Chicago Progressive & Radical Action Calendar

February 1997
Events and Actions

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February 1 - Saturday

Food Not Bombs

Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.

Report on Church & Temple Burnings and Police Accountability

8:00 pm, Lincoln Restaurant, 4008 N. Lincoln. Minister Tiel E'mani Abdullah. Part of the College of Complexes. For more info: 326.2120.

Benefit Party for the Open University of the Left and the Chicago Voice

8:00 pm - ?, 5217 S. Greenwood. BYOB and donations.

February 2 - Sunday

Groundhog Day!

Songs of Freedom & Struggle

3-6pm. Agape House, 1046 W Polk. 3pm sing-along, 5pm potluck. First Sunday of each month. People's Music Network. 431.5513.

Celebrate African American History Month

2:00 pm, Worker's Unity Center, 3116 S Halsted. Good politics, poetry, music, potluck. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Communist Party of Illinois. Cost $8, children $4.

February 3 - Monday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

February 3 - 9. A North America wide campaign to draw attention to the prevalence of eating disorders. The Media Foundation's Obsession uncommercial will jam CBC's "Fashion File" and CNN's "Style with Elsa Klensch." The 30 second spot parodies Calvin Klein and ends with the line "The Beauty Industry is the Beat." Organizations can also air the spot locally as a PSA with their own tagline and contact number for a nominal cost to cover editing. Join the jam! To help publicize the campaign, or to sponsor an ad, call: 1.800.663.1243 (Notes from AdBusters Winter 1996, p. 42)

Kalman Resnick on Immigration and Asylum Law

7:00pm meeting, 7:30pm program. Parkes Hall (adjacent to the Alice Millar Chapel) in Evanston, at Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue. Parking available on Chicago Avenue or in a small lot to the east of Parkes Hall. 6-block walk from Davis Street CTA el station in Evanston. Amnesty International Group 50 Evanston/Rogers Park will present a talk by Kalman Resnick, a prominent attorney specializing in immigration and asylum law. Mr. Resnick practices law with the firm Gessler, Hughes & Socol and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Protection. He is also the founding director of the Legal Services Center for Immigrants, a project of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. Free. Contact Dan Drennan at 847.673.1730 or Carolyn Coglianese @ coglc@xsite.net regarding Amnesty International Group 50.

Anarchist Discussion Group

7:00 pm, AZone, 2311 W. North Avenue. Come check it out! Part of the ongoing Free Skool series. Free! 773.278.0775 for more info.

February 4 - Tuesday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

February 5 - Wednesday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

Maxwell Street Preservation Coalition and the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

3:00 pm, Levine Hillel Center at Morgan and Taylor. Agape House has invited the Maxwell Street Preservation Coalition to speak on the importance of preserving Maxwell Street. The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band is featured at this free concert. Contact Maxwell Street Preservation Coalition, c/o Professor Steve Balkin, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605, 312.341.3696, mar@interaccess.com

February 6 - Thursday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

Welfare Reform Impact on Latinos

12noon-1:30pm, Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, B2 Lecture Center, UIC. Speakers: Sue Vega Campaign for Better Health Care, Carmen Velazquez, Executive Director Alivio Medical Center; Moderator: Beatrize Santin, Regional Health Coordinator. Will cover issues of eligibility, policy making and its ramification among the Latino community including permanent residents, a significant number. Ms. Velazques will cover issues of community organizing. Other related topics will be opportunities for students in such programs as the Community Leadership Program. Call 312.996.3095.

February 7 - Friday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

Protest the Railroading of the Chicago 5

8:30 am, 26th & California, protest; 9:30 am, show your support by attending the trial. "On Thursday August 29 1996, the day President Clinton arrived in Chicago for the DNC, the Chicago Police Department decided to sweep the streets. Five activists (Rob MacDonald, Bonnie Tocwish, Ben Masel, Reverend Ron Schupp, and Mike Durschmid) were arrested individually at different times and places and informed they were being held for "mob action." The State's Attorney decided to press charges (6 felonies apiece) for alleged (by police officers) incidents that happened Tuesday, August 27 during the "Not On The Guest List" march protesting Political Prisoners, the Death Penalty, and Police Brutality. All charges & incidents are completely false; however the case is going to trial. Support the right to free speech." For more info call 773.486.8085.

Screening: "Rosa Luxemburg"

7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1476 W Irving Park. Every Friday at 7 pm a screening. Free! Call 773.348.3370 for listings.

Screening: "Jaguar"

8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 1543 W. Division. Film about three young men from the savannah of Niger who leave their homeland to seek wealth and adventure. Jaguar (1967) is part fiction, part documentary and part social commentary. 384.5533 for more info.

February 8 - Saturday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

Food Not Bombs

Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.

February 9 - Sunday

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Ongoing: February 3 - 9. North America-Wide Campaign. 1.800.663.1243.

February 10 - Monday

Introducing and Supporting the Internet in the Public Schools : Experiences with the CPS / UofC Internet Project - Robin Burke

6:00-9:00pm, Room 1467, 14th floor, 25 E. Pearson Building, (southwest corner Pearson & Wabash) Loyola University downtown. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Chicago Chapter, meeting. Dinner available (chicken caesar salad with rolls, apples, coffee, tea, decaf, sodas) for $8, or bring your own dinner. RSVP to Netiva (n-caftori@neiu.edu or 773.794.2739) by 2/6 if you'd like CPSR to reserve dinner. Social hour from 6-7; meeting will begin at 7pm.

Screening: Costa-Gavras' "State of Siege"

7:30 pm, Loyola University, north campus, Skyscraper Bldg, Room 206. A film by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand. A Socialist Action Public Forum, presented by Justice Through Action. General discussion chaired by John Pottinger, co-organizer Socialist Action (Chicago). Death Squads: local or made in the US? US Foreign Aid: philanthropic or serving US corporate interests? Making revolution: liberalism, ultraleftism, or mass action? Admission free. Call 312.905.7343 or 312.508.3408.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 11 - Tuesday

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 12 - Wednesday

Vigilia por la Dignitad / A Vigil for Dignity

4:00 pm, Gather at the Puerto Rican flag at Division and Artesian (1200 north, 2500 west). March along Milwaukee Avenue. Meet at 5:30 pm at the Sun-Times, on the 500 block of North Wabash. Bring candles and cups for candles, to express dissent with the local media coverage of the Puerto Rican community involvement with the Roberto Clemente High School. The coverage has been essentially a witchhunt, with strong elements of racism and Latino- and immigrant-bashing. Contact the Puerto Rican Cultural Center for more information.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 13 - Thursday

May Day Radical Discussion Series

7 pm, AZone, 2311 W North Avenue. Contact 773.278.0775 for more info.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 14 - Friday

Pinko Day

Hey, we all know what day this really is. But take the opportunity to show your colors: if you're a pinko and you're proud, say it loud! Lavender and red are also acceptable.

Prohibition: Now and Then. A Drug Policy Conference

8:30 am - 6:00 pm, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark, Chicago, IL 60614.
Schedule: 9-9:30am "Alcohol Prohibition in Chicago" John Binder, Ph.D.; 9:40-10:40am "The Urban Community & the Drug War: Gangs & Violence, Crack Cocaine" Cliff Kelly, former alderman, talk radio show host and Horace Mackey, Chicago police officer; 10:50-11:30am "The Rural Community & the Drug War" Gatewood Galbraith, Kentucky Hemp Growers Assn; 11:30-12 noon "History of Agricultural & Industrial Hemp" Ben Masel, Keith Davis, Hemp Museum; noon-1pm, lunch, book sales, signing; 1:00-2:00pm "Needle Exchange" Dan Bigg, Harm Reduction; 2:00-3:00 pm "Law-Drug Policy & Constitutional Rights" Jay Miller, ACLU, and James Gierach, former Assistant State's Attorney; 3-4pm "Medical Marijuana Decriminalization as Drg Policy" Dennis Peron, San Francisco Cultivator's Club, and Timothy Ackerley, Illinois medical marijuana patient; 4-5 pm "Addiction: Medical Rights to Treatment & Maintenance" Dana Beal & Andrea Barthwell, M.D.; 5-6 pm "Personal Use and Legalization: A Discussion."
Students & workers $15, professionals $25, institutions $50; Checks payable to Chicago Recovery Alliance/Ad Hoc Committee. Contact: 773.488.8085 or santa@wwa.com

A Phil Ochs Tribute

9:00 pm, The Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley. A benefit for the Autonomous Zone. Scheduled to Appear: LeRoy Bach, Jim Becker, Ed Burch, Bill Dolan, David Grubbs, Tom Rough, Lea Tshilds, Randy Vickers & more. $4-$10. 773.278.0775 for more info.

Screening: Ken Loach's "Land and Freedom"

7:00 pm, New World Resource Center, 1476 W. Irving Park Rd. Award-winning film about the Spanish Civil War. Every Friday at 7 pm a screening. Free! 773.348.3370 for more info.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 15 - Saturday

Food Not Bombs

Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.

Valentine's Day Salsa Dance with Orquesta Nabori

8:30 pm, NNWAC Gallery (Near Northwest Neighborhood Artist's Cooperative), 2418 W. Bloomingdale (1800 North, 2 blocks south of Western Avenue El stop on the O'Hare line). 9:15 pm Salsa lessons. Sixth Annual Valentine's Day Salsa Dance, benefit for and presented by the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee and Casa Nicaragua. Tickets $10-$15 in advance, $12-$15 at the door (sliding scale). Contact 276.5626 or 556.8239.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 16 - Sunday

Cuba Turns the Corner

2:00 pm, Worker's Unity Center, 3116 S. Halsted. Talk by Tim Wheeler, editor of People's Weekly World, just returned from Cuba. A PWW Forum. Donations: $3; unemployed & students $1; strikers free. For more info: 312.842.5665.

