[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MARCH 29 - APRIL 14

Thu Mar 28 11:42:12 CST 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:49:32 -0600
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MARCH 29 - APRIL 14
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>March 29 – April 14
>
>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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>[Listings begin Thursday through following 2.5 weeks,
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>
>--March 29, Fri, 12 pm, corner Michigan & Congress
>WALK FOR JUSTICE
>Info: 312-641-5151
>
>--March 29, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--March 29, Fri, 7:30 pm, Al Aqsa School
>7361 W 92nd St, Bridgeview
>PALESTINE: COMMEMORATION OF LAND DAY 2002
>Speakers: Samir Miari, Mufid Qassoum, Ghassan Barakat
>Sponsor: Committee for a Democratic Palestine
>Info: 773-531-8667 cdpchicago at aol.com
>
>--March 29, Fri, 3 pm, Volunteer Plaza, Palatine
>Northwest Highway (Rt. 14) & Hicks Road
>NORTHWEST SUBURBAN INTERFAITH VIGIL
>TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Group 259, others
>Info: 847-359-7267 or amnesty259 at yahoo.com
>
>--March 29, Fri, 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--March 29, Fri, 8 pm College of Complexes
>FutureWorld Café, 1744 E. 55th St.
>LANCE SELFA of the International Socialist
>Organization discusses the war on terrorism
>
>--March 29, Fri, 9 pm, Phyllis' Musical Inn, 1800 W Division
>BAD DOG PRINT COLLECTIVE BENEFIT PARTY
>Music, food, etc
>Info: 312-829-9182 or baddogprintshop at aol.com
>
>--March 29 - April 1, Sydney, Australia
>GLOBAL REVOLT-GLOBAL LINKS: 2ND ASIA-PACIFIC
>INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE
>Panelists: Dita Sari, Farooq Tariq, Sonny Melencio,
>Wilson Fortaleza, Powes Parkop, Maung Maung Than,
>Dr Nasir Hashim, Satya Sivaraman, Boris Kagarlitsky, others
>Info: www.global-revolt.org
>
>--March 30, Sat, 10 am, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
>REVOLUTION BOOKS USED BOOK SALE
>Info: 773-489-0930
>
>--March 30, Sat, 12 pm, Hyde Park, London
>CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISAMRMAMENT
>CND MARCH & RALLY against Star Wars program,
>nuclear weapons, US/UK foreign policy,
>ongoing bombing of Afghanistan
>Info: www.cnduk.org/campains/30march.htm
>
>--March 30, Sat, 2 pm, Edgewater Branch Library
>1210 W. Elmdale
>IFTI NASIM
>Poet, writer, & co-founder of Chicago support group
>for South Asian LGBTs will be present for screening
>of new documentary about him
>Info: 312-744-7911
>
>--March 30, Sat, 2 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>ISLAMIST WOMEN LEADERS OF IRAN:
>ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM OR FROM TRADITION
>Hear Janet Afary, Purdue University Professor of History &
>Women's Studies & author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution
>Info: (312) 747-4050
>
>--March 30, Sat, 5 pm, UIC Circle Center
>Room 509, 750 S Halsted
>WOMEN'S LIBERATION THROUGH SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
>Sponsor: Spartacist League/SYC
>Info: 312-563-0441 or spartacist at iname.com
>
>--March 30, Sat, 6 pm, 4th Presbyterian Church
>corner Delaware & Michigan
>PALESTINIAN LAND DAY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
>Sponsors: Palestine Solidarity Group, Palestine Aid Society
>Info: 773-865-2849 or 773-732-9018.
>
>--March 30-31, Sat-Sun, 11:30 am, Music Box theatre
>3733 N Southport
>FILM: PATHS OF GLORY
>Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war classic
>
>--March 31, Sunday
>HAPPY BIRTHDAY CESAR CHAVEZ
>Info: www.chavezfoundation.org or www.ufw.org
>
>--March 31, 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/
>
>--March 31, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--April 1, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters
>36 S. Wabash, Room 1440
>THE TRIAL OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC:
>CONFRONTING WAR & GENOCIDE IN THE BALKANS
>Discussion
>Info: 312-236-0799 or nandl at igc.org
>
>--April 1, Mon, 7 pm, Northeastern Illinois University
>5500 N. St. Louis, Student Union 003
>AN EVENING WITH CARLOS CORTEZ
>IWW poet & artist reads and discusses his work
>Sponsor: Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition
>Info: 773-442-4582
>
>--April 2, Tues, 7 pm, UC University Church
>57th and University, 2nd Floor
>STOP RACIAL PROFILING:
>JUSTICE FOR ANNA MUSTAFA
>Hear Anna Mustafa
>Info: 773) 377-5002 x5676 or hpstopwar at onebox.com
>
>--April 2, Tues, 7 pm, Wellington Ave Church
>615 W. Wellington
>PHOTOJOURNALIST JOHN HARNEY
>discusses his recent trip to Colombia.
>Also Dan Dale, Pam and Lan Richart, others
>Info: livelove at rcnchicago.com
>
>--April 2, Tues, 7:30 pm, UIC 750 S Halsted, Lecture Center B.
>SILVIA ARGUELLO of Nicaragua's Humboldt Center
>discusses societal & ecological impact of Plan Puebla Panama
>
>--April 3, Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
>
>--April 3, Wed, 6 pm, UE Hall, 37 S Ashland
>GLOBAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE MEETING
>Info: REDJERRY at prodigy.net
>
>--April 3, Wed, 6:30 pm, SCUPE office
>200 N. Michigan, Suite 502
>CHICAGO PEACE RESPONSE COALITION GENERAL MEETING
>Info: (312) 427-2533 or www.grassrootsvoices.org
>
>--April 4, Thursday
>NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR DAY OF ACTION
>34th anniversary of assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,
>murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers
>Sponsor: Jobs With Justice
>Info: www.jwj.org
>
>--April 4, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N Clark
>MEREDITH TAX
>Author, historian, activist
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--April 5, Friday
>18TH ANNUAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
>Through 4/17
>Info: www.latinoculturalcenter.org
>
>--April 5, Fri, 7 pm, Agape House, 1046 W Polk
>UIC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION
>BENEFIT CONCERT with Charlie King, Karen Brandow,
>Allen Schwartz, GEO Speedwagon
>Info: 312-666-2676
>
>--April 5-6, Fri-Sat, Columbia University, New York
>HISTORY OF ACTIVISM CONFERENCE
>Info:  www.columbia.edu/cu/history/htm/h_dept_announce_5.htm
>
>--April 5-7, Fri-Sun, DePaul University
>SAC Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
>COLOMBIA: RESISTANCE FROM THE BOTTOM UP
>Conference, workshops, etc
>Sponsor: Chicago Chapter, Columbia Support Network
>Info: 773-434-5748 or www.accion.net/csnchicago/
>
>--April 6, Sat, 9 am, UIC
>2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
>Panelists: Gregory Palast, Amber Amundson,
>Rev. Graylan Hagler, Sharon Smith
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 312-458-9920 or
>chicagosocialistconference2002 at hotmail.com
>
>--April 6, Sat, 1 pm, IBEW Hall, 600 W. Washington
>WORKERS' RIGHTS BOARD HEARING ON ECONOMIC CRISIS:
>SPEAKOUT FOR ECONOMIC FAIRNESS & JUSTICE
>Hear Barbara Ehrenreich plus testimony from Chicago
>union & community members. Sponsor: Chicago Workers
>Rights' Board & Action for NewPriorities, many others
>Info: 312-738-6209
>
>--April 6, Sat, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers
>5243 N Clark St, 2nd Floor
>FILM: POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS 2000
>Antonio Muntadas & Marshall Reese’s documentary
>of candidate TV ads from the 1950s to 2000
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org
>
>--April 6, Sat, 8 pm, Martyrs’, 3855 N Lincoln
>BENEFIT CONCERT FOR CROSSROADS FUND &
>NUCLEAR ENERGY INFORMATION SERVICE
>Featuring Jeff Tweedy, many others
>Info: www.crossroadsfund.org/
>
>--April 7, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library
>1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston
>FILM: QUIET RAGE-THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
>Documents study of effects of incarceration
>Discussion led by author Sara Paretsky
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Local Group 50
>Info: 773-338-6020
>
>--April 7, Sun, 7:30 pm, North Park University
>Viking Hall, corner Foster & Kedzie
>ROBERT FISK: 9/11 - ASK WHO DID IT, BUT
>FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DON'T ASK WHY
>Hear the prize-winning journalist for the London Independent
>Info: 773-244-5786
>
>--April 10, Wednesday, Springfield, IL
>TOO FLAWED TO FIX LOBBY DAY: A DAY OF ACTION
>& ADVOCACY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Midwest
>Info: rschultz at aiusa.org or 1-866-A-REGION
>
>--April 12, Fri, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
>SOLIDARITY WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE:
>OPPOSING US MILITARY INTERVENTION
>Discussion & slide show
>Info: 773-988-2252 or jhtulloch at hotmail.com
>
>--April 12-13, Fri-Sat, UIC Chicago Circle Center
>Room 605, 750 South Halsted
>THIRD ANNUAL HULL-HOUSE CONFERENCE
>Hull-House Magazine & the Chicago Cultural
>Front, 1930-1945. Many panelists & sponsors
>Info: jchall at uic.edu
>
>--April 13-14, Sat-Sun, 11:30 am, Music Box theatre
>3733 N Southport
>FILM: DR. STRANGELOVE
>Stanley Kubrick’s satire on cold-war militarism
>& nuclear insanity, sadly still relevant. Repeats 4/20-21
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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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