MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 17, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 17, 2025



SPECIAL READING

CANADA HAS NOT YET RATIFIED THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.icanw.org/canada ]


NOBEL WINNERS WARN OF NUCLEAR RISK ON 80TH ANNIV. OF TRINITY TEST, RELEASE NEW “HARD RAIN”
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHb_dCZpr0 ]


80 YEARS LATER THE FIRST NUCLEAR BLAST IS NOT FORGOTTEN
[ https://www.icanw.org/80_years_later_th ... _forgotten ]


NEW RELEASE OF BOB DYLAN’S “HARD RAIN” AS NOBEL WINNERS WARN OF NUCLEAR RISK ON TRINITY TEST 80TH ANNIVERSARY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/16/ ... uclear_war ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

'KEEP THE DOORS OPEN': AS ERS CLOSE, DOCTOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE CHALLENGES OF PRACTICING IN RURAL SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7583577 ]


HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/hands-of ... alth-care/ ]


‘WILD WEST’: PRIVATE CLINICS, EXTRA BILLING AND CHARGING USER FEES FOR HEALTH CARE
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/wild-wes ... alth-care/ ]


THICK SMOKE BLANKETS SASKATCHEWAN AS WILDFIRE BURNS NEAR WASKESIU LAKE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 0604f360b5 ]


SASKATCHEWAN SAYS 1,100 REMAIN OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS 49 FIRES RAGE IN PROVINCE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 94eadefe1f ]


UBER DRIVERS HAVE UNIONIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CANADA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/uber-drive ... in-canada/ ]


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


DEATH, TAXES, AND BUILDING CANADA’S SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/death-ta ... structure/ ]


KANEHSATAKE 35 YEARS LATER: REMEMBERING THE DAY CANADA SENT IN THE MILITARY TO VIOLENTLY CLEAR MOHAWK LAND FOR A GOLF COURSE
[ https://ricochet.media/indigenous/landb ... lf-course/ ]


BUILDING CANADA ACT A 'TROUBLING THREAT' TO INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bill ... -1.7580152 ]


FAMILY LAWYER SAYS HE'S SEEING A NEW TREND OF THE 'MANOSPHERE' LEADING TO DIVORCE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7580722 ]


THE FRIGHTENING LESSON FROM TEXAS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... from-texas ]


THE MAMDANI EFFECT
[ https://www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-mamdani-effect ]


'THIS IS AN INTERNMENT CAMP': LAWMAKERS HORRIFIED BY INHUMANE CONDITIONS IN 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/allig ... kers-visit ]


ICE LAWYERS ARE HIDING THEIR NAMES IN IMMIGRATION COURT
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/07/15/ice ... Newsletter ]


NO ORDINARY SOLIDARITY — INSIDE CHICAGO’S HUNGER STRIKE FOR GAZA
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/i ... -for-gaza/ ]


DEFENCE ATTACHÉ BRIEFED BY ISRAELI WHO COMPARED GAZANS TO COCKROACHES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/defence-at ... newsletter ]


ISRAELI SETTLERS BEAT AMERICAN TO DEATH IN ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED WEST BANK: FAMILY, HEALTH MINISTRY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/settl ... -west-bank ]


BEATEN TO DEATH: EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBE BRUTAL KILLING OF U.S. CITIZEN BY ISRAELI SETTLERS IN WEST BANK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/15/ ... h_musallet ]


“WAR ON CHILDREN”: DOCTOR IN GAZA ON MASSACRES, STARVATION AND ISRAEL’S PLAN FOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/14/gaza ]


5,800+ GAZA CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH MALNUTRITION IN JUNE: UNICEF
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... -june-2025 ]


'HORRIFIC': ISRAELI MILITARY KILLS SEVEN CHILDREN IN LATEST ATTACK ON WATER DISTRIBUTION SITE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... ution-site ]


THE HAGUE GROUP RAISES CONCRETE MEASURES TO STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/the-hagu ... e-in-gaza/ ]


RENOWNED GENOCIDE SCHOLAR SAYS 'I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT'—AND HE SEES IT IN ISRAEL'S ASSAULT ON GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/is-is ... -gaza-2025 ]


AT HAGUE GROUP EMERGENCY SUMMIT, 30+ NATIONS SEEK TO 'HALT THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/hague ... t-colombia ]


ISRAEL IS DISPLACING PALESTINIANS ON A SCALE NOT SEEN SINCE 1967
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... ince-1967/ ]


HOW IMPUNITY WORKS
[ https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/how-impunity-works ]


NO BASIS FOR THESE BASES: THE DAMAGE FOREIGN MILITARY BASES DO IN 2025
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/basesreport2025/ ]


TIME OF MONSTERS: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ON GAZA, IMMIGRATION, CLIMATE CRISIS, AND LACK OF SOLIDARITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/11/ ... ghts_chief ]


ANOTHER REASON TO OPPOSE WAR: ITS ENVIRONMENTAL FALLOUT
[ https://rainforestactionnetwork.substac ... ironmental ]


ILHAN SAMI ÇOMAK RECEIVES THE JACK HIRSCHMAN POETRY AWARD
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/07/ilhan ... try-award/ ]


46 BILLION YEARS ON, THE SUN IS HAVING A MOMENT
[ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-o ... g-a-moment ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY JULY 17, 5:30 pm: FIRST NATIONS AND BILL-5—AN UPDATE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY JULY 20. 11 AM: HOT CARGO AND LABOUR’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gIyUJZ6dgQ ]


THURSDAY JULY 24, 5 pm: DRAW THE LINE—NATIONAL RESISTANCE PLANNING CALL
Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving quickly to fast-track a billionaire-first agenda: promoting pipelines as “nation-building,” weakening public oversight, and laying the groundwork for laws that trample rights, scapegoat migrants, and double down on militarism. He’s betting we won’t push back. Let’s prove him wrong.
[ https://350org.zoom.us/meeting/register ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 10 am: OUR WORK ON OUR TERMS: NIGINAN'S CULTURALLY-BASED APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... revention/ ]


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 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.


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 7 pm: COMMEMORATION OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, CENTRAL LIBRARY CE-1
Sponsor: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010


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


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

CANADA: STOP ARMING ISRAEL
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-arming-israel ]


WE CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA to order the Auditor General to conduct an independent, objective and systematic assessment of how well Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is managing its activities, responsibilities and resources; and prohibit AECL from issuing a contract to Nuclear Laboratories Partners of Canada, or any other private body, until the audit is complete and its results are made publicly available and discussed in Parliament.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-6636 ]


TELL CARNEY & CABINET: NO HARPER-STYLE CUTS TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICES
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/no-cuts-ett/ ]


PROTECT AND RESETTLE VULNERABLE AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES STRANDED IN IRAN
[ https://www.change.org/p/protect-and-re ... ed-in-iran ]


PROTECT CHILDREN, MOTHERS, AND VULNERABLE CIVILIANS: CALL FOR URGENT UN ACTION
[ https://www.change.org/p/protect-childr ... -un-action ]


DEMAND THE UK ENDS THE USE OF ISDS NOW.
[ https://secure.waronwant.org/page/174653/petition/1 ]


'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' IS THE NEWEST SITE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST IMMIGRANTS. DEMAND ITS CLOSURE, NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/983/564 ... 3498752206 ]


- Making Peace Vigil