NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: NOV 1 - 17

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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--Nov 1, 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

--Nov 1, Thu, 5 pm, Sheridan & Chicago, Evanston
BURGER KING DEMONSTRATION: JUSTICE FOR
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
Assemble at NWU campus, march to BK at 1740 Orrington
Info: alexandracarlson2007 (at) u.northwestern.edu

--Nov 1, Thu, 6 pm, International House, 1414 E. 59th
OIL & THE GLORY
Journalist Steve LeVine discusses his book on the
post-USSR oil bonanza

--Nov 1, Thu, 8 pm, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago
UM KULTHUM EGYPTIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Sponsor: Arab American Action Network

--Nov 1, Thu, 8 pm, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th
FILM: CAMP DE THIAROYE
Ousmane Sembène’s riveting drama of West African conscripts
in the French army of 1944
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/

--Nov 1-4, Thu-Sun, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th
CHICAGO KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu/events/ckff.shtml

--Nov 1- 8, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
HUMANITIES FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.facets.org

--Nov 2, Fri 6 pm, DoubleTree Hotel, 1909 Spring Rd, Oak Brook
ILLINOIS LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER
Honoring NEA President Reg Weaver, also Ella Flagg Young
Info: 312-663-4107

--Nov 2-4, Fri-Sun, Crowne Plaza O'Hare
TEAMSTERS FOR A DEMOCRATIC UNION CONVENTION
Info: tdu.org/convention

--Nov 2-4, Fri-Sun, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: CRUDE IMPACT
James Jandak Wood’s stunning documentary on the historical
impact of oil extraction on indigenous peoples & their environment
Info: www.facets.org/

--Nov 3, Sat, 9 am, WNUR 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Interview guests include author Reese Erlich
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Nov 3, Sat, 12 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice, 205 W Monroe
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF INVASION OF IRAQ PLANNING MEETING

--Nov 3, Sat, 12 pm, Burger King, 6701 W Roosevelt
BURGER KING DEMONSTRATION: JUSTICE FOR
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
Info: chiildsa (at) chicagodsa.org

--Nov 3, Sat, 1 pm, Brando's Restaurant, 343 S Dearborn
SILENT DEMONSTRATION: I HEARD YOU, MALACHI
Anti-war protest in tribute to Malachi Ritscher, Chicago ant-war activist
& audio archivist; 1:30 pm walk to Federal Plaza;
protests follow at I-90 exit ramps tbd
Info: www.iheardyoumalachi.org/action.html

--Nov 3, Sat, 7:30 pm, Aqsa School, 7361 W 92nd St
MEMORIAL FOR DR. HAIDAR ABED EL-SHAFI
Remember the prominent Palestinian leader
Info: adc.fadel (at) yahoo.com, 847-842-1271

--Nov 3-4, Sat-Sun,
MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
Panelists, used book sale, more
Info: www.socialistworker.org

--Nov 3, 5, Sat, Mon, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
STUDS TERKEL: TOUCH & GO: A MEMOIR
Author discusses his new memoir
11/3, 11 am & 6 pm
11/5, 4:30 am

--Nov 4, Sun, 12:30 am & 8:30 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
MODERN AMERICAN SLAVE LABOR &
THE DARK SIDE OF THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY
Journalist John Bowe

--Nov 4, Sun, 2:45 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
UNBOWED: A MEMOIR
Author Wangari Maathai

--Nov 4, Sun, 10 am, Symphony Center
E.L. DOCTOROW
Info: www.chfestival.org

--Nov 3, Sun, 12 pm, Burger King, 2100 S Kedzie
BURGER KING DEMONSTRATION: JUSTICE FOR
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
Info: frankalready (at) gmail.com

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--Nov 4, Sun, 2 pm, Hyde Park Arts Center, 5020 S Cornell
CONCERT FOR MALACHI RITSCHER
Memorial concert for the Chicago anti-war activist & audio archivist,
features musicians Jim Baker & Michael Zerang
Info: www.michaelzerang.com/
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--Nov 4, Sun, 6 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellngton
CARBON FREE/NUCLEAR FREE:
RAODMAP FOR US ENERGY POLICY
Hear Dr Arjun Makhijani of Institute for Energy & Environmental Research
Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
Info: www.neis.org

--Nov 5, Mon, 6 pm, Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S Halsted
FUNDING THE REVOLUTION: PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS
& FUNDING ACTIVIST ORGANIZING IN CHICAGO
Discussion with Z-Magazine's Michael Albert
Sponsors: 49th St Underground, AREA Chicago,
Jane Addams Hull House Museum,
Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society

--Nov 5, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash Rm 1440
ROSA LUXEMBURG & THE FATE OF
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917
Hear Peter Hudis, co-editor of Rosa Luxemburg Reader
Info: www.newsandletters.org

--Nov 6, Tue
SICKO: DVD RELEASE

--Nov 6, Tue, 7 pm, Art Institute auditorium, 280 S Columbus
THE 3 Rs: REFORM, REVOLUTION & RESISTANCE:
THE PROBLEMATIC FORMS OF ANTI-CAPITALISM TODAY
Panelists: Michael Albert of Z Magazine, Chris Cutrone of Platypus,
Stephen Duncombe of New York University, Brian Holmes of Continental Drift & Universite Tangente, Marisa Holmes of Students for a Democratic Society
Info: home.comcast.net/~platypus1917/platypus_resistance110607.html

--Nov 6, Tue, 7 pm, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake
WAR PROFITEERING, BLACKWATER
& THE RISE OF PRIVATE MILITARIES
Hear Fr Harak of the War Resisters League
Sponsor: McHenry County Peace Group, McHenry County Pax Christi
Info: 815-455-3683, lib4paz (at) comcast.net

--Nov 6, Tue, time tba, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
DAVE ROVICS
Info: www.davidrovics.com/

--Nov 7, Wed, 7 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice, 205 W Monroe
WITNESS AT THE BORDER: THE MIGRANT TRAIL WALK
Discussion of human rights violations occurring
on the US/Mexico border

--Nov 8, Thu, 6 pm, Chicago History Museum, 1600 N Clark
AFTER JANE ADDAMS: LIFE AT HULL-HOUSE
FROM NEW DEAL TO GREAT SOCIETY, 1935-1963
Hear Rima Lunin Schultz

--Nov 8, Thu, 7 pm, Open University of the Left, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: THE GUERILLA & THE HOPE: LUCIO CABANAS
Gerardo Tort’s must-see documentary on the 1970s movement for
democracy in rural Mexico & precursor to the Zapatistas
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org

--Nov 8, Thu, 7:30 pm, Mess Hall, 6932 N Glenwood
FILM: FIVE FACTORIES
Documentary on worker-run factories in Venezuela
Info: www.messhall.org

--Nov 8, Thu, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 Wellington
TESLA’S LETTERS
Benefit performance of Timeline Theatre’s production of the
play on war, science & Tesla’s heritage

--Nov 8-11, Thu-Sun, Loyola University, Rogers Park
MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY CONVERGENCE
Panelists: Manning Marable, Paul Buhle, Peter Linebaugh,
Franklin Rosemont, David Roediger, Kathy Kelly, many others
Info: www.movementforademocraticsociety.org/

--Nov 8-18
CHICAGO LESBIAN & GAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Info: www.reelingfilmfestival.org

--Nov 9, Fri, 7 pm, DePaul University 2320 N Kenmore, SAC Rm 154
THE PROMISE OF ECOVILLAGES
Author Diana Leafe Christian
Info: ecovillagingchicagoland.blogspot.com/

--Nov 9, Fri, time tba, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER BENEFIT
Celebrate Chicago’s oldest independent radical book shop
Details to be announced
Info: www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com

--Nov 9-15, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: KING CORN
Aaron Woolf’s disturbing documentary follows an acre of
industrial corn from its Iowa planting to a McDonald’s Happy Meal
Info: www.facets.org/

--Nov 10, Sat, 11-5 pm, Orozco School, 1940 W 18th
TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM FAIR
Info: www.teachersforjustice.org/fair.html

--Nov 10, Sat, 12 pm, Roosevelt Univeristy Ganz Hall, 430 S Michigan
GETTING AROUND
Baba Eli Hoenai ‘s piece combines African drumming with narrative
by Journal of Ordinary Thought writers to illustrate impact
of transportation on daily life

--Nov 10, Sat, 12 pm, 3334 W Lawrence
SOCIALSIM WORKSHOP
Sponsor: Party for Socialism and Liberation
Info: www.PSLWeb.org

--Nov 10, Sat, 1:30 pm, Woodson Library, 9525 S Halsted
LET IT SHINE: MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
& WHAT IT MEANS TODAY
Hear the award-winning vocal group
Sponsor: SNCC History Project

--Nov 10, Sat, 6:30, 9:00, 11:30 pm, Doc Films, 1212 East 59th
FILM: SICKO

--Nov 10, Sat, 7:30 pm, St Xavier Parish, 549 Ninth Street, Wilmette
AVERTING A US MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN
Hear Dr Trita Parsi of National Iranian American Council
Sponsors: North Suburban Peace Initiative, Military Families Speak Out
Info: www.nspipeace.org/

--Nov 10-11, Sat-Sun, University of Chicago Kent Hall, 1020 E 58th
CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE:
THE DEATH PENALTY: GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
Keynote: Sister Helen Prejean
Panelists: journalists Liliana Segura & Jeremy Scahill,
exonerated death row prisoners, many more
Info: nodeathpenalty.org/, 773-955-4841

--Nov 10-11, Sat-Sun, DePaul University 2320 N Kenmore, SAC Rm 154
DEVELOPING URBAN ECOVILLAGES
Keynote: Ecovillage Your Neighborhood, Cincinnati's Jim Schenk
Info: ecovillagingchicagoland.blogspot.com/

--Nov 11, Sun, 11 am, Veterans Memorial, Wacker Dr & Wabash
VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR:
VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

--Nov 12, Mon, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
FILM: GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB
Rory Kennedy’s documentary on the torture prison
Sponsor: Conscientious Projector
Info: 773-989-3346

--Nov 12, Mon, 7 pm, University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee,
Student Union Ballroom, 2200 East Kenwood
ATTY LEONARD WEINGLASS: THE CUBAN FIVE
Renowned attorney addresses the case of the 5 Cubans
who have unjustly served more than 9 years in prison
Also: 11/11, 7 pm, Lowell Hall Rm B1, 610 Langdon, UW Madison
Also: 11/12, 12 pm, UW Madison Law School
Info: www.wicuba.org

--Nov 13, 7:30 pm, Unitarian Church, 330 Ridge, Evanston
FILM: THE GROUND TRUTH
Discussion follows with Katy Scott of Military Families Speak Out

--Nov 14, Wed, 7 pm, Evanston Library, 1703 Orrington
FILM: AN UNREASONABLE MAN
Stephen Skrovan & Henriette Mandel’s documentary on Ralph Nader
Sponsor: Reeltime Independent Film & Video Forum
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org

--Nov 15, Thu, time tba, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
WE ARE MANY: INQUIRIES INTO CHICAGO ACTIVISM
Initial event in new discussion series, details tba
Info: www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com

--Nov 16-18, Fri-Sun, Ft Benning, GA
CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
Info: www.soaw.org/article.php

--Nov 17, Sat, Riverside Library, One Burling Rd, Riverside
FILM: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR
Chris Paine's documentary
Sponsor: Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice

FORTHCOMING
-11/23 Buy Nothing Day, adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd//
-11/30 Future of the New Chicago Labor/ Community Coalition,
www.workingclassstudies.org
-12/1 Peoples Thanksgiving Dinner, Casa Michoacan
-12/1 World Against War Conference, London, www.stopwar.org.uk/
-12/8 International Demonstrations on Climate Change,
www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
-1/11 Sixth Anniversary of Indefinite Detention for Guantanamo prisoners
-3/28-30 Midwest Social Forum Organizing Teach-In,
www.mwsocialforum.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: www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm

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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independent left & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
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