MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 5, 2023
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:40 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 5, 2023
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
REGINA POLICE INVESTIGATING AFTER INVESTIGATION SAYS GORDON BLOCK FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... department ]
GEORGE REED BROUGHT THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS THEIR FIRST GREY CUP, BUT AS HE SHARES IN THIS VIDEO, THE UNSANITIZED VERSION OF HIS STORY IS LESS TALKED ABOUT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1897224259701 ]
MOE IGNORES 'IRREPARABLE HARM' TO KIDS IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... about-irre ]
SASK. PREMIER 'JUMPING THE GUN' WITH TURN TO NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE FOR PRONOUN POLICY: EXPERT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6984702 ]
FIRST NATIONS HAVE NEW WEAPON IN TRADITIONAL LAND DISPUTES WITH SASK. GOVERNMENT — MAPS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6918162 ]
FIRST NATIONS LEADERS BACK AT QUEEN'S PARK TO PUSH ONTARIO PREMIER FORD TO END MINING ACTIVITY ON THEIR LAND
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder- ... -1.6978333 ]
CANADA IS THE ONLY G7 COUNTRY WITHOUT A NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM. ADVOCATES SAY IT'S TIME
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-n ... -1.6980950 ]
TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT TOUTED ‘RECONCILIATION,’ THEN LOBBIED TO ARM STATES REPRESSING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeau-go ... newsletter ]
INTERVIEW WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND FORMER FEDERAL MINISTER IRWIN COTLER ABOUT CANADA'S COMPLICATED HISTORY WITH NAZIS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ber-1-2023 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR OCTOBER 2, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=8w1doz ... e=youtu.be ]
UNDERSTANDING THE UN MISSION TO HAITI, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpyh78zmPIk ]
A NEW OCCUPATION FORCE? HAITIANS DENOUNCE UN DECISION TO DEPLOY UN-BACKED, KENYAN-LED TROOPS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/4/ ... ons_forces ]
THE RIGHT HAS PUT THE LEFT’S IDEAS IN A BONKERS BLENDER, by Naomi Klein
[ https://breachmedia.ca/naomi-klein-stev ... opulism-2/ ]
POPE FRANCIS REBUKES 'IRRESPONSIBLE' US ON CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARED TO CHINA, SAYS WORLD'S AT 'BREAKING POINT'
[ https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-fran ... -point.amp ]
THE URGENCY OF PURSUING PEACE IN UKRAINE, with Cornel West, Claudia De La Cruzamin & Medea Benjamin
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GKvqX6wdQ ]
UKRAINE'S COUNTEROFFENSIVE GAINS & DISPUTE WITH POLAND, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rejD6LFq6o ]
THIS PROXY WAR CAN’T BE BOTH UNPROVOKED & A GREAT STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... vestment/# ]
MEXICO PRESIDENT SLAMS US MILITARY SUPPPORT FOR UKRAINE
[ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 023-10-02/ ]
THE GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER IS SHIFTING WITH BREATHTAKING SPEED, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2023/10/04/ ... ing-speed/ ]
“CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”: EXILED FROM DIEGO GARCIA FOR U.S. MILITARY BASE, RESIDENTS DEMAND TO RETURN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/3/chagos_islands ]
NON-VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER TO THE SYSTEM’S INTRINSIC VIOLENCE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/10/nonvi ... -violence/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 9:20 am: EVEN A BEAVER HAS A HOME: ENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 7, 2 pm: RALLY FOR PEACE IN REGINA AS PART OF THE GLOBAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST THE WAR IN UKRAINE, FEDERAL BUILDING VICTORIA AVE & SCARTH ST
The rally is part of a week of demonstrations across Canada that are being encouraged by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network. Please help get the word out: PEACE NOW, STOP THE WAR, STOP NATO.
For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, NOON: RALLY FOR OUR RIGHTS: PROTEST AGAINST PREMIER SCOTT MOE’S USE OF THE NOT-WITHSTANDING CLAUSE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1057281528959982/ ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, NOON: A SANCTIONED WORLD: A CRIME NORMALIZED: VOICES FROM SANCTIONED NATIONS, with David Swanson
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/a-sanc ... ive-online ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, NOON: THE MIRAGE OF UNIVERSALITY: BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... system.php ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 17—INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, NOON—FOOD & RALLY IN VICTORIA PARK—NORTH EAST CORNER
Please come down to Victoria Park on Tuesday October 17, at noon. Soup will be served and there will some speeches calling for the provincial government to ●to raise the minimum wage ●to raise income assistance (SIS & SAID) rates above the poverty line ●and to make available for occupancy the 700 vacant Sask Housing units there are in Regina.
Sponsored by End Poverty Regina.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 4:30 pm: HOW TO FIX THE HOUSING CRISIS? AND WHY IM/MIGRANTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
[ https://migrantrights.ca/events/oct18/ ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-to ... rd-peltier ]
CARGILL: DROP THE FERROGRAO PROJECT & LEAVE THE AMAZON
[ https://action.eko.org/a/cargill-drop-t ... source=fwd ]
PROCTOR & GAMBLE: NO MORE PLANET-WRECKING PALM OIL
[ https://action.eko.org/a/p-and-g-no-mor ... source=fwd ]
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
REGINA POLICE INVESTIGATING AFTER INVESTIGATION SAYS GORDON BLOCK FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... department ]
GEORGE REED BROUGHT THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS THEIR FIRST GREY CUP, BUT AS HE SHARES IN THIS VIDEO, THE UNSANITIZED VERSION OF HIS STORY IS LESS TALKED ABOUT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1897224259701 ]
MOE IGNORES 'IRREPARABLE HARM' TO KIDS IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... about-irre ]
SASK. PREMIER 'JUMPING THE GUN' WITH TURN TO NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE FOR PRONOUN POLICY: EXPERT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6984702 ]
FIRST NATIONS HAVE NEW WEAPON IN TRADITIONAL LAND DISPUTES WITH SASK. GOVERNMENT — MAPS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6918162 ]
FIRST NATIONS LEADERS BACK AT QUEEN'S PARK TO PUSH ONTARIO PREMIER FORD TO END MINING ACTIVITY ON THEIR LAND
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder- ... -1.6978333 ]
CANADA IS THE ONLY G7 COUNTRY WITHOUT A NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM. ADVOCATES SAY IT'S TIME
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-n ... -1.6980950 ]
TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT TOUTED ‘RECONCILIATION,’ THEN LOBBIED TO ARM STATES REPRESSING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeau-go ... newsletter ]
INTERVIEW WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND FORMER FEDERAL MINISTER IRWIN COTLER ABOUT CANADA'S COMPLICATED HISTORY WITH NAZIS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ber-1-2023 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR OCTOBER 2, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=8w1doz ... e=youtu.be ]
UNDERSTANDING THE UN MISSION TO HAITI, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpyh78zmPIk ]
A NEW OCCUPATION FORCE? HAITIANS DENOUNCE UN DECISION TO DEPLOY UN-BACKED, KENYAN-LED TROOPS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/4/ ... ons_forces ]
THE RIGHT HAS PUT THE LEFT’S IDEAS IN A BONKERS BLENDER, by Naomi Klein
[ https://breachmedia.ca/naomi-klein-stev ... opulism-2/ ]
POPE FRANCIS REBUKES 'IRRESPONSIBLE' US ON CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARED TO CHINA, SAYS WORLD'S AT 'BREAKING POINT'
[ https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-fran ... -point.amp ]
THE URGENCY OF PURSUING PEACE IN UKRAINE, with Cornel West, Claudia De La Cruzamin & Medea Benjamin
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GKvqX6wdQ ]
UKRAINE'S COUNTEROFFENSIVE GAINS & DISPUTE WITH POLAND, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rejD6LFq6o ]
THIS PROXY WAR CAN’T BE BOTH UNPROVOKED & A GREAT STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... vestment/# ]
MEXICO PRESIDENT SLAMS US MILITARY SUPPPORT FOR UKRAINE
[ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 023-10-02/ ]
THE GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER IS SHIFTING WITH BREATHTAKING SPEED, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2023/10/04/ ... ing-speed/ ]
“CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”: EXILED FROM DIEGO GARCIA FOR U.S. MILITARY BASE, RESIDENTS DEMAND TO RETURN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/3/chagos_islands ]
NON-VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER TO THE SYSTEM’S INTRINSIC VIOLENCE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/10/nonvi ... -violence/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 9:20 am: EVEN A BEAVER HAS A HOME: ENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY OCTOBER 7, 2 pm: RALLY FOR PEACE IN REGINA AS PART OF THE GLOBAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST THE WAR IN UKRAINE, FEDERAL BUILDING VICTORIA AVE & SCARTH ST
The rally is part of a week of demonstrations across Canada that are being encouraged by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network. Please help get the word out: PEACE NOW, STOP THE WAR, STOP NATO.
For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, NOON: RALLY FOR OUR RIGHTS: PROTEST AGAINST PREMIER SCOTT MOE’S USE OF THE NOT-WITHSTANDING CLAUSE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1057281528959982/ ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, NOON: A SANCTIONED WORLD: A CRIME NORMALIZED: VOICES FROM SANCTIONED NATIONS, with David Swanson
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/a-sanc ... ive-online ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, NOON: THE MIRAGE OF UNIVERSALITY: BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... system.php ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 17—INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, NOON—FOOD & RALLY IN VICTORIA PARK—NORTH EAST CORNER
Please come down to Victoria Park on Tuesday October 17, at noon. Soup will be served and there will some speeches calling for the provincial government to ●to raise the minimum wage ●to raise income assistance (SIS & SAID) rates above the poverty line ●and to make available for occupancy the 700 vacant Sask Housing units there are in Regina.
Sponsored by End Poverty Regina.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 4:30 pm: HOW TO FIX THE HOUSING CRISIS? AND WHY IM/MIGRANTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
[ https://migrantrights.ca/events/oct18/ ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-to ... rd-peltier ]
CARGILL: DROP THE FERROGRAO PROJECT & LEAVE THE AMAZON
[ https://action.eko.org/a/cargill-drop-t ... source=fwd ]
PROCTOR & GAMBLE: NO MORE PLANET-WRECKING PALM OIL
[ https://action.eko.org/a/p-and-g-no-mor ... source=fwd ]