NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: MAR 15 – APR 1

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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--Mar 15, Thu, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Support workers in Chicago’s longest running strike
Sponsor: Unite HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Mar 15, Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: IN THE PIT (EN EL HOYO)
Juan Carlos Rulfo’s vivid documentary of working conditions
of road construction workers in Mexico City’

--Mar 15 & 17, 6:45 pm, Lyric Opera House
ANTI-FUR OUTREACH
Sponsor: Animal Defense League
Info: adlchicago (at) riseup.net

--Mar 15-18, Thu-Sun, Loyola University,
6525 N Sheridan, Finnegan Auditorium
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY 2007 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.luc.edu/diversity/Womens_Film_Fest.shtml

--Mar 15, Thu, 7:30 pm, All Saints' Episcopal Church
SR HELEN PREJEAN
Info: www.ccdbr.org/

--Mar 15, Thu, 12 pm, Cultural Center, 78 E Washington
SURVIVING THE PEACE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY SEAN SUTTON
Lunch conversation with the photojournalist
Sponsor: The Public Sqaure

--Mar 15, Thu, 5:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
BLACK RADICALISM IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA:
FREEDOM, EQUALITY, & COSMOPOLITANISM, 1770–1780
Hear Chernoh Sesay of DePaul University

--Mar 15, Thu, 6 pm, NEIS Office, 3411 W Diversey
LOW CARB[ON] DIET
How to lose 5,000 lbs of CO2 in 1 month
Sponsor: NEIS
Info: www.neis.org

--Mar 15, Thu, 6 pm, Agassiz School, 2851 N Seminary
CTA COMMUNITY MEETING

--Mar 15, Thu, 7 pm, Cafe Mestizo 1646 W 18th st
FARMWORKERS & CONSUMERS WORKING TOGETHER
FOR FAIR FOOD, also ART FROM THE
POPULAR MOVEMENT IN OAXACA
Stencils & prints from protests of people of Oaxaca,
Also Imokalee workes discuss sweatshop conditions of farmworkers
Sponsors: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Colectivo ASAR-O
Info: www.ciw-online.org, www.sfalliance.org

--Mar 16, Fri, 3 pm, Israeli Consulate, 111 E Wacker
REMEMBER RACHEL CORRIE: PROTEST ISRAELI APARTHEID
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago@aol

--Mar 16, Fri, 3:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
CIA MONEY & GLOBAL JOURNALISM: FORUM FEATURES, 1957–1975
Hear John Jenks of Dominican University

--Mar 16, Fri, 7:30 pm, St Sabina Church
MAYA ANGELOU
Info: www.saintsabina.org/index2.htm

--Mar 17, Sat, Washington DC
Fourth Anniversary of Iraq War - March on the Pentagon
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php

--Mar 17, Sat, 10 am, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
GLOBAL WARMING: WHAT ILLINOIS SHOULD DO ABOUT IT
Panelists: Rebecca Stanfield, State Director of Environment Illinois;
Colleen Sarna, Sierra Club; IL State Senator Don Harmon;
IL State Rep Deborah L. Graham; Ira Cohen, Communications Director
for Rep Danny Davis; Kevin Brubaker, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Sponsor: Oak Park Democracy for America Group
Info: 708.383.8200

--Mar 17, Sat, 10-11:30 am, Rep Rahm Emanuel’s office, 3742 W Irving
ST PATRICKS DAY PEACE VIGIL
Sponsor: Women for Democracy & Fair Elections
Info: www.ilcpj.org/actions/details/

--Mar 17, Sat, 10 am, Book-TV, CSPAN2 cable TV
AMERICAN FASCISTS: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT
& THE WAR ON AMERICA
Author Chris Hedges

--Mar 17, Sat, 12 pm, Juarez High School, Ashland & Blue Island
EL COMITE ANTI-MILITARIZACION MARCH & RALLY
Rally & cultural event follows at Plaza Tenochtitlan
Info: 312-226-6161

--Mar 17, Sat, 12 pm, Book-TV, CSPAN2 cable TV
THE FIRE: THE BOMBING OF GERMANY 1940-1945
Historian Jorg Friedrich discusses bombing of civilian targets

--Mar 17, Sat, 2 pm, Humbolt Park Field House, 513 W 72nd
IMAGINE HEALTHY LIVING IN ENGLEWOOD
Community dialogue for environmental justice with
Daniel Hryhorczuk, Maureen Damitz, Tammy Steels
Sponsor: The Public Square

--Mar 17, Sat, 2:30 pm, Old Town Park, Bloomingdale
WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL PEACE RALLY, MARCH & VIGIL
Info: Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice

--Mar 18, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
WHISPERS FROM KURDISTAN: MENTAL HEALTH IN IRAQ
Lorna Jackson discusses situation of survivors & challenges
of delivering mental health services
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Mar 18, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING
Info: 312-719-5719, 773-306-5402

--Mar 18, Sun, 12:30 am, Book-TV, CSPAN2 cable TV
THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION:
THE CONQUEST OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Robert Fisk with Laura Flanders

--Mar 19, Mon, 12 am, Book-TV, CSPAN2 cable TV
MONKEY GIRL: EVOLUTION, EDUCATION, RELIGION,
& THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA'S SOUL
Journalist Edward Humes

--Mar 19, Mon, 6 pm, Unite-HERE hall, 333 S Ashland
US SOCIAL FORUM INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Planning for Atlanta June 27-July 1
Info: carlos (at) jwj.org

--Mar 18-21, Sun-Wed, Holiday Inn City Center Chicago
NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR
UNION REPRESENTATIVES IN HEALTHCARE

--Mar 19, Mon
IRAQ VETERANS INTERNET MEMORIAL UNVEILING
Info: iraqmemorial.org/

--Mar 19, Mon, 6 pm, UNITE Hall, 333 S Ashland
US SOCIAL FORUM INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Info: info: 312-738-6203, carlos (at) jwj.org

--Mar 20, Tue
ALL OUT: CHICAGO CITYWIDE MARCH & RALLY
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ WAR
6 pm: assemble 24 W Walton
7:30 pm: march down Michigan Avenue to Daley Plaza
Flyers/posters in multiple languages on web site
Info: www.m20coalition.net/

--Mar 20-22, Tue-Thu, Loyola University
PEACEMAKING IN AN AGE OF TERROR CONFERENCE
Info: www.luc.edu/ethics/04103peace07.shtml

--Mar 22-24, Thu-Sat, City University of New York Center for Humanities
FACING RACE: A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Hear Winona LaDukeJuan Gonzalez, Angela Glover Blackwell, others
Sponsors: Applied Research Center& Center for Humanities
at CUNY Graduate Center
Info: www.arc.org

--Mar 23, Fri, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 Wellington
FILM: KILOWATT OURS
Jeff Barrie’s documentary on energy alternatives

--Mar 23, Fri, 7 pm, ACME Art Works, 1741 N Western
BENEFIT PARTY FOR AWOL IRAQ VET KYLE SNYDER
Sponsor: Veterans for Peace
Info: www.chicagovfp.org/

--Mar 23-29, Fri-Thu, Landmark Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: MAXED OUT
James Scurlock’s doc on the practice & impact of debt on US workers

--Mar 24, Sat, 2 pm, Riverside Library, 1 Burling Ave
FILM: ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE
Robert Kane Pappas' documentary on the media
Sponsor: Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice
Info: www.nwcpj.org/

--Mar 24, Sat, 1 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
THE HOLOCAUST IN AMERICAN & ISRAELI POLITICS
Symposium features historians Idith Zertal of University of Basel, Switzerland,
also Peter Novick of University of Chicago
Sponsors: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine
Info: www.cjpip.org, 312-427-2533x18, JustPeace1 (at) aol.com

--Mar 24, Sat, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library, corner Church & Orrington
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Also slides on struggle of Iraqi people
Sponsor: Evanston Neighbors for Peace

--Mar 24, Sat, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
NELSON ALGRAN ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Algren Committee awardees Diana Berek, Lew Rosenbaum,
Robert Rudner; cash bar, music, etc
Info: www.nelsonalgren.org/

--Mar 25, Sun, 2 pm, Nordstrom’s, Michigan & Grand
ANTI-FUR DEMO

--Mar 25, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake
FILM: THE TORTURE QUESTION
Doc examines use of torture by the US Guantanamo
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice,
Oak Park Public Library

--Mar 26, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash rm 1440
THE DESPOTIC PLAN OF CAPITAL VS.
NEW PASSIONS & NEW FORCES FOR LIBERATION
Discussion with Kevin Michaels
Part of Marx for Today series
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Mar 26, Mon, 7 pm, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington
ISRAEL’S HOLOCAUST & THE POLITICS OF NATIONHOOD
Hear historian Idith Zertal of Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
Sponsor: Not In My Name/Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago
Info: www.nimn.org, 312-409-4845, info (at) nimn.org

--Mar 29, Thu, 6 pm, Columbia College A+D Gallery, 619 S. Wabash
HOW WE SCHEDULE
Representatives from Gapers Block, New World Resource Center,
Polvo, & other Chicago organizations discuss the praxis of
community calendars & ideas for coordination
Sponsor: Area Chicago, Optionalevents.com

--Mar 29, Thu, 7 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
HOW TO INFLUENCE YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:
AN INTERACTIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP
Workshop with Josh Ruebner of
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

--Mar 29-4/1, Cairo, Egypt
CAIRO SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.resist.org.uk/

