NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 25 – FEB 11

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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--Jan 25, 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 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, Fri, 5:30 pm, UNITE hall, 333 S Ashland
PEACE SURGE: CHICAGO BUS SEND-OFF RALLY
Help send off riders to the Washington DC anti-war event

--Jan 26, Fri, 7 pm, Acme Art Bldg, 1741 N Western
BUILDING A REVOLUTIONARY VISION
Panelists: Marian Kramer on 1960s Detroit Water War,
Rev Edward Pickney on Benton Harbor’s privatization wars,
Willie Fleming on Chicago gentrification & housing wars
Sponsor: The People's Tribune

--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, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
INTERNAL COMBUSTION: HOW CORPORATIONS & GOVERNMENTS
ADDICTED THE WORLD TO OIL & DERAILED THE ALTERNATIVES
Journalist Edwin Black

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

--Jan 27 Sat, 2 pm, Englewood Library, 1745 W 63rd
FILM: BEYOND BEATS & RHYMES
Byron Hurt’s documentary on manhood, sexism &
homophobia in hip-hop culture

--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

--Jan 27 Sat, 11 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
HOWARD ZINN
Historian discusses new book, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

--Jan 28, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
LONG-TERM PRISONER PROJECT
Hear Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow Shaena Fazal
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Jan 28, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Documentary depicts war in Iraq & challenges facing returning troops
Discussion follows with Ray Parrish of
Vietnam Veterans Against The War counseling services
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice, Oak Park Public Library
Info: www.opctj.org

--Jan 28, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: THE TAKE
Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein’s must-see documentary on
worker occupations of factories in Argentina

--Jan 29, Mon, 9 am, County Building – 118 S Clark
STOP COOK COUNTY HEALTHCARE CUTBACKS
Sponsor: Cook County employees who work in the
Bureau of Health Care Services

--Jan 31, Wed, 7 pm, St Xavier University
McGuire Hall, Warde Academic Center, 3700 W 103rd St
CAROLYN HO, MOTHER OF LT. EHREN WATADA
Hear the mother of the first US officer to resist Iraq duty
Info: thankyoult.org, chicagoworldcantwait.org

--Jan 31, Wed, 7:30 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th
SING A BATTLE SONG: THE REVOLUTIONARY POETRY, STATEMENTS,
& COMMUNIQUES OF THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND 1970-1974
Bill Ayers reads from this new edition
Info: semcoop.booksense.com

--Feb 2, Fri, 7 pm, Grace United Methodist Church,
3325 W Wrightwood
FILM: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Sponsor: Logan Square Neighbors for Justice & Peace, Beyond Today

--Feb 2-3, Fri-Sat, University of Windsor-Ontario
BUILDING BRIDGES LABOUR STUDIES CONFERENCE
Info:
web4.uwindsor.ca/units/socsci/Labour.nsf/831fc2c71873e46285256d6e006c367a/5859e16811918a418525719c00565532!OpenDocument

--Feb 3-4, Sat-Sun, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th St
FILM: HARLAN COUNTY USA
Barbara Kopple’s must-see documentary of the great
Kentucky coal miners strike of the 1970s
Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan leads Sunday matinee discussion
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu

--Feb 4, Sun, 2 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
SOA WATCH FESTIVAL OF HOPE FOR REV DON COLEMAN
Benefit for University Church Hyde Park co-pastor arrested at Ft Benning

--Feb 9, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE POLITICS OF LABOR
IN RECONSTRUCTION WASHINGTON
Historian Kate Masur of Northwestern University

--Feb 9, Fri, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E 59th St
BARBARA EHRENREICH
Author discusses her new book,
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

--Feb 9, Fri, 7:30 pm, St Sabina, 1210 W 78th Place
WINNIE MANDELA

--Feb 9-10, Fri-Sat, Theater Bldg, 1225 W Belmont
PLAY: THE EXONERATED
Serendipity Theatre Collective’s production of six innocent
people who emerged from years on death row
Info: www.serendipitytheatre.org/current/

--Feb 9-15, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ: THE FRANKFURT TRIAL 1963-1965
Rolf Bickel & Dietrich Wagner’s documentary on the first
war crimes trial to take place in Germany
Info: www.facets.org/

--Feb 10, Sat, 9:30-2 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
GATHERING OF FAIR TRADE CONGREGATIONS
Workshop to learn how your congregation can join
the movement of fair trade congregations
Info: www.chicagofairtrade.org

--Feb 11, Sun, 11:15 am, St Sabina, 1210 W 78th Place
CORNELL WEST
Guest speaker at 11:15 worship service

--Feb 11, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park River Forest High School, 201 N Scoville
THE VOICE OF RACHEL CORRIE
Staging of the play based on e-mails of the American peace activist
Sponsor: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine
Info: www.cjpip.org

FORTHCOMING
-2/28-3/3 International Studies Association Conference, Hilton Chicago, www.isanet.org/chicago2007/
-3/9-11 Left Forum, Cooper Union NYC, leftforum (at) leftforum.org
-3/16 Maya Angelou, St Sabina Church
-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
-3/19 Iraq Veterans Memorial unveiling, iraqmemorial.org/
-3/20-22 Peacemaking in an Age of Terror Conference,
Loyola University Chicago, www.luc.edu/ethics/04103peace07.shtml
-4/13-14 Coalition of Immokalee Workers Chicago Mobilization,
www.ciw-online.org
-4/14-15 4th National Latin America Solidarity Coalition Conference,
Chicago, www.lasolidarity.org
-4/26-28 Labor Voices 3 Conference, NYC, www.laborsvoices.org/
-5/1 May Day Immigration Rights Mobilizations
-5/17-19 Citizenship, Identity, & Social Justice Conference, Windsor, infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php
-6/27-7/1 US Social Forum, Atlanta

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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
9-10 am, WLUW 88.7 FM
Info: www.DemocracyNow.org

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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