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7th February 2003, 16:58
All Events Are In Chicago Unless Otherwise Noted...
80 Organizations Co-sponsor
February 15th PROTEST IN CHICAGO!
As part of the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST
Against War on Iraq!
In the largest Chicago anti-war coalition effort in several years, some 80 organizations are pooling their efforts for the Saturday, February 15th protest against war on Iraq and attacks on immigrants at home:
12 noon - SHARP!
Saturday, February 15, 2003
2200 W. Devon, Chicago
(Devon & Leavitt in the heart of Chicago's Pakistani community)
February 15th is an international day of protest against war on Iraq, with huge protests planned in New York, San Francisco and all the major capitals of Europe. It is also just 6 days before the "registration" deadline for many Pakistanis in the United States, the same "registrations" which led to the arrests of more than 1000 Iranians in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. The targeting of innocent immigrant communities does nothing to diminish terrorism, but is instead part of the Bush administration's attempt to stampede the nation into war by fanning irrational fears towards people from other races, countries and cultures. Therefore Chicago's march will have BOTH an anti-war and anti-racist theme.
There is now a NEW WEBSITE for complete travel and other information about the protest as it becomes available:
www.ChicagoAntiWar.org/feb15mobilization
BUSES are being organized from several locations around the city and suburbs-call today to reserve your seat!:
From the Southwest Side
Southwest Youth Collaborative
6400 S. Kedzie, 10:30 am departure
Call 773.476.3534, ext. 25
From Bridgeview
Mosque Foundation
7360 W. 93rd Street, Bridgeview, 10 am
Call 708.974.3280
From Lakeview
Broadway Methodist Church & CABN
3344 N. Broadway, 10:45 am departure
Call 773.973.4687
From Northwest Suburbs
Car pool, meet at Unitarian Universalist Church
1025 N. Smith, Palatine, 10 am departure
Call 847-359-7267
From Univ of Illinois, Chicago Circle
Students & youth carpooling or taking bus to the demo, please call Students For Social Justice Call 312.491.9092 (Eric)
10:30 am departure from the UIC Circle Center, 900 S. Halsted, Chicago
Next ORGANIZING MEETING for the protest is 6 pm, Saturday, Feb. 8 at Bombay Hall, 2448 W. Devon Avenue.
For more information or to endorse, check out the website, e-mail [email protected], or call 312.641.5151 (ask for Dorothy) or 888.471.0874
Co-sponsored by (list in formation):
American Friends Service Committee, American Muslim Alliance-Midwest, Andersonville Neighbors for Peace, Anti-Racist Action, Arab American Action Network, Arab-American Community Center, Autonomous Zone, Blue Triangle Network, Campaign For Collateral Compassion, Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, Chicago Labor Against the War, Chicago Libertarians, Chicago Peace Response, Chicago Professional Taxi Cab Drivers Association, Chicago Quarterly Review, Community/Church & World Concerns Committee-Broadway United Methodist Church, Coalition of Pakistani American Organizations, Committee For a Democratic Palestine, Committee of 100, Communist Party, USA - Illinois District, Council on American Islamic Relations, DePaul Students Against the War, DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition, Edgewater-Uptown Greens of Chicago, Eighth Day Center for Justice, Food Not Bombs, Free Palestine Alliance, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Freedom Socialist Party, Generation Y, Granada Muslims and Jews for Human Rights, Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism, International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition-Chicago Chapter, International Action Center-Chicago Chapter, International Socialist Organization, Iraq Peace Pledge, Islamic Association for Palestine, Jeevay Pakistan, La Voz de los de Abajo, MARC, Mohammadan Muthida Minority Movement, Muslim Civil Rights Center, The Muslim League USA, National Lawyers Guild-Chicago Chapter, Neighbors For Peace, New World Resource Center, News & Letters, News Pakistan, Northwest Suburban SUSTAIN, Not In My Name, Not In Our Name, Pakistan American Democratic Forum, Pakistan Memon Association, Pakistan Express, Pakistan Times, Pakistani American Association of North America, Pakistani American Congress, Pakistani American Democratic Forum, Pakistani Business Association, Palestine Solidarity Group, Queer to the Left, Queers For Peace And Justice, Ravenswood for Peace, Real Conditions Writers' Collective, Refuse & Resist!, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, Rogers Park Local-Green Party U.S. , Sangat-Chicago, Sargam Radio Channel 1240 AM, Socialist Action, Socialist Party USA, Solidarity-Chicago Branch, Southwest Youth Collaborative, Students For Social Justice, Unitarian Church of Evanston Peace & Justice Committee, Weekly News Pakistan, Workers World Party
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CHICAGO AREA CALENDAR OF
ANTI-WAR/ANTI-RACIST EVENTS
Updated 2/6/03
Friday, Feb. 7 - Mass theatre/informational action regarding Mayor Daley and his (lack of) response to human and civil rights violations in the City of Chicago, highlighting African Anti-Terrorist resolution. This is a non-violent theater/protest action. Info: [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 8 - Public Forum: What could go wrong in a war with Iraq? What are we to do about North Korea? We will ponder these questions as well as others. Featuring Steve Chapman, nationally syndicated columnist, international affairs, The Chicago Tribune. Free. 1-3 pm, Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1255 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka. Sponsored by The North Shore Peace Initiative. Info: www.nspeace.org or 847.475.3692
Saturday, Feb. 8 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 3-4:30 pm, Afri-Ware, 948 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Saturday, Feb. 8 - INS Special Registration Seminar. Speaker: Mazhar Shah Khan, an immigration lawyer, will discuss the Special Registration procedure, requirements and other immigration related laws. Specific questions addressed include what documentation one should bring to INS for registration, what are the typical questions asked by INS, etc. 7 pm, Islamic Education Center (Hussainia Association), 2N121 Goodridge Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL. Sponsored by the Muslim Civil Rights Center. Info: Call 708.598.6640 or 866.648.6272
Sunday, Feb. 9 - "Who Can I Believe About War in Iraq?: Eyewitnesses." Three Chicago area people, Theresa Kubasak, Bitta Mostofi and Gage Huck, just returned from a humanitarian visit to Iraq in December and January will discuss their experiences. 2 pm, St. Nicholas Church Social Hall, Ridge and Washington Streets, Evanston (one block south of Main Street). Discussion, pictures and refreshments. Sponsored by Neighbors for Peace.
Sunday, Feb. 9 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 2 pm, Harris Y, 6200 S. Drexel. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Monday, Feb. 10 - Trial date for Enaam Arnaout, leader of Benevolence International Foundation, racially profiled by John Ashcroft's "Justice" Department. Judge Susan Colon's courtroom, 219 S. Dearborn. Press conference at 9 am, trial starts at 10 am.
Monday, Feb. 10 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S. Wabash Ave, Room 1440. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Tuesday, Feb. 11 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Wednesday, Feb. 12 - DePaul Campus Anti-War March and Rally: NO WAR ON IRAQ Assemble 11:30 am outside the Student Center at Kenmore & Belden Millions of People Across the World Have Demonstrated against A Potential War In Iraq, now it is DePaul's Turn. Endorsers (Endorsers List In Formation): Activist Student Union, Amnesty International, DePaul Campus Greens, DePaul Divestment Coalition, DePaul Students Against The War, DePaul Students For Justice In Palestine, DePaul NAACP, DePaul Community Service Association, Socialist Action, Voices in the Wilderness. For info or to endorse: e-mail [email protected] or call 773-317-5327
Saturday, Feb. 15 - No War on Iraq! Stop Attacking Immigrants! PROTEST IN CHICAGO on the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST against war on Iraq. 12 noon, 2200 W. Devon, Chicago (Devon & Leavitt in the heart of the Pakistani community). Co-sponsored by 80 organizations. See details above. For information or to co-sponsor, e-mail [email protected] or call 888.471.0874
NEW WEB SITE FOR THE PROTEST:
www.ChicagoAntiWar.org/feb15mobilization
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Youth Speak Out Against War & Racism! Immediately following the big protest in Chicago (see above entry). Doors open at 2 pm, program begins at 3 pm, Bombay Hall, 2448 W. Devon, just a couple blocks away from the final rally. Food, spoken word, music, artwork. Sponsored by the Southwest Youth Collaborative and Generation Y. Info: 773.476.3534, ext. 25.
Saturday, Feb. 15 - New York City national demonstration against the war sponsored by United for Peace. Busses from Chicago leave Friday afternoon and return Sunday morning. Info: http://feb15.chicagohumanist.org 312 738 4981 [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 15 - It's time to Salsa! Come to a Valentine's Day Salsa Dance Benefit for the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee with live music by Orquesta Nabori. 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N. Glenwood. Tickets are $10-$15 in advance and $12-15 at the door. (sliding scale between those amounts is up to you based on your desire and ability to contribute.) Extra parking available 2 blocks north at Glenwood and Estes. Get advance tickets at the Heartland or by calling 773-276-5626. For info, leave a message at the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee office at 773.276.5626.
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Fox Valley anti-war event. Bring the anti-war message and be a visible presence in the conservative suburbs. From 11 am to 1 pm, gather at Route 64 (North Avenue) and First Avenue in St Charles, line up along the bridge over the Fox River with signs and flyers. Call 847-742-6602 for information.
Sunday, Feb. 16 - Film: A Child's Century of War. From the perspective of children, A Child's Century of War (2001, 90 mins., video) by Shelley Saywell takes the viewer on a journey through the past century, the bloodiest in history. It is an examination of the way in which modern wars have increasingly threatened and targeted children. 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. $7
Tuesday, Feb. 18 - Protest one-day suspension of David Williams by Chicago Public Library administration for holding a forum series on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Lincoln Park Brnch last fall in conjunction with CCAWR, NIMN, and other groups. Meet at front entrance to Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State, at 10 am. Info: 773.244.1480
Tuesday, Feb. 18 - Palestine: It's HELL A slide show and presentation by John Reese, part of a 30 city tour. John Reese, from the Community Action Network (Seattle), was in Palestine for seven months working with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and the Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG). While in Palestine he coordinated the ISM actions, was the coordinator for the Olive Harvest Campaign and was the nonviolence trainer for ISM. He also collected information on the environmental effects of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and was one of the authors and editors of the Palestinian Environmental NGO's Network's (PENGON) first report on the Israeli Apartheid Wall. 3-5 pm, University of Illinois-Chicago, Lecture Center D4. For directions and/or campus map visit: http://www.uic.edu/homeindex/maps.shtml For additional information contact: Eric at [email protected] or Sharon at [email protected] Visit www.s4sj.com to download the flyer! Co-sponsored by UIC Students for Social Justice, Tikkun-Chicago, and the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. There will also be a presentation at DePaul University on Feb 19 (time/location TBA) and other Chicago venues are also being coordinated.
Friday, Feb. 21 - Stop The War On Iraq! Protect The Lives Of Our Youth! Student/Youth Anti-War Rally & People's Inspection. Rally 3:30 pm, Thompson Center (State of IL Building), NW Corner of Clark and Randolph. March 4pm to Leo Burnett Building, corner of Dearborn and Wacker. People's Inspection 4:30 pm. Our intelligence sources indicate that Leo Burnett, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, has overt intentions to murder untold numbers of innocent Iraqi civilians and endanger the lives of tens of thousands of American youth. Our sources also indicate that Leo Burnett and the U.S. Army are specifically preying upon African-American and Latino youth between the ages of 17-24 with their racist poverty draft. We demand unfettered access to Leo Burnett's facilities and an end to this campaign of mass destruction (CMD). The PEOPLE's inspectors are coming! Sponsor: Students for Social Justice Info: www.s4sj.com or e-mail [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 22 - National Conference of the Campus Anti-War Network (CAN). Chicago - specific location t.b.a. Info: email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Thursday, Feb. 27 - Jeff Guntzel of Voices in the Wilderness assess the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq following the devastation inflicted on the Iraqi population by more than a decade of U.S.-sponsored economic sanctions. 6-8pm, Lakeshore Academy Campus, 640 W. Irving Park, 3rd floor, free parking. Sponsored by Open University of the Left, free.
Saturday, March 1 - Civil Liberties Under Fire! Meet and heard Congressman John Conyers, Jr., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. 1:30 - 5 pm, Bethel AME Church, 4440 S. Michigan Ave. Benefactors reception at 1:00 ($100), public event at 2:30 ($15), post event get together ($30). Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights. For info or to reserve tickets, e-mail [email protected] or call (312) 939-0675
Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2 - War and Peace [Jang Aur Aman]. Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan, and the US, after the 1998 nuclear tests on the Indian sub-continent. It documents the current, epic journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war and examines India's trajectory towards militarism. "A tour de force, beautifully shot and often darkly funny." --The Guardian (2002, 148 mins., video) 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. $7
Tuesday, March 11 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Saturday, March 15 - Film: Tragedy in the Holy Land: The Second Uprising. Using rarely seen archival footage and interviews with experts and scholars, it fills a void in the conventional accounts of the Israeli/Palestinian struggle, giving the viewer access to the voices, history and background of one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted conflicts of the last century, addressing the core issues of land and identity. (2001, 71 mins., video) 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. Director Denis Mueller in Person! $7
Saturday, March 22 - Film: Palestine Is Still the Issue. directed by Anthony Stark; written and presented by John Pilger (Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq). In 1977, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine Is Still the Issue. He told how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off their land in 1948, and again in 1967. In this new in-depth documentary, he has returned to the West Bank of the Jordan and Gaza, and to Israel, to ask why the Palestinians, whose right of return was affirmed by the United Nations more than half a century ago, are still caught in a terrible limbo -- refugees in their own land, controlled by Israel in the longest military occupation in modern times (2002, 53 mins., video). 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., $7.
Tuesday, March 25 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
On-going thru May 18th - "War (What is it Good For?)" Anti-War Show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave, with Artist Emergency Response (AER). Info: [email protected] Monday closed, Tuesday (free) 10-8, Wednesday - Saturday 10-5
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Emergency Response Plan to War & Racism
Sponsored by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
and other groups
IF the U.S. launches another full-scale war on Iraq, the anti-war movement must respond, putting an end to the war as quickly as possible. With this in mind, CCAWR has developed an emergency response plan to protest the spread of war abroad & further attacks on civil liberties at home:
1. IF the U.S. starts a full-scale war on Iraq, a protest will take place at 5 pm at the Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago, the day the bombing begins, with a follow up protest at the same time & place the day after.
2. The morning after the attack (or the next business day if it happens on a weekend), a civil disobedience action sponsored by the Iraq Peace Pledge will take place at 8 am at the Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn.
3. In the event of a provocative attack on community leaders or organizations in the Chicago area, CCAWR has constructed a phone tree to mobilize the community to quickly protest the attack, whether at a police station, federal government office, or other appropriate place.
To get on the Emergency Response phone tree / e-mail list and receive regular calendar updates such as this one, send your contact information to [email protected]
Stickers, posters and flyers announcing the Emergency Response Plan are now available! Contact [email protected] to arrange for pick up or delivery.
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www.ChicagoAntiWar.org
Send calendar submissions to [email protected]
80 Organizations Co-sponsor
February 15th PROTEST IN CHICAGO!
As part of the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST
Against War on Iraq!
In the largest Chicago anti-war coalition effort in several years, some 80 organizations are pooling their efforts for the Saturday, February 15th protest against war on Iraq and attacks on immigrants at home:
12 noon - SHARP!
Saturday, February 15, 2003
2200 W. Devon, Chicago
(Devon & Leavitt in the heart of Chicago's Pakistani community)
February 15th is an international day of protest against war on Iraq, with huge protests planned in New York, San Francisco and all the major capitals of Europe. It is also just 6 days before the "registration" deadline for many Pakistanis in the United States, the same "registrations" which led to the arrests of more than 1000 Iranians in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. The targeting of innocent immigrant communities does nothing to diminish terrorism, but is instead part of the Bush administration's attempt to stampede the nation into war by fanning irrational fears towards people from other races, countries and cultures. Therefore Chicago's march will have BOTH an anti-war and anti-racist theme.
There is now a NEW WEBSITE for complete travel and other information about the protest as it becomes available:
www.ChicagoAntiWar.org/feb15mobilization
BUSES are being organized from several locations around the city and suburbs-call today to reserve your seat!:
From the Southwest Side
Southwest Youth Collaborative
6400 S. Kedzie, 10:30 am departure
Call 773.476.3534, ext. 25
From Bridgeview
Mosque Foundation
7360 W. 93rd Street, Bridgeview, 10 am
Call 708.974.3280
From Lakeview
Broadway Methodist Church & CABN
3344 N. Broadway, 10:45 am departure
Call 773.973.4687
From Northwest Suburbs
Car pool, meet at Unitarian Universalist Church
1025 N. Smith, Palatine, 10 am departure
Call 847-359-7267
From Univ of Illinois, Chicago Circle
Students & youth carpooling or taking bus to the demo, please call Students For Social Justice Call 312.491.9092 (Eric)
10:30 am departure from the UIC Circle Center, 900 S. Halsted, Chicago
Next ORGANIZING MEETING for the protest is 6 pm, Saturday, Feb. 8 at Bombay Hall, 2448 W. Devon Avenue.
For more information or to endorse, check out the website, e-mail [email protected], or call 312.641.5151 (ask for Dorothy) or 888.471.0874
Co-sponsored by (list in formation):
American Friends Service Committee, American Muslim Alliance-Midwest, Andersonville Neighbors for Peace, Anti-Racist Action, Arab American Action Network, Arab-American Community Center, Autonomous Zone, Blue Triangle Network, Campaign For Collateral Compassion, Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, Chicago Labor Against the War, Chicago Libertarians, Chicago Peace Response, Chicago Professional Taxi Cab Drivers Association, Chicago Quarterly Review, Community/Church & World Concerns Committee-Broadway United Methodist Church, Coalition of Pakistani American Organizations, Committee For a Democratic Palestine, Committee of 100, Communist Party, USA - Illinois District, Council on American Islamic Relations, DePaul Students Against the War, DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition, Edgewater-Uptown Greens of Chicago, Eighth Day Center for Justice, Food Not Bombs, Free Palestine Alliance, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Freedom Socialist Party, Generation Y, Granada Muslims and Jews for Human Rights, Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism, International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition-Chicago Chapter, International Action Center-Chicago Chapter, International Socialist Organization, Iraq Peace Pledge, Islamic Association for Palestine, Jeevay Pakistan, La Voz de los de Abajo, MARC, Mohammadan Muthida Minority Movement, Muslim Civil Rights Center, The Muslim League USA, National Lawyers Guild-Chicago Chapter, Neighbors For Peace, New World Resource Center, News & Letters, News Pakistan, Northwest Suburban SUSTAIN, Not In My Name, Not In Our Name, Pakistan American Democratic Forum, Pakistan Memon Association, Pakistan Express, Pakistan Times, Pakistani American Association of North America, Pakistani American Congress, Pakistani American Democratic Forum, Pakistani Business Association, Palestine Solidarity Group, Queer to the Left, Queers For Peace And Justice, Ravenswood for Peace, Real Conditions Writers' Collective, Refuse & Resist!, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, Rogers Park Local-Green Party U.S. , Sangat-Chicago, Sargam Radio Channel 1240 AM, Socialist Action, Socialist Party USA, Solidarity-Chicago Branch, Southwest Youth Collaborative, Students For Social Justice, Unitarian Church of Evanston Peace & Justice Committee, Weekly News Pakistan, Workers World Party
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CHICAGO AREA CALENDAR OF
ANTI-WAR/ANTI-RACIST EVENTS
Updated 2/6/03
Friday, Feb. 7 - Mass theatre/informational action regarding Mayor Daley and his (lack of) response to human and civil rights violations in the City of Chicago, highlighting African Anti-Terrorist resolution. This is a non-violent theater/protest action. Info: [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 8 - Public Forum: What could go wrong in a war with Iraq? What are we to do about North Korea? We will ponder these questions as well as others. Featuring Steve Chapman, nationally syndicated columnist, international affairs, The Chicago Tribune. Free. 1-3 pm, Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1255 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka. Sponsored by The North Shore Peace Initiative. Info: www.nspeace.org or 847.475.3692
Saturday, Feb. 8 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 3-4:30 pm, Afri-Ware, 948 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Saturday, Feb. 8 - INS Special Registration Seminar. Speaker: Mazhar Shah Khan, an immigration lawyer, will discuss the Special Registration procedure, requirements and other immigration related laws. Specific questions addressed include what documentation one should bring to INS for registration, what are the typical questions asked by INS, etc. 7 pm, Islamic Education Center (Hussainia Association), 2N121 Goodridge Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL. Sponsored by the Muslim Civil Rights Center. Info: Call 708.598.6640 or 866.648.6272
Sunday, Feb. 9 - "Who Can I Believe About War in Iraq?: Eyewitnesses." Three Chicago area people, Theresa Kubasak, Bitta Mostofi and Gage Huck, just returned from a humanitarian visit to Iraq in December and January will discuss their experiences. 2 pm, St. Nicholas Church Social Hall, Ridge and Washington Streets, Evanston (one block south of Main Street). Discussion, pictures and refreshments. Sponsored by Neighbors for Peace.
Sunday, Feb. 9 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 2 pm, Harris Y, 6200 S. Drexel. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Monday, Feb. 10 - Trial date for Enaam Arnaout, leader of Benevolence International Foundation, racially profiled by John Ashcroft's "Justice" Department. Judge Susan Colon's courtroom, 219 S. Dearborn. Press conference at 9 am, trial starts at 10 am.
Monday, Feb. 10 - Ramona Africa Speaks About Political Prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal & the MOVE 9. 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S. Wabash Ave, Room 1440. Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 773.381.6507 or www.ChicagoFreeMumia.org
Tuesday, Feb. 11 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Wednesday, Feb. 12 - DePaul Campus Anti-War March and Rally: NO WAR ON IRAQ Assemble 11:30 am outside the Student Center at Kenmore & Belden Millions of People Across the World Have Demonstrated against A Potential War In Iraq, now it is DePaul's Turn. Endorsers (Endorsers List In Formation): Activist Student Union, Amnesty International, DePaul Campus Greens, DePaul Divestment Coalition, DePaul Students Against The War, DePaul Students For Justice In Palestine, DePaul NAACP, DePaul Community Service Association, Socialist Action, Voices in the Wilderness. For info or to endorse: e-mail [email protected] or call 773-317-5327
Saturday, Feb. 15 - No War on Iraq! Stop Attacking Immigrants! PROTEST IN CHICAGO on the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST against war on Iraq. 12 noon, 2200 W. Devon, Chicago (Devon & Leavitt in the heart of the Pakistani community). Co-sponsored by 80 organizations. See details above. For information or to co-sponsor, e-mail [email protected] or call 888.471.0874
NEW WEB SITE FOR THE PROTEST:
www.ChicagoAntiWar.org/feb15mobilization
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Youth Speak Out Against War & Racism! Immediately following the big protest in Chicago (see above entry). Doors open at 2 pm, program begins at 3 pm, Bombay Hall, 2448 W. Devon, just a couple blocks away from the final rally. Food, spoken word, music, artwork. Sponsored by the Southwest Youth Collaborative and Generation Y. Info: 773.476.3534, ext. 25.