--Mar 29, Thu, 8 pm, Wellington Church, 615 Wellington
EMMA'S REVOLUTION IN CONCERT
CD release party for the anti-war duo
Info: 773-935-0642, waucc (at) sbcglobal.net

--Mar 30-31, Fri-Sat, Urbana IL
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR PEACE & JUSTICE CONFERENCE
Info: www.ilcpj.org

--Mar 30-Apr 5, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Info: www.chicagodocfestival.org/

--Mar 31, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
JOHN ROSS: MAKING ANOTHER WORLD POSSIBLE
Hear the frequent contributor to Counterpunch, The Nation,
Z Magazine & the Mexican daily La Journada, discuss his
book Making Another World Possible: Zapatista Chronicle 2000-2006
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: groups.yahoo.com/group/oulchicago/

--Mar 31, Sat, 3:30 pm, Columbia College, A+D Gallery, 619 S Wabash
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: LEGAL Q+A
Part of exhibition, Pass It On!
Connecting Contemporary Do-It-Yourself Cultures!

--Apr 1, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
The award winning global warming doc,
plus all the organic popcorn you can eat
Sponsor: Go Veggie!

FORTHCOMING
-4/4 Protest Boeing War Profiteers, KickBoeingtotheCurb (at) gmail.com
-4/5-11 Camp Casey Easter 2007, www.gsfp.org/article.php
-4/6-12 The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Music Box
-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
-4/20-22 Conference on Activism & Social Justice,
DePaul Center for Latino Research, mochoa (at) depaul.edu
-4/26-28 Labor Voices 3 Conference, NYC, www.laborsvoices.org/
-4/27-29 Finding Our Roots Anarchist Theory Conference, mayfirst.wordpress.com/
-5/1 May Day Immigration Rights Mobilizations, www.mayday2007.org/
-5/17-19 Citizenship, Identity, & Social Justice Conference, Windsor, infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php
-6/14-17 Socialism 2007, Crowne Plaza O’Hare, www.haymarketbooks.org
-6/21-24 Education for Liberation Conference, Chicago,
freeminds (at) brotherhood-sistersol.org
-6/22-24 UFPJ 3rd National Assembly, Chicago
-6/27-7/1 US Social Forum, Atlanta, www.ussf2007.org/
-8/3-5 Vietnam Veterans Against the War 40th Anniversary, Roosevelt University

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NEW BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-30% off 2007 Calendars!! (excluding Slingshots)
-The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex,
by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
-Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology, by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
-Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912, by Ardis Cameron Univ. of Illinois Press
-Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America,
by Dana Frank
-Human Rights & Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice,
by Sally Engle Merry
-Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice,
by Jael Silliman, et al
-Kinshasa in Transition: Women’s Education, Employment, & Fertility,
by David Shapiro & B. Oleko Tambashe
-American Methods: Torture & the Logic of Domination, by Kristian Williams
-Women on the Defensive: Living through Conservative Times, by Sylvia Bashevkin
-Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, & Peace, by Vandana Shiva
-Gender, Politics, & Islam, ed. By Therese Saliba et al
-Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism by bell hooks & Amalia Mesa-Bains
-Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood & Radical Politics
in the 1960s, by Amy Swerdlow
-Policing the National Body: Race, Gender & Criminalization in the United States,
ed by Anannya Bhattacharjee, et al
-The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,
by Laura Kaplan
-Conquest: Sexual Violence & American Indian Genocide, by Andrea Smith
-Sex Radicals & the Quest for Women’s Equality, by Joanne E. Passet
-Women & War, by Jean Bethke Elshtain
-Methodology of the Oppressed, by Chela Sandoval
-Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women’s Movement,
by Nancy Whittier
-Feminism & the Abyss of Freedom, by Linda M. G. Zerilli
-Commandante Che: Guerrilla Soldier, Commander, and Strategist, 1956-1967,
by Paul J. Dosal
-Blood and Debt: War & the Nation-State in Latin America, by Miguel Angel Centeno
-Unfinished Transitions: Women & the Gendered Development
of Democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996, by Elisabeth Friedman
-Who is Black?: One Nation’s Definition (10th Anniversary Edition), by F. James Davis
-Women & Guerrilla Movements: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Cuba,
by Karen Kampwirth
-Vulnerability & Human Rights, by Bryan S. Turner
-Radical Women in Latin America: Left & Right, ed. by Victoria Gonzalez
& Karen Kampwirth
-Right Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power & the Struggle Against Allende,
1964-1973, by Margaret Power
-Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law by Beth Kiyoko Jamieson (Penn State Univ. Press)
-Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvior, ed by Margaret A. Simons

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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

Sat, 3 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

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, 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, 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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WHO WE ARE: The New World Resource Center is Chicago’s oldest
independent left & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
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