MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 6, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 6, 2025


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

CITY OF REGINA PROPOSING 8.5 PER CENT PROPERTY-TAX INCREASE IN 2025 BUDGET-Good! Let’s hope they plan to spend it on ending houselessness and better transit. As Robin Wall Kimmerer puts it: “We grumble about paying taxes, but in essence this legal obligation is an investment in collective care, in the commons.”
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 025-budget ]


REGINA TRAILER PARK TENANTS IN SHOCK AFTER RENTAL AGREEMENTS TERMINATED
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/02/05/regina- ... erminated/ ]


SASKATCHEWAN PRODUCTS FOR SHOPPERS SWAPPING U.S-MADE GOODS FOR LOCAL ALTERNATIVES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ternatives ]


RESEARCHER SURPRISED BY ABRUPT END TO SASK. ENVIRONMENTAL FARM PLAN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7443442 ]


THE BUTTERFLY WAY PROJECT
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/take-action/act ... terflyway/ ]


WELCOME TO UNIVERSITY. GOOD LUCK FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/welcome-to-univers ... e-to-live/ ]


GILLER PRIZE SPLITS WITH LONG-TIME SPONSOR SCOTIABANK AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PROTESTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/g ... -1.7449085 ]


OPEN LETTER TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT: CONCERNED BY THE RISING TIDE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM, & ISLAMOPHOBIA IN CANADA
[ https://coalitionaaari.substack.com/p/o ... government ]


QUEBEC UNION PLANS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST AMAZON OVER CLOSURES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7449859 ]


SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER SCOTT MOE WELCOMES 30-DAY PAUSE ON TRUMP TARIFFS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... is-welcome ]


51ST STATE BLUES, with Tyler Shipley
[ https://readthecatch.ca/51st-state-blue ... e-podcast/ ]


UGLY AMERICAN TURNS ON CANADA, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArwIlYkE1Ww ]


TRUMP’S THREATS EXPOSE CANADA’S UTTER DEPENDENCY ON THE U.S.
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trumps-thr ... n-the-u-s/ ]


“ENORMOUS DISRUPTION”: TRUMP’S TARIFFS ON MEXICO & CANADA SET TO WORSEN INFLATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/trump_tariffs ]


FEED THE WAR MACHINE TO APPEASE TRUMP IS RULING CLASS SOLUTION
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/02/03/feed- ... -solution/ ]


IS ELON MUSK STAGING A COUP? UNELECTED BILLIONAIRE SEIZES CONTROL AT TREASURY DEPT. & OTHER AGENCIES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/elon_musk_gov ]


'WE'LL OWN IT': TRUMP FLOATS US TAKEOVER OF GAZA—AFTER ETHNICALLY CLEANSING PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... nsing-gaza ]


BLUEPRINT FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING: TRUMP PROPOSES U.S. TAKE OVER GAZA & FORCIBLY REMOVE ALL PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/5/trump_netanyahu ]


TRUMP PROPOSES 'PERMANENTLY' DISPLACING PALESTINIANS SO U.S. CAN TAKE OVER GAZA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-ira ... -1.7450362 ]


THE LOOMING DEMISE OF NATO & ISRAEL, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dlhm0i-xl-k ]


ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES, MASS DEMOLITIONS DISPLACE 15,000 IN JENIN
[ https://goodshepherdcollective.org/post ... 0-in-jenin ]


OFFICIAL GAZA DEATH TOLL SOARS TO NEARLY 62,000 AS THOUSANDS OF MISSING NOW PRESUMED DEAD
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/civil ... hs-in-gaza ]


A BLUEPRINT FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING: TRUMP PROPOSES U.S. TAKE OVER GAZA & FORCIBLY REMOVE ALL PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/5/trump_netanyahu ]


GAZA TREACHERY, with Max Blumenthal
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lY96FUbxZok ]


SAUDIS, UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REJECT TRUMP'S GAZA BOMBSHELL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-gaz ... -1.7450855 ]


THE BETRAYAL OF THE ARAB WORLD, with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... iddle-east ]


CALL TO ACTION. IMAGINING A WORLD WITH COMPLETE ACCESSIBILITY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkG5fqvd41s ]


THE RIGHT TO PEE IS EVERYTHING
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... bathrooms/ ]


“I WILL GO TO JAIL TO DEFEND YOUR CARE”: NEW YORK DOCTOR VOWS TO KEEP HELPING TRANS YOUTH PATIENTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/5/t ... are_doctor ]


JUDGING FREEDOM, with Aaron Maté
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SCRdBpUTmE0 ]


ONE SECOND CLOSER TO DOOMSDAY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/one-s ... -doomsday/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, NOON: A NEW POLICY WEBINAR: WHY UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS BAD FOR AMERICA AND AMERICANS, with Josh Paul
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_84X ... gistration ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 6 pm: THE US ROLE IN REGIME CHANGE—SYRIA, IRAQ, LIBYA…
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8, 10:30 am: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECITVES ON THE DEATH PENALTY & ABOLITION
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/saturday ... abolition/ ]


SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1 pm: SHE WON’T COME IN FROM THE FIELDS, CENTRAL LIBRARY
A 30-minute one-woman show and conversation about regenerative food growing and climate solutions written & performed by Dale Colleen Hamilton
[ https://events.prairiedogmag.com/lists/1932/4089418 ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1:30 pm: BLACK HISTORY MONTH: A BLACK PANTHER IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH: FRED HAMPTON VISITS THE REGINA CAMPUS IN 1969, MAIN LIBRARY OR ONLINE
[ https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3862243 ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2 pm: WEAVING RELATIONS FOR MEANINGFUL & GENUINE CHANGE
[ https://redi.med.ubc.ca/weaving-relatio ... ne-change/ ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 9 am – 3 pm: FIRST UNDERGRADUATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE (it’s open to everybody), UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CONFERENCE FEE $7.00
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-unde ... tdtcreator ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO—SCREENING & STORYTELLING, WITH TASHA HUBBARD
4:15-5:00 pm - free stew and bannock will be provided in Multipurpose Room 128.1, Dr. William Riddell Centre
5:15-9:00 pm - film screeening, storytelling, and Q&A in Shumiatcher Open Stage Theatre (Shu-Box), Dr. William Riddell Centre
[ https://www.uregina.ca/50th/events/2025 ... bbard.html ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]


MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH: 21 CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


TELL LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES: MAKE BASIC INCOME A PRIORITY
[ https://www.ubiworks.ca/liberal2025 ]


NO CANADIAN TAX SUBSIDIES FOR ISRAELI SOLDIER COMPETITION IN WHISTLER
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/no-ca ... -vancouver ]


CANADA MUST OPPOSE RWANDAN VIOLENCE IN THE CONGO
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... e-in-congo ]


SAVE OUR SLOPES. DEFEND ALBERTA’S MOUNTAINS. STOP COAL MINING NOW
[ https://saveourslopes.ca/ ]


ADOPTION OF A RIGHTS-BASED LENS ON LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
[ https://www.change.org/p/adoption-of-a- ... igned=true ]


THANK COSTCO FOR DEFENDING DEI
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/costc ... p-for-dei/ ]


DEMAND META REINSTATE FACT CHECKING
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/meta- ... -checking/ ]


AFTER YEARS OF ABUSE, DEMAND SAMSUNG RESPECT INDIA WORKERS' NEW UNION RIGHTS
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/546/492 ... 3460665202 ]


STOP TILBURY LNG
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/78758/petition/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil