MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 19, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 19, 2025


SPECIAL READING & VIEWING & LISTENING: CARMICHAEL ENCAMPMENT TAKEDOWN

'WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO NEXT?': CYCLE BEGINS AGAIN AFTER LATEST REGINA HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT DISMANTLED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7563711 ]


DOZENS DISPLACED AFTER REGINA POLICE CLEAR ENCAMPMENT
[ https://www.620ckrm.com/2025/06/17/doze ... ncampment/ ]


POLICE CLEAR ENCAMPMENT IN DOWNTOWN REGINA
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/public-safety ... i-AA1GUUqR ]


TENT ENCAMPMENT IN REGINA’S HERITAGE NEIGHBOURBOOD DISMANTLED
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/t ... ismantled/ ]


'I THINK OF THIS AS MY FAMILY': REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS MOVE AS CITY DISMANTLES THEIR COMMUNITY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -community ]


'WE NEED HELP': REGINA MAYOR CALLS FOR SUPPORT AFTER HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEARED
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today/r ... d-10830590 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

‘WE ARE HERE AND WE MATTER’: QUEEN CITY PRIDE PARADE FESTIVITIES BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-together ]


LU PROFESSOR WINS 2025 CANADA PRIZE FOR BOOK DOCUMENTING INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ ... -1.7552089 ]


RIVER DELTA IN DANGER OF DEPLETING, FELT BY FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 91b203be6d ]


DANIELLE SMITH’S FREUDIAN BLURT
[ https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/dan ... dian-blurt ]


THE GREAT SELL-OFF: HOW OUR HOMES BECAME SOMEONE ELSE’S BUSINESS
[ https://www.movesmartly.com/thegreatselloff ]


HOUSING FIRST: WHAT’S NEXT?
[ https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/resou ... hats-next/ ]


MARK CARNEY IS NO WARTIME HOMEBUILDER
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... omebuilder ]


THE ‘ELBOWS UP’ CAMPAIGN FOR A CANADA THE LEFT DOES NOT WANT
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... s-not-want []


CANADA SAID IT WOULD STAND UP TO TRUMP. INSTEAD, IT’S TAKING CUES FROM HIM
[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... flood-zone ]


VALEDICTORIAN TOLD TO STAY HOME AFTER MAKING PRO-PALESTINIAN REMARKS IN GRAD SPEECH
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/v ... -1.5758371 ]


A CANADA-ISRAEL RIFT IS WIDENING OVER UN VOTES AND SANCTIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada ... -1.7563862 ]


GRANDMOTHERS ARE ON THE MOVE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/gra ... n-the-move ]


'UNPRECEDENTED MASS DEPLOYMENT' OF WARPLANES ACROSS ATLANTIC FUELS FEARS OF US WAR ON IRAN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-i ... source=Com ]


IRAN’S RESPONSE TO COORDINATED AGGRESSION: STRATEGIC RESILIENCE AGAINST DECEPTION AND FORCE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/06/irans ... and-force/ ]


DERANGED TRUMP DEMANDS 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' AFTER THREATENING TO KILL IRAN'S LEADER
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... -surrender ]


TRUMP REPORTEDLY GREENLIGHTS PLAN FOR US ATTACK ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... ran-attack ]


IRAN HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM ISRAEL'S RELENTLESS AGGRESSION, with Dimitri Lascaris & Craig Mokhiber
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/nImWlubb1Zw ]


AS TRUMP WEIGHS ATTACK PLANS, IRAN SAYS US INTERVENTION WOULD BE 'RECIPE FOR ALL-OUT WAR'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-us-war ]


PREEMPTIVE STRIKE OR ACT OF WAR? ISRAEL ATTACKED IRAN AMID SINKING GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR ASSAULT ON GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/17/iran_israel ]


ISRAEL LOCKS DOWN WEST BANK GHETTOS AS WAR WITH IRAN RAGES ON – with Mazin Qumsiyeh & Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=c2biEpNVqs0 ]


