[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR OCT 17 NOV 3

[Peter Miller]

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>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:59:36 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR OCT 17  NOV 3
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: OCT 17 ­ NOV 3
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>--Oct 17, Thu, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
>THE GREEN MOVEMENT & THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
>Panelists: Patrick Eytchison of Arcada, California Greens;
>Mitchell Cohen of Brooklyn Greens; Gerard Emmet of News & Letters
>Info: 312-236-0799 or PeterHudis at aol.com
>
>--Oct 17, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University, 2250 N. Sheffield, SAC Rm 154
>STOP THE WITCH HUNT AGAINST ARABS & MUSLIMS
>Speakers: Sami Al-Arian, Mujeeb Khan, Prof. Leonard Cavise
>Sponsor: DePaul Students Against the War
>Info: reasonstoprotest at yahoo.com
>
>--Oct 17, Thu, 7 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>LEMING LITERARY SERIES: ROBERT LOWELL'S ‘LIFE STUDIES’
>Discussion with author Warren Leming
>Info: 773-244-1480 or 773-235-1522
>
>--Oct 18, Fri, 9:30 am, location tba
>INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DEMOCRACY DAY:
>TRICK OR TREAT TOUR OF LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS
>Big media gets treats, public tricked
>Info: 773-404-8258 or cmwpac at attbi.com
>or www.chicagomediawatch.org
>
>--Oct 18, Fri, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
>INFO2AACTION
>Review & discussion on ability of documentaries
>to impact social organizing & activism
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
>
>--Oct 18, Fri, 8 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>CONFRONTING FASCISM:
>DISCUSSION DOCUMENTS FOR A MILITANT MOVEMENT
>Discussion, part of Anti-Racist Action conference
>Info: ara_chicago at ziplip.com or 312-409-1432
>
>--Oct 18-20, Fri-Sun, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>2002 ANTI-RACIST ACTION CONFERENCE
>
>--Oct 18-20, Fri-Sun, DePaul University 2250 N. Sheffield
>AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MIDWEST CONFERENCE
>ALL RIGHTS, ALL PEOPLE
>Panelists include Faisal Alam, director of Al-Fatiha, org for LGBT
>Muslims
>Info: 312-427-2060 or www.aiusa.org
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 9 am, This Is Hell radio program, WNUR 89.3 fm
>WILLIAM RIVERS PITT & STEPHEN ZUNES
>Authors discuss progressive alternatives to war in Iraq
>Info: www.thisishell.net
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 9 am, Columbia College, Hokin Center, 623 S Wabash
>SAY IT LOUD: I'M BLACK & I'M PROUD
>Symposium on Black LGBT communities & histories
>Info: 312-344-8594
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 9 am, DePaul University Lincoln Park campus
>GAY LESBIAN & STRAIGHT EDUCATION NETWORK
>YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FOR HS STUDENTS
>Workshops, presentations
>Info: 312-213-5793 or glsentoni at aol.com or
>www.glsenchicagoland.org
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 10 am, UIC, Lecture Hall D2 & classrooms in Lincoln Hall
>TEACH-IN ON CUBA
>Hear Dr. Felix Mazud-Piloto, Rafael Ravelo, Olga Fernandez-Rios
>Sponsors: Chicago Cuba Coalition, UIC Latin-American Studies Department
>Info: 312-663-0527.
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 11 am, Chicago Historical Society Park, corner Clark &
>North
>WALK TO WASHINGTON DC FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGE
>Chicago stop, rally & march
>Info: www.cariboucommons.com
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, noon, Copley Square, Boston
>JUSTICE FOR JANITORS RALLY AND MARCH
>SEIU Local 254 Strike Fund: 11 Beacon St, Boston, MA, 02108
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 3:30 pm, Decima Musa Retaurant, 1901 S Loomis
>TACO BELL BOYCOTT - COMMUNITY MEETING:
>FARM WORKERS FROM IMMOKALEE
>Discussion & Strategy session with Coalition of Immokalee Workers
>Info: maribel at mexicosolidarity.org
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>J QUINN BRISBEN
>Activist & author reads from The Significance of the Frontier,
>Selected Poems, 1966-2002
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/events/
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 7 pm, UIC, White Oak Room
>THE CASE AGAINST THE BUSH DOCTRINE
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 312-458-9920 or contact at internationalsocialist.org
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 7 pm, International Youth Hostel, 24 E Congress
>WHAT SHOULD ACTIVISTS BE DOING DIFFERENTLY?
