MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 5, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 5, 2025


SPECIAL LETTER

CARNEY SHOULD SAY ‘NO’ TO GOLDEN DOME, by Ed Lehman—scroll down
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... -landlords ]


SPECIAL LISTENING

RUTGER BREGMAN WANTS YOU TO QUIT YOUR JOB AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6781881 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

'THESE ARE DEVASTATING': DISPATCHES ON THE SASKATCHEWAN WILDFIRE SITUATION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -wildfires ]


'THIS IS CLASSIC CLIMATE CHANGE': SASK. FACES WORST WILDFIRE SEASON IN DECADES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7548474 ]


'ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE': SASKATCHEWAN'S CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE RESPONDS TO HOMELESSNESS REPORT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... d39c1cdf17 ]


NO PROGRESS, NO PLAN: WHAT THE LATEST POVERTY NUMBERS TELL US
[ https://maytree.com/publications/no-pro ... s-tell-us/ ]


HOW CANADA’S CONDO CLASS HAS DISRUPTED POLITICAL ORGANIZING
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/how-canada ... rganizing/ ]


FSIN DISAPPOINTED TO BE LEFT OUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN OTTAWA, PREMIERS—This is what reconciliation looks like!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... df98990327 ]


CATCHING OUR BREATH: LOOKING AHEAD AFTER THE ELECTION
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/catching ... -election/ ]


ELIZABETH MAY RESPONDS TO THE 2025 SPEECH FROM THE THRONE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6-dJxKg_CI ]


CYNICS DOUBT RCMP INVESTIGATION INTO ISRAEL WAR CRIMES
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/06/03/cynic ... ar-crimes/ ]


ISRAEL, PALESTINE, & CANADA: THE TRUE MEASURE OF FRIENDSHIP? by Alex Neve
[ https://www.alexneve.ca/blog/israel-pal ... friendship ]


EVEN IF THE WORLD PRETENDS IT ISN’T HAPPENING, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/eve ... irect=true ]


CANADA CAN’T AFFORD, DOESN’T NEED AND SHOULDN’T JOIN TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME MISSILE PROGRAM
[ https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contrib ... d836f.html ]


TORONTO JUST CAVED TO ZIONISTS ATTACKS ON THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
[ https://therealnews.com/toronto-just-ca ... to-protest ]


ISRAELI PRODUCTS SHOULD HAVE NO PLACE IN CANADA
https://www.readthemaple.com/israeli-pr ... in-canada/

BEING AGAINST ISRAEL USING STARVATION AS A WEAPON FOR KILLING INNOCENTS IS NOT ANTISEMITISM — IT'S OUR MORAL OBLIGATION
[ https://www.newsletter.peoplepowerunite ... starvation ]


HARVARD COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS: DESPITE CRACKDOWN, “STUDENTS WILL KEEP SPEAKING UP” FOR PALESTINE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/2/u ... _palestine ]


GRETA THUNBERG SPEAKS FROM AID SHIP HEADING TO GAZA DESPITE ISRAELI THREATS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkKRxD8D2kU ]


THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA: SAILING TO BREAK ISRAEL’S SEIGE OF GAZE
[ https://therealnews.com/the-freedom-flo ... ge-of-gaza ]


BRITISH PUBLIC SUPPORTS SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL
[ https://x.com/PSCupdates/status/1930181609426215370 ]


ISRAELI STRIKE KILLS 9 OF GAZA DOCTOR’S CHILDREN
[ https://substack.com/@jonathancook/note ... ail-digest ]


EX-ISRAELI NEGOTIATOR DANIEL LEVY: NETANYAHU WANTS “PERMANENT WAR” IN GAZA, NOT A NEW CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/2/i ... aza_attack ]


“TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE”: THE SUDDEN SURGE OF GENOCIDE CRITIQUE OVER GAZA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgzli-g24TU ]


OVER 600 DAYS OF GENOCIDE: ACTION IS OUR ONLY OPTION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrcsjHEwPc ]


INCREDIBLE WAR PREPARATIONS OF NATO IN EUROPE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/06/the-i ... in-europe/ ]


TRUMP & NATO’S UKRAINIAN POLICY ARE PLAYING WITH NUCLEAR FIRE
[ https://reason2resist.substack.com/p/tr ... -proxy-are ]


FREE AT LAST: WESTERN HEGEMONY IS CRUMBLING IN AFRICA W/ DR. GERALD HORNE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7202vXbjaA ]


AMERICAN GULAG, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/ame ... irect=true ]


ENOUGH FOOD IS PRODUCED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 11 BILLION PEOPLE. WHY DO SO MANY OF THE 8 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET GO HUNGRY? By Vijay Prashad
[ https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/31/v ... of-hunger/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

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 ]


THURSDAY JUNE 5, 5 pm: FROM PLEDGE TO POLICY—PUSHING FOR CHANGE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT, ESPECIALLY RE PALESTINE
[ https://www.cjpme.org/webinar_on_the_ne ... urce=cjpme ]


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 ]


MONDAYJUNE 9, 7 pm: WRITER IN RESIDENCE SHOWCASE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12 AVE
Featuring readings from Daniel Kemp, Tim Alton, Brian Bowman, Patricia Sinclair, Bernadette Wagner, Raquel Fletcher, and Gillian Harding-Russell.
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/13544216 ]


TUESDAY JUNE 10, 5 pm: CWPJN WEBINAR: HOW IMPERIALISTS USE NATO & G7 TO MAINTAIN GLOBAL DOMINATION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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


WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 7 pm: TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME—SECURITY OR FANTASY? CENTRAL LIBRARY RM CE-2
Hosted by Regina Peace Council. Speaker: David Gehl, Vice-President Regina Peace Council. For more information, call Ed Lehman: 306 718 8010


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


THURSDAY JUNE 12, 6:30 pm: PRIDE & PREJUDICE: INTERSECTIONS OF RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, & TRANSPHOBIA
Panelists Mirtha Rivera, Nicholas (Kinikinik/Nick) Bage and Dr. Fritz Pino
[ https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, STARTS AT NOON: PRIDE PARADE
[ https://queencitypride.ca/events/queen- ... de-parade/ ]


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 JUNE 21, 4-8 pm: GRILLING FOR A GRIDDLE FUNDRAISER, 3408 MACLACHLAN CRESC
Darin and Christian Milo are hosting a fundraiser for Good Trouble Network YQR so they can purchase a commercial griddle for food prep. They have been working with Heritage Homies and The Hawk Principle preparing breakfast for the children at Thompson School, and also hosting the Sunday Fun Day, providing free meals every Sunday at Pepsi Park. Good Trouble YQR recently got approved to utilize the space at the old fire hall on 11th Avenue to help with these initiatives, but all that food prep is difficult without the proper equipment. This fundraiser will help them immensely for the food security initiatives that they are undertaking in this city.
The event itself is a backyard BBQ with all the food and beverages supplied, and there will also be an acoustic band playing.

The food will be appetizers, smash burger sliders made with local sourced beef, hot dogs, and vegan options. Beverages will be pop & juice, and I will be providing my homemade beer and cider.

There is no cost, but we encourage people to give a donation to the griddle fund. We are also requesting people to drop off sanitary products that can be handed out underprivileged people by these community organizations.
This fundraiser is family friendly and inclusive.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2153444581825962/ ]


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

SAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANDS
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-funding-c ... rve-better ]


CANADA MUST STOP ABUSES OF MIGRANT WORKERS
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/156972/petition/1 ]


CANADA MUST DO ITS CLIMATE FAIR SHARE
[ https://350.org/canada/fairshare?akid=4 ... t=3#action ]


PM CARNEY: FAST-TRACK CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, NOT FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/climate ... ssil-fuels ]


JUSTICE FOR SEB SEBASTIAN MOORE
[ https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-se ... tian-moore ]


STOP TRUMP FROM TARGETING HEALTH CARE
[ https://healthcoalition.wufoo.com/forms ... ealth-care ]


CARNEY: NO GOLDEN DOME
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/carney-no-golden-dome ]


SEND A MESSAGE TO PM CARNEY: PERMANENT STATUS NOT PRECARITY & DEPORTATION
[ https://migrantrights.ca/equalitynotexclusion/ ]


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


TERMINATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM CANADA TO ISRAEL NOW
[ https://www.change.org/p/terminate-fina ... israel-now ]


TELL CARNEY TO SANCTION ISRAEL
[ https://www.cjpme.org/tell_carney_to_sanction_israel ]


RCMP INVESTIGATES ISRAELI CRIME. DEMAND THEY APPLY THE LAW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/rcmp- ... -apply-law ]


DENOUNCE CONSERVATIVE MP’S SUPPORT FOR KILLING & CLEANSING EVERYONE IN GAZA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/denou ... ne-in-gaza ]


TELL FILTHY FASHION TO DITCH COAL
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/10680/petition/1 ]


TELL PARAMOUNT: DON’T CAPITULATE TO TRUMP’S ATTACKS. STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... ee-speech/ ]


TELL BBC: PUBLISH GAZA MEDICS UNDER FIRE
[ https://www.codepink.org/bbcgaza ]



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