Friday 10/9 – Thursday 10/15
10 SATURDAY The underground nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan last May emphasized that while the cold war may be a thing of the past, the threat of destruction certainly isn’t. It’s estimated that there are 35,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Whether they’re ever used “is not a matter for prediction; it is a matter for choice,” writes the Nation’s Jonathan Schell in the introduction to his book The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now. He’ll speak today at Bottling the Genie: Building the Movement to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, where he’ll be joined by former senator Alan Cranston and DePaul University’s Barry Kellman, a consultant on arms treaties for the government. The conference is from 9 to 5 on the eighth floor of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson. It’s $25, $10 for students. Call 312-939-3316 to register. At 7:45 Schell will be the keynote speaker at the North Suburban Peace Initiative’s annual dinner. It starts at 6 at the Glenview United Methodist Church, 727 Harlem in Glenview. Tickets are $50, $25 for students, seniors, and the financially challenged. Call 847-266-1525 for more.
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15 THURSDAY For those suspicious of another futuristic food-tampering procedure, there will be a Global Food Day Protest of Genetically Altered Food today at 11:30 in the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building plaza, 230 N. Dearborn. Protesters will march to the offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and the Board of Trade; John Kinsman, president of Family Farm Defenders, will speak. Call 773-338-7182 for more information.
