MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 29, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 29, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

POTASH TAX THREAT EXPOSES MEAGRE RETURN FOR SASK. RESOURCE, letter by Erin Weir
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... k-resource ]


REGINA POLICE ASKING FOR PUBLIC'S HELP AFTER PEDESTRIAN HIT CHRISTMAS DAY (I understand the pedestrian spent a lot of time at the City Hall summer of 2023 encampment. We wish him a full recovery.)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-poli ... istmas-day ]


‘NOT MAKING HEADWAY’: STC CHIEF SAYS HONEST COSTS ARE NEEDED TO MEET HOMELESS NEEDS
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... less-needs ]


CANADA’S RENTAL CRISIS IS DESTROYING LIVES. CAN IT BE STOPPED?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ28hubU3BQ ]


WORKERS HELPING THE HOMELESS IN MONTREAL FEEL POWERLESS AS CRISIS DEEPENS: How many will die in Sask before we see a change in government policy!
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/10930267/que ... ss-crisis/ ]


ACTIVISTS MAKE HISTORY: WINNING RENTERS’ RIGHTS WITH PEGGY NASH & CHIARA PADOVANI
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/winning-renters-rights/ ]


ACTIVISTS MAKE HISTORY: ORGANIZING THE FIRST WALMART WAREHOUSE UNION IN CANADA WITH PEGGY NASH & ANGELA DREW KIMELMAN
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/organizi ... art-union/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 23, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_qTKFMUEE ]


WHO STANDS TO GAIN FROM ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE?
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/12/26/who-s ... synagogue/ ]


TRADE DISPUTE PANEL DECISION FORCES MEXICO TO END GM CORN RESTRICTIONS
[ https://cban.ca/trade-dispute-panel-dec ... trictions/ ]


IMPERIALIST FANTASY: HISTORIAN GREG GRANDIN ON TRUMP THREAT TO RETAKE PANAMA CANAL, INVADE MEXICO
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/27 ... olonialism ]


FRANCESAC ALBANESE EXPOSES THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
[ https://x.com/ryanrozbiani/status/18698 ... y9rmVl7l1Q ]


GIDEON LEVY ON ISRAEL’S “MORAL BLINDNESS”: GAZA BABIES FREEZE; STRIKES KILL MEDICAL WORKERS, REPORTERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/27 ... f_interest ]


AS PALESTINIANS STARVE AND FREEZE, ISRAELI TROOPS UNWIND AT GAZA 'BEACHFRONT RESORT'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... treat-gaza ]


US DOCTOR WARNS OF 'END OF HUMANITY' IN NORTHERN GAZA AS ISRAEL ASSAILS HOSPITALS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/kamal ... tal-israel ]


BACK IN SYRIA AFTER EXILE, BBC REPORTER LINA SINJAB ON “JOY” & CALLS FOR PROSECUTION, RECONCILIATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/26 ... njab_syria ]


WHY THE SYRIA WAR IS FAR WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT—with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TL1knTL8TY ]


WHERE IS SYRIA GOING AFTER ASSAD?—with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4upNnJGAnjw ]


THE SCENE OF THE CRIME—A JOURNEY TO VIETNAM, by Seymour Hersh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the ... -the-crime ]


RESISTANCE UNTIL RETURN: ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES WITHIN A RIGHTS-BASED DECOLONIZATION APPROACH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oz8oh3nTwk&t=5s ]


HOW U.S. SANCTIONS VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE, CUBA, VENEZUELA AND NICARAGUA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv2MyLejNfo ]


HEALING JUSTICE: A BLACK PANTHER LEGACY
[ https://therealnews.com/healing-justice ... her-legacy ]


26 CLIMATE-FUELED EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS KILLED AT LEAST 3,700 PEOPLE IN 2024: REPORT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/extreme-weather-2024 ]


RISING TOGETHER AGAINST THE NUCLEAR THREAT: ICAN’S HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024
[ https://www.icanw.org/rising_together_a ... s_for_2024 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 7 pm: SCREENING OF NEW ENGLAND MODERNISM: REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
Link to the film’s website where there is a trailer:
[ https://mainspringnarrative.org/new-england-modernism ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 208 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 12:10-12:50 pm: ALUMNI EFFECT: A DISCUSSION WITH ERIN WEIR ABOUT HIS CAREER AND EXPERIENCES.
Questions and answers will be moderated by the economics department head.
To sign up for this event, please email [ Alexis.McEwen@uregina.ca ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

ACCESS TO CLEAN LAUNDRY IS AN ESSENTIAL & BASIC NEED IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/access-to-clea ... e_or_share ]


DONORS TO FANATIC PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY GROUP GET ‘CHARITY’ TAX RECEIPTS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/020ac ... f309cfa7e5 ]


PEPSICO: STOP SOURCING DIRTY PALM OIL
[ https://action.eko.org/a/pepsico-stop-s ... e=fwd&t=12 ]


- Making Peace Vigil