NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JUNE 7 – 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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--Jun 7, 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

--Jun 7, Thu, 6 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
DREAMING OF DEMOCRATIC FUTURES:
SELF-TAUGHT WORKERS IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Hear historian Frank Tobias Higbie
Sponsor: Center for Working-Class Studies

--Jun 7, Thu, 6:30 pm, University of Chicago International House, 1414 E 59th
THE TWO STATE SOLUTION: STILL POSSIBLE?
Panelists: author Ali Abuminah of Electronic Intifada, Prof Yigal Bronner,
author Emily Hauser, Rev Said Aliabouni, Jennifer Bing Canar of AFSC
Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee,
University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies,
International House Global Voices Program
Info: mrashid (at) afsc.org

--Jun 7, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence
FILM: PEOPLE & THE LAND
Tom Hayes & Raid Bahhur’s documentary on occupied Palestine
Sponsor: ANSWER
www.ChicagoANSWER.net

--Jun 7-8, Thu-Fri, Heiligendamm, Germany
G8 PROTESTS
Info: www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/index.htm

--Jun 8, Fri, 12 pm, Borders, 150 N State
IN DEFENSE OF OUR AMERICA: THE FIGHT FOR
CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE AGE OF TERROR
ACLU director Anthony D Romero

--Jun 8, Fri, 5:30 pm
CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS
International day of biking protest against fossil-fueled G8
Info: J8Chicago2007 (at) hushmail.com

--Jun 8, Fri, 6 pm, Experimental Station, 6100 S Blackstone
ASSATA SHAKUR BIRTHDAY PARTY
Featuring: Timuel Black, Rudy Lozano Jr., Drum Divas,
Guerrera Ensemble, actress Cheryl Lynn Bruce,
music, spoken word, DJs, more
Info: www.happybirthdayassata.org

--Jun 8, Fri, 7 pm, DePaul University, SAC Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
FILM: SALUD!
New documentary on Cuba’s health care system

--Jun 8, Fri, 7 pm, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 621 W Belmont
NIGERIAN GAY LEADER SPEAKS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN HIS COUNTRY
Pride month forum with leader opposing anti-gay efforts to split the
world-wide Anglican denomination & increase anti-gay repression in Nigeria
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: www.GayLiberation.net

--Jun 8-10, Fri-Sun, 8 pm. Links Hall, 3435 N Sheffield
THE INPRINT PROJECT: PERFORMANCE AS ACTIVISM
Nine artists & activists explore art & community, & potential of
Intersections, curated by Erica Mott; performances by
Anida Yoeu Ali, Rachel Damon, Clare Dolan, Elisa Foshay, Nicole
Garneau, Jennifer Karmin, Erica Mott
Genevieve Erin O'Brien, Cristal Sabbagh
Info: www.ericamott.com/productions_inprint.html,
www.linkshall.org

--Jun 9, Sat, 6:30 pm, DePaul University, SAC Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
FILM: SATE Of FEAR / ESTADO DE MIERDO
Documentary based on findings of Peruvian Truth & Reconciliation Commission,
explores impact of terror & loss of democracy in Peru 1980-2000
Panel discussion follows screening

--Jun 9, Sat, 8 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
YOUNG J. EDGAR: HOOVER, THE RED SCARE
& THE ASSAULT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES
Historian Kenneth Ackerman, repeats 6/10 5 pm & 9 pm

--Jun 10, Sun, 8 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
Journalist Marcy Wheeler

--Jun 10, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
THE BATTLE OVER HEALTH CARE FOR ALL:
ILLINOIS AND THE NATION
Featuring John Bouman of Sargent Shriver Poverty Law Center
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Jun 13, Wed, 12 pm, 1405 North 5th Avenue, St Charles IL
CATERPILLAR SHAREHOLDER MEETING PROTEST
Protest use of Caterpillar equipment in occupied Palestine
Sponsor: Stop Cat Coalition
Info: matt (at) stopcat.org

--Jun 13, Wed, 6 pm, Humboldt Library, 1605 N Troy
THE POETICS OF CULTURAL RESISTANCE
Hear Nuyorican poet/playwright Tato Laviera,
also writer/poet/playwright Tato Laviera
Sponsor: The Public Square

--Jun 13, Wed, 6 pm, Toman Library, 2708 S Pulaski
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORKSHOP FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
Pesented by Little Village Environmental Justice Organization &
Peter Schwartzman of Environmental Studies at Knox College
Info: info (at) lvejo.org

--Jun 13, Wed, 7 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: POVERTY IN CHICAGO
Premier of Brian Schodorf's documentary on
Chicago’s 110,000 homeless population
Info: www.facets.org/asticat

--Jun 13, Wed, 7:30 pm Evanston Library, 1703 Orrington
FILM: STANDING SILENT NATION
Suree Towfighnia & Courtney Hermann’s documentary on repression
of Lakota Sioux for attempts to grow industrial hemp
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org

