MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 5, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 5, 2025


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

RAISE POTASH ROYALTIES TO HELP DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... melessness ]


VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITY IN REGINA DESPITE LOSING COMMUNITY FRIDGE TO FIRE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ge-to-fire ]


U OF REGINA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SAY THEY FELT NUMB, ANGRY AFTER BEING TARGETED IN RACIST INCIDENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7422659 ]


REGINA'S FIRST SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE APPROVED BY HEALTH CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7421790 ]


“FROM GROUND ZERO”: OSCAR-SHORTLISTED FILM FEATURES STORIES FROM PALESTINIAN FILMMAKERS IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/3/from_ground_zero ]


THE TEARS OF OUR CHILDREN
[ https://thetricontinental.org/newslette ... gaza-2025/ ]


RAY MCGOVERN ON GAZA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=deskt ... -wDXw&t=3s ]


NEW YEAR’S ATTACKS BY GREEN BERET & ARMY VETERAN: DOES U.S. MILITARISM ABROAD FUEL VIOLENCE AT HOME?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/3/v ... as_vehicle ]


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


WICKED, THE WIZARD OF OZ, & THE BLACKLISTED LYRICIST YIP HARBURG
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... zard-of-oz ]


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 ]


SATURDAY JANUARY 11, NOON: RESIST US-NATO AGGRESSION, BASES, AND THE MILITARIZATION OF EUROPE! UPHOLD PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND LIBERATION!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, NOON: POST ELECTION MEDIA—NEW RULES, NEW REALITIES
[ https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/newrulesnewrea ... abf9c4fb82 ]


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 ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

DON'T LET BIG BRANDS UNDERMINE PROGRESS FOR WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND LGBTQ+ PEOPLE!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3453430756 ]


ISRAEL MUST FREE DR HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA
[ https://twailr.com/petition-for-the-rel ... bu-safiya/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil