MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 7, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 7, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


REGINA'S MAYOR WILL HEAD TO FRANCE FOR D-DAY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7112909 ]


TEACHERS, STUDENTS DISAPPOINTED AS JOB ACTION HAS NO END IN SIGHT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... d-in-sight ]


MINISTER SPENT $3,500 ON 'MERCEDES CHAUFFEUR SERVICE' IN PARIS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/minister-sp ... opposition ]


WHAT IS SUPPORTED HOUSING AND HOW DOES IT HELP VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN P.E.I.?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtZSxTpAI0 ]



WHY DID GREENPEACE PUT A GIANT INFLATABLE OWL OUTSIDE JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S RESIDENCE?
[ https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st ... table-owl/ ]


COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERMINED
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/collective ... ndermined/ ]


CANADIAN MILITARY BUYING $43 MILLION OF ISRAELI MISSILES USED IN GAZA ATTACKS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-buy ... a-attacks/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, MARCH 4, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlc4vjd5RQM ]



THE POOR PEOPLES’ CAMPAIGN IN THE US—Canada needs its own campaign
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/poor- ... aign-rally ]



‘THE CHILD DEATHS WE FEARED ARE HERE,’ SAYS UNICEF
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... ths-unicef ]



GROUPS FORGE EMERGENCY COALITION TO PRESSURE US ON GAZA CEASE-FIRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cease-fire-now ]



SANDERS RIPS ‘FICTION’ THAT THERE’S NOTHING THE US CAN DO TO END GAZA CARNAGE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-gaza-leverage ]



WHAT I WITNESSED IN GAZA IS A HOLOCAUST: PALESTINIAN WRITER SUSAN ABULHAWA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/6/gaza_update ]



BULLETS FOUND AT GAZA FLOUR MASSACRE SITE BELIE ISRAEL'S 'STAMPEDE' CLAIM
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/flour ... re-bullets ]



AS ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE RAGES ON, WESTERN MERCHANTS OF DEATH HAGGLE IN QATAR, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daFhXeZdM20 ]



ZONE OF INTEREST: OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM PRODUCER ON THE HOLOCAUST, GAZA & ‘WALLS THAT SEPARATE US’
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/5/t ... erest_gaza ]



CYPRUS, BRITAINS’ ‘UNSINKABLE WARSHIP’—by Dimintri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/03/03/ ... e-warship/ ]



SKY NEWS INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE GALLOWAY
[ https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1763 ... 55/video/1 ]



UN OFFICIAL WARNS AFRICA WILL BE TRILLIONS SHORT OF NEEDED CLIMATE FUNDS BY 2030
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/afric ... te-funding ]



POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN TO END DEATH BY POVERTY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/poor- ... gn-demands


IN SIERRA LEONE, CLIMATE CHANGE WORSENS HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF THE POOR
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024 ... f-the-poor ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY MARCH 7 NOON: REPORTING WITH CARE—ETHICAL JOURNALISM IN THE SHADOW OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
[ https://live.vvc.ca/?register=65c3cbe3f ... abf9c4fb82 ]



THURSDAY MARCH 7, 6:30 pm: REGINA 2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTION WORKSHOP—WHAT DOES BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE REGINA LOOK LIKE? UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]



SUNDAY MARCH 10, 1 pm: WOMEN’S MARCH, YWCA—1940 MCINTYRE ST
As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, join women & gender-diverse people to share your voice. Bring your signs, voices & allies. After the March, we will gather for a community social in the basement gym of the YWCA with organizations that are supporting women and gender-diverse people in our community.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/s/women ... 494144631/ ]



SUNDAY MARCH 10, 2 pm: CALL TO ACTION—WET’SUWET’EN VS RBC
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... wB1aHSjZLA ]



TUESDAY MARCH 12, 5 pm: RENEWABLE POWER FOR ALL—VIRTUAL ACTION PARTY WITH DAVID SUZUKI
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... ymoShxfQqA ]



TUESDAY MARCH 12, 5 pm: CLIMATE JUSTICE, IMPERIALISM, & PALESTINE—UNPACKING GLOBAL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION
Learn why there can be no climate justice without a free Palestine.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 12:00-1:30 pm: JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, ED 315
This free noon hour talk is jointly presented by SCIC and the U of R Department of Politics and International Studies. The U of R campus community and the public at large are invited to a conversation with human rights journalist Zein Almoghraby. With a focus on Global South regions such as Syria, Sudan, and Lebanon, Zein's talk will centre on his experiences and knowledge concerning international media development vs. local journalism, reproducing violence, reporting polarization, and more. Lunch will be provided.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/uofr-global ... 6252854337 ]



FRIDAY MARCH 15, 7 pm: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, SHOWING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theatre/browse-films ]



TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



THURSDAY MARCH 28, 7 pm: ZONE OF INTEREST SCREENING AT REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE & 12th.
Here’s a link to information about the film:
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_ ... rest_(film ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SASK
[ https://www.speakupsask.ca/educationfun ... rkersfirst ]



CALL ON PM TRUDEAU & THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO REAFFIRM SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY FOR 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES IN CANADA.
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/128159/action/1 ]



TO MY MP: SUPPORT THE HOUSING ACCORD
[ https://www.nationalhousingaccord.ca/ ]



BAN CORPORATIONS FROM BUYING CANADIAN HOMES AS INVESTMENTS
[ https://www.change.org/p/let-s-ban-corp ... ments/sign ]



REMOVE ALL FISH FARMS FROM BC WATERS
[ https://www.change.org/p/this-petition- ... ild-salmon ]



BDS THE US
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/bdstheus/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil