MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 28, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 28, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


BUTTERFLIES IN MY BACKYARD—BIMBY CANADA

Bimby is a community science campaign, sponsored by David Suzuki that tracks the diversity of butterfly species and their relationship with native plants in Canada.
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/take-action/vol ... ence/bimby [


STUDENTS AT SASKATOON PROTEST VOICE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AS CONTRACT DISPUTE CONTINUES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7155829 ]


PREMIER MOE AND HIS GOVERNMENT A 'THREAT' TO 2SLGBTQ+ WORKERS: CUPE SASK. PRESIDENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7157484 ]


CURRENT SASKATOON DOWNTOWN LIBRARY SOLD, COSTS RISE FOR NEW LOCATION (A warning for Regina!)
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... w-location ]


WHY SASK. IS TOUTING RECORD SPENDING IN ITS BUDGET AND WHY THAT CLAIM NEEDS CONTEXT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7152294 ]


ON THE DOORSTEP: WINTER AT A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN FRONT OF HALIFAX CITY HALL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/fea ... e-doorstep ]


RIO TINTO SAYS IT'S A GREEN MINING GIANT. INVESTIGATION SHOWS ENVIRONMENTAL GAPS FROM QUEBEC TO THE AMAZON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7153444 ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR MARCH 25, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMhfYuO0Po ]


WORLD IGNORES SUDAN HUNGER CRISIS; 230,000 CHILDREN AND MOTHERS COULD DIE IN COMING MONTHS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/25/sudan ]


NATO, UKRAINE, & US IMPERIALISM
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M9Fx_vep54&t=629s ]


IMPERIALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpHySA7dabY ]



‘MAN-MADE HELL ON EARTH’: A CANADIAN DOCTOR ON HIS MEDICAL MISSION TO GAZA
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/int ... Newsletter ]


DRAFT UN REPORT FINDS ISRAEL HAS MET THRESHOLD FOR GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... 2667597341 ]


CONVERSATION ON THE GAZA GENOCIDE WITH NORMAN FINKELSTEIN AND CHRIS HEDGES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VtaKMoS-KE ]


AS ISRAEL BLOCKS MORE U.N. AID, GAZA IS ON THE BRINK OF “MOST INTENSE FAMINE” SINCE WW2
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/25/gaza ]



'CRUCIAL' UN REPORT ON GAZA GENOCIDE MUST SPUR GLOBAL ACTION, SAYS AMNESTY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-report-genocide ]


ROBOTIC WARFARE: THE DANGEROUS NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RACE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_VcTUb ... re-webinar ]



WHAT UK HIGH COURT’S DECISION IN JULIAN ASSANGE CASE MEANS
[ https://www.rt.com/news/594938-assange- ... explained/ ]



ASSANGE EXTRADITION DELAYED: BRITISH MP JEREMY CORBYN ON U.K. COURT SEEKING MORE ASSURANCES FROM U.S.
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/26/ ... xtradition ]



AN OSCAR CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUMENT REPAIR SHOP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/la ... -1.7149746 ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


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) ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 11 am: THE TRUTH ABOUT OPEN-PEN SALMON FARMS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... GVZCj-Cquw ]


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://uofrpress.ca/Books/S/Squandered ]



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 ]


SATURDAY APRIL 20, 10 am – 5 pm: ELECTRIFY REGINA, INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE, EVRAZ PLACE
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/4421675 ... f=newsfeed ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

HALT UNJUST EVICTIONS FOR RENOVATIONS BY LANDLORDS
[ https://www.change.org/p/halt-unjust-ev ... -landlords ]



TELL MINISTER FREELAND: STAND YOUR GROUND ON PREDATORY LENDING
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/predatory-lending-ett/ ]



$24 BILLION OF OUR PUBLIC PENSION IS INVESTED IN ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/d0c35 ... a1a3592195 ]



STOP THE CLOSURE OF CPSBC LIBRARY
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-closu ... bc-library ]



REGULATE CRUISE POLLUTION NOW!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/65467/actio ... id=2421847 ]



TELL YOUR MP: TAX BIG OIL IN BUDGET 2024
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/350org/f ... ple-canada ]



CALL ON MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT: INITIATE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT HEARINGS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4799 ]


- Making Peace Vigil