NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 8 – 26

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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--Feb 8, 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

--Feb 8, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University Schmitt Academic Center,
2320 N Kenmore, room 254
A WORLD IN WHICH MANY WORLDS FIT: THE ZAPATISTA
AUTONOMY MOVEMENT IN CHIAPAS
Hear Prof Richard Stahler-Sholk of Eastern Michigan University
Sponsor: Dept of Political Science at DePaul University
Info: polisci (at) depaul.edu

--Feb 8, Thu, 7 pm, Lozano Library, 1805 S Loomis
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: WHEN WORKERS STOPPED A WAR
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization

--Feb 8, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Arts Center, 1741 N Western
A WORLD OF WAR & POVERTY:
THE CASE FOR SOCIALISM
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: www.socialistworker.org

--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 drama of six innocent
people who emerged from 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 10, Sat, 12 pm, UE Hall, 37 S Ashland
MEDIA SKILLS SHARE WORKSHOP
Sponsor: Hammerhard Media, Labor Beat
Info: 773-251-8360

--Feb 10, Sat, 2 pm, In these Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
ALTERNATIVES TO PRESENT-DAY CAPITALISM:
PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS & ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY
Hear Mitchell Szczepanczyk & David Schweickart
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Feb 10, 16, 24
ANTI-FUR OUTREACH
2/10 6:45 Lyric Opera, corner Madison & Wacker
2/16 6:45 Lyric Opera, corner Madison & Wacker
2/24 1 pm Burberry, 624 N Michigan
Info: chicago.animaldefense.info

--Feb 11, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
McDONALD'S TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANT FARM WORKERS
Activists Melody Gonzalez & Norberto Jimenez on the struggle
of immigrant farm workers.
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.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, 1:30 pm, Woodson Library, 9525 S Halsted
BRIDGES OF MEMORY: CHICAGO'S SECOND
GENERATION OF BLACK MIGRATION
Historian Timuel D Black Jr

--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

--Feb 11, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: ENEMY AT THE GATES
Jean-Jacques Annaud’s historical drama of the battle of Stalingrad
Part of All of This And World War Too Film Festival

--Feb 12, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
MARX VS POST-MARX MARXISM: MARX, LENIN & LUXEMBURG
& THE SEARCH FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM
Discussion with author Peter Hudis
Part of Marx For Today series
Info: www. newsandletters.org

--Feb 12, Mon, 10-2 am, Danny's Tavern, 1951 W Dickens
PEACE PARTY
Benefit for Chicago Independent Television

--Feb 13, Tue, 6 pm, 4 pm, UIC Theatre L-285, 1044 W Harrison
THE ROBBEN ISLAND SINGERS
Performance & conversation with trio incarcerated with
Nelson Mandela in Robben Island Prison in South Africa
Info: 312-413-5353

--Feb 13, Tue, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E 59th
MILITARIZATION OF US POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA
Panelists: Lisa Haugaard of Latin America Working Group,
Joy Olson of Washington Office on Latin America,
Adam Isacson of Center for International Policy

--Feb 13, Tue, 6:30 pm, Chicago History Museum, 1600 N Clark
IS IT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OR AMERICAN HISTORY?
Historian Earl Lewis of Emory University

--Feb 14, Wed, 4:30 pm, Marriage License Bureau, 118 N Clark
MARRIAGE EQUALITY DAY RALLY & MARCH

--Feb 14, Wed, 6:30 pm, 2012 W Rice
PARECON: PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS
Monthly meeting of Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society
Info: www.chicagoparecon.org

--Feb 15, Thu
STUDENT STRIKE AGAINST THE WAR
Participating schools: UC Santa Barbara, Columbia University,
UC Berkeley, Occidental College, Fordham University,
San Francisco State, University of North Carolina Greensboro,
Columbia College Chicago
Info: www.worldcantwait.net/index.php

--Feb 15, Thu, 6:30 pm, University of Saint Francis, 500 Wilcox, Joliet
IMMIGRATION FORUM
Panel discussion with representatives from Potluck Democracy,
UVA Students of UFS, ICIRR, Will County Green Party,
Joliet Hispanic/ Latino Coalition
Info: braamer (at) krausonline.com

--Feb 15, Thu, 7 pm, Mandell United Methodist Church, 5010 W. Congress
LIVING WAGE TOWN HALL MEETING
Sponsors: Greater Chicago Caucus, Edgewater Democracy for America,
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 881
Info: www.dfalink.com/event.php

--Feb 15, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FEAR
Steve Mace of North Central College discusses
media's systematic demonization of the inner city
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 847-677-5474

--Feb 16, Fri, 6 pm, DePaul University, Richardson Library
Haber Lounge, 2350 N Kenmore
PHOTO EXHIBITION: LOVE, LOSS & LONGING: IMPACT OF
US POLICY ON CUBAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES
Through 3/5
Sponsors: DePaul University Center for Latino Research,
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Info: mmckenna (at) crln.org

--Feb 16, Fri 8 pm, Wesley Church, 21 E Franklin, Naperville
PRESENTATION BY JIM WALL
Middle East expert discusses President Jimmy Carter’s recent publication
Sponsor: End the Occupation Coalition, Northern Illinois
Info: www.angelfire.com/hero/eto/main.html

