NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JULY 19 – AUG 5

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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--Jul 19, 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 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 19, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence
FILM: SALUD
Acclaimed documentary on health car system in Cuba
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: 773-463-0311

--Jul 21, Sat, 10 am, Arlington Heights Library, 500 N Dunton Ave
FILM: SIR, NO SIR
Documentary on GI anti-war activism in the Vietnam era
Info: www.electdave.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

--July 21, 2 pm, Evanston Library, Church & Orrington
FILM: WAR MADE EASY
See how presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death
in this revealing 2007 film by author Norman Solomon; discussion
follows with DePaul International Studies scholar Mehrene Larudee
Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org

--July 21, Sat, 7 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
FROM BLACK POWER TO HIP HOP:
THE EVOLUTION OF GRASSROOTS POLITICAL THOUGHT
Authors Herb Boyd, Yvonne Bynoe, Thulani Davis,
Peniel Joseph, Tony Rose
Repeats 7/22 10:45 pm

--July 21, 26, 27
COUNTER-RECRUITMENT LEAFLETING
7/21 12-5 pm, Ethnic Arts Festival, Dawes Park, 1700 N Sheridan, Evanston
7/26 5-10 pm, Fiesta Del Sol, 1400 W Cermak
7/27 12-5 pm, Fiesta Del Sol, 1400 W Cermak
Join various organizations in counter recruitment leafleting
Info: AFSC, 312-427-2533

--Jul 22, Sun, 9:30 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BETRAYING OUR TROOPS:
THE DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS OF PRIVATIZING WAR
Authors Dina Rasor & Robert Bauman

--Jul 22, Sun, 4:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
CHICAGO GREENS GATHERING
Screening of film Iraq For Sale
Info: 312-719-5719

--Jul 23, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
MARX'S LATE WRITINGS ON RUSSIA: FROM THE COMMUNAL
VILLAGE TO MODERN COMMUNISM
Author Kevin Michaels
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Jul 24, Tue, 7 pm, St Alphonsus Church, 1429 W Wellington
DEATH PENALTY ABOLITONIST BUD WELCH
Hear the noted activist & father of an Oklahoma bombing victim

--Jul 25, Wed, 6 pm, Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell
HOW WE REMEMBER
Chicago Underground Library & local archivists panel on
indexing a community's creativity & access to
unfiltered data can have on how we remember
Part of AREA Chicago's How We Learn Series
Info: www.stockyardinstitute.org/PedagogicalFactory.html

--Jul 26, Thu, 6:30 pm, Ethel’s Chocolates, 819 W Armitage
CHOCOLATES FOR CHOICE
Fundraiser for Chicago NOW
Info: www.chicagonow.org

--Jul 26, Thu, 7 pm, Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 W Dempster
A SERIOUSLY FLAWED US DEMAND:
THE PRIVATIZING OF IRAQI OIL
Hear activist & author Antonia Juhasz of Institute for Policy Studies &
author of The Bu$h Agenda-Invading the World One Economy at a Time
Sponsor: North Suburban Peace Initiative
Info: www.nspipeace.org

--Jul 26, Thu, 7 pm, Hull House Museum, 800 S Halsted
FROM SICKO TO SANITY: THE CASE FOR
SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE & HOW DO WE GET IT?
Panelists: Dr. Quentin Young, Sheilah Garland-Olaniran,
Patty Mccann, Helen Redmond
Sponsors: National Nurses Organizing Committee-Chicago,
Jane Addams Hull House Museum, Pilsen Green Party,
Second City Green Party, International Socialist Organization, others
Info: 773-902-5282

--Jul 27-29, Fri-Sun, University of Richmond School of Law, VA
NATIONAL GRASSROOTS IMMIGRANT STRATEGY CONFERENCE
Info: www.2007conference.net & www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

--Jul 28, Sat, 1 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence #202
REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA & CUBA: SOCIALISM WORKSHOPS
Sponsor: Party for Socialism & Liberation
Info: 773-463-0311

--Jul 28, Sat, 1 pm, Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell
HOW WE LEARN: BUILDING AN EDUCATED CITY
Panel of representatives from local educational initiatives
Discuss cultural learning for adults in Chicago
Part of AREA Chicago's How We Learn Series
Info: www.stockyardinstitute.org/PedagogicalFactory.html

--Jul 29, Sun, 2 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake S
FILM: DARFUR DIARIES
Documentary exposes war crimes perpetuated by Sudanese government
Sponsors: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice, Oak Park Public Library
Info: www.opctj.org

--Jul 29, Sun, 2 pm, 3411 W Diversey
LOW CARB(ON) DIET: NEXT STEPS
Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.neis.org

--Jul 30, Mon, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
JERRY HARRIS: GLOBALIZATION & POLITICAL CONFLICT
Author & historian Jerry Harris discusses dialectics of globalization
& emergence of the transnational capitalist class
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Aug 1, Wed, 6pm, Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell
HOW WE REMEMBER: ORAL HISTORIANS
Panel on role of oral history in contemporary social movements
Part of AREA Chicago's How We Learn Series
Info: www.stockyardinstitute.org/PedagogicalFactory.html

--Aug 3-5, Fri-Sun, Roosevelt University, Congress & Michigan
VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Info: www.vvaw.org/events/40th/, 773-276-4189

--Aug 3-9, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque
FILM: THE TRIALS OF DARYL HUNT
Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg’s essential documentary on Daryl Hunt’s
2-decade, victorious fight to prove his innocence in North Carolina, &
how racism pervades American culture & the criminal-justice system
Info: www.facets.org/asticat

--Aug 3-30, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL

--Aug 4, Sat, 4 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
MONTHLY REVIEW ASSOCIATE EDITOR MICHAEL YATES
Only Chicago appearance of economist & author of Cheap Motels & a
Hot Plate: An Economist’s Travelogue (2006); Why Unions Matter (1998);
Naming the System: Inequality & Work in the Global Economy (2003)
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Aug 5, Sun, 11:45 am, Heartland Cafe, 7000 N Glenwood
FORAGING FRIENDS WILDFOOD ECOLOGY
Outing to Axhead Lake, carpool from Heartland
Info: 312-719-5719

FORTHCOMING
-8/11 Gathering at Blackwater Illinois facility, Mt Carroll IL
-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
-922-29 Troops Out Now Encampment/March, Washington DC,
www.troopsoutnow.org/, ChicagoTroopsOut (at) sbcglobal.net
-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 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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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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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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