MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 10, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 10, 2025


SPECIAL READING: A CITIZENS ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY
Thanks to everyone who came out to Wednesday event at City Hall. It was a great turnout! It also got good media coverage, which will help us keep the issue in the public domain.
I was only able to find one article online—from the Leader Post. CTV, CBC, and CJME were also present. If anyone finds any other coverage, please let me know.
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -evictions ]


SONG FOR THE DAY—PALESTINE, by Christie Moore
[ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibexti ... NtfxQ3RnRo ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

'MEDICAL LEADERSHIP CRISIS' IDENTIFIED BY REVIEW INTO REGINA HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN CULTURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7578845 ]


EXTERNAL REVIEW CALLS FOR ACTION ON 'LONG-STANDING AND SERIOUS ISSUES’ WITHIN REGINA HOSPITALS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... mendations ]


REGINA POLICE ARE RECRUITING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE OFFICERS—Just what we need: more cops!
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today/r ... s-10907804 ]


NDP CALLS FOR ACTION ON HOUSING AS THOUSANDS OF UNITS SIT EMPTY
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-new ... s-10921598 ]


SASK. OPPOSITION SAYS PROVINCE MISHANDLING HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AS THOUSANDS OF UNITS SIT VACANT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7581039 ]


RESIDENTS WHO LOST HOMES TO SASK. WILDFIRES MEET WITH LAW FIRM ABOUT CLASS-ACTION SUIT AGAINST PROVINCE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7578955 ]


CUPE IS FIGHTING THE ZIONIST-INSTIGATED FIRING OF A PARAMEDIC
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/cupe-is-fi ... paramedic/ ]


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


STORYING TRUTHS OF INDIGENOUS HOMELESSNESS
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... melessness ]


CARNEY PROMISED RESISTANCE AND DELIVERED RETREAT
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ed-retreat ]


LIBERALS WILL NEED TO RETHINK THEIR PROMISED BUDGET CUTS
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... dget-cuts/ ]


THE EMPTY CASE FOR CANADA’S FIVE PERCENT DEFENCE PLEDGE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... nce-pledge ]


DEFENSE OR DESTRUCTION: THE FALLOUT OF NATO’S 5% GDP GAMBLE
[ https://journal-neo.su/2025/07/04/defen ... dp-gamble/ ]


HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES
[ https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreame ... nequities/ ]


COMPETITION BUREAU ADVANCES INVESTIGATION INTO AMAZON'S PRICING POLICY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/compet ... -1.7579547 ]


WHY I’M RUNNING FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE NDP, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/07/07/why-i ... ip-of-ndp/ ]


BE THAT GUY! LESSONS IN RESISTANCE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/be- ... resistance ]


TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON COPPER, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/tru ... irect=true ]


THE PERSECUTION OF FRANCESCA ALBANESE
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... a-albanese ]


STATELESS PALESTINIAN WOMAN DETAILS 'VERY TRAUMATIZING' ABUSE SUFFERED IN ICE DETENTION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ward-sakeik ]


AN L.A. PUBLICATION FOUNDED TO COVER TACOS AND WEED IS NOW A MAJOR SOURCE FOR ICE RAID NEWS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/la ... -1.7579263 ]


AMERICA, ‘NATION OF IMMIGRANTS,’ TURNS ON IMMIGRANTS—A CONVERSATION WITH VIET THANH NGUYEN
[ https://therealnews.com/america-nation- ... anh-nguyen ]


27 ARRESTED FOR DEFYING UK BAN ON NONVIOLENT PRO-PALESTINE GROUP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/pales ... ion-banned ]


THE EU IS USING A CHILLING NEW PLAYBOOK TO REPRESS DISSENT
[ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BmanpNJLaug ]


“ZERO” PROGRESS IN CEASEFIRE TALKS, HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYS, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-ne ... ress-hamas ]


“NETANYAHU IS THE PROBLEM”: SANDERS’S FORMER ADVISER MATT DUSS ON WHY GAZA CEASEFIRE REMAINS ELUSIVE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/9/netanyahu_trump ]


LEFT BEHIND AND UNDER FIRE: DISABILITY, GENOCIDE, AND THE RELENTLESS ASSAULT ON GAZA MEDICS!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skjA1zclX0 ]


AS GAZA STARVES, REMEMBER WRITERS WHO OPPOSED UNRWA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/as-gaza-st ... sed-unrwa/ ]


UNDERMINING SOVEREIGNTY UNDERMINES US ALL: HOW ISRAEL’S ACTIONS – AND U.S. SUPPORT FOR THEM – THREATENS OUR INTERNATIONAL RULES-BASED ORDER, by Josh Paul
[ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/undermin ... ons-xd1je/ ]


ISRAEL WILL USE AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN AGAIN, CEASEFIRE A COVER
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=i6JqmIt9Z_A ]


BDS AT 20: REDEFINING INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND GALVANIZING GLOBAL PEOPLE POWER TOWARD PALESTINIAN LIBERATION
[ https://bdsmovement.net/news/bds-at-20 ]


UNITED NATIONS WARNS OF DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN
[ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new ... arric.html ]


THEY WERE CHILDREN | HONOURING 38,000 LIVES LOST IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZfCY72CsKw ]


’EVERYTHING IS DYING’: SASKATCHEWAN FARMERS, CROPS STRUGGLING WITH YEARLY DROUGHTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... y-droughts ]


'THESE DEATHS ARE ON TRUMP'S HANDS': TEXAS FLOODING SPOTLIGHTS ASSAULT ON CLIMATE SCIENCE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-texas-flooding ]


HALFWAY TO 2050
[ https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/sbn ... a662384ed8 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


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


TUESDAY JULY 15, 10 am: WEBINAR: WILL CARNEY STOP THE PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTH CARE IN CANADA?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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


CITY OF REGINA FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN: PLEASE TAKE THE SURVEY
[ https://beheard.regina.ca/urban-forest-management-plan ]


BRING THE BISON HOME FROM EVRAZ/TURVEY CENTER WILDLIFE PARK
[ https://www.change.org/p/bring-the-biso ... dlife-park ]


STOP TRUMP’S ATTACK ON OUR OCEANS
[ https://action.eko.org/a/trump-attacks-oceans ]


AIRBNB: STOP: STOP LISTING PROPERTIES ON STOLEN LAND
[ https://www.codepink.org/stopairbnb ]


TELL CBC TO STOP PANDERNG TO ‘ISRAELI DIGITAL ARMY’ AND CANADIAN CHARITY, HONESTREPORTING CANADA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... ing-canada? ]


PROVIDE FREE PHONE CALLS TO IRAN
[ https://www.change.org/p/provide-free-p ... ls-to-iran ]


STOP ISRAEL’S ETHNIC CLEANSING PLAN
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/st ... _plan_2_1/ ]


SPEED UP IRANIAN VISA PROCESSING AMID CRISIS
[ https://www.change.org/p/speed-up-irani ... mid-crisis ]


TELL ETSY TO TAKE DOWN ALL MERCHANDISE GLORIFYING THE ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ CONCENTRATION CAMP IN SOUTH FLORIDA?
[ https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/n ... rce=mailto ]


- Making Peace Vigil