NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JULY 5 - 21

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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--Jul 5, 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

--Jul 5-8, Thu-Sun, 1-4 pm, Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN
Performance artist Emily Seifken’s memorial to
female military casualties of the Iraq War
Info: www.emilysiefken.com

--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 6-8, Fri-Sun, Stockton & LaSalle in the Grass
North of North Ave / South of Lincoln Park Zoo
PEACE & HEMP FEST
Lost of bands, potluck
Info: www.myspace.com/peaceandhempfest.com

--Jul 7, Sat, 11:45 am, Heartland, 7000 N Glenwood
FORAGING FRIENDS WILDFOOOD ECOLOGY STUDY OUTING
Visit BlueStar Woods near Wilmette
Info: 312-719-5719

--Jul 7, Sat, 12 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
UNTAPPED: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA'S OIL
Nation Magazine journalist John Ghazvinian

--Jul 7, Sat, 1 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL
Sponsor: World Can’t Wait
Info: www.oakparkworldcantwait.org

--Jul 7, Sat, 6 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
THE DAY THE EARTH CAVED IN:
AN AMERICAN MINING TRAGEDY
Journalist Joan Quigley on the Centralia mine disaster
Repeats 7/8 10 am

--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 7, Sat, 8 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
SPELMAN COLLEGE PRESIDENT BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM
Author of Can We Talk About Race, discusses re-segregation of schools
Repeats 7/8 5 pm, 8 pm

--Jul 9, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash
DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE MEDIA FOR A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Hear Mary Jo Grey of News & Letters
Info: www.newsandletters.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/

--Jul 10-15, Tue-Sun, Dallas TX
WOMEN’S PEACE CONFERENCE
Info: www.womenspeaceconference.org/

--Jul 12, Thu, 8:15 pm, First Folio Mayslake, Oak Brook
NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
First Folio’s production of Shakespeare’s Richard III
Benefit for DuPage Against War Now
Info: www.d-a-w-n.org/eventdiscontent.html

--Jul 14, Sat, 7 & 9:30, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th St
FILM: LA MARSEILLAISE
Celebrate Bastille Day with Jean Renoir’s radical classic
on the French Revolution

--Jul 13-15, Fri-Sun, Dearborn MI
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN:
NOW NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Info: www.now.org/organization/conference/2007/

--Jul 15, Sun, 2 pm, 680 Roosevelt Rd, Geln Ellyn
HONK FOR PEACE
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

--Jul 19, Thu, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
TIM MONTAGUE: FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO CLIMATE JUSTICE
Hear the science writer, ecologist, activist discuss
linkages between global warming & climate justice
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Jul 21, Sat, 2 pm, Albany Park Library, 5150 Kimball
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Patricia Foulkrod’s acclaimed documentary
Sponsor: Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace & Justice

FORTHCOMING
-8/3-5 Vietnam Veterans Against the War 40th Anniversary, Roosevelt University
-8/3-30 Black Harvest Film Festival, Siskel Film Center
-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
-9/6-16 Witness For Peace Delegation to Colombia,
ErinCox_XU03 (at) yahoo.com
-9/21 Iraq Moratorium, iraqmoratorium.org
-10/27 Regional Anti-War Demonstrations, www.unitedforpeace.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
-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
-Peoples History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
-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 -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
-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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by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday

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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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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011or
nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com. New World is a centrally located non-
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

THANKS to everyone for your support

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