MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 24, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 24, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SASK. ADVOCATE SAYS 3 PER CENT INCREASE FOR SIS, SAID 'VIRTUALLY NOTHING'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/soc-serv-folo ]


JUST ONE MORE TEACHER IN 8 YEARS—letter by Ed Lehman (scroll quickly past the first letter)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... hers-union ]


STF, NDP VOICE CONCERNS OVER GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ation-reax ]



BUDGET'S FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE RECRUITMENT TO FALL SHORT, SAY UNIONS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... say-unions ]



'EVERY DAY IS CHAOS': NURSES UNION SAYS SASK. HOSPITALS REMAIN UNDERSTAFFED, OVERCAPACITY
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... ercapacity ]



BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR SASK WORKERS
[ https://sfl.sk.ca/news/media-releases/p ... or-workers ]



VANCOUVER YOUTH & TENANTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS LIVED IN A FILTHY, VIOLENT GOVERNMENT SRO
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/18/Tena ... nment-SRO/ ]



HOMELESS PEOPLE IN EDMONTON ARE DYING AT 8 TIMES THE RATE AS PRE-PANDEMIC
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7149005 ]



ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS NATIONAL CHIEF CALLS FOR ACTION FOLLOWING REPORTS ON HOUSING, POLICING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn- ... -1.7151533 ]



ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
[ https://www.cjpme.org/faq_arms_embargo ]



THE CEASEFIRE MOTION PASSED – SO WHY IS NOBODY HAPPY?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/the-ceasefi ... sed-so-why ]



COULD CANADIAN-MADE COLT M4 AND MK18 ASSAULT RIFLES BE EXPORTED FOR ISRAELI “CIVILIAN SECURITY SQUADS”?
[ https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/24/could- ... ty-squads/ ]



LIVE FROM GAZA, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/-VcfbDAS_u ... TRwuWPPuCE ]



LEAVING PALESTINE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_xyiOhXjE ]


US PARIAH STATUS GROWS AS FINLAND RESUMES UNRWA FUNDING
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa ... 2667580373 ]


U.S. SAID IT WAS CALLING FOR A GAZA CEASEFIRE, BUT ITS U.N. RESOLUTION DIDN’T SAY THAT: PHYLLIS BENNIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/22/ ... _palestine ]


BRITISH SURGEON DESCRIBES CHILDREN SUFFERING “APPALLING INJURIES” IN GAZA, DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/21/ ... ck_maynard ]


ACHING RAFAH: GAZA, 21 YEARS AFTER THE KILLING OF RACHEL CORRIE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/21/ ... ears_after ]



GREEN GROUPS PROTEST 'NUCLEAR FAIRY TALE' IN BRUSSELS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/protest-nuclear-power ]



THE US GOVERNMENT’S PLOT TO MURDER JULIAN ASSANGE
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... n-assange/ ]


SOCIAL DEMOCRACIES CONTINUE HAPPY STREAK AS NEOLIBERAL US FALLS OUT OF TOP 20
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/world ... ess-report ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY MARCH 24, 11 am – 4 pm: SPRING FREE FROM RACISM FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, ITALIAN CLUB, 13TH AVE & CONNAUGHT ST
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/sunday-m ... om-racism/ ]



SUNDAY MARCH 24, 2 pm: RALLY FOR PALESTINE—MARCH FROM LEG TO MUSEUM
Bring pots and pans for banging.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 2207520000 ]


MONDAY MARCH 25, 6 – 9 pm: RISE AGAINST RACISM—MAPPING OUR PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE, RCMP HERITAGE CENTRE, 5907 DEWDNEY AVE
A light supper will be provided. Sponsored by the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mapping-our ... tdtcreator ]



TUESDAY MARCH 26 NOON: SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS—A NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE PLAN
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/human-right ... ewsletter2 ]



TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
After leaving her American medical practice in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in SK. There, she found a health care system struggling with high rates of preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism. Through her work with patients in urban settings and on reserves, she began learning first-hand about Indigenous perspectives on wellness and healing, leading to a personal journey of enlightenment and reconciliation.
The Medicine Chest exposes disparities in a country that prides itself on an equitable health care system and examines the devastating legacies of colonialism. Boan weaves historical data and professional observations on health care policy into an informative and compassionate narrative while investigating how Canada’s health care system is failing those most in need.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



MARCH 27, 2:30 pm: INDENTIFYING THE SPACE WE HOLD—AN ANTI-RACISM CONVERSATION
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/identifying ... tdtcreator ]



WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—CANADA’S LONG FIGHT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, by Yves Engler
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY MARCH 28, 7 pm: ZONE OF INTEREST SCREENING AT REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE & 12TH
Here’s a link to information about the film:
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_ ... rest_(film)#:~:text=The%20Zone%20of%20Interest%20is,the%20United%20Kingdom%20and%20Poland ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—SQUANDERED: CANADA’S POTASH LEGACY, BY ERIC CLINE, COLLEGE BUILDING, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, CB 139 MULTIPURPOSE HALL
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/396303866211294/ ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]



SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2 pm: RALLY DENOUNCING NATO, FEDERAL BUILDING SCARTH ST & VICTORIA AVE
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will soon be celebrating 75 years of its existence - a day that millions will be remembering the deaths of their loved ones at the hands of NATO.
Join Regina Peace Council members to demonstrate for Peace, Disarmament, and Global Cooperation and Against Hate, War, and Aggression. For more information call me, Ed, at: 306 718 8010.



SATURDAY APRIL 6, 1:30 pm: FOSSIL FOOLS DAY, RBC, 3425 E Quance St
Stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders resisting projects funded by RBC.
RBC is complicit in human rights abuses and genocide at home and around the world. This includes the Coastal GasLink pipeline violating Wet’suwet’en rights, tar sands extraction causing devastating health impacts, and weapons and surveillance technology used in the genocide in Palestine. They profit from land theft and war, ecocide and genocide.
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/fossil-fo ... ce=leadnow ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS"

PROTECT OUR FORESTS
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/expose-logging-giant ]



PM TRUDEAU: TIME TO END DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES ON FIRST NATIONS
[ https://canadians.org/action/first-nations-water/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil