[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 6 - JUNE 24

Thu Jun 6 08:24:07 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:09:22 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 6 - JUNE 24
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>June 6 – June 24
>
>Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
>A Non-Profit Bookstore and Meeting Center
>2600 West Fullerton, Chicago IL USA 60647
>(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
>Open Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
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>
>--June 6, Thurs, 5 pm, Randall Road & Route 36, Geneva IL
>FOX VALLEY PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE WEEKLY PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-742-6602 or Marysedrop at aol.com
>
>--June 6-7, Wed-Thurs, San Francisco
>LINK ARMS, RAISE FISTS:
>U.S. OUT OF PHILIPPINES NOW!
>Conference & coalition launch
>Info: www.kilusan.info/linkarms2002 or 415-820-1557
>
>--June 6-9, Wed-Sun, State University of New York/Stony Brook
>HOW CLASS WORKS CONFERENCE
>With Mike Davis, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Juan Gonzalez,
>Julianne Malveaux, Leo Panitch, Frances Fox Piven, Katie Quan,
>Adolph Reed, Danny Schechter, William K. Tabb, more.
>Info: www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
>
>--June 6, Thurs, 7 pm, Facet’s Cinémathèque,
>1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICES
>Peruvian director Francesco Lombardi’s satire on all things military
>Info: 773-773-281-4114
>
>--June 6, Thursday
>PUSH BACK THE DEA:
>KEEP MEDICAL MARIJUANA SAFE & LEGAL
>National day of actions
>Info: www.safeaccessnow.org/
>
>--June 6, Thurs, 8 pm, The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia
>BREAK THE GRIDLOCK - BENEFIT SHOW
>Live music from The Inepti, The Amoreys, Twang Bang
>Info: www.breakthegridlock.org
>
>--June 6, Thurs, 9:30 pm, Labor Beat, CAN-TV Channel 19
>BILL FLETCHER: US LABOR’S RESPONSE TO 9/11
>Hear the Black Radical Congress organizer & former
>AFL-CIO assistant president
>
>--June 6-9, Thurs-Sun, Lawrence, KS
>2002 NORTH AMERICAN ANARCHIST GATHERING
>Info: NAAG02 at hotmail.com or www.prague-index.org/naag/
>
>--June 7, Fri, 7:30 & 8:30 pm, Facet’s Cinémathèque,
>1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME
>Lynne Sachs’ documentary of 9 Vietnam War protesters who
>incinerated hundreds of selective service records with homemade
>napalm in a daring 1968 draft board office raid. Through 6/9
>Info: 773-773-281-4114
>
>--June 7, Fri, 8 pm, Southwest Youth Collaborative, 6400 S Kedzie
>CAFE INTIFADA for the liberation of Palestine.
>Poetry, spoken word, open mic, etc.
>Info: jlahoud at juno.com
>
>--June 7-9, Fri-Sun, Toronto, Canada
>BioJUSTICE / BioDIVERSITY 2002:
>6TH INTERNATIONAL GRASSROOTS GATHERING
>ON GENETIC ENGINEERING
>Info: http://www.biodev.org
>
>--June 8, Saturday
>35 YEARS OF OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
>Info: http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org
>
>--June 8, Sat, 12 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>RACIAL PROFILING & CLASS STRUGGLE
>Hear author Jonathan Birnbaum. Part of Chicago
>Democratic Socialists of America Membership Convention
>Info: 773.384.0327 or chiildsa at chicagodsa.org
>
>--June 8, Sat, 6 pm, Little Quiapo Restaurant
>4423 N. Clark
>5TH ANNUAL PHILIPPINE KULTURAL NIGHT OF RESISTANCE
>Philippine Performing Arts Choir, Gina Magsombol,
>Pintig Cultural Group, many more performers
>Info: 773-936-5642
>
>--June 8, Sat, 6 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago
>IVI-IPO 58TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENTS' DAY DINNER
>Hear Rep. Luis Gutierrez. Tix $100/$65
>Info: 312-939-5105
>
>--June 9, Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF
>WEST BANK, GAZA & EAST JERUSALEM
>Every Sunday. Sponsor: Not In My Name
>Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>--June 9, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday
>
>--June 9, Sun, 7 pm, College of DuPage
>Student Resource Center Rm 1450
>A CALL FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE
>Personal accounts from Jenin Refugee Camp from
>Kathy Kelly & Jeff Guntzel of Voices in the Wilderness
>Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
>Info: 630-852-9741
>
>--June 9-10, Sun-Mon, Loyola University
>McCormick Lounge, Lake Shore Campus
>NUCLEAR-FREE GREAT LAKES ACTION CONFERENCE
>Panels, workshops, etc
>Sponsor: Nuclear Energy Information Service
>Info: 847-869-7650 or www.neis.org
>
>--June 10, Mon, 6 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
>AFGHANISTAN RELIEF & RECONSTRUCTION:
>REPORT FROM THE FIELD
>Hear Abdul Hadi Azimi of American Friends Service Committee
>Info: 312-427-2533 ext. 19
>
>--June 10, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
>MEXICO TODAY: REVOLUTION, ALIENATION, AND PHILOSOPHY
>Hear writer & activist Veronica Mota
>Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl at igc.org
>
>--June 12, Wednesday
>NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS DAY
>Info: www.secondharvest.org
>
>--June 12, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th
>COLORED WHITE: TRANSCENDING THE RACIAL PAST
>Hear author David Roediger
>Info: 773-684-1300
>
>--June 12, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>PRIDE TWENTY YEARS LATER
>Video: ‘Pink Triangle Rising.’ Speakers: Andy Thayer,
>Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Ken Jacobsen, Jr.,
>Chicago Hellfire Club; Jeanne Kracher, Crossroads Fund
>Info: 773-460-0237 or www.azone.org
>
>--June 13, Thurs, 1 pm, Buffington Harbor Gates, Gary, IN
>RALLY AT THE RIVERBOATS
>Union workers demand affordable health care,
>fair wages, respect on the job. Sponsor: HERE Local 1
>Info: 800-656-4573
>
>--June 13, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N. Clark
>HATE CRIME: THE STORY OF A DRAGGING IN JASPER, TEXAS
>Author Joyce King discusses her book on the James Byrd Jr. lynching
>Info: 773.769.9299
>
>--June 13-16, Thus-Sun, Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S Michigan
>SOCIALISM 2002: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
>Panelists: Naseer Aruri, Rania Masri, David Barsamian
>Leo Panitch, Oscar Olivera, many others
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 773-583-8665 www.socialism2002.org
>
>--June 13-17, Thus-Mon, Bar Harbor, Maine
>GREEN PARTY USA ANNUAL GATHERING & CONGRESS
>Info: www.greenparty.org or gpusa at igc.org
>
>--June 13-18, Thurs-Tues, Madison WI
>RESIST THE MAYORS
>Protests & actions to coincide with
>US Conference of Mayors meeting
>Info: www.resist-the-mayors.org or info at resist-the-mayors.org
>
>--June 14, Fri, 4 pm, Metropolitan Correctional Center
>71 W Van Buren (at Clark Street)
>RALLY: OPPOSE RACIAL PROFILING
>Rabih Haddad has been in jail six months with no charges filed
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 888-471-0874 or CABNstopthehate at aol.com
>
>--June 14, Fri, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport
>FILM: ABC AFRICA
>Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s documentary on
>orphaned Ugandan children
>Info: 773-871-6604
>
>--June 15, Saturday
>UNION WOMEN SCHOOL: REGISTRATION DEADLINE
>Info: http://www.msww.org/
>
>--June 15, Sat, Union Park, Chicago
>ROLLING THUNDER DOWN-HOME DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL
>Music, speakers, workshops, etc. Scheduled: Erykah Badu,
>Jim Hightower, Michael Moore, Kuumba Lynx, Reps. Jan Schakowsky
>& Jesse Jackson Jr., Studs Terkel, UNITE gospel choir, lots more.
>--Stop by the New World Resource Center table in the book tent
>Info: 312-738-6123 or darci at rollingthundertour.org or
>www.rollingthundertour.org/events/chicago.cfm
>
>--June 16, Sun, Madison WI
>MIDWEST RADICAL NETWORKING SESSION
>Part of Resist the Mayors events
>Info: 608 262 9036 or www.resist-the-mayors.org
>
>--June 20, Thurs, 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State
>JOHN SAYLES
>Hear the radical filmmaker. Also, screening of
>Brother From Another Planet (repeat 6/25, 8:30 pm)
>Info: 312.864-2600
>
>--June 21, Fri, 6 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State
>FILM: RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN
>John Sayles drama depicts a reunion of 1960s activists
>Repeats 6/24, 6:15 pm
>Info: 312.864-2600
>
>--June 21, Fri, 7pm, Broadway United Methodist Church
>3344 N Broadway
>PRIDE MONTH FORUM on racial profiling, civil liberties, & the new war
>With Mubarak Dahir, Andy Thayer, Deborah Bnford, Jeff Edwards
>Sponsor: Chicago Anti-Bashing Network
>Info: www.CABN.org
>
>--June 21, Fri, 8 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State
>FILM: MATEWAN
>John Sayles classic depiction of a 1920s coal-miners strike
>Repeats 6/23, 5 pm
>Info: 312.864-2600
>
>--June 21& 22, Fri-Sat, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>D.I.Y. WEEKEND
>Independent art & skill sharing.
>Info: Ladychaos at azone.org or 773-460-0237
>
>--June 21& 22, Fri-Sat, Milwaukee, WI
>VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST WAR:
>35TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
>Conference, party
>Info: 414-963-0398 or www.vvaw.org/
>
>--June 21-25, Calgary, Canada
>G8 FORUM PROTESTS & ACTIONS
>Info: www.peaceandhumanrights.org
>
>--June 22, Sat, 2 pm, Division & Western
>25TH ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN PEOPLES' DAY PARADE
>
>--June 22, Sat, 8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers 5343 N Clark
>VIDEO: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
>Documentary on the 1999 Seattle protests against the WTO
>Info: 773-293-1447
>
>--June 22, Sat, 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State
>FILM: LIANNA
>John Sayles complex drama of a women discovering her sexuality
>Repeats 6/25, 6:15 pm
>Info: 312.864-2600
>
>--June 24, Sun, 4:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>BABY CATCHER: CHRONICLES OF A MODERN MIDWIFE
>Hear author, midwife & former obstetric nurse Peggy Vincent
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--CALENDAR INFO: Send event title, date, time, location,
>phone & sponsor to NWRC2600 at juno.com
>by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East, $19.95
>--The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965, $14.95
>--You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History
>of Our Times, by Howard Zinn, $14
>--The Question of Palestine, by Edward W. Said, $14.95
>--Voices From A "Promised Land": Palestinian & Israeli Peace Activists
>Speak Their Hearts, $12.95
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--Whose Vote Counts? $12
>--The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington, $14
>--Peace and Its Discontents, by Edward W. Said $12
>--War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression,
>by Huey P. Newton $14
>--Terror In the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence 16.95
>--Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries
>of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It, $15
>--Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, & the Fighting Spirit
>of Labor's Last Century, by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelly,
>$23
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