[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 13 - JULY 1

Thu Jun 13 10:02:28 CDT 2002

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>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:13:09 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 13 - JULY 1
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>June 13 – July 1
>
>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
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>
>--June 13, Thursday
>INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST FOOT LOCKER
>Protest sweatshop-made shoes & clothing
>Info: www.summersault.com/~agj/clr
>
>--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, 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 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, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>HONDURAS STRUGGLES
>Hear representatives from La Voz de los de Abajo
>Info: whatsgoingon at azone or 312-494-3456
>
>--June 13-16, Thurs-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, Thurs-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 14, Fri, 7 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N. Sheffield
>FREE PALESTINE
>Evening of solidarity with just struggle of Palestinian people
>Info: 773-489-0930
>
>--June 14, Fri, 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
>BENEFIT FOR CAROUSEL WORKERS
>Music by Dave Kovic and GEO Speedwagon
>Sponsor: Graduate Employee Organization of
>the University of Illinois at Chicago
>Info: www.uic-geo.org
>
>--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 15, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>NEW WORLD CENTER BENEFIT
>Live music by Francis Place, Ejercito Sin Son,
>Dead Roots, Hookers in Orbit
>Info: 773-227-4011
>
>--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 16, Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF
>WEST BANK, GAZA & EAST JERUSALEM:
>35 YEARS OF OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
>Join Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, Jewish, inter-faith,
>& progressive groups for this special commemoration
>Sponsor: Not In My Name
>Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>--June 16, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday
>
>--June 17, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters
>36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
>PERMANENT WAR OR REVOLUTION IN PERMANENCE?
>Discussion of News & Letters’ Call for Convention
>Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl at igc.org
>
>--June 20, Thurs, 7 pm, DePaul University
>2350 N Kenmore, Richardson Library
>PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
>EDUCATION & PLANNING MEETING
>Video: The Golf War, on displacement of
>Philippine farmers by golf courses
>Info: 773-988-2252
>
>--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 (repeats 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, 7 pm, 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, 7:30 pm, Beacon Street Gallery, 4131 N Broadway
>COLOMBIAN CULTRAL NIGHT TO
>STOP PLAN COLOMBIA
>Sponsor: Colombia Solidarity Committee
>Info: 773-583-2749
>
>--June 21, Fri, 8 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State
>FILM: MATEWAN
>John Sayles’ classic about 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
>Conferences, rallies, etc; across Canada and U.S.
>Info: http://g8.activist.ca/event/
>
>--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’ drama of a women discovering her sexuality
>Repeats 6/25, 6:15 pm
>Info: 312.864-2600
>
>--June 23, 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
>
>--June 24, Monday
>ONE DAY TRAINING FOR FUTURE LABOR ACTIVISTS
>Apply to become an SEIU organizer
>Info: yera at seiu.org or 800-424-8592 ext 364
>
>--June 25 – July 2, Washington DC
>DEMOCRACY SUMMER
>Workshops, training, more
>Info: www.democracysummer.org/
>
>--June 26, Wed, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>OPPOSE US MILITARY INTERVENTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
>Hear Rico Rosete, League of Filipino Students
>Sponsor: Philippine Solidarity Committee, Chicago Socialist Party,
>Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
>Info: ChgoSP at Juno.com
>
>--Jun 28, Fri., 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--June 29, Washington DC
>STARVIN FOR JUSTICE 2002
>9th Annual action to abolish the death penalty; 30th anniversary
>of the Furman decision that stopped executions in the US
>Info: www.abolition.org/
>
>--June 29 & 30, Sat & Sun, 11:30 am, Music Box Theatre
>3733 N Southport
>FILM: BEAT THE DEVIL
>John Huston’s 1954 satire on colonialism
>Info: 773-871-6604
>
>--June 30, Sun, 11 am, NE corner Halsted & Diversey
>JOIN ANTI-RACIST/ANTI-WAR CONTINGENT
>AT CHICAGO GAY PRIDE PARADE
>Info: 888-471-0874 or CABNstopthehate at aol.com
>
>--July 1, Monday
>LEONARD PELTIER: INTERIM PAROLE HEARING
>Info: www.freepeltier.org/remaining_avenues.htm
>
>--July 1, Monday
>VENCERAMOS BRIGADE TO CUBA
>Join the 33rd contingent to end the blockade & build peace
>Info: 312-409-1486 or vbchicago at hotmail.com
>
>--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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