>Panelists: Mitchel Cohen, Mahmud Ahmad, Andy Thayer, others
>Sponsor: Green Party USA
>Info: 866-GREENS-2 or mitchelcohen at mindspring.com
>
>--Oct 19, Sat, 8:30 pm, Mutiny, 2428 N Western (21 & over)
>MUSIC BENEFIT: SUPPORT COLOMBIAN TRADE UNIONISTS
>With Ramon Marino, Allen Schwartz, The Gravetones
>Also speaking: Luis Adolfo Cardona, Coca-Cola union leader
>Sponsor: Colombia Solidarity Committee, UIC-GEO
>Info: kmclel1 at uic.edu
>
>--Oct 20, Sun, UIC, 750 S Halsted
>ANNUAL CHICAGO CROP WALK
>Against world hunger
>Info: www.cropwalk.kintera.org/chicago
>
>--Oct 20, Sun, 1 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>FUR FREE FRIDAY PLANNING MEETING
>Sponsor: Animal Defense League
>
>--Oct 20, Sun, 2 pm, Three Happiness Restaurant, 2130 S Wentworth
>2002 PEOPLE'S WEEKLY WORLD BANQUET
>Wm. McNary of USAction, Kathy Kelly, Barbara Moore,
>Ishmael Flory, victorious Carousel workers. Tix: $40/$45
>Info: 312-842-5665
>
>--Oct 20, Sun, 3 pm, Cook County Jail
>ANTI-PRISON LET OUR PEOPLE GO RALLY
>Info: 708-534-1334 or chicagoabc at azone.org
>
>--Oct 20, Sun, 3 pm, United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St, Oak Park
>TOWN MEETING: THE WAR ON IRAQ &
>THE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE WAR
>Sponsor: Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice
>
>--Oct 21, Mon, DePaul University, SAC, 2320 N Kenmore
>COMMUNITY MEETING TO OPPOSE WAR ON IRAQ
>Video: Hidden Agenda, also discussion
>Sponsor: Iraq Peace Pledge
>Info: 773-2778-6706
>
>--Oct 21, Mon, 7 pm, Doc Films, University of Chicago
>Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E 59th St
>FILM: TRACE OF STONES
>Frank Beyer’s 1966 drama about life in East Germany
>Info: 773-702-8575
>
>--Oct 22, Tue, noon, Federal Plaza
>7TH NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY
>Info: 773-528-1701 or Chicago at October22.org
>
>--Oct 22, Tue, 7 pm, Millikin University, 1184 W Main, Decatur IL
>FROM RAGE TO RECONCILIATION
>Bud Welch speaks against capital punishment
>Sponsor: Macon County Citizens Opposing Capital Punishment
>
>--Oct 22, Tue, 8 pm, HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo
>CHICAGO WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER BENEFIT
>Hip hop, spoken word, DJs
>Info: 312.362.9707
>
>--Oct 23, Wed, 4pm, Catholic Theological Union, 5401 S Cornell
>PEACEMAKING AS MISSION
>Auxillary Bishop Tom Gumbleton of Detroit
>
>--Oct 23, Wed, 6:30 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE LEFT EDUCATIONAL SERIES:
>HISTORY OF PALESTINE
>Sessions continue 11/6, 11/20, 12/4, 12/18
>Info: 773-244-1480
>
>--Oct 24, Thu, 9 am, Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S Michigan
>CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE'S SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING
>Info: 312-913-9449 or www.cbhconline.org
>
>--Oct 24-27, Thu-Sun, Radisson Hotel, 160 E Huron
>NATIONAL COALITION TO ABOLISH
>THE DEATH PENALTY 2002 CONFERENCE
>Info: 202-543-9577 or www.ncadp.org
>
>--Oct 24, Thu, 7 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>LEMING LITERARY SERIES:
>BERTOLT BRECHT'S COLLECTED POEMS
>Discussion with author Warren Leming
>Info: 773-244-1480 or 773-235-1522
>
>--Oct 24, Thu, 8 pm, Northeastern Illinois University
>Student Union Building, 5500 N St Louis
>JONATHAN KOZOL
>Hear the writer & education activist on education in America
>Info: 773-442-4226
>
>--Oct 24, Thu, 8 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
>GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FUNDRAISER:
>JASON FARBMAN FOR STATE REP
>Music, speeches, more
>Info: http://14thdistrict.org/
>
>--Oct 25, Fri, 4:30 pm, Federal Plaza
>SEND-OFF RALLY: OCTOBER 26 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON
>Info: 773 878-0166 or billbeth at rcnchicago.com
>
