MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 1, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 1, 2025


RECOMMENDED READING
The May-June issue of Briarpatch contains a number of must-read articles, including:
“Becoming Boundless: Hampton Hub and the Legacy of Black Prairie Resistance” by Savannah Kosteniuk and “Understanding Fascism” by Harsha Walia. The articles are not available online, but you can preview the issue at the link below, which also tells how to order a copy.
[ https://briarpatchmagazine.com/issues/v ... -june-2025 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

'CRIED MY EYES OUT': NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN COMMUNITIES EVACUATED AS WILDFIRES BURN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... cdc1f9b3ad ]


FIRST NATIONS CALL FOR EMERGENCY ACTION IN NORTH AS CREIGHTON, FLIN FLON ADDED TO LIST OF WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/first-natio ... vacuations ]


SASKATCHEWAN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO RAGING NORTHERN WILDFIRES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/first-natio ... vacuations ]


MY FAMILY LIVED IN A HOTEL FOR A YEAR. I WISH PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD HOMELESSNESS ISN'T A CHOICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-pe ... -1.7546012 ]


NATURE IS COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US
[ https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-na ... -1.7535772 ]


BUBBLE ZONE PROTEST BANS ‘UNJUST’ AND ‘DANGEROUS’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/bubble-zone-prot ... s-critics/ ]


WITH CANADA POST STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, FP VIDEO LOOKS AT WHAT MEASURES MIGHT BE TAKEN TO SAVE THE AILING POSTAL DELIVERY SERVICE .
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstor ... r-AA1FPOjm ]


KING’S VISIT EVOKES INDIGENOUS LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CROWN, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... with-crown ]


OPEN LETTER TO G7 AND THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT: REJECT MILITARIZATION, END NEOLIBERAL AUSTERITY AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE: PEOPLE COME BEFORE PROFITS.
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/05/int ... formation/ ]


CANADIANS SHUT DOWN CANSEC’S GENOCIDE MARKETPLACE AS GAZA BURNS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/media-releas ... aza-burns/ ]


CBC CROSS COUNTRY CHECKUP: HOW DOES MILITARY SPENDING AFFECT YOUR VOTE?
Nova Scotia VOW member kathrin winkler was recently featured on CBC’s Cross-Country Checkup, where she spoke compellingly against military spending and uplifted a vision for peace. Listen to her remarks between 50:50 – 59:40
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/how-do ... -1.7508160 ]


GENOCIDE BY STARVATION: ISRAEL AND CANADA’S SHARED CRIME
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/genocide-b ... emaple.com ]


CANADIAN DOCTORS RETURNING FROM GAZA CALL FOR AN END TO CANADA’S COMPLCITY IN GENOCIDE
[ https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/?lin ... y-option&& ]


CANADA CALLS ON ISRAEL TO ABANDON PLANS FOR NEW WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article ... ttlements/ ]


GOVERNMENT EXPORT AGENCY NOTED 99 ISRAELI CRIMES, BUT OK’D ARMS SALE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/government ... newsletter ]


MOSQUITO PROTOCOL: EX-ISRAELI SOLDIER ON ARMY’S SYSTEMATIC USE OF PALESTINIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/29/ ... an_shields ]


SHADOWY ISRAELI-U.S. AID PLAN IS WEAPON IN “NETANYAHU’S WAR OF ANNIHILATION” IN GAZA, with Jeremy Scahill
{ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/29/ ... aid_scheme ]


THE 600TH DAY OF GENOCIDE IS NO TIME FOR WORDS!
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/the- ... palestine/ ]


GAZA’S AID: A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO CONTROL AND CONTAIN
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/gaza ... d-contain/ ]


NEW ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS SHOW ISRAEL IS 'BLATANTLY WORKING TO DESTROY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -west-bank ]


ZIONIST’S USE OF LEGAL SYSTEM TO ATTACK CRITICS FAILS AGAIN
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/29/zioni ... ils-again/ ]


OXFAM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, MSF & ISLAMIC RELIEF: URGENT CALL TO JOURNALISTS ON GAZA CRISIS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8AdXSHz3I ]


OXFAM WARNS ISRAEL'S 'ANNIHILATION CAMPAIGN' IS 'ENTIRELY ERASING GAZA'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/erase-gaza ]


‘EVEN OUR DREAMS WERE DESTROYED’: GAZA’S LOST UNIVERSITIES
[ https://therealnews.com/even-our-dreams ... iversities ]


IT TOOK 24 HOURS TO SPEAK THE NAMES OF 12,000 CHILDREN ISRAEL KILLED IN GAZA—A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-children-vigil ]


IDF OPENS FIRE ON STARVING PALESTINIANS AT PRIVATIZED FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/aid-to-gaza-strip ]


THE CATASTROPHE IN GAZA, 600 DAYS & COUNTING
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/29/ ... a_600_days ]


THE SECRET FLASHPOINT THAT'LL SPARK NUCLEAR WAR; ISRAEL PLANS IRAN ATTACK W/O US, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=W2kftU8u3OI ]


CHILE’S SOCCER CLUB STANDING IN DEFENSE OF PALESTINE
[ https://therealnews.com/palestino-chile ... -palestine ]


FRIENDSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PEACE FOLLOWING HOLY LAND TRAGEDIES
[ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new ... edies.html ]


ON TOP OF ALL OF ISRAEL'S OTHER BOMBS IN GAZA, STUDY REVEALS A WAR-DRIVEN CARBON BOMB
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/emiss ... aza-israel ]


WOMAN FILES FIRST CLIMATE-RELATED WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/suing-oil-companies ]


'SHOCKING': UN REPORT SHOWS SMALL CHANCE OF BREACHING 2°C OF WARMING IN NEAR FUTURE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2c-global-warming ]


CHEVRON’S TOXIC EMPIRE ON TRIAL
[ https://amazonwatch.org/news/2025/0529- ... e-on-trial ]


PROJECT SAVE THE WORLD: A PANDEMIC TREATY
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... mic-treaty ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

MONDAY JUNE 2, 10 am: BEYOND THE BENEFIT. ENSURING NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/b ... he-benefit ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 7 pm: PRAIRIE WATER: SOVEREIGNTY, SCARCITY AND CONSERVATION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY JUNE 5, NOON: LAND BACK IS CLIMATE POLICY: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE DECOLONIZING CLIMATE POLICY PHASE 2 PART 2 REPORT
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JUNE 7, 9 am: MILITARIZATION OF SCHOOLS
Global Women United Against NATO invites you to join our next and final webinar before the actions and meetings in The Hague during June 21st - 23rd when we will highlight and protest the devastation and militarization by NATO of our communities.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JUNE 10, 3 PM: WEBINAR: HEALTH IMPACTS OF FRACKING ON NEONATAL OUTCOMES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-hea ... 8991321819 ]


THURSDAY JUNE 12, 11:30 am: 'NUCLEAR WAR - A SCENARIO': IN DISCUSSION WITH ANNIE JACOBSEN
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, STARTS AT NOON: PRIDE PARADE: Information on routes to follow
[ https://www.facebook.com/QueenCityPride/ ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2 – 5 pm: FUNDRAISER FOR PALESTINE—BAZAAR OF MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD, CLOTHING + MORE, ST MARY’S ANGLICAN, 3337 15TH AVE - Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


SATURDAY JULY 19, 11 am: STEEPED IN PEACE: A FEMINIST GATHERING FOR DISARMAMENT & CONNECTION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


LET CBC KNOW YOU WANT AN EPISODE OF CROSS COUNTRY CHECKUP DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO PEACEBUILDING
[ https://vowpeace.org/peacebuilders-its- ... ur-voices/ ]


STOP SUBSIDIZING ZIONIST PARA-MILITARY CHARITIES IN CANADA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/how-a ... an-charity ]


DEMAND THAT CANADA UPHOLD ITS COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PEACE
[ https://act.oxfam.ca/page/171122/action/1 ]


DEMAND CARNEY TAKE BOLD CLIMATE ACTION NOW
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/83920/petition/1 ]


OUR POWER, OUR PLANET: RENEWABLE ENERGY PETITION
[ https://action.earthday.org/our-power-o ... y-petition ]


- Making Peace Vigil