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August 1 - Thursday

Food Not Bombs International Gathering

Ongoing: July 18 - August 4. Atlanta, GA. 1.800.884.1136 or 404.524.2147

August 2 - Friday

Food Not Bombs International Gathering

Ongoing: July 18 - August 4. Atlanta, GA. 1.800.884.1136 or 404.524.2147

"Atomic Cafe" screening

7 pm - a feature film about U.S. nuclear culture, at New World Resource Center 1476 W. Irving Park Rd. Progressive Media Initiative, 312.226.6072.

August 3 - Saturday

Food Not Bombs International Gathering

Ongoing: July 18 - August 4. Atlanta, GA. 1.800.884.1136 or 404.524.2147

Chicago Peace & Music Festival

Aug. 3-4, 10am-10pm. Humboldt Park near Logan & boat house. Featuring artists, vendors, and non-profit organizations exploring environmental and humanitarian issues though music and art.

August 4 - Sunday

Food Not Bombs International Gathering

Ongoing: July 18 - August 4. Atlanta, GA. 1.800.884.1136 or 404.524.2147

Chicago Peace & Music Festival

Ongoing: Aug. 3-4, 10am-10ppm. Humboldt Park near Logan & boat house. Featuring artists, vendors, and non-profit organizations exploring environmental and humanitarian issues though music and art.

Fuck the Vote!

Daytime concert in the park at 19th & Carpenter. Music & food. Contact Vic 312.862.1011.

CounterMedia Benefit Dinner

7 pm at the AZone, 2311 W North Avenue. Vegan food for $5. Contact Jim Wrecks, CounterMedia, 312.755.0105.

August 5 - Monday

International Hiroshima Commemoration Day

Vigil 6 pm at Henry Moore sculpture in Hyde Park. Another ceremony will be held August 6. Illinois Peace Action, 312.939.3316.

Solidarity Summer School and Convention

Aug. 5-11. North Park College. Study the crisis of capitalism and explore the possibilities for working class politics.

August 6 - Tuesday

Solidarity Summer School and Convention

Ongoing: Aug. 5-11. North Park College.

Hiroshima Commemoration

Vigil 6 pm at Henry Moore sculpture in Hyde Park. Another ceremony will be held August 5. Illinois Peace Action, 312.939.3316.

August 7 - Wednesday

Pax Christi USA Youth & Young Adult Retreat

Aug. 7-10. Pax Christi USA is a catholic movement for peace. Author, scholar Ched Meyers and Edwina Gately founder of Genesis House, a community helping prostitutes, will speak. Jack and Judy Speer 312.283.5156.

August 8 - Thursday

Pax Christi USA Youth & Young Adult Retreat

Ongoing: Aug. 7-10. Jack and Judy Speer 312.283.5156.

August 9 - Friday

Pax Christi USA Youth & Young Adult Retreat

Ongoing: Aug. 7-10. Jack and Judy Speer 312.283.5156.

August 10 - Saturday

Pax Christi USA Youth & Young Adult Retreat

Ongoing: Aug. 7-10. Jack and Judy Speer 312.283.5156.

Festival of Life Benefit

10 pm - 2 am, at the Fireside Bowl, 2648 W. Fullerton. Room 13 plus other bands will perform.

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

August 11 - Sunday

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

Ongoing: August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

August 12 - Monday

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

Ongoing: August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

Unconventional Film & Video Festival

Aug. 12-16, 19-26 - 7:00 pm. August 12 - 16 at the Chopin Theatre, 1541 W. Division Avenue. August 19-26 at the Near Northwest Arts Council, 2416 W. Bloomingdale, 312.278.7677. Admission $5 (No One Turned Away). Contact Paul Donahue 312.666.0245.

August 13 - Tuesday

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

Ongoing: August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

August 14 - Wednesday

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

Ongoing: August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

August 15 - Thursday

Daily Protests at the Republican National Convention

Ongoing: August 10-15, San Diego, California. Protest GOP '96 1.619.2977.9570. Raza Rights Coalition 1.619.280.8361. San Diego Review 1.619.229.8899.

Building Critical Mass: Green Gathering & Green Party, USA, National Congress

Aug 15-19, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Ralph Nader nomination at Convention, Aug. 19. Contact: Wes 312.243.5619

August 16 - Friday

Building Critical Mass: Green Gathering & Green Party, USA, National Congress

Ongoing: Aug 15-19, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

International Day of Protest Against McDonald's

Contact Mike Durschmid, 312.282.8236.

Organizing Conference for the National Teach-In on Corporations, Education, and Democracy

August 16-17. Contact the National Teach-In Organizing Committee at: 29 E. Wilson, Madison, WI 53703; 608.255.8765.

First meeting of street newspapers in North America

August 16-18. Organized by StreetWise, National Coalition for the Homeless, and Real Change (street newspaper in Seattle). Contact John Ellis at StreetWise at 312.554.0060, Austin Lynch at the NCH at 202.775.1322, or Tim Harris at Real Change at 206.441.3247.

Outvote 96

Aug. 16-18. Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. Contact Human Rights Campaign, 202.628.4160 ext. 8933 or http://www.hrcusa.org/campgn96/outvote/index.html

August 17 - Saturday

Building Critical Mass: Green Gathering & Green Party, USA, National Congress

Ongoing: Aug 15-19, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Organizing Conference for the National Teach-In on Corporations, Education, and Democracy

Ongoing: August 16-17.

First meeting of street newspapers in North America

Ongoing: August 16-18.

Outvote 96

Ongoing: Aug. 16-18. Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.

East Timor Action Network demonstration against Indonesia

Aug. 17 is Indonesia's Independence Day. ETAN at 312.275.3723

Rally to Fight the Right!

1-3 pm, Lincoln Park, Grove 7. Women's Issues are Everyone's Issues is the message National Organization for Women (NOW) activists will be bringing to this rally of progressive organizations preceding the Democratic Convention. The rally will be in Lincoln Park, Grove 7. To volunteer or for more info, call Chicago NOW at 312.578.9351.

A Day of Noise and Improvisational Sound Celebration

Noon - Midnight, Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 1632 N. Milwaukee. Contact Ben 312.235.6235.

August 18 - Sunday

Building Critical Mass: Green Gathering & Green Party, USA, National Congress

Ongoing: Aug 15-19, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

First meeting of street newspapers in North America

Ongoing: August 16-18.

Outvote 96

Ongoing: Aug. 16-18. Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.

Festival of Life Benefit

7 pm at the Fireside Bowl, 2648 W. Fullerton. Ticklepenny plus other bands.

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days. Bike ride from Springfield to Chicago in time to protest at the Democratic National Convention. Delbert Tibbs will lead. Participants need only ride part of trip.

An open invitation to abolitionists of the death penalty from Delbert Tibbs: "Most of you in struggle for life know that before I was wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to death in the State of Florida, I walked across most of these United States; the thing that I most often wished for was a bicycle. In 1975, I was sentenced to death. I have gotten off Death Row since then; I also have a bicycle. I invite abolitionists and bike enthusiasts to join me in "A Ride for Life"; we will ride from Springfield to Chicago in August and make several stops in towns along the way to dialogue with people about the Death Penalty. We will arrive in Chicago on the 27th of August in time to protest at the Democratic National Convention. We are asking all interested parties to give us your support at whatever level you can."

Mike Stanek 312.916.9181 or contact Delbert Tibbs 312.752.5525 ext. 138 10 am - 6 pm most days. (See also July 21 and August 27)

August 19 - Monday

Building Critical Mass: Green Gathering & Green Party, USA, National Congress

Ongoing: Aug 15-19, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative. Contact Vic 312.862.1011. A visual representation of resistance culture.

August 20 - Tuesday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

"No Human Being Is Illegal" Press Conference

10:30 am. Campaign to adorn 40 CTA buses, and hang banners throughout the city during the DNC, with this quote from humanitarian and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. Erie House Gym, 1347 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60622. Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, the Heartland Alliance, Community Renewal Society, the Erie House, and other endorsing organizations. Contact Sabrina Craig or Raul Ross Pineda, 312.427.2533.

August 21 - Wednesday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

Active Resistance, a Counter Convention

Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue. This event will bring together the critical elements of our potential: visions of a new reality and the resources to achieve it. We can and will make our future. Active Resistance will also provide space and time for conversations, planning meetings, workshops and caucuses on practical campaigns and projects. Participants will share perspectives, experience and information with each other, plan long term activities, engage in training and skill sharing, and come away with building blocks for sustainable communities. Active Resistance is an opportunity. Active Resistance is not about electoral victories. This Counter-Convention is not about seizing control of the state. Active Resistance is about the promise of autonomy, mutual aid, and the community. The Core topics are: * Cooperatives, Collectives & Alternative Economics * Community Organizing * Building Revolutionary Movements : Education and Development.

August 20. Begin daily meetings for event facilitators & early registration at the AZone. August 21 - 25: Mornings: Forums, mini-gatherings, workshops. Afternoons: Core meetings. Evenings: Free Skool. Night: Shows, bike rides, movies & more. August 26-29: Festival of the Oppressed, Radical History Bus Tour, Special Events & Dinners, Meeting Space Available. August 30-31: Network of Anarchist Collectives meetings & workshops; Free Skool continues; Wrap-up of Core meetings; Closing celebration.

Sponsors: Earth First!, Network of Anarchist Collectives, Lumpen Media Group, Seeds of Peace, North American ALF Support Group, Wise Fool Puppet Intervention Theater, Cures Not Wars, Neither East Nor West, C & D Printshop

Active Resistance c/o Autonomous Zone, 1573 N Milwaukee #420, Chicago IL 60622, 312.278.0775. ugwiller@bgu.edu, chill@burn.ucsd.edu. http://www.tslnet.com/ar

August 22 - Thursday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

Clinic Defense Training & Briefing Session

Contact Feminist Majority Emergency Pro-Choice Project, 312.578.9351.

Speak-Out for Juvenile Justice

1014 N. Noble. Don't plan for our children to fail. Build opportunities, not jails. Contact Jason Claesmith, 312.503.1138, Campaign for Juvenile Justice '96.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

August 22-29, Midnight. Contact Mike Durschmid, 3838 N. Neva, Chicago, IL 60634; 312.282.8236.

August 23 - Friday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

Emergency Pro-Choice Project

Aug. 23 Fri - Aug 31 Sat. The Emergency Pro-Choice Project is coordinating volunteers to help keep clinics open and ensure a pro-choice presence during the Democratic National Convention. Sponsored by the Feminist Majority Clinic Defense Team and the National Organization for Women. Clinic Defense training & briefing sessions on Thursday, August 22, focusing on non-violent strategies for the upcoming Operation Rescue attack. During the Convention, clinic defenders should reporpt daily at 6 a.m. For more details, including other training sites and action central information, call 312.578.9351 (or 630.415.0298). Chicago NOW Office, 30 E. Adams, fourth floor; Downer's Grove: Patriot's Park, entrance west of Fairview on 55th Street. http://www.feminist.org/

Rally for Juvenile Justice

State of Illinois Building. Don't plan for our children to fail. Build opportunities, not jails! Contact Jason Claesmith, Campaign for Juvenile Justice 96, 312.503.1138.

August 24 - Saturday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Peace Plan for Youth Conference

8:30am-5:00pm. UIC Latino Cultural Center, 750 S. Halsted, Lecture Centers A1 & B2.

Pre Convention Conference

Columbia College. Including Conrad West, bell hooks, and Derrick Bell. Contact Millie 312.641.6060 (w) or 312.265.9036 (h)

Put Down Your Roots in the South Loop

11 am. Community Tree Planting with Children's Art Displpay. Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Demonstration. St. James Hotel, 1234 S. Wabash St. As Mayor Daley hosts thousands of convention delgates and members of the press for the Democratic Convention, join the South Loop Campaign to demonstrate your commitment to the South Loop Community. While the Mayor has sent $13 million to plant trees downtown and on the west side in preparation for the Convention, he has shown no willingness to prioritize affordable housing in the rapidly developing South Loop. Low-income and homeless residents will show their resolve not to be moved out of the neighborhood by city-sponsoreod gentrification. Join us in putting down roots!!! The South Loop Campaign for Development Without Displacement; Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Chicago Affordable Housing Coalition. Contact Marc at 312.939.6074 or Matt at 312.435.4548.

Stop the Drug War !

12:00-4:00. Rally, Concert & Parade. Gather at Noon in Grant Park Petrillo Bandshell. 1:00 pm March to the DNC. Free the Million Prisoners of the War on Drugs. 312.296.2442 or Cures Not Wars 312.486.8085.

Horner Residents Fest

2:00 pm. 2215 W. Lake. Live outdoor music. Contact 312.829.9182.

Fair Wages Demonstration

6:00 pm. Navy Pier.

Pro-Choice Demonstration

6:00 pm. Navy Pier.

Festival of Life

August 24-29, 11 am - all day. Grant Park.
A Convention for the People ! A Celebration of Survival of the Ecosystem ! Live Music - Richie Havens and others ! Information ! Debates ! Games ! Workshops ! Poetry ! Speeches ! Picnic ! Nonviolence training ! YIPPIE ! Tai Chi ! Performance Art ! Cooperative Alternatives ! Networking ! Clinic Defense Dispatch ! All Night Vigil and Campout for the Right to Assemble - The Parks Belong to the People !
Includes Stop the Drug War Rally 8/24; Stop the War on the Environment Rally 8/25; Joint march with Chicago People's Convention Coalition (CPCC) to Stop the War on the People 8/26; Political Prisoners / Justice Day & march with NOTGL 8/27; Human Rights Day 8/28; Peace Day 8/29
Contact Festival of Life! Committee 312.296.2442 or Cures Not Wars 312.486.8085.

August 25 - Sunday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Festival of Life

Ongoing: August 24-29, All day. Grant Park.

Kids Convention

Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thursday, 8-Noon. Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin.

Habitat for Humanity

Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thurs, 9am - 7pm. Uptown Chicago Building Site Tours. 2200 W. Warren Blvd., tours on the half hour.

The Chicago Summit for Ethics and Meaning

August 25-26. The Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 East 55th St. Contact: Foundation for Ethics & Meaning, c/o Services Marketing Group, 8 S. Michigan #2500, Chicago, IL 60603. Fax. 312.419.6787. Cost $35; $15 full-time student.
The Chicago Summit for Ethics and Meaning continues the conversation on the Politics of Meaning begun in Washington, D.C. in April 1996 at a National Summit that attracted nearly 2000 people. Join the dialogue and learn more about how we can incorporate ethical values at work and at home. Activities include speakers, music, conversation, networking, and open dialogue sessions.

Una Voz - March & Rally in Support of Immigrant Rights

9:30 North Feeder March: meet at Ashland / Milwaukee / Division; 9:30 South Feeder March meet in Pilsen. March to Teamster City (Ashland & Division). Rally at 11:00 at Teamster City & March to United Center. Latinos throughout the United States will come together to publicly voice our concerns about the constant attacks being launched against our community. We are calling for the following: Constitutional & human rights for all * Equal opportunities & affirmative action * Quality public & bilingual education for all immigrant children * Preservation & expansion of public health services * Creation of citizen committees to monitor police activities * Reformed labor laws and an increased minimum wage * Faster citizenship processing and an extended amnesty eligibility date. Call Centro Sin Fronteras 312.772.8383 for more info.

Lake Shore Drive Bicycle Tour

10:30 am

Festival of Life Environmental Action Day

A full program at Petrillo, a full range of Earth Issues -- trees, air, water, land, nukes & toxics... Environmental Justice & Sustainable Paths -- featuring Harvey Wasserman, Vernon Bellacourt, Dave Dellinger, Andrew Hoffman, other world-known Eco-Thinkers & Activists, & great music.
* GreenPeace USA/Midwest: Dave DeRosa (312-563-6060)
* Chicago Greens: Bob Rudner (312-772-6454)

Sea Mammal Rights Demo

Noon, Shedd Aquarium (Lake Shore Drive & Roosevelt Road, Grant Park S). Captivity & Norwegian whaling are at issue. Norway murdered 200 whales last year, 400 this year, and plans to kill 900 next year. Aimed at Clinton -- he back-peddled on campaign promises to pressure Norway. 312.282.8236.

Return to Chicago 68/96

Noon. Arie Crown Theatre, McCormick Place-On-The-Lake. Acoustic performances by Crosby Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Keb' Mo', Ulali, with CHuck D., Rev. Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden & Others from the Chicago 8. Also appearing Luis Rodriguez, Soul Children, Bobby Seale, John Trudell, Renaye Manley, Rep. John Lewis, Barbara Williams, Alfre Woodard, Cast of "Hair," Studs Terkel, Dolores Huerta, Roderick Spencer, Sen. Paul Simon, Barbara Williams & Paul Lacques. Tickets $15 reserved (TicketMaster). Sponsored by The Nation.

From Suffragists to Senators: Women Celebrating the Power to Vote

2-5 pm. Congress Ramada Hotel, 520 S Michigan, Chicago. A free nonpartisan pre-convention event. Speakers & entertainment include: Senator Carol Moseley Braun, Rachel Barton, IL Representative Rosemary Mulligan, and more. Cash bar. Contact Sherri Moses, Women's Self-Employment Project, 20 N Clark, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602. 312.606.8255; 312.606.9215 (fax); hn@1578@handsnet.org

British Labour Party: New Labour, New Life for Britain

4-6pm Hotel Intercontinental Ballroom of the Americas, 505 N. Michigan Avenue.

Rock the Vote

7 pm, Heartland Cafe

Protest of Rock the Vote

7 pm, Heartland Cafe

Protest for Universal Health Care Coverage

7-8 pm Pasteur Park, Ogden & Congress (across from Cook County Hospital). Candlelight rally & vigil with Dr. Quentin Young. Physicians for a National Health Care Program 312.554.0382.