>--Oct 25, Fri, 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS HALLOWEEN RIDE
>Info: www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--Oct 25, Fri, 7 pm, UNITE Hall, corner Van Buren & Ashland
>BEYOND HAYMARKET & PULLMAN:
>MAPPING CHICAGO'S WORKING-CLASS STRUGGLES
>Presentation & workshop, to create a Chicago labor history map
>Sponsors: Chicago Center for Working Class Studies,
>Chicago Labor Education Program, Illinois History Society
>
>--Oct 26, Saturday
>Washington DC, San Francisco
>STOP THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ RALLY
>Info: info at highcountrypeace.org
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 9 am, Ramada Inn, 4900 South Lake Shore Drive
>FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS WORKSHOP
>Build the movement against mandatory sentences
>Info: 202-822-6700
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 10 am, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore,
>Rm 407 Levan
>MIDWEST COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
>FOR DEMOCRACY & SOCIALISM MEETING
>Info: 773-929-2248 or 765-743-0416.
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 11 am, Cultural Center
>2250 N Sheffield, Suite 105
>A LESSON BEFORE DYING
>Discussion of the play with Loretta Ross,
>Director of National Center for Human Rights Education
>Info: RSVP to 773-325-7759
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, noon, Federal Plaza
>ANTI-WAR GATHERING
>Sponsor: Committee of 100, an interfaith organization
>Info: 773-782-8464
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, noon, Volunteer Plaza, corner Northwest Hwy & Hicks Rd
>PEACE PROTEST IN PALATINE
>Sponsor: Northwest Suburban SUSTAIN
>Info: 847-359-7267 or SUSTAINnwburbs at aol.com
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 1 pm, Agape House, 1046 W Polk
>NONVIOLENT DISSENT TRAINING
>Sponsored by ILSOA Watch
>Info: 312-641-5151 or 8thday at claret.org
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 6 pm, Indiana State University, Terre Haute
>Heritage Ballroom, Tirey Hall
>EUGENE V. DEBS FOUNDATION ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
>Honoree: Julian Bond. Keynote: Clayola Brown, UNITE
>Info: www.eugenevdebs.com/
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>AUTONOMOUS ZONE 9TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
>Info: www.azone.org
>
>--Oct 26, Sat, 8:30 pm, 3935 N Marshfield
>VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR
>COSTUME HALLOWEEN PARTY & BENEFIT
>Food, beverages, music, more
>Info: www.vvaw.org or 773-327-5756
>
>--Oct 27. Sun, 3 pm, North Berwyn Park District, 1619 Wesley
>MEET GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JULIE SAMUELS
>Open discussion with State Rep nominee, 8th District
>Info: 708-788-6726 or treefrog at bikerider.com
>
>--Oct 28, Mon, 1 pm, Roosevelt University,430 S. Michigan
>SPEAK OUT, STEP OUT
>Speakers on race & reproductive rights, trafficking of women & children
>Info: 312-663-6303 x 41
>
>--Oct 30, Wed, 7 pm, Columbia College, Getz Theater, 72 E 11th St
>ROBBEN ISLAND SINGERS: CONCERT & RECEPTION
>Former South African political prisoners & freedom fighters, tix $100
>Info: RSVP to 773-975-1345
>
>--Oct 31, Thursday
>TRICK OR UNION TREAT
>Treat with candies made by union labor
>Info: www.cflonline.org/headline.php?id=19
>
>--Oct 31, Thu, 7 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>LEMING LITERARY SERIES:
>STEFAN BRECHT'S ‘THE BREAD & PUPPET THEATER’
>Discussion with author Warren Leming
>Info: 773-244-1480 or 773-235-1522
>
>--Oct 3 - Nov 2, Thu-Sat, Sydney University, Australia
>WORKERS OUT! 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE
>OF LESBIAN & GAY TRADE UNIONISTS
>Info: www.workersout.com/
>
>--Fri, Nov 1, 6 pm, Columbia College, Ferguson Theatre, 600 South
>Michigan
>FILM: EYES Of THE RAINBOW!
