MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 6, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 6, 2025


SPECIAL EVENT

WEDNESDAY JULY 9, NOON-1 pm: CITIZENS ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY, CITY HALL COURTYARD
The event will begin with a media release of the Citizens Encampment Strategy, a document developed by a group of concerned Regina citizens (attached). This will be followed by a delicious lunch and a panel discussion of the issue.
Please come out to City hall to show your support for unhoused people and for action to end houselessness.


SPECIAL READING

THIS ANGLICAN PRIEST FOUGHT TO PROTECT A CHURCHYARD ENCAMPMENT—Very inspiring! The priest is Maggie Helwig, author of Encampment, the book I recently recommended.
[ https://broadview.org/anglican-priest-f ... ncampment/ ]


'SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE': MOTHER ON HUNGER STRIKE AT REGINA LANDFILL REMEMBERS RICHELE BEAR
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/she-wanted- ... chele-bear ]


SONG FOR THE DAY

DEPORTEE, by Arlo Gutherie
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfi0IUh4y8A ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

WINDSOR POLICE CHIEF'S DISCIPLINE FOR RACIST REMARKS 'DOESN'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING': BLACK SCHOLARS INSTITUTE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ ... -1.7570313 ]


CALLING PRISON LABOUR ‘REHABILITATION’ IS MISLEADING
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/calling-prison ... Newsletter ]


POLICE INVESTIGATING OSHAWA SWARMING ATTACK ADVOCATES SAY MAY HAVE BEEN HATE-MOTIVATED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.7576168 ]


HAMILTON WOMAN SPEAKS OUT AFTER HOME, STOREFRONT SPRAYED WITH RACIST GRAFFITI IN 'CALCULATED' HATE ACT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -1.7577323 ]


INSIDE THE MOVEMENT TO MANUFACTURE TRANSPHOBIA IN CANADA
[ https://breachmedia.ca/inside-the-movem ... in-canada/ ]


PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM ILLUSTRATES IMMORALITY OF RICH AND POWERFUL, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/07/05/priva ... -powerful/ ]


TRUMP’S GOLDON DOME IS A DELUSION AND CARNEY IS BUYING IT
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/trumps-g ... ay-for-it/ ]


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA CONCERNED THAT PASSAGE OF BILL C-5 SIDELINES INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/bi ... us-rights/ ]


STANFORD GROUP CHARTS PATH FOR CANADA’S RENEWABLE TRANSITION
[ https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/stan ... ransition/ ]


SPIKE IN WILDFIRES FORCES MORE SASKATCHEWAN COMMUNITIES TO EVACUATE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... o-evacuate ]


FIRE WARNING: A SIGN OF MORE TO COME
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/trumps-g ... ay-for-it/ ]


THE BURNING ISSUE OF FOSSIL-FUELLED SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/the-burni ... emissions/ ]


TEACHING CLIMATE DISOBEDIENCE
[ https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials ... ity-lesson ]


'HIGHLY INSPIRING' COURT RULING AFFIRMS NATIONS' LEGAL DUTY TO COMBAT CLIMATE EMERGENCY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iacth ... on-climate ]


PALESTINIAN STUDENTS SAY VISA DELAYS HAVE STRANDED THEM DESPITE ADMISSION TO CANADIAN SCHOOLS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/univer ... -1.7576935 ]


ARMY INVESTIGATING MEMBERS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN 'ABHORRENT' FACEBOOK GROUP, CANADA'S TOP SOLDIER SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-r ... -1.7576305 ]


CANADA AUTHORIZED $37.2 MILLION IN NEW MILITARY EXPORTS TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-aut ... to-israel/ ]


U.S.-ISRAEL AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
[ https://journal-neo.su/2025/07/05/u-s-i ... nal-order/ ]


THE RESISTANCE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/tog ... resistance ]


“WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 4TH OF JULY?”: JAMES EARL JONES READS FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S HISTORIC SPEECH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/4/w ... ave_is_the ]


DONALD TRUMP'S BIG, BEAUTIFUL CON-JOB with Dimitri Lascaris and Margaret Kimberly
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtHDONC_XmU ]


