MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 2, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 2, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

WHAT’S NEXT AFTER SASK TEACHERS VOTE ON PROVINCE’S FINAL OFFER?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... inal-offer ]


CANADA REVENUE AGENCY TO AUDIT SASKATCHEWAN FOR NOT PAYING CARBON LEVIES
[ https://leaderpost.com/business/canada- ... 425f14f557 ]



HOUSING SHORTAGE REAL CONCERN ACROSS SASK. FIRST NATIONS, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 9925a40e7d ]


DRUG USER ADVOCATES DECRY B.C.'S DECRIMINALIZATION EXCEPTION REQUEST
[ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/drug-user-advocat ... -1.6865278 ]


IN COMMITTEE, CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND BUREAUCRATS EXPOSE COLONIAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS AFRICA
[ https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles ... rds-africa ]


PUSH TO ERASE PALESTINIANS: CANADIANS PROMOTING GENOCIDE
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/04/28/push- ... -genocide/ ]


QUEBEC JUDGE REFUSES TO PROHIBIT PRO-PALESTINAIN PROTEST AT MCGILL, by Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/05/01/ ... niversity/ ]


'ARE WE IN A POLICE STATE?' PROGRESSIVES DEMAND END TO CRACKDOWN ON CAMPUS PROTESTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/natio ... s-protests ]


CAMPUS CRACKDOWN: 300+ ARRESTED IN POLICE RAIDS ON COLUMBIA & CCNY TO CLEAR GAZA ENCAMPMENTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/1/c ... olice_raid ]



“WE DON’T WANT TO TRADE IN THE BLOOD OF PALESTINIANS”: VOICES OF STUDENTS & PROFS AT COLUMBIA PROTEST
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/30/ ... l_columbia ]



WILL THEY CRUSH THE BIGGEST STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE VIETNAM?
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-vietnam/ ]


JEWISH ANTI-ZIONISTS FIGHT SLANDER AGAINST THEIR PRO-PALESTINIAN ADVOCACY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/jewish-ant ... newsletter ]



YOUNG, BRIGHT, PALESTINIAN: THE 3 FRIENDS SHOT IN VERMONT
[ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... iends-shot ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, APRIL 29, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPP9MuP6zq0 ]


POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN PLANS JUNE 29 MASS ASSEMBLY, MARCH IN DC—We badly need a Poor People’s Campaign in Canada!
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/poor- ... 2668091939 ]


CHRIS HEDGES SERMON FOR GAZA
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/serm ... irect=true ]


NEW RESEARCH DETAILS HOW ISRAEL HAS USED US WEAPONS TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-weapons-war-crimes ]



GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA: ACTIVISTS BLOCKED FROM SAILING TO GAZA BUT VOW TO KEEP TRYING TO BREAK SIEGE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/29/ ... m_flotilla ]


PALESTINIAN & JEWISH DIRECTORS OF NEW SCI-FI DOC ON HOW 1948 NAKBA DEVASTATED PALESTINIAN CITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/29/ ... 1948_nakba ]


ISRAELI HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR OMER BARTOV ON CAMPUS PROTESTS, WEAPONIZING ANTISEMITISM & SILENCING DISSENT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXuHsA6-M3s ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

FRIDAY MAY 3: SCREENING OF FOREIGN PATH 2, MOONLIGHT MOVIES, GOLDEN MILE
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/foreign-pat ... =ebdsshios ]



FRIDAY MAY 3, 7 pm: 3rd ANNUAL WORKERS’ PARTY, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE
Celebrate May Works Week with Briarpatch & Regina & District Labour Council!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/9656795 ... =newsfeedB ]



SATURDAY MAY 4, 3 pm: MAY DAY PARADE, UNION CENTRE, 2709 12th AVE
The parade starts at the Union Centre at 3 pm and goes up Albert St to the Leg. You can walk or ride in the parade. You can also join it at any point along its route.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/3458323 ... f=newsfeed ]



SATURDAY MAY 4, 4 pm: ONLINE DEBATE: CAN WAR EVER BE JUSTIFIED? IS LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE EVER A BETTER CHOICE THAN NONVIOLENT ACTION?
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/debate2024/ ]



SUNDAY MAY 5, 10:30 am: ReDRESS DAY RECOGNIZES THE CRISIS OF MMIWG IN CANADA, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Let’s remember those who are missing or gone forever. Speaking through short videos, Metis artist Jaime Black, and Tamara Bernard, a survivor of violence, explain the truth about racialized violence against Indigenous women and girls. Join us to discuss ways to stand up for safe and just communities. Let us name the loss so that we are spurred to action.



THURSDAY MAY 9 7:30 pm: THERE’S LEAD IN THE WATER! NOW WHAT? A PANEL DISCUSSION, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Moderator: Alexander Quon, CBC News
Keynote panelist: Patti Sonntag, Global News National Investigative Unit
Co-panelists:
Jennifer Ackerman, Regina Leader-Post
Dr. Akram Mahani, Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy (healthy public policies expert)
Andrew Stevens, Ward 3 City Councillor
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1491869398433813/ ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 9 am – 4 pm: ADVOCACY TRAINING, LUTHER COLLEGE, U OF R
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... t-planning ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 6:30 doors open, 7 pm meeting begins: MEETING WITH THE ON TO OTTAWA PEACE CARAVAN, SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The On-To-Ottawa Peace Caravan will be leaving Vancouver on May 12 and arriving in Regina on May 15. At the meeting, the caravaners will tell us about the goals of the On To Ottawa Peace Caravan and how we can all work for peace and justice.


WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 3 pm: HOW TO STOP A NUCLEAR WAR, with Paul Jay
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

STOP ANTI-INDIGENOUS ARTISTIC CENSORSHIP AT CBC RADIO
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop- ... -cbc-radio ]

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: REQUIRE THE NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT HAS THE CONSENT OF RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING FIRST NATIONS AND TREATY ORGANIZATIONS, ALONG THE TRANSPORTATION ROUTE AND IN THE REGION OF AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE CANDIDATE REPOSITORY SITE(S) BEFORE SELECTING A SITE.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4852 ]


STOP THE DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-dispo ... rn-ontario ]


TELL CONCORDIA AND MCGILL: LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENTS AND DIVEST FROM ISRAEL!
[ https://www.cjpme.org/divest_dont_arres ... urce=cjpme ]



GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! ASK CANADA TO SUPPORT PEACE BUILDING
[ https://mcc.org/campaign/give-peace-cha ... cebuilding ]



CANADA NEEDS A BIODIVERSITY PLAN WITH TEETH
[ https://act.naturecanada.ca/page/146337 ... id=7069723 ]



STOP HIGHWAY 413
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-highway-413/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil