NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: NOV 29 – DEC 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 29, 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 29, Thu
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
Info: www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/
4 pm: join AFSC, Chicago Faith Coalition for Middle East Policy,
others for Water Tower vigil

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--Nov 29, Thu, 7 pm, Open University of the Left
2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
LIFE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE:
EYEWITNESS STORIES & PHOTOS
Journalist & activist Anna Baltzer’s presentation of everyday life
in Palestine documents the structure & consequences of the
Israeli occupation; Baltzer is a Jewish American Columbia graduate,
Fulbright scholar, granddaughter of Holocaust survivors,
volunteer with International Women's Peace Service
Sponsors: Open University of the Left,
Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/
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--Nov 29, Thu, 7 pm, Northbrook Library, 1201 Cedar Lane
PLANNED PARENTHOOD & CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION
Hear IL NOW President Bonnie Grabenhofer on the
Planned Parenthood clinic in Aurora
Info: www.nscau.org/

--Nov 29, Thu, 7 pm, Doc Films, 212 East 59th
FILM: MOOLAADÉ
Ousmane Sembène’s drama is a polemic against female circumcision
Info: docfilms.uchicago.edu

--Nov 29, Thu, 7 pm, 3334 W. Lawrence #202
FILM: OCCUPATION 101
Sufyan Omeish & Abdallah Omeish’s new documentary
on the occupation of Palestine
Sponsor: ANSWER
Info: www.ChicagoANSWER.net

--Nov 29, Thu, 7:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 S Halsted
NELSON PERRY: BLACK RADICAL
Author discusses his new book, with Bill Ayers

--Nov 30, Fri, 10 am, City Hall council Chambers
PUBLIC HEARING ON POLICE BRUTALITY

--Nov 30, Fri, 12 pm, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
DOWNTOWN PICKET SUPPORTING
U-CHICAGO CAMPUS WORKERS
Clerical workers, members of Teamsters Local 743,
facilities workers, members of SEIU Local 73, all have been
denied a fair contract by the University of Chicago
Sponsors: UC Teamsters, SEIU Local 73,
Students Organizing United with Labor
Info: soul.uchicago.edu/

--Nov 30, Fri, 2-5 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan, Rm 320
THE POLITICS OF THE NEW CHICAGO LABOR MOVEMENT
Panelists: John Cameron of AFSCME, John Bartlet of Metropolitan
Tenants Organization, Alejandra Ibanez of Pilsen Alliance,
Jorge Ramirez of CFL, Genie Kastrup of SEIU,
William McNary of Citizen Action Council
Sponsor Chicago Center for Working Class Studies
Info: www.workingclassstudies.org

--Nov 30, Fri, 6 pm, MFCC, 7260 W 93rd
IMMIGRATION REFORM: NAME CHECKS,
CITIZENSHIP DELAY
Panelists: Christina Abraham of Council on American-Islamic
Relations, Fred Tsao of Illinois Coalition for Immigration
& Refugee Rights
Info: 708-598-6307, abaset (at) aol.com

--Nov 30-Dec 7, Fri-Thu, Landmark Century Cinema
FILM: WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?
Reverend Billy & Church of the Stop Shopping preach the
one true gospel in Rob VanAlkemade’s new documentary
--11/30 REV BILLY LIVE IN PERSON, 7 pm & 10:15 pm

--Dec 1, Sat
WORLD AIDS DAY

--Dec 1, Sat, London, UK
WORLD AGAINST WAR CONFERENCE
Info: www.stopwar.org.uk/

--Dec 1, Sat, 7:45 am, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
THIRST: FIGHTING THE CORPORATE THEFT OF OUR WATER
Authors Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow

--Dec 1, Sat, 9 am, WNUR 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Interview guests include author John Perkins
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Dec 1, Sat, 11 am, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
A SLAVE NO MORE
Historian David Blight discusses the two newly-discovered slave narratives
of Wallace Turnage (1846-1916) & John Washington (1838-1918)

--Dec 1, Sat, 11:30-4 pm, DePaul University SAC, 2320 N Kenmore
CHICAGO RESISTING VIOLENCE CONFERENCE
Sponsors: Women & Girls CAN, Community Accountability Planning Group,
DePaul University Program in Women & Gender Studies
Info: hollabackchitown.blogspot.com/2007/11/resisting-violence-against-women-in.html

--Dec 1, Sat, 1 pm, Burger King, 1740 Orrington Ave. Evanston
MARCH FOR FAIR FOOD
Support CIW farmworkers drive for fair wages & union representation
Sponsors: Students for Economic Justice, CIW allies in Chicago
Info: lexi (at) u.northwestern.edu, www.ciw-online.org

--Dec 1, Sat, 2 pm, Albany Park Library, 5150 N Kimball
FILM: THE INVISIBLE WAR: DEPLETED URANIUM
& THE POLITICS OF RADIATION
Sponsor: Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair
Neighbors for Peace & Justice

--Dec 1, Sat, 3 pm, Book TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
DRIVEN OUT: THE FORGOTTEN WAR
AGAINST CHINESE AMERICANS
Scholar Jean Pfaelzer discusses her book on 19th century
plight of Chinese immigrants

--Dec 1, Sat, 4-8 pm, Casa Michoacan, 1638 S Blue Island
ANNUAL PEOPLES THANKSGIVING DINNER
Awardees: Teamsters Local 743 New Leadership Slate,
Students for a Democratic Society,
Southside Together Organized for Power
Info: haywood (at) igc.org

--Dec 1, Sat, 6 pm, Mercury Café, 1505 W Chicago
SHIMMIES FOR PEACE
Bellydancing benefit for Chicago Area CodePink
Info: www.codepinkalert/chicago

--Dec 1, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
MAD BOMBER MELVILLE
Author Leslie James Pickering discusses book on
radical activist & Attica Prison uprising organizer Samuel Melville
Info: www.newworldresourcecenter.com/

--Dec 2, Sun, 2 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice, 205 W Monroe
MARCH 20TH PROTESTS PLANNING MEETING

--Dec 3, Mon, 7:15 pm, Parkes Hall Room 204
intersection of Sheridan Road & Chicago Ave, Evanston
FILM: GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB
Part of Amnesty International Group 50 meeting

--Dec 4, Tue, 6 pm, Access Living, 115 E Chicago, 2nd floor
FILM: SICKO
Michael Moore’s documentary on the state of US healthcare
Sponsor: Chicago Single-Payer Action Network
Info: www.ChiSPAN.org

--Dec 4, Tue, 7 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
GLOBAL WARMING CAFÉ: LOW CARBON DIET
How to lower carbon footprint in communities & workplaces
Info: prichart (at) ecojusticecollaborative.org, www.ecojusticecollaborative.org

--Dec 6, Thu, 7 pm, Open University of the Left
2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
FILM: ERNEST MANDEL - A LIFE FOR THE REVOLUTION
Chicago premier of Chris Den Hond’s fascinating documentary on the
Belgian Marxist economist & activist, includes interviews with Tariq Ali &
many others; discussion follows with activists who worked with Mandel
Sponsors: Open University of the Left, Chicago Socialist Party,
Solidarity-Chicago Chapter
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

--Dec 7, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
YOUTH ACCULTURATION & REVOLT IN MEXICAN AMERICAN
SOUTH TEXAS: UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS OF
WORKING-CLASS ETHNIC PROTEST AFTER 1960
Hear Marc Rodriguez of Notre Dame University

--Dec 7, Fri, 5 pm, DePaul Student Center, 2250 N Sheffield
DEPAUL STUDENTS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
HOLIDAY CARD CAMPAIGN
Help send cards to prisoners; hear Dorothy Gregory
speak on her son's death penalty case
Info: www.dsadp.org

--Dec 7, Fri, 6-9 pm, Access Living, 115 W Chicago
CONTAGIOUS: A DISABILITY CULTURE CABARET
Music, performance, film, art & artists
Info: 312-640-2100

--Dec 8, Sat
INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Info: www.globalclimatecampaign.org/

--Dec 8, Sat, 9 am, WNUR 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Interview guests include author Robert Lipsyte
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Dec 8, Sat, 12 pm, intersection Michigan & Monroe
COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Sponsors: AFSC, 8th Day Center for Justice,
National Boricua Human Rights Network,
National Lawyers Guild, Peace Pledge Chicago

--Dec 8, Sat, 2 pm, Loyola University Damen Hall, Rm 144
AVERTING ANOTHER CATASTROPHE:
THE FOLLY OF AN ATTACK ON IRAN
Panelists: Elahe Amani of Society for the Support
of Human Rights in Iran;
Mansour Farhang of Bennington College; others
Info: mlynn226 (at) gmail.com

--Dec 8, Sat, 4 pm, Douglas Park, Roosevelt & Mozart
NIGHT MARCH AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
Bring flashlights, candles to site of the
murder of Aaron Harrison

