NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: APR 5 - 24

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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--Apr 5, 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

--Apr 5-8, Thu-Sun
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Info: www.chicagodocfestival.org/

--Apr 5, Thu, 9 am – 10 pm, Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 Bryn Mawr
FOCUS ON BURMA & DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
Conference features author Barbara Victor
Sponsors: NEIU Office of Academic Development,
Dr Mohammad Mossadegh Leadership Fund at NEIU,
Open Democracy, NEIU Women Studies Program

--Apr 5, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
CRUZ SALUCIO PEREZ: COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
Farmworker activist Cruz Salucio Perez discusses the
campaign for fair wages & benefits from McDonald’s
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Apr 5, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence
FILM: SALT OF THE EARTH
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: www.chicagoanswer.net

April 5 & 7, Thu & Sat, 7 & 7:30 pm
FILM: CHERNOBYL: THE INVISIBLE THIEF
Christoph Boekel’s new documentary
Part of Chicago International Documentary Festival
Info/locations: www.chicagodocfestival.org/

--Apr 5-11, Thu-Wed, Crawford TX
CAMP CASEY EASTER 2007
Info: www.gsfp.org/article.php

--Apr 6, Fri, 12 pm, corner Congress & Michigan
GOOD FRIDAY WALK FOR JUSTICE

--Apr 6, Fri, 12 pm, UIC African American Cultural Center, 830 S Halsted
IMMIGRANT WORKERS & THE FIGHT FOR LABOR RIGHTS
Panelists from Coalition of Immokalee Workers,
Chicago Workers Collaborative, UIC Students for Immigrant Rights

--Apr 6-12, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre & Landmark Cinema
FILM: THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Ken Loach’s gripping drama of Ireland’s 1920s nationalist movement

--Apr 6-12, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
Linda Hattendorf’s poignant documentary of an elderly artist
from Hiroshima found homeless in 9/11-era New York

--Apr 7, Sat, 8 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
ALEXANDER COCKBURN

--Apr 7, Sat, 1:30 pm, DuSable Museum, 740 E 56th
MANNING MARABLE: RESISTANCE & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS:
THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
Hear the eminent historian; also tour the
Montgomery Bus Boycott exhibit
Info: 312-422-5580

--Apr 7, Sat, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
DIVIDING CHICAGO’S WEST SIDE: CLEARING LAND
FOR THE CONGRESS EXPRESSWAY, 1944–1956
Hear David Spatz of the University of Chicago

--Apr 8, Sun, 2:30 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BLACKWATER: THE RISE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST POWERFUL MERCENARY ARMY
Journalist Jeremy Scahil

--Apr 8, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
YOUNG POETS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
High school poets from Oak Park & West Side
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Apr 8, Sun, 8 am Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION:
THE CONQUEST OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Robert Fisk with Laura Flanders

--Apr 8, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
YOUNG LORDS ORAL HISTORY VIDEO
Discussion follows with a former member of the radical
street gang Young Lords
Info: www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com

--Apr 9, Mon, 6 pm, University of Chicago Art History Lecture Hall
5540 S Greenwood
FILM: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
Patricia Cardoso’s award-winning drama of
working class Latinas in East LA
Sponsor: Neighborhood Writing Alliance
Info: rsoni (at) jot.org

--Apr 9, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash
CAPITAL, TECHNOLOGY, & THE NEW SOCIETY
Hear author Mary Jo Grey
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Apr 11, Wed, 9-3 pm, DePaul University College of Law,
1 E Jackson, Room 8005
TRADE POLICIES IN THE AMERICAS: PROMOTING
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
Panelists: Dr Werner Baer of UIUC; Susan Gzesh of Human Rights
Program of Univ of Chicago; Michael Hethmon of Federation for American
Immigration Reform; Oscar Chacon of National Alliance of Latin American
& Caribbean Communities; author Kari Lyderson; Stephen Coats of
US/Labor Education in the Americas Project, others
Info: 312-362-5919, ihrli (at) depaul.edu

