MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 12, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 12, 2025

3 SPECIAL EVENTS—ALL ON SATURDAY

SATURDAY JUNE 14, 10 am: SCOTIA BANK FUNDS GENOCIDE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION, ROCHDALE BRANCH, 4420 ROCHDALE AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DKieeOnPtJ5/ ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, STARTS AT NOON: PRIDE PARADE—click on the link to see the parade route
[ 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


SPECIAL PETITION

JOIN THE CALL FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION ON SOCIAL HOUSING & HUMAN RIGHTS
Social Housing and Human Rights - Join the Movement!


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

'AN IMPORTANT THING TO THEM': MUSICIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST REGINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BAND CUTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -band-cuts ]


SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT ROLLS BACK ALL U.S. TARIFF COUNTERMEASURES—Why?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/national/sa ... ermeasures ]


SASK OMBUDSMAN TO SPEAK ON GOVERNMENT’S LACK OF RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE EVACUEES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/sask-ombuds ... e-evacuees ]


PRAIRIE WATER: SOVEREIGNTY, SCARCITY, & CONSERVATION
[ https://canadians.org/event/prairie-wat ... servation/ ]


WEBINAR RECORDING: WORKING WITH LANDLORDS TO PREVENT EVICTIONS
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... evictions/ ]


THE US BADLY NEEDS RARE MINERAL AND FRESH WATER. GUESS WHO HAS THEM?
[ https://thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly-needs ... -has-them/ ]


THREE WAYS TRUMP’S TRADE WAR MIGHT IMPACT CANADIAN MEDICARE
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/three-wa ... -medicare/ ]


FIGHTING TO PROECT MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES
[ https://ecojustice.ca/file/fighting-to- ... esticides/ ]


WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE COLLAPSING GLOBALLY. CANADA IS NO EXCEPTION
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/workers-ri ... exception/ ]


CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD’S INVESTMENTS IN FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/news/cppibs- ... r-jun2025/ ]


WHY NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM HAS OVERRULED DEMOCRACY AND WHY WE MUST ORGANIZE TO TAKE BACK DEMOCRATIC POWER FOR THE WORKING-CLASS
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/2025-ell ... -blakeley/ ]


PRIME MINISTER CARNEY JUST PROMISED TO MASSIVELY INCREASE CANADA’S MILITARY BUDGET, ADDING $9+ BILLION OVERNIGHT — Spend the money on ending houselessness, not on war!
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/prime-minist ... overnight/ ]


RESIST THE G-7 SUMMIT IN ALBERTA
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/resis ... n-alberta/ ]


L.A. UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP SENDS IN NATIONAL GUARD AS PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER MILITARIZED ICE RAIDS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/9/l ... _ice_raids ]


“ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED”: TRUMP DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD TO L.A. & HEGSETH THREATENS TO SEND IN MARINES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/9/t ... onal_guard ]


‘A DECLARATION OF WAR’: TRUMP SENDS NATIONAL GUARD TO LA OVER ANTI- ICE PROTESTS
[ https://therealnews.com/trump-sends-nat ... e-protests ]


WE STAND WITH CALIFORNIA, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/we- ... california ]


CHAOS & CRUELTY: TRUMP DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS TO PUT DOWN ANTI-ICE PROTESTS IN LOS ANGELES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/10/ ... deployment ]


TRUMP’S DRESS REHEARSAL FOR TYRANNY
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-dre ... or-tyranny ]


'WE'RE NOT SCARED': FREEDOM FLOTILLA CREW APPROACHES GAZA DESPITE NEW ISRAELI THREATS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/freed ... za-threats ]


VOLUNTEERS ABOARD THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA’S ‘MADLEEN’ ISSUE SOS CALL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMdY-r55g8 ]


“KIDNAPPED IN INT’L WATERS”: ISRAEL INTERCEPTS GAZA-BOUND AID SHIP, DETAINS GRETA THUNBERG & OTHERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/9/m ... _activists? ]


CODEPINK DEMANDS THE RELEASE OF THE FREEDOM FOTILLA ACTIVISTS
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/codepink ... activists/ ]


FRANCESCA ALBANESE CALLS FOR A GLOBAL SEA FLEET TO BREAK THE SIEGE OF GAZA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RqSRvWs_Kg ]


GLOBAL MARCH TO GAZA - PARLIAMENTARY PRESS CONFERENCE - JUNE 10, 2025
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vBMcIoq2qs&t=887s ]


'WE REFUSE TO REMAIN SILENT': 1,000 NORTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS MAKE THEIR WAY TO GAZA TO BREAK ISRAELI SIEGE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-africa ]


CJPME WELCOMES CARNEY’S SANCTIONS ON ISRAELI MINISTERS AS A FIRST STEP FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_10_carney_sanctions ]


U.S. CONDEMNS CANADA, 4 OTHER NATIONS OVER ISRAELI SANCTIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada ... -1.7556968 ]


FAST FOR GAZA HITS 40 DAY MARK
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/fast-for ... -day-mark/ ]


THE DIRTY TRICKS CANADA USES TO AVOID SANCTIONING ISRAEL, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6U2NC2U54A ]


END THE AMERICAN GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMG2R6hf38U ]


VIJAY PRASHAD PREDICTS THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlaOlFCnWw ]


‘WE’RE HOLDING DEAD BABIES IN OUR HANDS’: DOCTORS RETURNING FROM GAZA BEG HUMANITY TO STOP THE CARNAGE
[ https://therealnews.com/doctors-returni ... he-carnage ]


NICARAGUA AND CHINA BREAK GROUND ON LANDMARK SOLAR PROJECT TO POWER WATER ACCESS AND ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/nicaragu ... vereignty/ ]


NATO GEARS UP FOR DIRECT SHOWDOWN WITH RUSSIA
[ https://sputnikglobe.com/20250611/nato- ... 25523.html ]


US EMPIRE IS DYING AND IT’S MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVEN
[ https://therealnews.com/us-empire-is-dy ... -than-ever ]


TULSI GABBARD WARNS OF 'NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST': SAYS WORLD CLOSER TO ANNIHILATION THAN EVER
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=id8Jo0dXj1M ]


“FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF”: KALIEF BROWDER’S LATE MOTHER’S POETRY DRIVES NEW FILM ON IMPACT OF SOLITARY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/6/f ... ef_browder ]


BRING LEONARD PELTIER HOME: A FILM
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzA3i4JgASg ]


BRINGING HIM HOME: NDN COLLECTIVE’S HISTORIC AND ONGOING SUPPORT OF LEONARD PELTIER
[ https://ndncollective.org/bringing-him- ... d-peltier/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


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 ]


FRIDAY JUNE 13, NOON: WEBINAR ON URANIUM BY DR. GORDON EDWARDS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84006765859#success ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, 10 am: SCOTIA BANK FUNDS GENOCIDE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION, ROCHDALE BRANCH, 4420 ROCHDALE AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DKieeOnPtJ5/ ]


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


SUNDAY JUNE 15, 10 am: ABOLISH NATO NOW!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 5:30 pm: OFF THE HILL: CLIMATE POLICY, PIPELINES, AND THE PUSH FOR LAND BACK
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY JUNE 20, 5 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB, WITH VINH NGUYEN
Join us for a live online event for World Refugee Day with Vinh Nguyen, the Canadian author of the memoir "The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse."
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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

CANADA MUST PERMIT ENDANGERED AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO JOIN TORONTO FAMILY
[ https://www.change.org/p/canada-must-pe ... nto-family ]


LETTER TO MARK CARNEY: NO GOLDEN DOME FOR CANADA
[ https://canadians.org/action/golden-dome/ ]


TELL YOUR MP TO TAKE ACTION: BILL C-5 IS A GIFT TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
[ https://win.newmode.net/350org/c5 ]


TELL YOUR MP: DON’T LET THE LIBERALS FAST-TRACK THEIR ‘POLLUTERS FIRST’ BILL
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/polluters-first-bill/ ]


FINANCIAL COMPLICITY IN WAR CRIMES AND GENOCIDE IN THE CANADIAN CHARITABLE SECTOR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/2d674 ... rect_link& ]


TELL SCOTIA BANK TO DIVEST COMPLETELY FROM ELBIT SYSTEMS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... rect_link& ]


SAVE NASSER HOSPITAL IN GAZA
[ https://win.newmode.net/movementmediahu ... italingaza ]


GRETA THUNBERG AND OTHER ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR TRYING TO DELIVER HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA. DEMAND THEIR RELEASE & FOOD AID FOR GAZA
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/806/531 ... 3489672264 ]


- Making Peace Vigil