Fundamentalism, Slavery, and Social Revolt in the Sudan

6:30 pm, 59 E. Van Buren, Room 707. Talk by Robrt Reed with video "The Nuba: The Sudan's Secret War." The Sudan is at the crossroads of world politics. One year after Louis Farrakhan's trip there, in which he voiced his full support for the ruling regime, the conditions of exploitation, ethnic cleansing, and outright slavery persist against the Black populace of the South. Robert Reed, who has written several analyses of the Sudan for News & Letters, will discuss the present political situation there and the social struggles arising against them. He said, "I got interested in the Sudan because there is slavery there, and as an African-American it made me real mad. My grandparents would tell me stories about their parents who were slaves. So I take this very personally." A full discussion will follow the presentation and video. Sponsored by News and Letters Committees, 312.663.0839, nandl@igc.apc.org.

Week of Resistance to Stop the War on Mothers and Children

February 10-16. National campaign organized by Hip Mama (800.585.MAMA), Welfare Warriors (414.342.6662), and the Mother's Liberation Organization.

February 17 - Monday

Anarchist Discussion Group

7:00 pm, AZone, 2311 W. North Avenue. Come check it out! Part of the ongoing Free Skool series. Free! 773.278.0775 for more info.

February 18 - Tuesday

Screening: "Quilombo"

5:30pm-7pm, Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, B2 Lecture Center, UIC. "Quilombo" is about a colony of escaped slaves in Brazil in the 1500s, and their war against the slave-owners. The Latino Cultural Center also shows films every Thursday. Call 312.996.3095.

February 19 - Wednesday

Forum on "Welfare Reform"

7pm-9pm, Unite Center, 333 South Ashland, Chicago. Free parking in UNITE lot. Learn how welfare "reform" is really an attack on working people and poor people! The forum will feature Cecilia Perry, Public Policy Analyst of AFSCME, and Nik Theodore, Project Director in Resource Planning Dept., Chicago Urban League. Fifth in a series of forums presented by The Committee for New Priorities of Jobs with Justice. For info contact: 312.666.3037.

February 21 - Friday

Protest the Punitive Isolation of Oscar López! | Protesta Contra el Aislamento Punitivo de Oscar López!

4:30 pm, Federal Building. The Bureau of Prisons has targeted Oscar López. BOP contradicts its own statements & standards. The move overrides ADX Florence transfer recommendation; transferred back to USP Marion; aggravates prisoner's health; only prisoner to be denied prison transfer request; USP Marion worse than before. For more information, contact the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners at 773.278.0885.

Screening: Denis Mueller's "J. Edgar Hoover and the American"

7:00 pm, New World Resource Center, 1476 W. Irving Park Rd. Every Friday at 7 pm a screening. Free! 773.348.3370 for more info.

February 22 - Saturday

Food Not Bombs

Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.

Screening: Randy Holland's "The Fire This Time"

7:00 pm, The Methodist Temple, 77 W. Washington Blvd. Childcare available, wheelchair accessible. "The Fire This Time" was the Critic's Choice in The Reader two years ago when the movie was shown in Chicago. The 1993 feature-length documentary video about South Central L.A. examines the rise of gangs and ties it to police and FBI harassment of the Black Panthers in the 60s and white unwillingness to support any social services besides prisons. Commemorating Black History Month. $3-$5 depending on ability to pay. Contact: The Committee to End the Marion Lockdown, P.O. Box 578172, Chicago, IL 60657-8172, 773.235.0070.

Tribute to duSable

1:00pm and 1:45 pm, Sat. 2/22 and Sun. 2/23, Field Museum. Actor Bernard Nixon portrays Chicago's first non-Indian settler. Free with museum admission. For more info call 312.922.9410.

February 23 - Sunday

Tribute to duSable

Ongoing: 1:00pm and 1:45 pm, Sat. 2/22 and Sun. 2/23, Field Museum. Actor Bernard Nixon portrays Chicago's first non-Indian settler. Free with museum admission. For more info call 312.922.9410.

February 27 - Thursday

Dolores Huerta talk

3:00-5:00 p.m. Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, B2 Lecture Center, UIC. Dolores Huerta, political advocate for farm workers and women's movement activist. Contact: RCOCC at 312.996.3095.

May Day Radical Discussion Series

7 pm, AZone, 2311 W North Avenue. Contact 773.278.0775 for more info.

February 28 - Friday

Cops, Crack, the CIA, and the Criminalization of the Community

6 pm. Meeting at DePaul University, State and Jackson, Room 8005. Not On the Guest List Coalition. 773.278.6706.

Screening: Sergei Eisenstein's "October"

7:00 pm, New World Resource Center, 1476 W. Irving Park Road. 1928, 102 minutes. Eisenstein's epic portrayal of the 1917 Russian revolution. Cinematography by Eduard Tisse. Every Friday at 7 pm a screening. Free! 773.348.3370 for more info.