MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter - December 7, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter - December 7, 2023



GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA ADVOCACY GROUP CONTINUES CALLS FOR FARE-FREE TRANSIT FOR YOUTH
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -for-youth ]



Regina has a REAL problem.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7048204 ]



ADVOCACY GROUP CELEBRATES AS ACCESSIBLE SASKATCHEWAN ACT COMES INTO FORCE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... into-force ]



UR PRIDE LAWYERS AMEND LEGAL ACTION ON SASK. PRONOUN POLICY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... oun-policy ]



SASK AMONG GOVERNMENTS OPPOSING REAL CLIMATE ACTION, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 2faff4188e ]



MOE'S FALL SITTING ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE TO SASKATCHEWAN'S PAST [
https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ewans-past ]


DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE ARE BEING PUSHED INTO HOUSELESSNESS
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/Deve ... elessness/ ]



AMID HOUSING CRISIS, DECREPID NFDL-LABRADOR JAIL SEEN AS PREFERABLE TO LIVING ON THE STREET
[ https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atl ... 03e12.html ]



IMPLEMENTING A BASIC INCOME MEANS OVERCOMING MYTHS ABOUT THE UNDESERVING POOR
[ https://theconversation.com/implementin ... oor-218577 ]



CANADA’S OPEN SECRET: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE HERE TO BE EXPLOITED
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-open-sec ... ap-labour/ ]



SOME NORTHERN MANITOBANS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SHELTER OR FOOD, FRIENDSHIP CENTRE EXEC SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.7046448 ]



20th ANNIVERSARY OF GRASSY NARROWS BLOCKADE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0C_HqJMG4 ]



HIT HARD BY CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIGENOUS LEADERS WANT STRONG VOICE AT COP28
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bakx-cop2 ... -1.7049218 ]



PREMIER’S DUBAI TRIP ALL ABOUT SELLING THE BUSINESS OF SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... skatchewan ]



THERE IS NO CLIMATE IN COP28, ONLY NEOCOLONIAL INTEREST
[ https://journal-neo.su/2023/12/06/there ... -interest/ ]



COP28: AMY GOODMAN ATTEMPTS TO QUESTION UAE OIL CEO SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF U.N. CLIMATE TALKS IN DUBAI
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/6/ ... n_al_jaber ]



BIG OILS TAKEOVER OF UN CLIMATE SUMMIT DECRIED BY ACTIVISTS FIGHTING FOR FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/6/ ... ty_harjeet ]



NAOMI KLEIN CALLS ON HEATHER REISMAN TO DROP CHARGES AGAINST INDIGO 11
[ https://breachmedia.ca/naomi-klein-call ... indigo-11/ ]



ISRAEL, PALESTINE, & CANADA’S ‘SCHIZOPHRENIC FOREIGN POLICY’
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform ... ign-policy ]



CANADIAN HEALTH WORKERS RALLY FOR PALESTINE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-h ... newsletter ]



CANADIAN GOVERNMENT STONEWALLS QUESTIONS ABOUT ARMS EXPORTS TO PERU DURING CRACKDOWN ON INDIGENOUS PROTESTS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-g ... newsletter ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 4, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrk6lfS5S8 ]



WHEN IT COMES TO WAR, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘DEFENCE’?
[ https://thewalrus.ca/what-does-defence-really-mean/ ]



THE WAR ON PALESTINE HAS GONE ON FOR OVER 100 YEARS
[ https://therealnews.com/the-war-on-pale ... -100-years ]



NO ONE IS SAFE IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/4/gaza_update ]



'APOCALYPTIC' HORROR IN GAZA CALLED 'TOTAL FAILURE OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/horror-gaza-israel ]



STOP THE FORCED DEPORTATION OF PALESTINIANS TO EGYPT
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2023/12/sto ... -to-egypt/ ]



“THERE SIMPLY IS NO SAFE PLACE IN GAZA”: AID GROUPS DEMAND CEASEFIRE AS ISRAEL INTENSIFIES ITS WAR
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/5/ ... es_in_gaza ]



ISRAEL REOPENS THE GAZA SLAUGHTERHOUSE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... hterhouse/ ]



HOW DOES ISRAEL GET AWAY WITH IT?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9k688J1kk ]



“WE ARE ALL PALESTINIANS”: COP28 ACTIVISTS DEMAND CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, DEFYING PROTEST RESTRICTIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/4/gaza_update ]



AN IRAQI CONFRONTATION GROWS BETWEEN THE US & PMU
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... s-and-pmu/ ]


EMPIRE OF WAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL LAWRENCE WILKERSON
[ https://rumble.com/v3zfbx7-empire-of-wa ... erson.html ]



PLOT TO TRIPLE NUCLEAR POWER BY 2050 DECRIED AS 'DANGEROUS DISTRACTION' AT COP28
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/tripl ... ower-cop28 ]


'OIL AND GAS DECARBONIZATION CHARTER' DENOUNCED AS GREENWASHING SCHEME BY FOSSIL FUEL ARSONISTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/decar ... hing-cop28 ]



INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION AT COP28
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al2XBflqu2w ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 7 – 9 pm: WRITE FOR RIGHTS SASKATCHEWAN (online)
We are very appreciative Tristen Durocher has agreed to speak and perform at this event: Tristen knows that even small positive changes can lead to great things – and he has been instrumental in creating those changes. Inspired by the defeat of a suicide prevention bill in the Saskatchewan Legislature, Tristen created the “Walking with Our Angels” campaign to raise awareness of the disproportionately high rate of suicide among Northern and Indigenous peoples, walking 635 km from his home in Air Ronge, SK, to the Legislative grounds in Regina, SK. He set up a teepee and started a 44-day ceremonial fast to convince the provincial government to adopt the bill it had recently voted down. The bill ultimately passed in April 2021.
Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International’s work and over 60 years of activism shows us that words have power.
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... nt-online/ ]



SATURDAY DECEMBER 9, 10 am – 4 pm: HERITAGE ART MARKET, MITAKUYÉ OWÂS'Ā CENTRE, 1770 HALIFAX ST



SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 3-5:30 pm: A DRAMATIC READING OF CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, 1861 MCINTYRE ST
[ https://www.stpaulsregina.ca/events/liv ... 12-13-2023 ]



MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 4 -5:30 pm: GETTING COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICE DELIVER (CLSD) TO TAKE TRANSIT
Zoom link: [ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84021595709#success ]


MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1:30 pm: END POVERTY REGINA MEETING, KNOX-MET



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TRUDEAU & SMITH: CANCEL YOUR NEW SUBSIDIES FOR BIG OIL
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/NoSubsidies4BigOil/ ]



TRUDEAU: REVERSE YOUR SHAMEFUL UN VOTE & CONDEMN ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
[ https://www.cjpme.org/change_un_vote?ut ... urce=cjpme ]



SHOW THE FEDS EVERYONE DESERVES A SAFE, AFFORDABLE FUTURE
[ https://showthefeds.ca/ ]



STOP MOE HARKAT’S DEPORTATION TO TORTURE
[ https://www.change.org/p/help-stop-my-h ... u/32147363 ]



NO SUBSIDIES FOR WAR CRIMES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write ... oundation/ ]



US GOVERNMENT: NO MORE WEAPONS SHIPMENTS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/no-more-weapons-shipments/ ]



GAP, STOP EXPLOITING WORKERS IN BANGLADESH
[ https://actions.eko.org/a/gap-living-wa ... e=fwd&t=12 ]



SAVE ENDANGERED POLAR BEARS FROM BIG OIL’S ARTIC DRILLING
[ https://action.foe.org/page/60740/actio ... id=2177413 ]


- Making Peace Vigil