--Dec 8, Sat, 8 pm, Green Lantern Gallery, 1511 N Milwaukee
AREA CHICAGO: WANTS & NEEDS BENEFIT PARTY
DJs, Wants-&-Needs Auction of skill & resource sharing, more
Info: www.areachicago.com

--Dec 9, Sun, 9:30-12:30 pm, Cafe Batey, 2620 W Division
PANCAKE / WAFFLE BREAKFAST BENEFIT FOR
PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER /
PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
Info: 773-278-6706

--Dec 9, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 North Mayfield
MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Activist Mike Klonsky discusses the re-emergence of
SDS student radicalism

--Dec 9, Sun, 12-3 pm, Wellington Church, 615 W Wellington
FAIR TRADE HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Info: www.waucc.org

--Dec 9, Sun, 3-9 pm, 37 S Ashland
HOLIDAY APPEAL FOR CLASS-WAR PRISONERS
Benefits Mumia Abu-Jamal & all class-war prisoners
Sponsor: Partisan Defense Committee
Info: 312-563-0442

--Dec 9, Sun, 6 pm, In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee
FILM: WINTER SOLDIER
Documentary on the 1971 day of testimony by Vietnam veterans
Sponsor: Iraq Veterans Against the War
Info: ivaw.org

--Dec 10, Mon
FIRST ANNUAL JANE ADDAMS DAY
Celebrate the socialist, radical & anti-war activist & community organizer
Info: www.aauw-il.org/jane.htm

--Dec 10, Mon, 6 pm, CLEP Chicago, 815 W Van Buren
PERU LABOR TOUR REPORT BACK
Chicago Labor Education Program
Info: hworthen (at) uiuc.edu

--Dec 10, Mon, 7 pm, Alhambra Palace Restaurant, 1240 W Randolph
FEAST FOR THE AFSC MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM
Benefit features eyewitness reports from AFSC experts
Info: rsvp to lpollack (at) afsc.org

--Dec 12, Wed, 6:30 pm, Senn HS, 5900 N Glenwood
OPPOSE CLOSING OF SENN HS
Attend Local School Council meeting, oppose
transformation of Senn into 4 district schools

--Dec 13, Thu, 7 pm, Edgewater Library, 1210 W Elmdale
GETTING OUT OF IRAQ: WHAT CAN ONE PERSON DO?
Hear Jeff Leys of Voices of Creative Non-Violence, others

--Dec 14, Fri, 3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
WOMEN UNFIT FOR PROPERTY: GENDER, DISABILITY,
& THE LEGALLY INCOMPETENT FEMALE
Kim Nielsen of University of Wisconsin Green Bay discusses
the inequalities of 19th century property laws

--Dec 14-20, Fri-Thu,
FILM: MEETING RESISTANCE
Steve Connors & Molly Bingham’s new documentary on
the Iraq resistance fighters
Info: www.facets.org/

--Dec 17, Mon, 7 pm, Open University of the Left
2040 N Milwaukee, second floor
BOOK RELEASE PARTY: THE EUGENE V. DEBS READER
Join historians William Adelman & Bill Pelz for a discussion &
screening of the documentary video,
Eugene Debs and the Labor Movement
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: www.openuniversityoftheleft.org/

FORTHCOMING
-1/11 Sixth Anniversary of Indefinite Detention for Guantanamo prisoners
-1/11 Harry Belafonte, St Sabina Church, www.saintsabina.org
-1/17-20 National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Conference,
San Jose, www.ncadp.org/
-1/21 Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
-2/8-10 United Students Against Sweatshops conference, Miami, www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org
-3/13-15 Winter Soldier, Gathering of US Veterans of Iraq & Afghanistan,
www.ivaw.org/wintersoldierstatmentofsupport
-3/27-30 Cairo International Conference & Liberation Forum,
mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cairo021107.html
-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/

NEW & RE-STOCKED BOOKS AT NEW WORLD
-Woman Suffrage, by Mary Jo Buhle
-The Color of Violence: The Incite Anthology,
by Incite:Women of Color Against Violence
-Road from Ar Ramadi: The Private Reflections of
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, by Camilo Mejia
-Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak, ed by Marc Falkoff
-We Wont Go: The Truth on Military Recruiters & the Draft;
A Guide to Resistance
-W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat, by Manning Marable
-The New Black Renaissance: The Souls Anthology of
Critical African American Studies, ed by Manning Marable
-The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein
-Women Behind Bars:
The Crisis of Women in the US Prison System, by Silja Talvi
-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, 6 pm, Chicago Cable TV Channel 21
VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
Live call-in TV show hosted by anti-war vets for vets,
GI's & their families

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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