MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 29, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 29, 2025


SPECIAL EVENT

TUESDAY JULY 1, 6 am – 5:30 pm: TATANGA DAY POW-WOW, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK, 1400 ATHOL ST
[ https://allevents.in/regina/tatanga-day ... 8371448107 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

GOVERNMENTS MUST PROTECT VULNERABLE, Letter by Lorraine Weidner
[ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regi ... 6850900822 ]


REGINA PROFESSOR FOUND LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION AFTER CALLING BOOK 'RACIST GARBAGE'—A stupid judgement! Let’s hope an appeal can be brought.
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... st-garbage ]
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/ ... t-comment/ ]


THE OLD, COLUMNIST PIGEON SAYS GOOD-BYE ... AND THANK YOU, by Murray Mandryk—Thanks Murray for helping keep us informed over the years!
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... -thank-you ]


REGINA PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO RESTRUCTURE ELEMENTARY BAND PROGRAM, CUTTING $450K FROM BUDGET—Boo!!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/public-scho ... rom-budget ]


REGINA DOCTORS VOTE TO REMOVE MONEY FROM BANKS INVESTING IN ISRAELI ARMS INDUSTRY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/re ... s-industry ]


SCOTT MOE’S EDUCATION LEGACY? NEGLECT
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/scot ... cy-neglect ]


DOES TRANSIT MATTER? CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS & HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN IN CANADA
[ https://homelesshub.ca/blog/2020/does-t ... en-canada/ ]


YORK REGION PARAMEDIC FIRED FOR SUPPORT OF ANTI-WAR RALLY
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/york-region-pa ... war-rally/ ]


A NEW KIND OF GROCERY STORY
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/municipa ... ry-stores/ ]


ALBERTA JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY INJUNCTION BLOCKING A TRANSGENDER HEALTH-CARE BILL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7573432 ]


CLOSING THE GAP: GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND POLICY MAKING FOR HOUSING IN CANADA
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/closing-the-housing-gap/ ]


IMAGINE IF YOU WOKE UP ONE MORNING IN THE HOME YOU'D LIVED IN ALL YOUR LIFE AND YOUR ADDRESS HAD SUDDENLY BECOME "FIRING ZONE 918" by Josh Paul
[ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/ur ... 806073344/ ]


CARNEY CALLS FOR “ZIONIST PALESTINIAN STATE”
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/06/26/carne ... ian-state/ ]


CARNEY JUSTIFIED ATTACKS WHILE IRANIAN CANADIANS FEARED THE WORST
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/carney-jus ... the-worst/ ]


CANADA SHOULD STAND WITH IRAN AGAINST THE US AND ISRAEL
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadians- ... nd-israel/ ]


HUMANITY RISES, with Dimitri Lascaris and Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4i_Jntp82g ]


UNMASKING NATO FRONT: YOUNG POLITICIANS OF CANADA, by Yves Engler & Alex Tyrell
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/06/28/unmas ... of-canada/ ]


THOUSANDS MARCH IN HUNGARY AS 2SLGBTQ+ RALLY BECOMES ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/protester ... -1.7573599 ]


MIGRANTS AND DEPORTATION, with Metta Spencer
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... tation-85b ]


TIME TO UNMASK TRUMP’S DETENTION AND DEPORTATION SQUADS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/26/ ... ention_and ]


'JUST KILLED, FOR NOTHING': ISRAELI TROOPS SAY THEY WERE ORDERED TO SHOOT AID-SEEKING GAZA CIVILIANS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-gaza-aid-killings ]


GAZA’S GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO ENSURE HUMANITARIAN AID REACHES STARVING PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-tri ... irect=true ]


HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT UNTIL THE END OF TRUMP, by Noam Chomsky
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9MJNSlgww ]


KIDNAPPED TO SALVADORAN MEGA-PRISON: ANDRY HERNÁNDEZ ROMERO’S FAMILY ON 100+ DAYS OF DISAPPEARANCE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/27/ ... dez_romero ]


A US BANK CLOSED OUR ACCOUNTS (WORLD BEYOND WAR) BECAUSE I’D VISITED CUBA SIX MONTHS AGO
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/a-u-s-bank-c ... onths-ago/ ]


LIKE IT OR NOT, WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT INSECTS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/like-it-o ... t-insects/ ]


BE COOL: 4 WAYS THE EARTH BEATS THE HEAT
[ https://www.earthday.org/be-cool-4-ways ... -the-heat/ ]


THE WOBBLY PLANET—IT’S DESTABILIZING
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/06/the-w ... abilizing/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY JUNE 30, 10 AM: “FROM RWANDA TO TIGRAY TO PALESTINE: THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PREVENT GENOCIDE.”
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


TUESDAY JULY 1, 6 am – 5:30 pm: TATANGA DAY POW-WOW, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK, 1400 ATHOL ST
[ https://allevents.in/regina/tatanga-day ... 8371448107 ]


WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—CITY OF REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA
Hope lots of us turn out for this meeting to show our support for a city encampment response that supports, rather than takes-down, encampments.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

TELL MEDIA OUTLETS TO ACKNOWLEDGE CLIMATE CHANGE IN WILDFIRES COVERAGE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-me ... ate-change ]


HARPER COLLINS: UPLIFT PEACE, NOT GENOCIDE
[ https://www.codepink.org/harpercollins ]


DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
[ https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription ]


- Making Peace Vigil