NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JUNE 21 – JULY 9

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 21, 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 21, Thu, 4 pm, Daley Bicentennial Plaza, 337 E Randolph,
just east of Millennium Park by the old skating rink
MICHAEL MOORE
Join Mike, Physicians for a National Health Program, nurses, and a few friends
for a rally & march to the Blue Cross Blue Shield building
Info: nick (at) pnhp.org

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

--Jun 21, Thu, 6 pm, DePaul University College of Law
25 E Jackson, Room 803
CHICAGO TOWN HALL MEETING ON IMPEACHMENT
Panelists: Elaine Brower, mother of marine;
journalist John Nichols; David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet.org
Sponsor: World Can’t Wait
Info: www.ilcpj.org/actions/details/

--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, 6:30 pm, Barnes & Noble, 1441 W Webster
TOM HAYDEN: ENDING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Author discusses his book

--Jun 21, Thu, 7 pm, Open University of the Left
2040 N Milwaukee, Second Floor, In These Times bldg
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM PLANNED ECONOMIES
Economist Raymond Lotta discusses what we can learn
from first wave socialist systems
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org

--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, Thu, 7 pm, First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake
JEWISH VOICES FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
Jewish Voice for Peace activists discuss engagement
of American Jews against the occupation

--Jun 21, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence
THE STRUGGLE FOR LGBT RIGHTS
Hear Andy Thayer
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: 773-463-0311

--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
UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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, 8 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED AT LITTLE BIGHORN:
A LAKOTA HISTORY
Lakota-born historian Joseph Marshall III

--Jun 23, Sat, 9:30 am, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
CRISIS IN THE GAZA STRIP: WORKING UNDER FIRE
Hear Dr Mona El-Farra, Director of Gaza Projects
for Middle East Children's Alliance;
emergency breakfast & fundraiser for GAZA
Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee,
Arab-American Action Network, NIMN/Jewish Voice for Peace

Jun 23, Sat, 11 am, Haymarket Memorial, Randolph & Des Plaines
WELCOME IRAQI TRADE UNIONISTS
Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, President,
Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union; Faleh Abood Umara,
General Secretary, Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions

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 23, Sat, 6 pm, Mercury Café, 1505 W Chicago
BOUND STRUGGLES: PRISONER-AUTHORED
PUBLICATION RELEASE PARTY
Party & performances
Sponsor: Chicago Books to Women in Prison
Info: chicagobwp.org

--Jun 23, Sat, 8 PM, Wyndham O’Hare, 6810 N Mannheim
AN EVENING OF SOLIDARITY:
INTERNATIONAL VOICES FOR PEACE & JUSTICE
Panelists: Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, President,
Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union; Faleh Abood Umara,
General Secretary, Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions; Dr Mona El-Farra,
Vice President Gaza Red Crescent & Director of Gaza Projects, Middle East
Children's Alliance; Jeremy Corbyn, Member of UK Parliament, officer of
UK Stop the War Coalition; Tran Xuan Thu, Vice, president of
Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin; Gihad Ali, poet;
a "representative" of the CIA; Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the
Institute for Policy Studies
Part of UFPJ National Assembly
Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/

--Jun 23, Sat, 9 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
The Secret History of the American Empire
John Perkins talks about his follow-up to his 2005 book,
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, repeats 6/24 11 am

--Jun 24, Sun, 12 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THIRST: FIGHTING THE CORPORATE THEFT OF OUR WATER
Documentarians Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow
discuss their new book

--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, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
FILM: BATTLE FIELDS
Documentary on Florida tomato-pickers victory against
largest fast food company in the world
Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice
Info: www.opctj.org.

--Jun 24, Sun, 3 pm, Church of the Brethren, 783 W Highland, Elgin
JAMMIN' FOR PEACE
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice fundraiser
Food, music, more

--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

--Jun 25, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash
CAPITALIST ROOTS OF THE DISASTER IN IRAQ & GAZA
& THE SOCIAL CRISES IN THE US
Hear author Kevin B. Anderson
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Jun 26, Tue, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
FROM POLICE TORTURE TO THE DEATH PENALTY:
FAMILY MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT
Live prison call-in from former death row inmate Darby Tillis, Illinois' first exoneree; Virginia Clements, mother of Mark Clements, Burge torture victim;
Gloria Johnson, whose son Montell Johnson was sentenced to Death Row
Sponsor: Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Info: 773-955-4841, julien (at) nodeathpenalty.org

--July 27, Wed, 8:30 am, DuPage County Judicial Center
421 N County Farm Rd, Room 2800, Wheaton
SUPPORT PEACEFUL IMPEACH BUSH PROTESTORS
Court case for banner displayed over Route 355;
protestors were arrested 3 weeks after the incident

--July 27, Wed, 7 pm, Gerber Hart Library, 1127 W Granville
THE EARLY GAY MOVEMENT IN THE US
Bi-monthly reading discussion group on LGBT history
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com, www.GayLiberation.net, 773-209-1187

--Jun 27- Jul 1, Wed-Sun, Atlanta
US SOCIAL FORUM
Info: www.ussf2007.org/

--Jun 29, Fri, Landmark Century Centre Cinema,
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema, elsewhere
FILM: SICKO
Michael Moore’s new documentary
Info: sicko-movie.com/, www.sickocure.org/

--Jun 30, Sat, 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N Western
FILM: GIGANTE: DESPIERTA! (GIANT: AWAKE!)
Chicago debut of the documentary on historic
immigrant rights marches that swept America in 2006
Sponsor: Chicago Indy Media
Info: imc-chicago (at) indymedia.org

--July 1, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
WHEN EX-OFFENDERS RETURN: LEARNING MORE
Martina Jackson of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois on experiences &
needs of women returning from prison into Chicago communities
Info: www.thirdunitarianchurch.org

--Jul 1, Sun, 5 pm, 3411 W Diversey
NEIS 2007 Annual Meeting and Open House
Oppose the the Nuclear Renaissance
Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.neis.org

--Jul 4, Wed, 8-9 am, State of Illinois Building, Randolph & Dearborn
ANTI DEATH PENALTY ECUMENICAL VIGIL
Info: evangelicalcatholicchurch.org/chicagoantideathpenaltyvigil.htm

--Jul 4, Wed, 8:30 am, Delaplaine & Nuttall Rds, Riverside
MARCH FOR PEACE IN RIVERSIDE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Sponsor: Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice
Info: www.ilcpj.org/actions/details/

--Jul 5-8, Thu-Sun, Durban SA
TOWARD AN AFRICA WITHOUT BORDERS CONFERENCE
Info: www.towardanafricawithoutborders.org/durban2007.html

--Jul 5-8 Thu-Sun, San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO LABOR FEST
Info: www.laborfest.net/2007schedule.htm

--Jul 7, Sat, 7 pm, Casa Aztlan, 1831 S Racine
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT SALSA DANCE PARTY
Dance lessons, drink specials, raffles, etc
Benefit for Latino Union of Chicago
Info: www.latinounion.org

--Jul 9, Mon, 7 pm, In These Times bldg, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: RENAISSANCE 2010 - ON THE FRONTLINES
New documentary examines the Chicago Public Schools’
Renaissance 2010 project that is closing underperforming public schools
& replacing them with non-union charter, contract & performance schools;
discussion with filmmakers & CPS teachers Jackson Potter & Al Ramirez
follows screening
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

FORTHCOMING
-7/10-15 Women’s Peace Conference, Dallas,
www.womenspeaceconference.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
-8/24-25 Chicago Homeless Vets Standdown
-8/15 First Anniversary of Sanctuary of Elvira & Saul Arellano in
Adalberto United Methodist Church, Humboldt Park
-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
-9/21 Iraq Moratorium, iraqmoratorium.org
-12/8 International Demonstrations on Climate Change,
www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
-5/1-4/08 Global Greens Conference, Nairobi, www.globalgreens.info/nairobi/announce.htm
-5/5-8/08 Fourth International Conference: Karl Marx & the Challenges
of the XXI Century, Havana

SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AT NORTHLAND POSTER COLLECTIVE!
The legendary pro-labor/pro-peace poster shop needs our help!
Info: www.northlandposter.com/news_from_northland.html

NEW & RE-STOCKED BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-30% off 2007 Calendars!! (excluding Slingshots)
-Comandante Che: Guerilla Soldier, Commander, and Strategist, by Paul J. Dosal.
-Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball, by Jeffrey Lane
-Call me Joe, by Joseph Dillon (Vietnam Veteran)
-Vietnam: Our Father Daughter Journey, by Ed & Zoeann Murphy
-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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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, Winds Cafe, 2657 N Kedzie
SECOND CITY GREENS
Second & fourth Tuesday
www.secondcitygreens.org

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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