>Life of Assata Shakur, by Cuban director Gloria Rolando
>Info: 773-794-5158
>
>--Fri, Nov 1, 7 pm, Milwaukee Area Technical College, 700 W State
>NOAM CHOMSKY
>Keynote at Pledge of Resistance dinner
>Info: Peace Action Center, 1001 E Keefe, Milwaukee 53212
>
>--Sat, Nov 2, 9 am, Loyola University, lakeshore campus
>CONFERENCE ON PROPAGANDA: WAR, TERROR, & US EMPIRE
>Panelists: John McMurtry, Sut Jhally, Jennifer VanBergen,
>Matt Rothschild, Leon Stein, David Shippers, Bill Ayers, others
>Sponsor: Chicago Media Watch
>Info: 773-604-1910 or www.chicagomediawatch.org
>
>--Sun, Nov 3, 9 am, Loyola University, Crown Auditorium, 6525 N Sheridan
>PROPAGANDA: WAR, TERROR & US EMPIRE
>Conference on American propaganda with authors
>John McMurtry, Nancy Snow, Matthew Rothschild,
>activists Kathy Kelly & Jennifer Van Bergen
>Sponsor: Chicago Media Watch
>Info: 773-604-1910 or www.chicagomediawatch.org
>
>--Sun, Nov 3, noon, Field Museum, Simpson Theatre
>MARGARET ATWOOD
>Author speaks on ‘growing up female & literate’
>Info: www.chfestival.org/
>
>--Sun, Nov 3, 1 pm, Loyola University Ministry Center, 1058 W Loyola
>NONVIOLENT DISSENT TRAINING
>Sponsor: ILSOA Watch
>Info: 312-641-5151 or 8thday at claret.org
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>WEEKLY EVENTS
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>Thu, 4 pm, Sheridan Road & Chicago Ave, Evanston
>NORTH SUBURBAN PEACE INITIATIVE PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-869-4341
>
>Thu, 7:30 pm, 806 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
>NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/
>
>Fri, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 FM radio
>THIS IS HELL
>Info: www.thisishell.net
>
>Sat, 10 am ­ 3 pm, 1406 W Cullerton
>GIANT HUMANITARIAN BIKE SALE
>Info:708-466-6054 or www.geocities.com/workingbikes
>
>Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
>Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>
>Tue, 4:30 pm, Central & Green Bay Rd, Evanston
>NORTH SUBURBAN PEACE INITIATIVE PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-475-8416
>
>2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
>HYDE PARK COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR & RACISM
>WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: 773-377-5002 ext 5676 or hpstopwar at onebox.com
>
>Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>
>Wed, 6:30pm, Soka Gakkai, 1455 S Wabash
>CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST WAR & RACISM PLANNING MEETINGS
>Info: 312-458-9559 or ccawr at aol.com.
>
>Wed, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>QUEER ZONE
>Info: www.azone.org
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>--Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che, $30
>--Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 17.95
>--Made in Indonesia; Indonesian workers since Suharto, $18
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--The Two Revolutions: Gramsci and the Dilemmas of Western Marxism. $9.50
>--Race Riot; Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919, $19.95
>--Behind the Poison Cloud; Union Carbide’s Bhopal Massacre, 8.95
>--Lost Ground; welfare, reform, poverty and beyond, $18
>--Detroit: I Do Mind Dying,$18
>--Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining & Oil Corporations, $18
>--Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution & Profit, $14
>--The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968, $20
>--Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism, 24.95
>--Mao badges, own your own piece of the cultural revolution, $7.50
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