NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: OCT 4 – 22

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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--Oct 4, Thu & continuing, 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

--Oct 4, Thu, 6 pm, Chicago Cable Access TV channel 21
FIRST LIVE CALL-IN HOTLINE SHOW WITH IRAQ VETERANS
AGAINST WAR & VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST WAR
Launch of weekly program

--Oct 4, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W Lawrence
FILM: SIR, NO SIR
David Zeiger’s documentary on the GI anti-war movement
during the Vietnam War
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: www.ChicagoANSWER.net

--Oct 4 & 6, Thu & Sat
MEXICAN INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL DE CINE INDIGENA DE MEXICO
Hear Francisco Vazquez (Nahua) of Chiapas Media Project
Screenings of indigenous-produced video programs
10/4 7 pm, UIC Lecture Center B2, 803 S Halsted, M/C 218
10/6 10-2:30 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton

--Oct 4 – 6, Thu-Sat
BANNED BOOK WEEK
Info: www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

--Oct 4-21, Live Bait Theater, 3914 N Clark
PLAY: A MURDER OF CROWS
Contemporary satire of media consumerism, environmental degradation,
post-traumatic stress disorder, patriotism & bigotry
Thursdays through Sundays
Info: www.grounduptheatre.com

--Oct 4, Thu, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E 59th
THE GOD DELUSION
Preeminent scientist Richard Dawkins discusses how
religion foments war & bigotry

--Oct 4, Thu, 7 pm, Community United Church
Corner 6th Street & Daniels, Champaign
BATTLEFIELD WITHOUT BORDERS,
CONSEQUENCES WITHOUT END
Hear activist Kathy Kelly
Info: www.awarepresents.com/

--Oct 5, Fri, 6:30 pm, Campbell Terrace Apts Community Room
2061 N Campbell
BRING HOME THE TROOPS
HOUSE PARTY/POTLUCK/FUNDRAISER
Sponsor: Iraq Veterans Against the War
Info: mclellan.tracy (at) gmail.com, 773-278-1428

--Oct 6, Sat, 7 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
JONATHAN KOZOL: LETTERS TO A YOUNG TEACHER

--Oct 6, Sat, 11 am, 6157 S. Bishop
VIGIL/MARCH FOR POLICE VIOLENCE VICTIM STEVE WOMACK
Father of 2 perished in a police chase
Info: myspace.com/Justice4SteveWomack

--Oct. 6, Sat, 3 pm, Neibhur Statue, Elmhurst College campus
SUPPORT THE JENA 6 RALLY

--Oct. 6, Sat, 8 pm, 7-11 Parking Lot, Corner Halsted & Roscoe
MATTHEW SHEPARD MARCH FOR LGBT FREEDOM
Russian gay leader Nikolai Alexeyev keynotes rally, march
Sponsor: Gay Liberation Network
Info: www.GayLiberation.net, 773-209-1187

--Oct 6, Sat, Terra Haute IN
BARBARA EHRENREICH
Debs Foundation Dinner
Info: www.eugenevdebs.com

--Oct 6-8, Sat-Mon, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
NAOMI KLEIN: THE SHOCK DOCTRINE:
THE RISE OF DISASTER CAPITALISM
10/6 8 pm; 10/7 5 & 8 pm; 10/8 2 am

--Oct 6 – Nov 10, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
IRAN FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/2007/october/1.html

--Oct 7, Sun, 8 am & 6 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
MEARSHEIMER & WALT: THE ISRAEL LOBBY & US FOREIGN POLICY

--Oct 7, Sun, 11:45 pm, Heartland Cafe, 7000 N Glenwood
WILDFOOD ECOLOGY FORAGING OUTING TO CALDWELL WOODS
Info: 312-719-5719

--Oct 7, Sun, 2 pm, 3148 W 63rd street
MURAL DEDICATION: ARAB AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK

--Oct 7, Sun, 5 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
SISTERS IN CRIME TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Sara Paretsky, Barbara D’Amato, Libby Fisher Hellman

--Oct 8, Mon 6:30 pm, News & Letter, 36 S Wabash
JENA 6: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL ...AGAIN
A LOOK AT RACE, CLASS & REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN LIFE
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Oct 8-10, Mon-Wed, Orlando FL
FOOD NOT BOMBS SOLDARITY FESTIVAL
Support Eric Montanez, arrested for violation of
Orlando’s ordinance prohibiting food sharing
Info: www.foodnotbombs.net

--Oct 10, Wed, 6 pm, DePaul Lincoln Park, Student Atrium
THE LONELINESS OF NOAM CHOMSKY
Andrew Riplinger discusses Arundhati Roy’s book
Sponsor: University Without Walls
Info: www.academicfreedomchicago.org

--Oct 10, Wed, 6:44 pm, 644 W Belmont
ACTUP ILLiNOISE MEETING
Info: actupillinoise (at) yahoo.com

--Oct 10, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
SUSAN FALUDI: THE TERROR DREAM
Author discusses new book on media & pop-cultural response to 9/11

--Oct 10, Wed, 7:30 pm, Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge
NUCLEAR WEAPONS & NUCLEAR POWER
New considerations in an age of war & warming,
featuring Dr Helen Caldicott & Dr Joseph Gerson
Sponsors: North Suburban Peace Initiative, American Friends
Service Committee, Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.nspipeace.org/

--Oct 10, Wed, 7:30 pm, Block Museum, Northwestern University
FILM: MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA
Maria Finitzo’s new documentary on the promise of stem cell science
Sponsor: Reeltime Independent Film & Video Forum
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org

--Oct 11, Thu, 5:30 pm, Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted
UNDERSTANDING REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Panelists: Toni Bond of African American Women Evolving; Gaylon Alcaraz
of Chicago Abortion Fund; Yessenia Cervantes of Illinois Caucus for
Adolescent Health; representatives from Young Women's Empowerment
Project; Yunuen Rodriguez of Females United for Action
Sponsors: Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health,
The Public Square, Jane Addams Hull House Museum

--Oct 11, Thu, 6 pm, Co-prosperity Sphere, 3219 S Morgan
AREA CHICAGO ISSUE #5 RELEASE PARTY:
HOW WE LEARN: THE CRITICAL PEDAGOGY
& POPULAR EDUCATION ISSUE
Info: www.areachicago.org

--Oct 11, Thu, 6 pm, All Nations Church, 15801 Central Park, Markham
COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT MEETING OF BUILDING
BRIDGES PROJECT CARPENTERS PROGRAM
Seeking women, minorities, others for intensive pre-apprenticeship
Info: 773-728-8400 x 28

--Oct 11, Thu, 6:30 pm, Flat Iron Building, Wicker Park
HISTORY OF THE RAILROAD ON THE BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL
Walking tour of historic industrial corridor which runs
just north of North Ave; tour curated by historian Roberto Lopez
Benefit for Midwest Books to Prisoners
Info: www.freewebs.com/mwbtp

--Oct 11, Thu, 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th
FILM: EMITAI
Ousmane Sembène’s drama of French colonialism in 1940s West Africa
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/

--Oct 11, Thu, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th
BLACK RADICAL: THE EDUCATION OF
AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY, 1946-1968
Nelson Perry discusses the second volume of his autobiography

--Oct 11, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
KATHA POLLITT: LEARNING TO DRIVE & OTHER LIFE STORIES
Hear the journalist & Nation columnist

--Oct 11, Thu, 7:30 pm, Mess Hall, 6932 N Glenwood
FILMS: RECUPERADA, also RECUPERADA DOS
Julie Lastmann’s documentaries on worker-takeovers of
Argentine factories after 2001
Sponsor: 49th Street Underground
Info: www.49underground.org/nextevents.php

--Oct 11, Thu, time tba, Rep Mark Kirk’s Office
RALLY FOR DUPAGE PEACE ACTIVISTS
JEFF ZURAWSKI & SARAH HARTFIELD,
Info: www.youtube.com/DuPageFight4Freedom

--Oct 11-14, Thu-Sun, Melbourne, Australia
FIGHTING & ORGANISING GLOBALLY AGAINST NEO-LIBERALISM:
LATIN AMERICA & ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FORUM
Info: solidarityforum2007.org/

--Oct 12, Fri, 12-6 pm, Federal Plaza
PROTEST NO-MATCH LETTERS:
DEFEND UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS RIGHTS
Against SSA discrimination of immigrant workers
Sponsors: Chicago Workers Collaborative, Comité de Chicago Contra
las No-Match, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights,
Korean Resource & Cultural Center, Laborers Chicago District Council,
Latino Organization of the Southwest, Movimiento 10 de Marzo,
United Electrical Workers, many others
Info: www.chicagojwj.org/node/28

--Oct 12, Fri, 2-7 pm, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn
IN DEFENSE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM CONFERENCE
Tariq Ali, Tony Judt, Noam Chomsky, Akeel Bilgrami,
John Mearsheimer, Neve Fordon
Sponsors: Diskord Magazine, Verso Books,
Academic Freedom Committee (DePaul)
Info: www.academicfreedomchicago.org/

--Oct 12, Fri, 3-5 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
RESCUING RECY: RACE, RAPE & JUSTICE IN ALABAMA
Historian Theresa Napson-Williams discusses 1944 rape
of Recy Taylor, a young black woman
Part of Newberry Library Seminar on Women & Gender

--Oct 12, Fri, 5 pm, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th
FILM: HOUR OF THE FURNACES
Octavio Getino & Fernando E. Solanas’ seminal 1968 film
chronicles the history of colonialism & resistance in
Argentina & elsewhere
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/

--Oct 12, Fri, 7 pm, St Gertrude’s, 1401 W Granville
PUMPKIN CARVING FOR PEACE
Music, pie, more; benefits School of the Americas Watch
Info: 773-203-4746

--Oct 13, Sat, Beacon NY
DISSIDENT FOLK & ARTS FESTIVAL 2007
Info: www.howlandculturalcenter.org

--Oct 14, Sun, 4 pm, 3640 W Lawrence
FILM: HAITI: WE MUST KILL THE BANDITS
Local debut of Kevin Pina’s documentary on events in Haiti
after Aristide was ousted in Feb 2004
Sponsors: Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, Mexico Solidarity Network,
Casa Guatemala, Video Machete, Latin America Solidarity Coalition Chicago
Info: 773-973-6529 or nscchicago (at) igc.org

--Oct 15, Mon, 7 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
PAUL STREET: RACIAL OPPRESSION & GLOBAL CHICAGO
Historian discusses his new book “Racial Oppression in the
Global Metropolis: A Living Black Chicago History” on the links
between neo-liberalism & metropolitan anti-black racism in
20th & 21st century Chicago
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Oct 15, Mon, Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn
MYTH OF SEPARATION:
POLITICS, RELIGION & SECULAR SPACE
Panelists: Barbara Ransby of UIC; Rev Robert V Thompson of
Lake Street Church Evanston; Cassie Meyer of Interfaith Youth Core;
Adam Walker of Center for Inquiry Chicago
Sponsor: The Public Square

--Oct 18, Thu, Washington DC
BRIDGING THE GAP CONFERENCE
Sponsor: Center for Economic & Policy Research
Info: www.bridgingthegaps.org

--Oct 18, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
ACHY OBEJAS: HAVANA NOIR
Book release event for collection of Cuba’s best literary talent

--Oct 18-21, Thu-Sun, Washington DC
IMF / WORLD BANK ACTIONS:
CONFRONT NEOLIBERALISM IN WASHINGTON DC
Info: octoberrebellion.org/