"To Tell the Truth and Smite the Devil"

7-11 pm, Fulton Carroll Center, 2010 W. Carroll. A gathering of alternative media makers & their suppporters from around Chicago and across the continent. Beyond the convention hype it is our hope to build a strong, united movement of alternative media nationwide. 7-8 pm wine & hors d'oeuvres; 8-9 pm alternative media forum; 9-11 music & networking. $10 Supporter (Advance Ticket Purchase); $5 Alternative Media; $15 Commercial Media. Contact 312.243.8342 or check out http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/countermedia/announcements/mediaparty.html

Fuck the Vote !

10:30 pm. Fireside Bowl, 2648 W. Fullerton. Evening concert at the Fireside Bowl. Contact Vic 312.862.1011.

August 26 - Monday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days.

Propaganda Gallery

Aug. 19-26 at the Acme Artists Housing Cooperative.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Festival of Life

Ongoing: August 24-29, All day. Grant Park.

Kids Convention

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thursday, 8-Noon. Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin.

Habitat for Humanity

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thurs, 9am - 7pm. Uptown Chicago Building Site Tours. 2200 W. Warren Blvd., tours on the half hour.

The Chicago Summit for Ethics and Meaning

Ongoing: August 25-26. The Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 East 55th St.

Human Rights Campaign Hospitality Suite

Aug 26-29, 9am-9pm. Hyatt Regency Water Tower Room, 151 E. Wacker. 3pm-5pm Reception.

AIDS Vigil

Aug. 26-29, 10 am. Grant Park (just across from Chicago Hilton and Towers). The AIDS vigil will continue day and night for the duration of the convention, and organizers hope to end it with a march to the United Center on the convention's closing night. Contact the AIDS Health Care Foundation in Los Angeles.

Occupy the Cook County Marriage License Bureau

Aug 26 - 29, Every Day. Cook County Marriage License Bureau, 118 N. Clark. Same-Sex "Marry-In" 8/26 11:30 a.m. Bill Clinton thinks your families are worthless. Bob Dole hates you and your family. Stand up to the moral bankruptcy of our nation's leaders ! Same sex marriage NOW ! Citizens for Gay Action 312.271.1870; Freedom to Marry Coalition 312.702.2056 ext 54429; Queer Nation 312.202.5482.

INFACT Slide Project Action

8:45-9:45. Balboa & Michigan / Protest Pit. Slide Project Action to expose corporate influence peddling by Philip Morris and the tobacco industry. Contact INFACT at 617.742.4583; infact@igc.apc.org .

Gender Influences & Washington Coverage

9:30-Noon. Harold Washington Center, 400 S. State.

U.S. McLibel Support Campaign / Earth Island Institute

9:30 a.m., United Center Lot E Protest Pit (Madison & Wood). McLibel - International boycott of McDonald's. Environmental, vegetarian, animal rights, labor, child exploitative marketing, etc. Earth Island institute: Dolphin safe tuna label at threat, drift netting, Stop the Dolphin Death Act -- Early September call 800-dolphin. Also captivity & Norwegian whaling issues. 312.282.8236.

Stop the War on the People

10 am. Meet at Grant Park (Balbo & Michigan) at 10 am; 11:30 march to the Convention; 12:30-1:30 Rally at the Convention, Protest Pit (Lot E; Wood St. & Warren). This event will demand peace, human rights, equality, democracy, save the environment, put people before profits, and honor indigenous peoples' treaty rights. Rev. Ron Schupp, Chicago People's Convention Coalition, 312.508.9461.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

10:00 am, Lot E United Center (Madison & Wood). Tax the Meat, Cut the Pork Campaign to show how a federal excise "sin" tax should apply to meat similarly as to tobacco and alcohol.

Faithful Witness for Choice

10am - First Baptist Congressional Church, 1613 W. Washington Blvd. Convocation 10 am; Press Conference 11 am; Processing to the Democratic National Convention 11:30 am. Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy. Contact Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice in Illinois, 312.509.6374.

Festival of Life: People, Jobs & Communities Day

11 am, Grant Park. 312.296.2442.

America Needs a Raise - Rally

Noon, State of Illinois Building, 100 W. Randolph. Rally for oan America that works for working families. Join AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; Chicago Area Working Families; Uniono & Community Activists; Democratic Convention Delegates.

Chicago Firefighters Local 2 Rally & March

Noon. Will gather at Chicago City Hall and march to the DNC. Contact Dan Fabrizio 312.536.0450.

