MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 20, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 20, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

CITY BUDGET TALKS FRAUGHT WITH FRICTION BETWEEN COUNCILLORS, STAFF
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... lors-staff ]


CARMICHAEL OUTREACH SEEKS FUNDING TO HOST OVERNIGHT WARMING HUB
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... arming-hub ]


CAMPING IN TORONTO
[ https://www.facebook.com/reel/1032877097929626 ]


NEW YEAR’S DAY LEVEE ‘DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT’ AMID HOMELESSNESS CRISIS: HALIFAX MAYOR—Regina should cancel all festive events for the same reason!
[ https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/15/ ... ss-crisis/ ]


REGINA CITY COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST INCREASING REBATES FOR HOMEOWNERS WITH LEAD PIPES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7064456 ]


INTERNAL MEMOS EXPOSE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HALLWAY MEDICINE, OVERCROWDING IN REGINA HOSPITALS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7064986 ]


GROUP GATHERS IN REGINA TO HONOUR CIVILIANS KILLED IN GAZA
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ed-in-gaza ]


NO EVIDENCE THAT SASK. CONSULTED ABOUT PRONOUN POLICY DESPITE PREMIER, EDUCATION MINISTER CLAIMS: DOCUMENTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7063304 ]


SASK. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO LIMIT SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION LEAVES STUDENTS UNPREPARED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7064233 ]


PREVENTING YOUTH EVICTIONS IN CANADA
[ https://housingrights.ca/preventing-you ... an-rights/ ]


INQUIRY INTO '60s SCOOP COULD HELP WITH VICTIMS' HEALING, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 27b4382ab7 ]


BILL C-20—ADOVOCATING FOR EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF CBSA & RCMP
[ https://bccla.org/2023/12/bill-c-20-adv ... -and-rcmp/ ]


CANADIAN FOREiGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 8, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=UjnKH9 ... e=youtu.be ]


LOOPHOLES AND LOBBYISTS—WHAT WENT DOWN AT THE UN CLIMATE SUMMIT, Eriel Deranger of Indigenous Climate Action with a dispatch from COP 28 in Dubai
[ https://breachmedia.ca/cop-28-dubai-climate-summit/ ]


CLIMATE MILITARISM: DECARBONIZE, DECOLONIZE, DEMILITARIZE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9CsFUg4P-4 ]


GRETA THUNBERG CALLS COP28 OUTCOME A 'BETRAYAL'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/thunb ... sufficient ]


THE METHOD BEHIND JUST STOP OIL’S MADNESS
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2023/12/t ... g-madness/ ]


BREAKING INTO TMX: SECWÉPEMC ALLIES TRY TO STOP CONSTRUCTION OF CANADA’S PIPELINE
[ https://therealnews.com/breaking-into-t ... s-pipeline ]


“TRAGICALLY HISTORIC”: THE GUARDIAN’S NINA LAKHANI ON THE FAILURE OF YET ANOTHER U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/18 ... na_lakhani ]


CRA ASKED TO INVESTIGATE CHARITIES SUPPORTING ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... -military/ ]


PALESTINE BELONGS TO ITS INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS, NOT ZIONIST OCCUPIERS
[ https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/12/0 ... -occupiers ]


BELIEVING WOMEN, BELIEVING PALESTIANS
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... lestinians ]


UN OFFICE DETAILS ALLEGED IDF 'SUMMARY KILLING' OF GAZA MEN IN FRONT OF FAMILIES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-war-crimes ]


IDF VETERAN DECRIES IMPUNITY FOR TROOPS KILLING RECORD NUMBER OF WEST BANK CHILDREN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/west-bank-children ]


FALSE MEDIA NARRATIVES ON PALESTINE: FAQs DEBUNKING THE MISINFORMATION
[ https://www.codepink.org/palestinefaq?u ... e=codepink ]


A STUNNING REBUKE: UN CEASEFIRE VOTE HUMILIATES US IMPERIALISM
[ https://www.globalresearch.ca/stunning- ... sm/5843213 ]


UN DELAYS VOTE CALLING FOR GAZA CEASEFIRE AS US OBJECTS TO RESOLUTION WORDING
[ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... on-delayed ]


“THIS IS A COLONIAL WAR”: HISTORIAN RASHID KHALIDI ON ISRAEL, GAZA & THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/20 ... _historian ]


GAZA & THE FAULT LINES OF EMPIRE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -of-empire ]


“BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION”: JOURNALIST DESCRIBES TOTAL DESTRUCTION, WITH FELLOW GAZANS BURIED ALIVE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/19 ... estruction ]


THE WEAPONS ISRAEL TESTS ON PALESTINIANS WILL BE USED AGAINST ALL OF US
[ https://therealnews.com/the-weapons-isr ... -all-of-us ]


ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZA CIVILIANS AS 'METHOD OF WARFARE': HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-starvation ]


STARVATION AS A WEAPON OF WAR: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DENOUNCES ISRAEL FOR DENYING GAZA ACCESS TO FOOD
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/19/hunger_in_gaza ]


NETANYAHU'S BOLD BOAST: 'PROUD' TO THWART PALESTINIAN STATE CREATION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/netan ... e-creation ]


WHITE FLAGS, BLACK FLAGS: WHERE IS THE FLAG OF PEACE?
[ https://journal-neo.su/2023/12/21/white ... -of-peace/ ]


FARMERS IN COLOMBIA FIGHT MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANIES TO GET THEIR LAND BACK
[ https://therealnews.com/farmers-in-colo ... dium=email ]


VENEZUELA REJECTS UK-CANADIAN INTERFERENCE IN ESEQUIBO ISSUE
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ven ... -0011.html ]


WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED! THE URGENCY OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[ https://cpdcs.org/we-shall-not-be-moved/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

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


TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 7 pm:
Do you or someone you know feel anxiety, grief, guilt, anger, abandonment, or any other difficult emotion due to the state of the environment? Heads up! EcoStress Sask will be hosting a teach-in (info session) at Hampton Hub, Regina, on Tuesday, January 16th. Come and learn about the eight-week long group sessions we offer. We'll describe what we do and then have a facilitated discussion on the topic of ecostress. This is a free event, though we hope you'll purchase a meal and/or drink to support the wonderful community work that Hampton Hub does. @thehamptonhub on Instagram
Email [ ecostresssask@gmail.com ] or DM me to reserve a spot -- we need a sense of numbers in advance.
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/enviroc ... 833903994/ ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

CANADA, NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/arms-embargo/ ]


CANADA: PRESS FOR INCREASED HUMANITARIAN AID AND ACCESS, CANCEL WEAPONS SALES TO ISRAEL, & WORK TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING ISRAEL'S MILITARY OCCUPATION AND BLOCKADE
[ https://mcc.org/campaign/gaza-thank-you ... ard-canada ]



CANADIAN CHURCHES, SUPPORT THE CALL FROM PALESTINIAN CHURCHES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/bea26 ... 4ff41ac033 ]



CHARGE ISRAEL WITH GENOCIDE AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[ https://www.codepink.org/icj ]



PUBLIC PHARMACARE NOW!
[ https://canadians.org/action/pharmacare/ ]



TELL BAYER-MONSANTO TO STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP BEFORE OUR PLANET’S PRECIOUS MONARCHS ARE WIPED OUT FOR GOOD
[ https://action.foe.org/page/61096/actio ... id=2202911 ]



STOP THE LINE 5 PIPELINE NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop- ... pipeline2/ ]



PLEASE STRENGTHEN THE SUSTAINABLE JOB ACTION
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/conserva ... jobs-plan/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil