Today at 1:12 PM DECEMBER 5, 2014 TO DECEMBER 20, 2014 CPI WEEKLY UPDATES OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ADVOCATES PRO JUSTICE AND Peace--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # SUN. DEC. 7, 2014,@2:00PM, PARTHENON RESTAURANT, 314 S HALSTED ST., CHICAGO THE PEOPLES WORLD GALA AND BANQUET The Peoples World/Mundo Popular Gala will feature keynote speaker Amisha Patel, executive director of Grassroots Collaborative, distinguished activist for social justice, grassroots organizing, and public policy in Chicago. Honorees: Fight Petcoke Chicago, IAM Local 701 striking auto mechanics, American Indian Center. Peoples World banquet gives awards in honor of Chris Hani, South African Communist Party leader, and Rudy Lozano, revered leader of the Mexican American community. Both were brutally assassinated for standing up for justice. Awards will be presented to Chicago area activists and organizations that contribute to social development and struggle of workers. Peoples World/Mundo Popular reports on and analyzes the pressing issues and struggles of the day: for workers rights, peace, equality, social and economic justice, democracy, civil liberties, womens rights, protection of the environment, and more. The Peoples World is part of the independent and free press tradition in the U.S. and is supported exclusively by its subscribers and supporters - no corporate money. Come join us for a dinner, silent auction, entertainment and presentation of awards to support Peoples World/Mundo Popular online newspaper. Tickets for the Annual Gala are $50.00. Write check to the Peoples World. Peoples World Editorial Office, 3339 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60608 or buy tickets by e-mail using your credit card. Open your face book page to events and click buy tickets. Activities for Banquet: 1 pm. silent auction, At the silent auction table guests can enjoy browsing for last minute holiday gifts, something for themselves, or unexpected fun things. 2 pm. – 5 pm. dinner, live music, fast paced program, and sparkling conversation Multi course dinner wish dishes for vegans and carnivores! Valet parking. For more information: Barbara Russum, [email protected]. 773-446-9920 x205. ====================================================== # SUN. DEC. 7 ,2014, @2:00 PM, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY SCHMITT ACADEMIC CENTER,ROOM 254, 2320 N. KENMORE AVENUE, CHICAGO FILM SERIES: PEOPLES’ STRUGGLES IN THE AMERICAS, EUGENE DEBS AND THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT The film documents fifty years of a long-history of the bloody strikes and brutal government reaction to the American workers attempts to organize., Debs was influenced by events as diverse as the massive railroad strike of 1877, the rapid growth of monopolies in the 1890s, World War I, and the Russian Revolution. This film presents a picture of the historical conditions and the man who founded the American Railway Union led the Pullman Strike of 1894, founded the Socialist Party of America in 1901, ran four times as the Socialist Party presidential candidate - campaigning tirelessly, explaining the principles of socialism to people across the United States, organized the Industrial Workers of the World, along with Mother Jones, Big Bill Haywood and others, served two and a half years in federal prison for opposing World War I, and received a million presidential votes while in jail. Debs and the movement he helped build are roots of a long and bloody struggle of American working people to own collectively what they produce. Speaker: Bill Pelz, editor of Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and the Class Struggle akpress.org/eugenevdebsreader.html ======================================================= * # MON, DECEMBER 8 AT 5:30 @AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER. 1630 W WILSON AVE, CHICAGO EVENT INVITATION: HOW TO STOP A PIPELINE: THE UNISTOTEN CAMP AND FOSSIL FUEL RESISTANCE Lawyer, writer, and grass roots activist Will Falk speaks about his experiences at the Unistoten Camp - a pipeline blockade on the traditional territory of the Unistoten Clan of the Wetsuweten p... ======================================================= # MON. DEC. 8, 2014 @11:30 AM - 2:00PM, UNITY CENTER, 3339 S. HALSTED. CHICAGO RAINBOW FIBER FOLK ON MONDAYS Knitting, crochet, embroidery and other folk arts. Bring your project(s) and lunch or snack for yourself. For more information visit: rainbowfabricfolk@gmail. ======================================== * # WED, DEC. 10, 2014@ 3:00 TO 4:30 PM, COOK COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 2600 S. CALIFORNIA AVE.CHICAGO DIRECT ACTION TO TO END MASS INCARCERATION Join us to share testimony with 200 other leaders about how Mass Incarceration has affected our lives. Our goal is to let Anita Alvarez know we will not give up – she must commit to end Mass Incarceration in Cook County, Contact Maria Fitzsimmons, Organizer for Organizing Catholics for Justice. For more information at 773-456-8886 and [email protected] . To sign up for event,visit:https://docs.google/…/1_N5qxkesdZQtReVJH2po5CTfVX5vA1FZ… ====================================================== * # SAT. DEC.13, 2014@ 8:00 AM 4:00PM, AMERICAN, INDIAN CENTER. 1630 W WILSON AVE, CHICAGO ANNUAL XMAS BAZAAR If you want a table please contact Hara 7732755871 ext 12. Bring only new and like new items please. We will also have food for sale, please no outside food. ======================================================= # SUN. DEC. 14 ,2014, @2:00 PM, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY SCHMITT ACADEMIC CENTER, ROOM 254, 2320 N. KENMORE AVE. CHICAGO FILM SERIES: PEOPLES’ STRUGGLES, DENNIS BANKS: A GOOD DAY TO DIE The film presents a look at Dennis Banks life beginning with his early experience in boarding schools, through his military service in Japan, his transformative experience in Stillwater State Prison and subsequent founding of a movement that, through confrontational actions in Washington DC, Custer South Dakota and Wounded Knee, changed the lives of American Indians forever. David Bender, American Indian Center, will speak about Dennis Banks co-founder of the American Indian Movement in 1968 called attention to the oppression of native Americans. Sponsors: DePaul University Department of History and Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5. For more information, contact: chgofreeCuban5@gmail, 773-322-3168. =========================================== # WED. DEC. 17, 2014,@ 12:15 - 1PM, LECTURE HALL, CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY, 224 S. MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO LUNCH TALK AT CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY (CAS): HISTORIC CHICAGO DATA – BEFORE IT WAS BIG City data isn’t new—architects and planners have long sought ways of quantifying and representing urban design issues. Early data on Chicago and its citizens was collected, analyzed, and visualized by hand—a time and labor-intensive processes. Masengarb will explore how designers such as Daniel Burnham and activists at Hull House used data to visualize and solve city problems. Presenter: Jen Masengarb, Director of Interpretation and Research. FREE. ====================================================== * # SAT. DEC. 20, 2014, 10AM TO 3:00PM, @ 770 E. DUNDEE, DUNDEE LATEST NEWS ON THE RECORD BREAKING, OVER-20 WEEKS LONG STRIKE, AT AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET Unless there is a resolution to the strike in the meantime, there is planning for a Christmas at the Piemontes Labor Rally on Saturday, December 20th, 2014. Any labor activists should be welcome, though it would be nice if we have a general idea of how many are likely to show up. For more information, please email [email protected]. ======================================================= * # SAT. DEC.20, 2024@ 3:00 - 6:00PM, AMERICAN, INDIAN CENTER. 1630 W WILSON AVE, CHICAGO WINTER FEST Our Winter Feast will be on the 20th from 3-6 followed by a pow-wow from 6-9. Food will still be available during the pow-wow. Please mark your calendars and invite all your friends. Only new items please and food and drink will be served so no need to bring your own. Contact Hara for a table. 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