MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 1, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 1, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SASK OMBUSMAN LOOKING TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS AT PINE GROVE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7279298 ]
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 4e2701e683 ]


HISTORIC $47.8B INDIGENOUS CHILD WELFARE DEAL AT RISK, Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 585cb8ad0b ]


‘SANDWICHED’ CAREGIVERS SHOW NEED FOR IMPROVED WELFARE STATE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/sandwiched ... newsletter ]


SASK. HEALTH-CARE UNIONS FRUSTRATED OVER PERSISTENT PAYROLL ERRORS IN LATEST IT SYSTEM ROLLOUT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... em-rollout ]


PLAYING WITH FIRE: CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXACERBATING WILDFIRES IN CANADA
[ https://naturecanada.ca/news/blog/playi ... in-canada/ ]


CANADA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR CONTINUES TO RECEIVE TAX BREAKS WHILE CLIMATE COMMITMENTS COME DUE
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources ... ommitments ]


WHERE DO CANADA’S SOARING CORPORATE PROFITS GO? NOT ‘BACK INTO THE COUNTRY’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-soaring- ... nvestment/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR—with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa2bmQ-_Idc ]


LETTER TO TRUDEAU: CANADA MUST COMPLY WITH ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION
[ https://www.cjpme.org/letter_2024_07_25_trudeau_icj ]


$95 MILLION IN NEW CANADIAN MILITARY GOODS COULD FLOW TO ISRAEL BY 2025
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/95-million ... newsletter ]


THE IDF JUST DESTROYED A KEY RAFAH WATER FACILITY RACHEL CORRIE SPENT HER LAST MONTH OF LIFE DEFENDING
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/idf-cana ... afah-water ]


GOOGLE PLANNED TO SPONSOR IDF CONFERENCE THAT NOW DENIES GOOGLE WAS SPONSOR
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/07/25/goo ... Newsletter ]


UN PROBE FINDS 'APPALLING ACTS' OF TORTURE AGAINST PALESTINIANS DETAINED BY ISRAEL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -un-report ]


FEARS OF FULL-SCALE WAR WITH LEBANON RISE AFTER ISRAEL BOMBS BEIRUT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-beirut-strike ]


WILL ISRAEL START A REGIONAL WAR? HAMAS LEADER KILLED IN IRAN, HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER TARGETED IN BEIRUT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/31/ ... rut_tehran ]


A WOUNDED NETANYAHU TAKES US TO THE BRINK. HE MUST BE STOPPED
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/a-wo ... e-stopped/ ]


“MILITARISM ISN’T A SOLUTION”: RAMI KHOURI ON ROCKET ATTACK IN GOLAN HEIGHTS, ISRAELI VOW OF REVENGE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/29/lebanon_israel ]


NATO ACCELERATES ITS CONFLICT WITH CHINA
[ https://mltoday.com/nato-accelerates-it ... ith-china/ ]


HISTORIC HUGO CHAVEZ UN SPEECH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awyHyWGmqx4 ]


VENEZUELA VOTES: A CLOSE LOOK INSIDE VENEZUELA'S POLLING STATIONS, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltg-5xcm_QM ]


LEAVING VENEZUELA AT A TIME OF TURMOIL, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2osA-jtTaI ]


TRUDEAU’S FAILURE IN VENEZUELA, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/07/29/trude ... venezuela/ ]


‘WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS QUITE REMARKABLE.’ Vijay Prashad on the Venezuelan election
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxMf3E2CqDE ]


VENEZUELA WINS, PALESTINE WINS: SAMIDOUN CONGRATULATES VENEZUELAN PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO ON SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS
[ https://samidoun.net/2024/07/venezuela- ... elections/ ]


AS SUDAN WAR DRAGS ON, MILLIONS STILL LANGUISH IN DISPLACEMENT CAMPS
[ https://www.unhcr.ca/news/as-sudan-war- ... ent-camps/ ]


‘NO SUCH THING AS A SMALL NUCLEAR WAR’—with Vijay Prashad
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/no-such- ... clear-war/ ]


THE MOVEMENT TO BAN PLASTIC PRODUCTION
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment ... -pollution ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 5 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB PRESENTS: R.F. KUANG, AUTHOR OF YELLOWFACE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY AUGUST 1 & 8: THE HISTORY & RISE OF WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALSIM
[ https://www.augsburgfortress.org/webinars/WCNwebinar/ ]


TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 10 am –NOON: TOUR OF THE KNOX-MET PEACE GARDEN BY NATURE REGINA, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
The garden, which features plants native to Saskatchewan, is stunningly beautiful.

THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 7 pm: TURNING DOWN THE HEAT: CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN A NEW ERA OF WILDFIRE
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/turning-down-t ... -wildfire/ ]


MONDAY AUGUST 19, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH, A COMMUNIST FOR THE RCMP, BY DENNIS GRUENDING, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/11153059 ]


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 9:30 am: SASKATCHEWAN SOLUTIONS - HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON THE PRAIRIES: BRINGING CONNECTION AND OPTIONS FOR SUPPORT
[ https://stopstoviolence.wildapricot.org/event-5794683 ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 7 pm: AN EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT IS EDUCATION, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE - 6:30pm (doors open)
7pm-9pm Keynote speakers followed by open Q & A
9pm-10pm reception
Keynotes:
Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard, Dean of Education, Seattle University
Dr. Joel Westheimer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1156795555372601/ ]


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1:30 – 4 pm: ANTI-RACISM ACTION WORKSHOP, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Everyone age 10 -110 is welcome to attend.


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6 –FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 10 AM – 5 PM EACH DAY: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN REGINA, MÂMAWÊYATITÂN CENTRE, 3355 6TH AVE
Stride Advocacy is hosting a three day intensive training in Regina to strengthen community-based human rights advocacy. Please share this opportunity with your networks!
This free training opportunity provides opportunities for advocates to strengthen their awareness and understanding of human rights and discrimination, network with other advocates and organizations, and build or enhance skills to advance the rights of communities/community members facing systemic barriers using the human rights mechanisms that exist for accountability.
To register: Human Rights Advocacy Training - Regina Tickets, Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite
Lunch and snacks will be provided during the training. If you require any dietary needs or accessibility support to attend and be comfortable during the training, please reach out to our team at info@jhcentre.org and we’ll do our best to accommodate. There is no fee to participate; limited spots available.


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 6:30 pm: VANDANA SHIVA GUEST SPEAKER OF BC CCPA
Details to follow.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR REAL TRANSIT FUNDING SOLUTIONS!
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]


TELL YOUR MP TO STOP FUELLING WILDFIRES
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... wildfires/ ]


SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD—WHICH IS BEING BADLY UNDERFUNDED
[ https://friends.ca/takeaction/show-your ... r-the-nfb/ ]


THANK THE CANADIAN REVENUE AGENCY FOR WHAT SEEMS TO A REVOKING THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF CANADA‘S CHARITABLE STATUS.
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/win-f ... rce=email& ]


TIME FOR A TAX SYSTEM THAT DELIVERS EQUALITY & CLIMATE ACTION
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take- ... ate-action ]


DEMAND OLYMPICS PROTECT TRANSGENDER & NON-BINARY ATHLETES
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/8 ... 3419308678 ]


BANKERS, STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES SUPPLYING ARMS TO ISRAEL
[ https://action.eko.org/a/banks-stop-fin ... e=fwd&t=12 ]


- Making Peace Vigil