21st Century Vote Rally Against Police Brutality

Noon - 2 pm. Balboa & Michigan. (unconfirmed - contact 21st Century Vote 312.737.8281)

Amnesty International & Guatemalan Human Rights Campaign Rally & March

4-6:30 pm. 4:00 Rally. 5:00-7:00 March to the Convention. Contact Michael Heflin 312.435.6395.

Demonstration Against the Christian Coalition

4:30 pm, Field Museum. Demonstrate against the Christian Coalition's Rally for Life, at the Field Museum.

Critical Mass Bike Ride

5:30 pm, Wicker Park. Critical Mass Bike Ride. Gather at Wicker Park.

Teamsters Local 743 - Psychologists United for Quality - Demo

6:45-7:45 pm, United Center Lot E. Teamsters Local 743 - Psychologists United for Quality. Demonstration in United Center Lot E. Demonstration Speech to Support 1st Contract with Cook County Circuit Court. Dr. Catherine Wilson, 312.433.6623.

Public Forum

7:30-8:30, Balboa & Michigan Protest Pit. Public Forum, sponsored by the Chicago-based League of Revolutionaries for a New America and the People's Tribune and Tribuno del Pueblo newspapers. Balboa and Michigan. The forum will deal generally with the need for the American people to achieve political and ideological independence from the ruling class and its parties. Speakers will focus on such topics as welfare "reform", homelessness, the new women's movement, youth, and the impact of technology on the economy and society. Scheduled speakers include poet and journalist Luis Rodriguez; community activist, poet and playwright Brenda Mathews; Brooke Heagerty, who speaks and writes on poor women's issues; and labor economist Bruce Parry. We will try to paint a vision of the kind of prosperous, just and free society we could have under a cooperative system with high technology in the hands of the people. For more information, call 312-486-0028. Send e-mail to pt@noc.org. Visit our web site at http://www.mcs.com/~jdav/league.html .

Round Up the Usual Suspects !

Evening, Urbus Orbis, 1934 W. North Avenue. Live Taping of Dialogue by Co-Conspirators and the Like. Green-initiated gathering of radicals old & new. $5-10 depending.

Feathered Serpent Readings

9 p.m. Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood Ave., At Lunt St., Morse El Stop on the Howard Dan Ryan Red Line. A night of original poetry from Chicago. Native American and Latino Poets, featuring Carlos Cumpian. 312.465.8005.

Citizen Alert Delivers Nuke Cask to DNC

Aug 26-29 - exact time & date TBA : Citizen Alert to deliver Nuke Cask to Democratic National Convention. See http://www.macronet.org/macronet/nirs.html

August 27 - Tuesday

Death Penalty Protest: Delbert Tibbs Bike Ride

Aug 18-27, 10am - 6pm most days. "A Ride for Life" arrives in Chicago. Contact Delbert Tibbs, 312.752.5525; Mike 312.916.9181.

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Festival of Life

Ongoing: August 24-29, All day. Grant Park.

Kids Convention

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thursday, 8-Noon. Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin.

Habitat for Humanity

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thurs, 9am - 7pm. Uptown Chicago Building Site Tours. 2200 W. Warren Blvd., tours on the half hour.

Human Rights Campaign Hospitality Suite

Ongoing: Aug 26-29, 9am-9pm. Hyatt Regency Water Tower Room, 151 E. Wacker. Reception, 3pm-5pm with Chastity Bono and Sean Sasser.

AIDS Vigil

Ongoing: Aug. 26-29, day & night. Grant Park (just across from Chicago Hilton and Towers).

Occupy the Cook County Marriage License Bureau

Ongoing: Aug 26 - 29, Every Day. Cook County Marriage License Bureau, 118 N. Clark.

Latino Women's Unity Breakfast and Dialogue

9am - 11am, Westin Hotel, 909 N. Michigan Ave. The Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago will host a Latino Women's Unity Breakfast and Dialogue Tuesday, Aug.27, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Westin Hotel, 909 N. Michigan Ave. The meeting will focus on health and social policy issues affecting Latino women (e.g., welfare reform, health care access, immigration policy), and political achievements of Latino women. Participants will include Congresswomen Lucille Roybal and Xavier Becerra of California, and Nydia Velzquez of New York. For more information, call Aida Giachello at 413-1952.

Festival of Life: Political Prisoners and Justice Day

11am Festival of Life: Political Prisoners & Justice Day. Not on the Guest List 312.278.6706 and Women's Action Coalition 312.916.9181.

Alliance for Human Reproductive Rights

11am-Noon Protest Pit at Balbo & Michigan

March of the Drummers with the Rainbow Tribes

Noon. Drum at noon whereever you are, for peace and freedom. 312.296.2442.

The Progressive Challenge: The Campaign for America's Future

1:30-3:30pm Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan.

Straight Talk About Race: What Political Conventions Avoid at All Costs

3:00-5:30pm, Simpson Theater, Field Museum of Natural History. Foundation of Chicago and moderated by Bill Bradley; panelists include Toni Morrison, Sandra Cisneros and Cornel West. 312.456.7745; call to register.

Save the Soul of the Democratic Party - Committee on Economic Insecurity

3:30 pm-5:30pm. Roosevelt University Room 710, 430 South Michigan Ave. (Across from the Congress Hotel in the Loop.) THE strategy session for progressive delegates and grassroots activists who activists who want to revive the left wing of the Democratic Party. Bring new life to the left wing of the Democratic Party! Discuss its future directions and the need for new leadership to address issues like economic insecurity, real welfare reform, progressive taxation and the federal budget's impact on the economy. Invited: Gloria Steinem, Patricia Ireland, William Bywater, IUE, and William Lucy of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Rep. Ron Dellums, Major Owens, Rep. Luis Gutierrez. Bill Clinton is NOT the life of the party! Refreshments. Committee on Economic Insecurity: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and National Organization for Women (NOW). Contact Michelle Rossi mheffron@dsausa.org, Committee on Economic Insecurity at Chicago DSA 312.384.0327

No Justice, No Peace March - Not on the Guest List Coalition

4:00 pm March from Wicker Park to United Center. Protest racism and injustice of the criminal "justice" system. Demand freedom of political prisoners held in the U.S. Demand a stop to police brutality and an end to racism in the "justice" system. Not on the Guest List Coalition 312.278.6706 or Kathleen or Dorothy at 312.641.5151. http://tsl-nt.tslnet.com/AR/notgl.htm

Support Animal Liberation Front Political Prisoners

4:00 pm at the Festival of Life, Grant Park, Protilo Band Shell.

Seeking Peace in Ireland

NDECC Irish Division Presidential Towers, 555 W. Madison.

Women's Reception with Cartoonist Jennifer Berman

7:00pm-9:00pm. Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark.

Marriage of Bob Dole & Bill Clinton

7:30, Balbo & Michigan. Chicago Lesbian Avengers, 312.409.3705.

August 28 - Wednesday

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Festival of Life

Ongoing: August 24-29, All day. Grant Park.

Kids Convention

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thursday, 8-Noon. Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin.

Habitat for Humanity

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thurs, 9am - 7pm. Uptown Chicago Building Site Tours. 2200 W. Warren Blvd., tours on the half hour.

Human Rights Campaign Hospitality Suite

Ongoing: Aug 26-29, 9am-9pm. Hyatt Regency Water Tower Room, 151 E. Wacker. Reception, 3pm-5pm with Chastity Bono and Sean Sasser.

AIDS Vigil

Ongoing: Aug. 26-29, day & night. Grant Park (just across from Chicago Hilton and Towers).

Occupy the Cook County Marriage License Bureau

Ongoing: Aug 26 - 29, Every Day. Cook County Marriage License Bureau, 118 N. Clark.

Asian American Pacific Policy Briefing

10:00 am - 11:30am. Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan.

Radical History Bus Tour

10:30 am. Convenes at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W North Avenue. $2. Contact 312.278.0775.

Festival of Life - Civil & Constitutional Rights Day

11 am 312.296.2442.

Living Wage Tour of Chicago

11 am, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle; and 11:30 am Hyatt Regency Hotel Lobby at Wacker & Stetson. Visit sweatshops as well as city-subsidized businesses that refuse to pay workers a living wage of $7.60. 312.939.7490.

Leadership Training Workshops - Blueprints for Change

Noon-1pm. Marriott Hotel, 540 N. Michigan. Democratic Leadership Council. Teen pregnancy.

Disability Caucus

Noon-2. Disability Advisory Committee Swisotel, Grand Ballroom, 1 & 2, 323 E. Wacker

Cash the Check March

Noon-3. Start at Garfield Park and march to the United Center. Contact Conrad Worrill, National Black United Front, 312.268.7500 x144; fax 312.375.7075.

Matt Morrison Anti-Deportation Protest

2pm-3pm or 3pm-4pm United Center Protest Pit, Lot "E", Madison Center. (Enter between Adams and Madison Streets.) Contact Matt Morrison Defense Committee; 314.727.7119; in Chicago, 708.788.9040.