OUR PENSIONS ARE FUNDING GENOCIDE
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/our-p ... -genocide/ ]


END THE AMERICAN GENOCIDE. THE COST IS A FUTURE WE WON’T SURVIVE, by Doctors Without Borders
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15az6jNZq6I ]


AS ATTENTION SHIFTS TO IRAN, ISRAEL RAMPS UP KILLINGS, STARVATION & ANNEXATION IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/18/ ... _palestine ]


WHY WON’T THE MEDIA MENTION ISRAEL’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
[ https://zeteo.com/p/why-wont-the-media-mention-israels ]


THE MIDDLE EAST AS A ZONE FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
[ https://thetransnational.substack.com/p ... ne-free-of ]


'UNPRECEDENTED MASS DEPLOYMENT' OF WARPLANES ACROSS ATLANTIC FUELS FEARS OF US WAR ON IRAN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-israel-iran ]


TEHRAN PROFESSOR REPORTS FROM IRAN STATE TV BUILDING BOMBED BY ISRAEL AS TRUMP THREATENS KHAMENEI
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/18/ ... nvolvement ]


ABOLISH NATO NOW! HANDS OFF IRAN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SuBC1LHPng ]


URANIUM: USES AND DANGERS, with Gordon Edwards
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OmoJ0duP4E ]


EXPLORING OUR 300,000 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/exploring- ... -equality/ ]


JUNETEENTH SPECIAL: HISTORIAN CLINT SMITH ON RECKONING WITH THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/19/ ... t_smith_on ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


THURSDAY JUNE 19, 6 PM: ANTI-WAR WEBINAR: CANADA MUST OPPOSE ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON IRAN!"
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY JUNE 20, 10 am-1 pm: NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY CELEBRATIONS, VICTORIA PARK
[ https://events.prairiedogmag.com/lists/2106/3721638 ]


FRIDAY JUNE 20, 1 – 4 pm: NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AT THE ROYAL SASK MUSEUM
[ https://events.prairiedogmag.com/lists/2106/3714749 ]


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 ]


TUESDAY JUNE 24, 11 AM: NOWHERE TO GO: CONFRONTING CANADA’S HOUSING CRISIS AND ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE FOR SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
[ https://kh-cdc-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... gistration ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

SCOTT MOE AND THE SASK PARTY CONTINUE TO SELL OUT SASKATCEWAN JOBS. WE DEMAND BETTER
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/stopthesellout?u ... ce=saskndp ]


PM CARNEY: BILL C-2 IS A THREAT TO REFUGEE RIGHTS
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/1731 ... cale=en-CA ]


ANTI-RIGHTS, ANTI-PRIVACY, ANTI-CANADIAN: STOP BILL C-2 NOW!
[ https://action.openmedia.org/page/173242/action/1 ]


BILL C-5: TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT OUR STRENGTH AS A COUNTRY LIES IN CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, NOT IN ACCELERATING POLLUTION.
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=8238825 ]


TELL CANADIAN DECISION MAKERS THAT BILL C-5 MUST BE STRENGTHENED TO ENSURE ECONOMIC GROWTH DOESN’T COME AT THE COST OF THE ENVIRONMENT OR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. 
[ https://action.cpaws.org/page/173200/action/1 ]


TELL THE SENATE: DON’T RUBBER STAMP THE LIBERAL’S ‘POLLUTERS FIRST’ BILL
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/senate-billc5-ett/ ]


TELL CARNEY TO SANCTION ISRAEL
[ https://www.cjpme.org/tell_carney_to_sa ... urce=cjpme ]


REQUEST TO FACILITATE VISAS AND PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR IRANIANS
[ https://www.change.org/p/request-to-fac ... r-iranians ]


THE OCEAN IS NOT FOR SALE! TELL CANADA TO DOUBLE DOWN AGAINST DEEP SEA MINING
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-th ... ining-code ]


TELL CALIFORNIA LEADERS AND ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT TO KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND!
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/kee ... the-ground ]


- Making Peace Vigil