NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: MAY 10 – 27

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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--May 10, 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

--May 10, Thu, 5:30 pm, Experimental Station, 6100 S Blackstone
REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN CHICAGO
Panelists: Jamie Kalven of Invisible Institute;
John Conroy of Chicago Reader; Beauty Turner of Residents' Journal;
Salome Chasnoff of Beyondmedia Education
Sponsor: Students for Human Rights
Info: shr.uchicago.edu/

--May 10-17, 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 11, Fri, 5 pm, Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty, 224 S Michigan, Suite 300
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD RECEPTION
With human rights attorney Lynne Stewart,
Peoples Law Office attorney Erica Thompson
Info/rsvp: 312-913-0039

--May 11, Fri, 7 pm, Decima Musa, 1900 S Loomis
EVA GOLINGER
Hear the author of The Chavez Code, also
Bush vs Chavez: Washington's War on Venezuela

--May 11, Fri, 8 pm, Women &Children First, 5233 N Clark
CHICAGO NOW RECEPTION:
HONORNING WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST BOOK SHOP
Post-reception Andersonville pub crawl
Info: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com

--May 12, Sat, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
CONSUMED: HOW MARKETS CORRUPT CHILDREN,
INFANTILIZE ADULTS, & SWALLOW CITIZENS WHOLE
Author Benjamin Barber

--May 12, Sat, 11 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
ANATOMY OF DECEIT: HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
USED THE MEDIA TO SELL THE IRAQ WAR & OUT A SPY
Author & blogger Marcy Wheeler

--May 12, Sat, 12 pm, Wright Community College, 4300 Narragansett
FUTURE OF TORTURE CONFERENCE
Panelists: indicted human rights Attorney Lynn Stewart,
interrogator Tony Lagouranis, Attorney Joe Margolis, also
Mayam Salah, Standish Willis, others
Sponsor: Committee to Protect People's Rights

--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

--May 12, Sat, 2-4 pm, Logan Square, Kedzie & Milwakee Aves
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING No. 250
Bring a sign & a friend. Rain or shine. Silence is consent.

--May 12, Sat, 7 pm, Hot House,
CELEBRATE WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY
Fair trade marketplace, music, more
benefit for Chicago Fair Trade
Info: www.chicagofairtrade.org, 312-212-1760

--May 12, Sat, 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
PALESTINE REVOLUTION CINEMA
Screening of rare short films from long lost
Palestinian film archive

--May 12, Sat, 9:30 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
MEDICAL APARTHEID: THE DARK HISTORY OF MEDICAL
EXPERIMENTATION ON BLACK AMERICANS
FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT
DePaul law professor & author Harriet Washington
Repeats 5/13 11 am

--May 12-13, Sat-Sun, London
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
Info: www.campaigncc.org/

--May 13, Sun, 6:45 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THE FIRE: THE BOMBING OF GERMANY 1940-1945
Historian Jorg Friedrich examines the bombing of German civilians

--May 13, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH PLANS FOR ILLINOIS
Hear Prajwal Ciryam, member, Illinois AMSA Healthy Policy Committee
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--May 13, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: EARTHLINGS
Documentary on economic dependence on animals,
narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, music by Moby
Sponsor: Animal Defense League
Info: adlchicago (at) riseup.net

--May 14, Mon, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
FROM THE CULT OF WASTE TO THE TRASH HEAP OF HISTORY
Author & sociologist Zsuzsa Gille discusses politics of waste in socialist
& post-socialist Hungary, also development strategies that privilege
environmental quality & public participation over industrial expansion
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org

--May 14-15, Mon-Tue
FILM: ROKKASHOMURA RHAPSODY:
A PLUTONIUM PLANT COMES TO JAPAN
Hitomi Kamanaka’s documentary on opposition to nuclear industry in Japan
Discussion follows with Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action of Kyoto;
also nuclear waste expert Shaun Burnie
5/14 6:30 pm, Wellington Ave Church, 615 W Wellington
5/15 6:30 pm, Glen Ellyn Public Library, 400 Duane St
Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.neis.org

--May 16, Wed, 12 pm, Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark
HAPPPY 95th BIRTHDAY STUDS TERKEL

--May 16-18, Wed-Fri
JEREMY SCAHILL: BLACKWATER: THE RISE OF
THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MERCENARY ARMY
Nation magazine & Democracy Now journalist discuses new book
5/16 7 pm, Northwestern University Harris Hall Rm 108
5/17 7:30 pm, Barbara's Bookstore, 1100 Lake, Oak Park
5/18 7 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn

--May 17, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
ON AND OFF THE COURT:
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN BASKETBALL
Author Christopher Hayes
Sponsor: In These Times

--May 17, Thu, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th St
BLACK ON THE BLOCK:
THE POLITICS OF RACE & CLASS IN THE CITY
Sociologist & author Mary Pattillo discusses her book
on the North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood

--May 17-19, Thu-Sat, Windsor Ontario
CITIZENSHIP, IDENTITY, & SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
Info: infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ocs/index.php

--May 17-19 Duke University
LABOR & WORKING CLASS HISTORY CONFERENCE
Info: www.lawcha.org/eventsandmeetings/conferenceslink.html