--Feb 16, Fri 8:30 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: STRIKE
Karel Steklý’s 1947 drama of 19th century mineworkers
Info: www.facets.org/

--Feb 17, Sat, 1 pm, United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E 53rd
2007 COMMUNITY CONGRESS FOR TENANTS RIGHTS
Sponsor: Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Info: www.tenants-rights.org

--Feb 18, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Friends Meeting House, 1010 Greenleaf
PERSPECTIVES FROM ISRAEL & PALESTINE:
REPORT FROM AFSC/INTERFAITH PEACE BUILDERS DELEGATION
Hear Mary Ann Weston & Louis Hirsch
Sponsors: Evanston Friends Meeting's Peace & Social Concerns Committee,
Neighbors for Peace.
Info: emertic (at) sbcglobal.net

--Feb 18, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING & FORUM
Info: 312-719-5719

--Feb 18, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: HITLER’S SS: PORTRAIT OF EVIL
Jim Goodard’s drama of the Nazi Security Echelon
Part of All of This And World War Too Film Festival

--Feb 18-21, Sun & Wed
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
Hear Mohammed Khatib of Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall,
Firyal Abu Haikal of Kortuba School in Hebron
-2/18 2 pm, Islamic Foundation, 300 W Highridge Rd, Villa Park
-2/18 6 pm, Grace Church, 3325 W Wrightwood
-2/21 7 pm, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington
Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, Christian Peacemaker
Team-Chicago, Stop CAT Coalition, 8th Day Center for Justice,
Logan Square Neighbors for Justice & Peace, Not In My Name/
Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America,
Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, Voices for Creative Nonviolence,
Neighbors for Peace, American Friends Service Committee,
International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

--Feb 19, Mon, 8:45 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FIILM: KRIZE (CRISIS)
Herbert Kline’s must-see 1938 documentary on the
growing fascist movement in Czechoslovakia
Info: www.facets.org/

--Feb 20, Tue, 12 pm, DePaul University Loop Campus, 11 floor
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY NON-VIOLENCE & SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACH-IN
Join Kathy Kelly & other peacemakers
Info: MDolan1149 (at) aol.com

--Feb 21, Wed, 7:30 pm, Block Museum of Art
1967 South Campus Dr, Evanston
FILM: BLACK GOLD
Mark & Nick Francis’s documentary on
struggles of Ethiopian coffee farmers
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org/

--Feb 22, Thu, 7 pm, Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E Oakwood rm 102
W’S WAR MACHINE: THE US WAR IN IRAQ & RACISM AT HOME
Panelists: Stan Willis of National Conference of Black Lawyers,
Shirley McIntosh of Freedom Road Socialist Organization &
Military Families Speak Out, Hatem Abudayyeh of Arab American Action Network,
Randy Evans of Fight Back Newspaper
Sponsor: Fight Back Newspaper
Info: www.fightbacknews.org/

--Feb 24, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: MICHAEL HARRINGTON & TODAY'S OTHER AMERICA
Bill Donovan’s documentary on the democratic socialist leader
Info: 773-384-0327

--Feb 24, Sat, 3 pm, Riverside Library, One Burling Road, Riverside IL
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Patricia Foulkrod’s documentary of the Iraq war; discussion follows
with Ray Parrish of VVAW Military Counseling Services
Sponsor: Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice
Info: www.nwcpj.org

--Feb 25, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
FILM: AMERICAN JOBS
Greg Spotts documentary on job losses; discussion follows with
James Thindwa of Jobs with Justice
Sponsors: Oak Park Coalition for Peace & Justice, Oak Park Public Library
Info: www.opctj.org

--Feb 25, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILMS: CATCH 22, also SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5
Two anti-war classics
Final screenings of All of This And World War Too Film Festival

--Feb 26, Mon, 6:30 pm, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S Halsted
AREA CHICAGO ISSUE 4 RELEASE PARTY
Info: www.areachicago.org

--Feb 26, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
CAPITALISM'S LAW OF VALUE:
WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS NEEDED TO ABOLISH IT
Discussion with author Kevin Anderson
Part of Marx For Today series
Info: www. newsandletters.org

FORTHCOMING
-2/28-3/3 International Studies Association Conference, Hilton Chicago, www.isanet.org/chicago2007/
-3/3 Overcoming Obstacles–Empowering Women conference, UNITE hall
-3/8 International Women’s Day
-3/9-11 Left Forum, Cooper Union NYC, leftforum (at) leftforum.org
-3/10 National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
-3/15 Sr Helen Prejean, All Saints' Episcopal Church, www.ccdbr.org/
-3/16 Maya Angelou, St Sabina Church
-3/17 Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War - March on the Pentagon,
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 Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War – Chicago March & Rally
-3/20-22 Peacemaking in an Age of Terror Conference,
Loyola University Chicago, www.luc.edu/ethics/04103peace07.shtml
-3/30-31 Illinois Coalition for Peace & Justice Conference, Urbana, www.ilcpj.org
-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
-6/21-24 Education for Liberation Conference, Chicago,
freeminds (at) brotherhood-sistersol.org.
-6/27-7/1 US Social Forum, Atlanta
-8/3-5 Vietnam Veterans Against the War 40th Anniversary, Roosevelt University

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NEW BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-20% off 2007 Calendars!! (excluding Slingshots)
-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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