NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: MAY 17 – JUN 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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--May 17, 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 17, Thu, 1-4 pm, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Quad
JUSTICE IN PALESTINE DIE-IN
Commemorate 59th anniversary of al-Nakba, the Palestinian Catastrophe
Sponsor: Students for Justice in Palestine
Info: sjp_depaul (at) yahoo.com

--May 17, Thu, 2:30 pm, Lutheran School of Theology Common Room 350
1100 E 55th St
TWO VIEWS ON PALESTINE
Hear Archbishop Elias Chacour, veteran of 1948 Palestine;
Mark Braverman of Partners for Peace
Sponsors: Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace &
Justice/LSTC, McCormick Theological Seminary,
Lutheran Campus Ministry University of Chicago

--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, Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL

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

--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, many more
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com

--May 18, Fri, 1:30 pm, Weinstein Brothers Funeral Home
111 Skokie Blvd, Wilmette
MEMORIAL FOR CARL SHIER

--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, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE: THE POLITICS OF
PATRIOTISM IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
Authors Joel Westheimer & William Ayers, repeats 5/20 1:45 pm

--May 19, Sat, 12-4 pm, Navy Pier
PROTEST ARMED FORCES DAY RECRUITMENT DRIVE
Sponsor: Chicago PeaceVigilArtInstitute
Info: 312-587-1605, hooshi (at) sbcglobal.net

--May 19, Sat, 1:30 pm, Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 1801 S Indiana
PHOTO EXHIBIT: A CONCRETE OF IMAGES: BACK FROM IRAQ
Opening reception of photos & paintings by three veterans
of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Info: www.nvvam.org/index.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, 4 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
CONSUMED: HOW MARKETS CORRUPT CHILDREN,
INFANTILIZE ADULTS, & SWALLOW CITIZENS WHOLE
Author Benjamin Barber

--May 19, Sat, 6:30 pm, Lake Street Church, 607 Lake, Evanston
COLOMBIA SANCTUARY PROJECT BENEFIT
FOR MONTAÑO ARBOLEDA FAMILY
Sponsor: Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance
Info: 773-293-3680, phorst (at) chicagosanctuary.org

--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 19, Sat, 10 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
UNTAPPED: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA'S OIL
Nation magazine’s John Ghazvinian

--May 20, Sun, 5 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BLUE GRIT: TRUE DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK POLITICS
FROM THE POLITICIANS
Laura Flanders

--May 20, Sun, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THE ARROGANCE OF AMERICAN POWER: WHAT US
LEADERS ARE DOING WRONG & WHY IT'S OUR DUTY TO DISSENT
Nancy Snow

--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, 12:15 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
NEMESIS: THE LAST DAYS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Chalmers Johnson

--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
GI COUNSELING TRAINING
Prep response to VVAW counseling advertisements
in military publications
Info: camiblue (at) vvaw.org

--May 20, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: MALCOML X
Spike Lee’s classic biopic

--May 20, Sun, 3:45 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM & BEYOND
Dorothy Fall, Frances Fitzgerald, Jonathan Schell, and Ron Steinman

--May 20, Sun, 5:30 pm, Steppenwolf Upstairs Theater, 1650 N Halsted
FILM: PRISONER OF HER PAST
Footage from documentary in progress of
Holocaust childhood of Sonia Reich
Sponsor: Kartemquin Films
Info: www.prisonerofherpast.com

--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 22, Tue, Batavia Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave
IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL
Sponsor: World Can’t Wait
Info: chicago (at) worldcantwait.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, Thu, 6:30 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence #202
FILM: POSADA CARRILES: TERRORISM MADE IN THE USA
Premier of new documentary
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: 773-463-0311

--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 protests, 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

--May 28, Mon, 11 am, Vietnam Vets Memorial, Wacker & Wabash
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against the War

--May 28, Mon, 2 pm, Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 1801 S Indiana
IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR BBQ BENEFIT
Info: 312-326-0270

--Jun 1-2, Thu-Fri, City University of New York
STORMING THE HEAVENS: WORKER EDUCATION &
SOCIAL ACTIVISM CONFERENCE
Info: www.workereducation.org

--Jun 1-8, Heiligendamm, Germany
G8 PROTESTS
Info: www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/index.htm

FORTHCOMING
-6/13 Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting Protest, St Charles IL
-6/15 Congress Hotel Strikers Fourth Anniversary Mass Picket
-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/
-7/5-8 Toward an Africa Without Borders Conference, Durban,
www.towardanafricawithoutborders.org/durban2007.html
-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
-12/8 International Demonstrations on Climate Change,
www.globalclimatecampaign.org/

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NEW & RE-STOCKED BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
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-Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army,
By Jeremy Scahill
-What Every Radical Should Know About State Repression:
A Guide for Activists, by Victor Serge
-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
New Children's books:
-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
-Don't You Know There's A War On? The American Home Front 1941-1945,
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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