Patient Safety Act Demonstration

4:15-5:15 United Center Lot E Protest Pit. Pass the Patient Safety Act and stop RN replacement! Illinois Nurses Association and American Nurses Association are sponsoring a rally at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, at the United Center, Lot E. Nurses wear white, or blue for community health nursing. Others welcome to join with health-care related issues. A show of strength against deteriorating health care is needed. Contact Marcia Rothenberg, mel@math.uchicago.edu, 312.360.2300.

Gay Veterans Protest

7:30-8:30, Balboa & Michigan Protest Pit.

Howl!

9:00 pm, Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood Ave. (At Lunt St., Morse El Stop on the Howard Dan Ryan red line). An opening gathering of progressive-minded people from inside & outside the convention, sharing information, ideas, vibes & spirit to manifest a better world. It's a Full Moon and the 28th anniversary of the protests in '68. 312.465.8005.

Dream Day - Celebrates DuSable's Bias-Free Quest

11:30 p.m. Candlelight procession from Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn) to Daley Plaza (Washington & Dearborn). The date commemorates the death of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable & Emmet Till, and the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington. Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech from that march will be heard. (Wear black and white clothing.) 312.RESPECT (312.737.7328)

August 29 - Thursday

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

McLibel Support Campaign protests in front of the "Rock-n-Roll" McDonald's

Ongoing: August 22-29, Midnight.

Festival of Life

Ongoing: August 24-29, All day. Grant Park.

Kids Convention

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thursday, 8-Noon. Whitney Young High School, 211 S. Laflin.

Habitat for Humanity

Ongoing: Aug 25 Sun - Aug 29 Thurs, 9am - 7pm. Uptown Chicago Building Site Tours. 2200 W. Warren Blvd., tours on the half hour.

Human Rights Campaign Hospitality Suite

Ongoing: Aug 26-29, 9am-9pm. Hyatt Regency Water Tower Room, 151 E. Wacker. Reception, 3pm-5pm with Chastity Bono and Sean Sasser.

AIDS Vigil

Ongoing: Aug. 26-29, day & night. Grant Park (just across from Chicago Hilton and Towers).

Occupy the Cook County Marriage License Bureau

Ongoing: Aug 26 - 29, Every Day. Cook County Marriage License Bureau, 118 N. Clark.

Festival of Life - Peace Coalition Day

11 am onward, Grant Park. 312.296.2442.

Disability Caucus

Noon-2. Disability Advisory Committee Swisotel, Grand Ballroom, 1 & 2, 323 E. Wacker

Festival of the Oppressed

11 am - evening. Meet at Wicker Park (Damen & Wicker Park Place) at 11 for games and food; at 1:00 begin procession / parade from Lucy Parsons Memorial to Pulaski Park and reverse scavenger hunt; 4:00 soap box / rant area / music. Contact Tony 312.862.1011; Yvie 312.384.0308. http://www.tslnet.com/ar/agenda.htm#Festival

Fuck the Vote !

Daytime Concert, location tba. Contact Vic 312.862.1011.

Planned Parenthood Demonstration

5:30-6:30 pm United Center Lot E Protest Pit.

Illinois Congress for Adolescent Health Protest

6:45-7:45 pm, United Center Lot E Protest Pit.

Wake Up Call with Coffee

7am-8am Exposing the Christian Coalition Strategy on Race Relations. People for the Amerian Way, 17 E. Monroe.

U.S. McLibel Support Campaign / Earth Island Institute

9:30 a.m., United Center Lot E Protest Pit (Madison & Wood). McLibel - International boycott of McDonald's. Environmental, vegetarian, animal rights, labor, child exploitative marketing, etc. Earth Island institute: Dolphin safe tuna label at threat, drift netting, Stop the Dolphin Death Act -- Early September call 800-dolphin. Also captivity & Norwegian whaling issues. 312.282.8236.

August 30 - Friday

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

August 31 - Saturday

Active Resistance

Ongoing: Aug. 21-31. Registration at the Autonomous Zone, 2311 W. North Avenue.

Labor History Festival

10 am - 10 pm, Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen. Contact: Near Northwest Arts Council, 312.278.7677.

Casa Guatemala: March for the Massacred

10 am. Lincoln Park, Hamilton Monument. Seventh Annual Walkathon. March 5 miles. Contact Omarde Leon or Miriam Ronquillo 312.506.3814; fax 312.506.3817.

last updated 8/27/96

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