--Jun 14, Thu, 6 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan
THE CITY THAT WORKS - FOR WHOM?
Forum on corruption in Chicago
Panelists: Jenny Arwade of Albany Park Neighborhood Council,
Tuyet Le of Asian American Institute, Ken Snyderof Grassroots
Collaborative, Deborah Strickland of Developing Communities
Project, Joseph Strickland of MAGIC
Sponsor: Crossrads Fund
Info: www.crossroadsfund.org

--Jun 14, Thu, 7 pm, Unity Center, 3339 S Halsted
WHY THE RIGHT’S GOT IT WRONG: A CHRISTIAN
ETHICAL RESPONSE TO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
Hear Rev Thomas W Strieter
Sponsors: People’s Weekly World, Workers Education Society
Info: 773-446-9932

--Jun 14-17 Thu-Sun, Crowne Plaza O’Hare
SOCIALISM 2007 CONFERENCE
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: www.haymarketbooks.org

--Jun 15 Fri, 4-6 pm, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
ALL OUT: MASS PICKET
CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Jun 15-17, Fri-Sun, Custer, WI
MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION 18TH ANNUAL FAIR
Keynote: Dr. Helen Caldicott
Info: 715-592-6595, www.the-mrea.org

--Jun 16, Sat, 2:30 pm, corner California & Division
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
BURGER KING PROTEST AT PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
Info: 773-396-9658

--Jun 16-19 Sat-Tue
INTERFIATH WORKER JUSTICE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Info: www.iwj.org/conference-2007/2007-conference.html

--Jun 17, Sun, 1:30 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL MEETING
Sponsor: World Can't Wait

--Jun 17, Sun, 2 pm, 680 Roosevelt Rd, Glen Ellyn
HONK FOR PEACE RALLY
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

--Jun 19, Thu, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
FILM: RUN GRANNY RUN
Documentary on 90 year old activist Doris Granny D Haddock
Sponsor: Conscientious Projector
Info: 773.989.3346 or prichart (at) ecojusticecollaborative.org

--Jun 19, Thu, 7 pm, Mess Hall
BUILDING A CONTINENTAL EMPIRE IN THE LATE 1800s:
PICTURING EXPANSIONISM FROM EAST TO WEST
Nicolas Lampert examines visual media used to promote
expansionism & anti-Indian practices
Info: www.messhall.org

--Jun 21, Thu, 6:30 pm, 2502 W. Division
THE ROLE OF LEGISLATION IN ENDING THE VIETNAM WAR
& IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY
Hear Carolyn Eisenberg of Hosftra University & co-chair of
Legislative Action Committee of UFPJ
Info: 773-583-8748

--Jun 21, Thu, 5:30 pm, Costa's Restaurant, 340 S Halsted
ILLINOIS COALITION TO ABOLISH
THE DEATH PENALTY ANNUAL MEETING

--Jun 21, Thu, 7 pm, Milwaukee County Labor Council, 633 S Hawley Rd
VOICE OF IRAQI WORKERS SOLIDARITY TOUR
Featuring Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, President Electrical Utility
Workers Union, General Federation of Iraqi Workers; also
Faleh Abood Umara, General Secretary Southern Oil Company
Union, Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
Info: uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/2007%20Iraqi%20Labor%20Tour%20Milwaukee%20flyer.pdf

--Jun 21-24, Thu-Sun, Little Village Lawndale High School, 3120 S Kostner
EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION CONFERENCE
Info: www.edliberation.org/conference/free-minds-free-people-conference-2007

--Jun 22-24 Fri-Sun, Wyndham O’Hare, 6810 N Mannheim
UFPJ 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY /
also VOICE OF IRAQI WORKERS SOLIDARITY TOUR
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/

--Jun 22-28 Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.facets.org/asticat

-Jun 23, Sat, 11 am, 2459 W Division
TOUR OF CHICAGO’S PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY
Walking tour ends at Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Sponsor: Friends of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center

--Jun 24, Sun, 11 am, northeast corner of Halsted & Diversey
GAY PRIDE PARADE
March with the anti-hate/anti-war contingent
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: www.GayLiberation.net

--Jun 24, Sun, 5 pm, New World Resoruce Center, 1300 N Western
FILM: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
Award-winning documentary on Sierra Leonean musicians

FORTHCOMING
-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
-8/24-25 Chicago Homeless Vets Standdown
-8/30-9/3 Student-Farmworker Alliance Encuentro, Florida, sfalliance.org/
-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/
-5/5-8/08 Fourth International Conference: Karl Marx & the Challenges
of the XXI Century, Havana

NEW & RE-STOCKED BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-30% off 2007 Calendars!! (excluding Slingshots)
-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
New Sale books -- 50% off!
-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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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011or
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smoking storefront accessible by public transportation, street parking
available, wheelchairs/bikes welcome. Small donation requested.

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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