--May 18, Fri, 11 am, Hyatt Regency, 151 E Wacker
PROTEST JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN
GENERAL PETER PACE IN CHICAGO
Pace called gays immoral, but apparently his Iraq war isn’t
Sponsors: Gay Liberation Network, Code PINK,
8th Day Center for Justice, more
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com

--May 18, Fri, 3:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
A PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITY:
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NEW DEAL
Christopher Loss of University of Virginia discusses role of
higher education in delivering services & programs to citizens

--May 18, Fri, 7 pm Coffee Chicago, corner Broadway & Berwyn
LABOR PROSE & POETRY
John Starrs performs work from Carl Sandburg,
Jehan Whittaker performs works from Susan Lori-Parks,
Sojourner Truth, Adrienne Kennedy

--May 18, Fri, 7:30 pm, Swedish-American Museum, 5211 N Clark
BARBARA KINGSOLVER: ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE:
A YEAR IN FOOD LIFE
Novelist Kingsolver & biologist Steven L Hopp discuss their book,
which chronicles their experience of eating only local food for one year
Info: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com

--May 18-24, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: SACCO & VANZETTI
Peter Miller’s spellbinding documentary
Info: www.facets.org,
www.willowpondfilms.com/sacco_and_vanzetti.html

--May 19, Sat
GLOBAL BOYCOT DAY: PROCTORE & GAMBLE
Against P&G's animal testing
Info: www.uncaged.co.uk/pgday.htm

--May 19, Sat, 4 pm, 919 N Elmwood, Oak Park
ROBERT MEEROPOL
Meet the son of McCarthy-era victims Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
Info/rsvp: 708-524-2726 judiminter (at) yahoo.com

--May 19, Sat, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILMS: CHARGED IN THE NAME OF TERROR:
PORTRAITS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Documentary project chronicles legal cases & lives of activists &
political dissidents caught in the war on terror, including attorney
Lynne Stewart, artist Steve Kurtz, translator Mohamed Yousry, others
Info: chicagofilmmakers.org/

--May 20, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
IMPACT OF ISOLATION ON BEHAVIOR CHANGE
IN ILLINOIS' SUPERMAX PRISON
Cynthia Kobel, member of a group of families & supporters of prisoners at
Tamms IL facility discusses impact of extreme isolation conditions
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--May 20, Sun, 1 pm, Scoville Park, corner Lake & Oak Park Ave
SIXTH ANNUAL WALK FOR A JUST PEACE IN ISRAEL & PALESTINE
3:30 pm Potluck & program, First United Church, 848 Lake St, Oak Park

--May 20, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREEN MEETING
Info: 312-719-5719, 773-306-5402

--May 21, Mon, 5:30 pm, Chicago Labor Education Program
Rice Building Suite 110, 815 W VanBuren
THE POLITICS OF THE WORKING CLASS:
LABOR & THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Discussants: Jorge Ramirez of Chicago Federation of Labor,
Jerry Morrison of Service Employees International Union-Illinois State Council

--May 21, Mon, 6:30 pm, New & Letters, 36 S Wabash, rm 1440
MARX'S HUMANISM, WOMEN'S LIBERATION &
NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES
Discussion with Erica Rae
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--May 23, Wed, 6 pm, DuSable Museum, 740 East 56th Place
HOW DOES RACE MATTER? GENETICS & RACE
Panelists: Troy Duster, NYU Professor of Sociology & author
of Backdoor to Eugenics; Michele Goodwin of Health Law Institute
& DePaul University; Blase N. Polite, MD, of University of Chicago
Sponsor: Illinois Humanities Council

--May 24-28, Thu-Mon, Grant Park, Jackson & Columbus Drive
EYES WIDE OPEN: AN EXHIBITION ON
THE HUMAN COST OF IRAQ WAR
Exhibit contains pair of combat boots with the name/age/rank/hometown
of each US soldier killed in Iraq war; final time entire US death toll
will be represented in one place because exhibit has grown too large
-5/24 12 - 6 pm
-5/25-27 8 am - 8 pm
-5/28 8 - 3 pm
Info: www.afsc.org/eyes!

--May 27, Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2
Mike Gray & Howard Alk’s brilliant 1969 documentary on
the 1968 Democratic Convention protest, a critique of the events
by working class African-Americans in Chicago, & attempts
by the Black Panther Party to organize poor white youths
on the north side

--May 27, Sun, 2 pm, Local 1033 Hall, 11731 S Avenue O
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE
AT REPUBLIC STEEL IN CHICAGO
Keynote: Leo Gerard, President, USWA
Ten workers were killed in 1937, including 3 USWA Local 1010
members, for peacefully demonstrating for a union contract

FORTHCOMING
-6/1-2 Storming the Heavens: Worker Education &
-6/1-8 G8 Protests, www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/index.htm
Social Activism Conference, CUNY, www.workereducation.org
-6/13 Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting Protest, St Charles IL
-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
-6/22-28 African Diaspora Film Festival, Facets Cinémathèque
-6/27-7/1 US Social Forum, Atlanta, www.ussf2007.org/
-7/13-15 National NOW Conference, Dearborn MI, www.now.org/organization/conference/2007/
-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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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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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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