--Apr 11, Wed, 5 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
CINDY SHEEHAN

--Apr 11, Wed, 7 pm, Evanston Library, 1703 Orrington
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Acclaimed documentary of US soldiers in Iraq
Sponsor: Reeltime Independent Film & Video Forum
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org

--Apr 11, Wed, 4 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILM: SOY CUBA
Mikhail Kalatozov's classic 1964 film, screening
introduced by writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/events/soycuba.shtml

--Apr 12, Thu, 6:30 & 8:30 pm, Columbia College Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash, 8th floor
FILM: THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
Bernadine Mellis new documentary on activist Judi Berri,
Chicago premier, discussion with filmmaker follows screening
Sponsor: The Public Square
Info: www.prairie.org

--Apr 12, Thu, 7 pm, UIC Student Center East, 750 S Halsted
THE MEANING OF MARXISM
Hear author Paul D'Amato
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization

--Apr 12, Thu, 7:30 pm, Chicago History Museum, 1600 N Clark
PERSISTENCE IN THE SHADOW OF STEEL: MEXICANS
IN SOUTH CHICAGO DURING THE INTERWAR YEARS
Hear Michael Innis-Jimenez of William Paterson University

--Apr 13, Fri, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
ABORTION UNDER ATTACK: WOMEN ON THE
CHALLENGES FACING CHOICE
Hear author Krista Jacob

--Apr 13-14, Fri-Sat, Oak Brook & Chicago
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS CHICAGO MOBILIZATION
4/13 3 pm, McDonalds world HQ, 2111 McDonalds Dr, Oak Brook
4/14 10 am, Federal Plaza: Carnival & Parade for Fair Food,
Real Rights & Dignity, with Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello,
Son del Centro, RebelDiaz, Fandanguero, more
Info: www.ciw-online.org

--Apr 13-15, Fri-Sun, UIC College of Medicine
4TH NATIONAL LATIN AMERICA SOLIDARITY COALITION CONFERENCE
Speakers include Emilio Tojín of Guatemalan Association for Justice &
Reconciliation; human rights activist Hector Aristizabal of Medellin Colombia;
Luis Javier Garrido of Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico; Jorge Edilson Arias of
Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca in Colombia;
community leader Gloria Andino of El Regadío, Nicaraguan;
former Lavalas Hatian MP Bolivar Ramilus
Info: www.lasolidarity.org

--Apr 13-25
CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL

--Apr 14, Sat, 11 am, Roosevelt University CPA Bldg, 18 S Michigan
GETTING PAID TO CAUSE TROUBLE:
CAREERS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
Sponsors: Chicago Center for Working Class Studies,
Roosevelt University Mansfield Institute for Social Justice
Info: cbreitba (at) csu.edu

--Apr 14, Sat, 11-3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
UNBOUND BORDER: POLITICAL VIOLENCE, MIGRATION &
COMMUNITY IN THE US-MEXICO BORDERLANDS
Jose Angel Hernandez of University of Chicago discusses Political
Violence & Electoral Disputes in New Mexico Territory 1850–1870s;
Josef Barton of Northwestern University discusses Crumbs of Fresh
Bread for Everyone: Mexican Rural Women, Migration, & the
Reconstruction of Community

--Apr 15, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGOGREENS GATHERING & FORUM
Info: wesgreen (at) ripco.com

--Apr 15, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: PROTOCALS OF ZION
Marc Levin’s new documentary on modern anti-semitism
Event marks Yom Hashoah, the day of remembrance of the Holocaust
& the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Info: www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com

--Apr 16, Mon, 5 pm, Hull House, 800 S Halsted
FILM: MATEWAN
John Sayles drama of coal mine strikers in 1920s West Virginia
Discussion follows with UIC Prof Bill Ayers

--Apr 16, Mon, 6:30 pm, Loyola University, 6400 N Sheridan
Sullivan Center, Galvin Auditorium
ANDY BICHLBAUM OF THE YES MEN
Footage/outtakes of Yes Men pranks, discussion
Sponsors: Loyola Campus Greens, Amnesty International, Beta Rho,
International Film & Media Studies Program, Loyola Anti-War Network,
Sociology Club, Student Environmental Alliance,
Loyola Students Against Sweatshops
Info: campus-greens (at) luc.edu

--Apr 17, Tue, 9-6 pm, Evanston Post Office
TAX DAY LEAFLETTING:
PROTEST THE FUNDING OF IRAQ WAR
Info: graceonfowler (at) yahoo.com

--Apr 17, Tue,
SEND-OFF FOR SOA PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE REV DON COLEMAN
-9:30 am, University Church in the park, 50th & Dorchester
-12:30 pm, Federal Plaza, walk to Metropolitan Correction Center

--Apr 17, Tue
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PALESTINE: A POLITICAL ANALYSIS
Hear Mouin Rabban of International Crisis Group in Amman, Jordan
-12 pm, Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted
-7 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street

--Apr 17, Tue, 6 pm, University of Chicago, International House, 1414 E 59th
THE MILITARIZATION OF US POLICY IN 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

--Apr 18, Wed, 7 pm, McHenry County College Conference Center,
Crystal Lake, Route 14
THE WAR ON DRUGS: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Hear Sanho Tree of Institute for Policy Studies
Info: aglegg (at) sbcglobal.net

--Apr 18, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
RAPE VICTIM ADVOCATES:
WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN RAPED
Presentation & discussion with the support organization
Rape Victim Advocates

--Apr 19, Thu, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E. 59th
BURIED IN THE BITTER WATERS: THE HIDDEN
HISTORY OF RACIAL CLEANSING IN AMERICA
Journalist Elliot Jaspin examines the forced removal
of African-American communities in late 19th century America

--Apr 20-22, Fri-Sun, DePaul Center for Latino Research
CONFERENCE ON ACTIVISM & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Info: mochoa (at) depaul.edu

--Apr 21, Sat, 6:30 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
ORGANIZING PALESTINIAN FARMERS FOR FAIR TRADE
Hear Nasser Abu Farha of Palestine Fair Trade Association,
of Jenin, Palestine

--Apr 21, Sat, 7 pm, Milwaukee, WI
AMERICAN ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BANQUET
Keynote: Ambassador Afif Safieh of PLO Mission in the US
Info: www.adcwi.org

--Apr 24 Tue, 4 pm, UIC Student Center rm 713, 750 S Halsted
PUSH & PULL: FREE TRADE & THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Hear acclaimed scholars & activists David Bacon &
Juan Manuel Sandoval
Sponsors: Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies,
UIC Center for Labor Education, Global Exchange,
Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies
Info: 312-996-2491

FORTHCOMING
-4/26-28 Labor Voices 3 Conference, NYC, www.laborsvoices.org/
-4/27-29 Finding Our Roots Anarchist Theory Conference, mayfirst.wordpress.com/
-4/28 Socialism Conference,
www.pslweb.org/site/News2
-5/1 May Day Immigration Rights Mobilizations, www.mayday2007.org/,
www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com/
-5/4 Debs-Thomas-Harrington Banquet, www.chicagodsa.org/d2007/index.html
-5/7-8 North American Labor Assembly on Climate Crisis:
Building a Global Movement for Clean Energy conference, NYC,
www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/events/climateChangeConference/index.html
-5/17-19 Citizenship, Identity, & Social Justice Conference, Windsor, infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php
-6/1-2 Storming the Heavens: Worker Education &
Social Activism Conference, CUNY, www.workereducation.org
-6/14-15 Chicago Homeless Vets Standdown, Armory, North Ave & Kedzie
-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
-9/3-5 Global Social Justice in Theory & Practice conference, UK,
www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk/GSAConf2006/index.htm

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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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