Saturday, Feb. 15 - New York City national demonstration against the war sponsored by United for Peace. Busses from Chicago leave Friday afternoon and return Sunday morning. Info: http://feb15.chicagohumanist.org 312 738 4981 [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 15 - It's time to Salsa! Come to a Valentine's Day Salsa Dance Benefit for the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee with live music by Orquesta Nabori. 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N. Glenwood. Tickets are $10-$15 in advance and $12-15 at the door. (sliding scale between those amounts is up to you based on your desire and ability to contribute.) Extra parking available 2 blocks north at Glenwood and Estes. Get advance tickets at the Heartland or by calling 773-276-5626. For info, leave a message at the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee office at 773.276.5626.
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Fox Valley anti-war event. Bring the anti-war message and be a visible presence in the conservative suburbs. From 11 am to 1 pm, gather at Route 64 (North Avenue) and First Avenue in St Charles, line up along the bridge over the Fox River with signs and flyers. Call 847-742-6602 for information.
Sunday, Feb. 16 - Film: A Child's Century of War. From the perspective of children, A Child's Century of War (2001, 90 mins., video) by Shelley Saywell takes the viewer on a journey through the past century, the bloodiest in history. It is an examination of the way in which modern wars have increasingly threatened and targeted children. 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. $7
Tuesday, Feb. 18 - Protest one-day suspension of David Williams by Chicago Public Library administration for holding a forum series on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Lincoln Park Brnch last fall in conjunction with CCAWR, NIMN, and other groups. Meet at front entrance to Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State, at 10 am. Info: 773.244.1480
Tuesday, Feb. 18 - Palestine: It's HELL A slide show and presentation by John Reese, part of a 30 city tour. John Reese, from the Community Action Network (Seattle), was in Palestine for seven months working with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and the Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG). While in Palestine he coordinated the ISM actions, was the coordinator for the Olive Harvest Campaign and was the nonviolence trainer for ISM. He also collected information on the environmental effects of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and was one of the authors and editors of the Palestinian Environmental NGO's Network's (PENGON) first report on the Israeli Apartheid Wall. 3-5 pm, University of Illinois-Chicago, Lecture Center D4. For directions and/or campus map visit: http://www.uic.edu/homeindex/maps.shtml For additional information contact: Eric at [email protected] or Sharon at [email protected] Visit www.s4sj.com to download the flyer! Co-sponsored by UIC Students for Social Justice, Tikkun-Chicago, and the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. There will also be a presentation at DePaul University on Feb 19 (time/location TBA) and other Chicago venues are also being coordinated.
Friday, Feb. 21 - Stop The War On Iraq! Protect The Lives Of Our Youth! Student/Youth Anti-War Rally & People's Inspection. Rally 3:30 pm, Thompson Center (State of IL Building), NW Corner of Clark and Randolph. March 4pm to Leo Burnett Building, corner of Dearborn and Wacker. People's Inspection 4:30 pm. Our intelligence sources indicate that Leo Burnett, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, has overt intentions to murder untold numbers of innocent Iraqi civilians and endanger the lives of tens of thousands of American youth. Our sources also indicate that Leo Burnett and the U.S. Army are specifically preying upon African-American and Latino youth between the ages of 17-24 with their racist poverty draft. We demand unfettered access to Leo Burnett's facilities and an end to this campaign of mass destruction (CMD). The PEOPLE's inspectors are coming! Sponsor: Students for Social Justice Info: www.s4sj.com or e-mail [email protected]
Saturday, Feb. 22 - National Conference of the Campus Anti-War Network (CAN). Chicago - specific location t.b.a. Info: email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Thursday, Feb. 27 - Jeff Guntzel of Voices in the Wilderness assess the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq following the devastation inflicted on the Iraqi population by more than a decade of U.S.-sponsored economic sanctions. 6-8pm, Lakeshore Academy Campus, 640 W. Irving Park, 3rd floor, free parking. Sponsored by Open University of the Left, free.