MAHMOUD KHALIL, PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST JAILED BY ICE FOR 104 DAYS, IN FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/3/mahmoud_khalil ]


TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION PLAN IS A HUMAN AND ECONOMIC DISASTER
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/07/trump ... -disaster/ ]


‘THERE WERE MASSIVE REVOLTS’: THE HISTORY OF THE 1970 KENT STATE MASSACRE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD
[ https://therealnews.com/massive-revolts ... e-massacre ]


GAZA HOSPITAL 'ONE MASSIVE TRAUMA WARD' TREATING PALESTINIANS SHOT TRYING TO ACCESS FOOD: WHO
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-aid-who-1.7577063 ]


THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS OF TRUMP’S "FINAL PROPOSAL" FOR GAZA CEASEFIRE, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-ne ... -ceasefire ]


'THE SITUATION… IS APOCALYPTIC,' ALBANESE TELLS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiCC4m9HOI ]


MILITARIZED GAZA AID SYSTEM SHOWS ISRAEL'S CONTINUED USE OF STARVATION AS WEAPON OF WAR, AMNESTY REPORT SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amnesty-r ... -1.7575953 ]


RESIST NATO!
[ https://internationalsolidarity.org/resist-nato/ ]


ABOUT RESISTANCE
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... resistance ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY JULY 6 10 AM: “LEFT BEHIND AND UNDER FIRE’: DISABILITY, GENOCIDE, AND THE RELENTLESS ASSAULT ON GAZA MEDICS!, with Doctors Against Genocide
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


WEDNESDAY JULY 9, NOON-1 pm: CITIZENS ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY, CITY HALL COURTYARD
The event will begin with a media release of the Citizens Encampment Strategy, a document developed by a group of concerned Regina citizens (attached). This will be followed by a delicious lunch and then a panel discussion of the issue.
Please come out to city hall to show your support for unhoused people and for action to end houselessness.


WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 5:30 pm: ANMESTY INTERNATIONAL REGINA SUMMER SOCIAL AND POTLUCK, REGINA SENIORS CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/july-9th ... d-potluck/ ]


MONDAY JULY 14, 6 pm: GLOBAL DAY OF MEDIA ACTION TO CLOSE BASES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/close- ... ar_id=true ]


NOTE DATE CHANGE: WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—CITY OF REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA
On July 30, Admin will be bringing a report to Council regarding the current encampment strategy. Anyone who would like to be informed of when this report gets published, can ask to be added to The Interested parties list for the July 30 encampment report. You would then receive notification when the report is published on July 25 so that you could read the report. If you decide you’d like to register to speak to Council on July 30 regarding this report, you would need to register as a delegation prior to July 28 at noon. If you’d like to be added to the Interested Parties list for this report, you can contact the Clerk’s Office at clerks@regina.ca or (306) 777-7262.


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, REGINA CITY HALL


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


DON’T LEAVE US OUT! INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED DISABLED CANADIANS IN EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
[ https://www.change.org/p/don-t-leave-us ... t-policies ]


TELL YOUR MP: DRAW THE LINE FOR A SAFE FUTURE
[ https://win.newmode.net/350org/drawtheline ]


TELL HOOPP TO CUT TIES WITH OCCUPATION & GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hoopp ... ral-public ]


STOP CARNEY’S SURVEILLANCE PLAN
[ https://action.openmedia.org/page/173242/action/1 ]


TELL PM CARNEY: WITHDRAW BILL C-2 FROM PARLIAMENT
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173197/action/1 ]


PUT CLIMATE EXPERTS ON THE CANADA PENSION PLAN BOARD – NOT FOSSIL FUEL INSIDERS
[ https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cppib-directors ]


NO LABOUR FOR GENOCIDE: TELL THE CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS TO DECLARE ISRAELI GOODS AND SERVICES HOT CARGO
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hot-cargo ]


STAND WITH SCIENTISTS AGAINST WAR AND MILITARIZATION OF SCIENCE
[ https://www.iuscientists.org/stand-with ... f-science/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil