTRATION
Info: adlchicago (at) riseup.net

--Jan 27 Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
9/11: WHAT WE KNOW NOW THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN
Hear James Fetzer of Scholars for 9/11
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Jan 27 Sat, 3 pm, Riverside Library, One Burling Road
FILM: THE DOCTOR, DEPLETED URANIUM & DYING CHILDREN
German-made documentary exposes use & impact of
radioactive weapons during the Iraq war
Sponsor: Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice
Info: www.nwcpj.org

FORTHCOMING
-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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