Saturday, March 1 - Civil Liberties Under Fire! Meet and heard Congressman John Conyers, Jr., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. 1:30 - 5 pm, Bethel AME Church, 4440 S. Michigan Ave. Benefactors reception at 1:00 ($100), public event at 2:30 ($15), post event get together ($30). Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights. For info or to reserve tickets, e-mail [email protected] or call (312) 939-0675
Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2 - War and Peace [Jang Aur Aman]. Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan, and the US, after the 1998 nuclear tests on the Indian sub-continent. It documents the current, epic journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war and examines India's trajectory towards militarism. "A tour de force, beautifully shot and often darkly funny." --The Guardian (2002, 148 mins., video) 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. $7
Tuesday, March 11 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
Saturday, March 15 - Film: Tragedy in the Holy Land: The Second Uprising. Using rarely seen archival footage and interviews with experts and scholars, it fills a void in the conventional accounts of the Israeli/Palestinian struggle, giving the viewer access to the voices, history and background of one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted conflicts of the last century, addressing the core issues of land and identity. (2001, 71 mins., video) 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. Director Denis Mueller in Person! $7
Saturday, March 22 - Film: Palestine Is Still the Issue. directed by Anthony Stark; written and presented by John Pilger (Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq). In 1977, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine Is Still the Issue. He told how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off their land in 1948, and again in 1967. In this new in-depth documentary, he has returned to the West Bank of the Jordan and Gaza, and to Israel, to ask why the Palestinians, whose right of return was affirmed by the United Nations more than half a century ago, are still caught in a terrible limbo -- refugees in their own land, controlled by Israel in the longest military occupation in modern times (2002, 53 mins., video). 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., $7.
Tuesday, March 25 - Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism general meeting. All who want to organize against war are welcome! 6:30 pm, Soka Gakkai International, 1455 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible). Call 888.471.0874 or e-mail [email protected] for information.
On-going thru May 18th - "War (What is it Good For?)" Anti-War Show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave, with Artist Emergency Response (AER). Info: [email protected] Monday closed, Tuesday (free) 10-8, Wednesday - Saturday 10-5
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Emergency Response Plan to War & Racism
Sponsored by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
and other groups
IF the U.S. launches another full-scale war on Iraq, the anti-war movement must respond, putting an end to the war as quickly as possible. With this in mind, CCAWR has developed an emergency response plan to protest the spread of war abroad & further attacks on civil liberties at home:
1. IF the U.S. starts a full-scale war on Iraq, a protest will take place at 5 pm at the Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago, the day the bombing begins, with a follow up protest at the same time & place the day after.
2. The morning after the attack (or the next business day if it happens on a weekend), a civil disobedience action sponsored by the Iraq Peace Pledge will take place at 8 am at the Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn.
3. In the event of a provocative attack on community leaders or organizations in the Chicago area, CCAWR has constructed a phone tree to mobilize the community to quickly protest the attack, whether at a police station, federal government office, or other appropriate place.
To get on the Emergency Response phone tree / e-mail list and receive regular calendar updates such as this one, send your contact information to [email protected]
Stickers, posters and flyers announcing the Emergency Response Plan are now available! Contact [email protected] to arrange for pick up or delivery.
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www.ChicagoAntiWar.org
Send calendar submissions to [email protected]