--Oct 19, Fri, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
CATHY WILKERSON: FLYING CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MY LIFE & TIMES AS A WEATHERMAN
Author discusses her new book

--Oct 20, Sat, Durty Nellies, 180 N Smith St, Palatine
NORTHWEST SUBURBAN NOW'S GHOULISH FUNDRAISER
Info: contact (at) nwsubnow.org

--Oct 21, Sun, 2-5 pm, Café Batey Urbano, 2647 W Division
MEMORIAL FOR FERD EGGAN
In honor of the veteran activist

--Oct 21-22, Sun-Mon
NO WAR-NO WARMING NATIONAL PROTESTS
Info: www.nowarnowarming.org/

--Oct 22, Mon, 12 pm, Federal Plaza
END POLICE BRUTALITY
Part of nation-wide protests
Info: myspace.com/chicagocopwatch

--Oct 22, Mon, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th
CAPITALIZING ON DISASTER: TAKING & BREAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Author Kenneth Saltman on the privatization of public schooling

--Oct 22-23, Mon-Tue, Cleveland OH
MIDWEST CONFERENCE ON LABOR IN THE
NEW ENERGY ECONOMY
Info: www.cows.org/lnee

--Oct 22-23, Mon-Tue, Minneapolis MN
LESSONS FROM NAFTA: BUILDING A NEW FAIR TRADE AGENDA
Info: www.iatp.org or lvieira (at) iatp.org

FORTHCOMING
-10/27 Regional Anti-War Demonstrations, www.unitedforpeace.org/
-10/28 Greg Palast, Unite Hall, www.ccdbr.org/
-10/29-11/8 Humanities Film Festival, Facets, www.facets.org
-11/2-4 ForestEthics Chicago Activist Summit, www.forestethics.org
-11/3-4 Midwest Socialist Conference, www.socialistworker.org
-11/10 Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair, Chicago
-11/10-11 Movement for a Democratic Society Convergence, Loyola University
-11/16-18 Close the School of the Americas, Ft Benning GA,
www.soaw.org/
-12/8 International Demonstrations on Climate Change,
www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
-4/11-13 Historians Against the War Conference, Atlanta,
www.historiansagainstwar.org/hawconf/
-4/11-13 Labor Notes Conference, Dearborn MI
-5/1-4 Global Greens Conference, Nairobi, www.globalgreens.info/nairobi/announce.htm
-5/5-8 Fourth International Conference: Karl Marx & the Challenges
of the XXI Century, Havana
-6/5-7 How Class Works Conference, SUNY, www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
-6/6-8 National Conference for Media Reform, Minneapolis,
www.freepress.net/conference/

SUPPORT PLUTO PRESS: U.S. distribution threatened by far right
reaction to publication of Joel Kovel’s "Overcoming Zionism"
Info: Ellajaja (at) aol.com

NEW & RE-STOCKED BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein
-Class Matters, by Bill Keller
-Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, by Barbara Ehrenreich
-The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity &
Ignore Inequality, by Walter Benn Michaels
-In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes
in Iraq & Beyond, by Jeremy Brecher, Jill Cutler & Brendan Smith
-Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change
from Hawaii to Iraq, by Stephen Kinzer
-How to Succeed at Globalization:
A Primer for Roadside Vendors, by El Fisgón (translated by Mark Fried)
-Joe Hill: The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture,
by Franklin Rosemont
-We Will Return in the Whirlwind: Black Radical Organizations 1960-1975,
by Muhammad Ahmad (Maxwell Stanford, Jr)
-History Against Misery, by David Roediger
-State Capitalism & World Revolution, by C.L.R. James
-IWW Little Red Songbook: Centennial Edition
-IWW Big Red Songbook
-Frederick Engels, by John Keracher

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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

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
groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicagoPeaceVigilArtInstitute/

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, 7 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

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
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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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