NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: APR 26 – MAY 14

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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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks, includes
submissions received by deadline 5 pm Tuesday - 500+ recipients
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--Apr 26, 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 26, Thu, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St
SARA PARETSKY: WRITING IN AN AGE OF SILENCE
Award-winning author on political & literary dissent

--Apr 26-28, Thu-Sat, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
LABOR VOICES 3 CONFERENCE
www.laborsvoices.org/

--Apr 27, Fri, 6 pm, UE Hall, 37 S Ashland
FILM: RENAISSANCE 2010: ON THE FRONT LINES
Jackson Potter & Al Ramirez’ new documentary
on the Chicago Public Schools’ long-term strategy
Sponsor: Teachers for Social Justice
Info: www.teachersforjustice.org/

--Apr 27-29, Fri-Sun, New World Resouce Center, 1300 N Western
FINDING OUR ROOTS ANARCHIST THEORY CONFERENCE
Info: mayfirst.wordpress.com/

--Apr 28, Sat
NATIONAL DAY OF IMPEACHMENT ACTIONS
Info: www.a28.org/

--Apr 28, Sat, 9-12:30 pm, Oak Brook Park District, 1450 Forest Gate Rd
HEALTH CARE CHUTES & LADDERS: A SUMMIT ON FIXING THE
UPS & DOWNS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Interactive community seminar
Sponsor: Campaign for Better Health Care

--Apr 28, Sat, 9-3 pm, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
WISCONSIN LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY
Info: wisconsinlaborhistory.org/

--Apr 28, Sat, 11-5 pm, 3460 W Lawrence
SOCIALISM CONFERENCE
Info: www.pslweb.org/site/News2

--Apr 28, Sat, 1:30 pm, Woodson Regional Library
SARA PARETSKY: WRITING IN AN AGE OF SILENCE
Award-winning author on political & literary dissent

--Apr 28, Sat, 2 pm, In These Times Bldg, 2040 N Milwaukee
STEPHEN KERCHER: REVEL WITH A CAUSE
Hear the University of Wisconsin historian on American political
& cultural satire during the Cold War era
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Apr 28-29, Sat-Sun, Loyola University, 6525 N Sheridan
Quinlan Life Sciences Building
ANARCHIST FILM FEST
Info: mayfirst.wordpress.com/film-fest-schedule/

--Apr 29, Sun, 3:30 am, WTTW channel 11
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: BUYING THE WAR
Rebroadcast of acclaimed documentary on media complicity in Iraq war

--Apr 29, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
FILM: IN DEBT WE TRUST
Danny Schector’s documentary on the credit card industry
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice, Oak Park Library
Info: www.opctj.org

--Apr 29, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: A SILENT FOREST: THE GROWING THREAT,
GENETICALLY ENGINEEERED TREES
David Suzuki’s documentary

--May 1, Tue
MAY DAY MARCH FOR LEGALIZATION & FULL RIGHTS!
Legalization for all, against border walls & border militarization
-10 am, Rally, Union Park, Ashland & Washington
-11 am, Rally, Haymarket Memorial, DesPlaines & Randolph
-12 pm, March, Randolph, DesPlaines, Jackson, Columbus
-2 pm, Rally, Grant Park, Balbo & Columbus

--May 1, Tue
NATIONAL MAY DAY IMMIGRATION RIGHTS MOBILIZATIONS
www.mayday2007.org/,
www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com/

--May 1, Tue, 4:30 pm, Boeing Headquarters, 100 N Riverside
RALLY: US OUT OF IRAQ - DEPORT BOEING
Info: kickboeingtothecurb.wordpress.com

--May 1, Tue, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
MAY DAY PARTY
Info: 773-227-4011

--May 2, Wed, 6 pm, NEIS, 3411 W Diversey
LOW CARB(ON) DIET
Workshop on how to loose 5,000 lbs of CO2 in 1 month
Sponsor: NEIS
Info: www.neis.org

--May 2, Wed, 4-6:30 pm, Hull House, 800 S Halsted
TOUR: HAYMARKET & THE LABOR TRAIL
Walking tour guide: labor educator Joe Berry
Sponsors: UIC History Department, Jane Addams Hull House,
Chicago Labor Education Program, Chicago Labor & Arts Festival
Info: www.labortrail.org

--May 2, Wed, 6 pm, Southwest Youth Collaborative, 6400 S Kedzie
JERRY QUICKLEY: LIVE FROM THE FRONT
Hear the hip-hop spoken word artist & radio correspondent
Sponsor: The Public Square

--May 2, Wed, 7:30 pm, Garrett Theological Seminary, 2121 Sheridan, Evanston
JONATHAN COOK: REFLECTIONS ON US POLICY IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL
Hear the former Guardian journalist
Sponsors: NIMN/Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, Chicago Faith Coalition
on Middle East Policy, Arab American Action Network,
International Solidarity Movement-Chicago, 8th Day Center for Justice,
National Lawyers Guild

--May 3, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times Bldg, 2040 N Milwaukee
JAMES THINDWA: AMERICAN JOBS
Screening of Greg Spotts documentary American Jobs on
US corporate outsourcing; discussion follows with
James Thindwa of Jobs With Justice
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--May 3, Thu, 7 pm, Rudy Lozano Library, 1805 S Loomis
CHICAGO'S HIDDEN HISTORY: THE FIRST MAY DAY
WHEN IMMIGRANT WORKERS LED THE MOVEMENT
FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization

--May 4, Fri, 9:30 am, Harold Washington College, 30 E Lake
HOW OUR MILITARY POLICIES AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES
Panelists: Ghada Talhami of Lake Forest College; Irving Birkner
of University of Chicago, Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Non-Violence,
Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo
Sponsor: Global Initiative Chicago
Info: gichicago.org/conf0504/index.htm

--May 4, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
LABOR & URBAN POLITICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE:
MEXICO CITY & CHICAGO IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Historian Georg Leidenberger of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
(Mexico City), Tobias Higbie of UIUC, Shelton Stromquist of University of Iowa

--May 4, Fri, 6 pm, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N Orleans
DEBS-THOMAS-HARRINGTON BANQUET
Honorees: Leo Gerard of United Steel Workers,
Josh Hoyt of IL Coalition of Immigrant & Refugee Rights,
Saul Pablo Escobar of Party Of Democratic Revolution-PRD Mexico
Info: www.chicagodsa.org/d2007/index.html

--May 4-5, Fri-Sat, Portland OR
PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABOR HISTORY CONFERENCE
Info: www.pnlha.org

--May 5, Sat, 10 am, Federal Plaza
SUDAN FREEDOM WALK
Charity/advocay march for peace & justice to
bridge crisis in Sudan & Darfur
Info: www.sudanwalkchicago.org

--May 5, Sat, 11 am, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
CHICAGO'S PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE:
LABOR & THE BID FOR PUBLIC STREETCARS
Historian Georg Leidenberger of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
(Mexico City) on Chicago's early 20th century Progressive Alliance
of workers & reformers who fought for municipal control of streetcars

--May 6, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Friends Meetinghouse, 1010 Greenleaf
PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID
Panelists: Roxane Assaf of North Park University, Rabbi Andrea London of
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, Prof Frank Tachau of UIC,
Jim Wall of Christian Century
Sponsor: AFSC

--May 6, Sun, 5:30 pm, Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox
NOT IN MY NAME / JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE BENEFIT
Keynote: Norman Finkelstein; also comedian Dave Lippman,
Miryam Rashid of AFSC, Cecilie Surasky of JVP, musician Michael Levin
Info: www.nimn.org

--May 6, Sun, 6 pm, Cafe Catedral, 2500 S Christiana
FREE MUMIA BENEFIT
Fetaruing: HecOne, MC/Poet; JamOne, Human Beat Box;
Los Vicios de Papa, Ska/Reggae fusion; Dj Vextrux, World Beat;
123 Bomberos, Afro-Puertorican music; Poets Edith Bucio &
Danette Sokacich, more
Info: a786.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/20/l_bd4175a9326b7b0d7f1caacd48242621.jpg

--May 6, Sun, 7 pm, New World Resouce Center, 1300 N Western
FILMS: 1970s LABOR ACTIONS DOCUMETARIES
UE/Wells, HSA Hospital Strike 1975, What’s Happening at Local 70

--May 7, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash
MARX'S CAPITAL & TODAY'S GLOBAL CRISES
Hear News & Letters editor Jim Mills
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--May 7, Mon, 8 pm, Sundance cable TV channel
FILMS: SIR, NO SIR also THE GROUND TRUTH
Documentaries on GI Vietnam anti-war movement & Iraq war soldiers
8 pm Sir, No Sir, 9:30 pm The Ground Truth

--May 7-8, Mon-Tue, New York City
NORTH AMERICAN LABOR ASSEMBLY ON CLIMATE CRISIS
Building a Global Movement for Clean Energy conference
Info: www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/events/climateChangeConference/index.html

--May 7-11, Mon, Wed, Fri
EVA GOLINGER
Hear the author of The Chavez Code, also
Bush vs Chavez: Washington's War on Venezuela
5/7 6 pm Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington
5/9 6 pm DePaul University, Schmitt Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
5/11 7 pm Decima Musa 1900 S Loomis

--May 8, Tue, 7 pm, North Park Nature Center, 5801 N Pulaski
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE & REVOLUTION:
WILL THEY SHAPE OUR FUTURE?
Sponsor: Chicagoland Urban Permaculture
Info: 312-744-5472, www.sustaincup1.blogspot.com/

--May 9, Wed, 7 pm, Gerber Hart Library, 1127 W Granville
THE FIRST GAY MOVEMENT IN HISTORY
Bi-monthly reading discussion group on LGBT history.
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com, www.GayLiberation.net, 773.209.1187

--May 9-17, Wed-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL

--May 11, Fri, 5 pm, Federal Plaza, Jackson & Dearborn
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: PROTEST TERRORIST
LUIS POSADA'S RELEASE FROM US JAIL

--May 12, Sat, 1 pm, Goodman Theater, 170 N Dearborn
YOUNG WOMEN FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES FROM
CHICAGO TO AFRICA: FACING RACE,
GENDER VIOLENCE & HIV/AIDS
Panelists: Adaku Utah of Females United for Action, Julie Lee Merseth
of Black Youth Project, Lynette Jackson of UIC, Mardge Cohen
of clinic for women & their families living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda;
also dance performance by Global Girls Inc
Sponsor: The Public Square

FORTHCOMING
-5/16 Jeremy Scahill, Northwestern University
www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/events/climateChangeConference/index.html
-5/17-19 Citizenship, Identity, & Social Justice Conference, Windsor, infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php
-5/17-19 Labor and Working Class History Conference, Duke University,
www.lawcha.org/eventsandmeetings/conferenceslink.html
-5/18 Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Peter Pace in Chicago
-5/18-24 Sacco & Vanzetti, Facets Cinémathèque, www.facets.org,
www.willowpondfilms.com/sacco_and_vanzetti.html
-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
-6/16-19 Interfiath Worker Justice National Conference, Chicago,
www.iwj.org/conference-2007/2007-conference.html
-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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-Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army,
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-What Every Radical Should Know About State Repression:
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-Looking for Bigfoot, by Mike Palecek
-Speaking of Empire and Resistance: Conversations with Tariq Ali,
by Tariq Ali & David Barsamian
-Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radial Media Criticism,
edited by Robert W. McChesney & Ben Scott
-America & Iraq: Seduced by Fear, By Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars
-The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky 1921-1929, by Isaac Deutscher
-Harlem's Glory: Black Women's Writing 1900-1950,
edited by Lorraine Elena Roses & Ruth Elizabeth Randolph
-What's the Matter With America?:
The Resistible Rise of the American Right, by Thomas Frank
-The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, by Riane Eisler
-On Guerrilla Warfare, by Mao Tse-tung
-Peoples History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
-Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival, by Jen Marlowe, Aisha Bain, Adam Shapiro
-My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King, by Reymundo Sanchez
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-Be BOY BUZZ by bell hooks
-Don't Hold Me Back: My Life and Art, by Winfred Rembert
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-The Politics of Anti-Semitism, edited by Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, $6.48
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by Richard Lingeman $8.48

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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: www.laborexpress.org

Mon-Fri
DEMOCRACY NOW
7 am, CAN-TV cable TV channel 19
7-9 am WZRD 88.3 FM
9 am, WLUW 88.7 FM
12 pm WMXM 88.9 FM
5 pm WRTE 90.5 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, 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, Mercury Cafe, 1505 W Chicago
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
collective. Volunteers always welcome; phone 773-227-4011 for info

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