MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 16, 2024
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 7:20 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 16, 2024
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
REGINA SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE PROPOSES REVIEW OF $220K SSBA MEMBERSHIP
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... membership ]
SCHISM WITH TEACHERS’ UNION HAS DEEP ROOTS
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ool-boards ]
DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/demonstrato ... ault-cases ]
HOW THE 'MAN VS. BEAR' TREND EXPOSES TROUBLING ISSUES (HINT: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BEAR)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7199173 ]
'THEY'RE NOT OUR ALLIES': QUEEN CITY PRIDE BARS SASK. PARTY FROM PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATIONS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/queen-city- ... lebrations ]
'WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO MASQUERADE AS ALLIES': QUEEN CITY PRIDE BANS SASK. PARTY MLAS FROM PARADE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7203176 ]
REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 40 K SPEED LIMIT FOR CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ghbourhood ]
MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS DONATED TO SASKATCHEWAN PARTY USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO GAIN ACCESS TO PREMIER, OTHER PROVINCIAL POLITICIANS
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/municipal-cou ... -1.6796704 ]
'COMPLETELY INADEQUATE': WHAT'S WRONG WITH SASKATCHEWAN'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/whats-wrong ... ation-laws ]
CANADA MUST MOVE PAST DIVIDE ON TACKLING ADDICTION EPIDEMIC, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 36edaea08a ]
CREE FILMMAKER’S DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES 'BUFFALO JUSTICE' AND A VISION FOR HERDS RETURNING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 1c32d2fdf8 ]
RBC’S 2024 AGM: BUILDING COLLECTIVE MOMENTUM & TAKING BACK THE NARRATIVE
[ https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com ... c-agm-2024 ]
FORMER LIBERAL MINISTERS URGE TRUDEAU TO DROP PLANS TO HOUSE MIGRANTS IN FEDERAL PRISONS
[ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/for ... 7dc0a.html ]
HYPER-MILITARIST DEFENCE POLICY UPDATE AND FEDERAL BUDGET PUT CANADA ON DANGEROUS WARPATH, by Tamara Lorincz
[ https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles ... us-warpath ]
THE NATIONAL POST IS LYING ABOUT DEAD GAZAN CHILDREN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/0414 ... newsletter ]
AS ISRAEL ESCALATES ITS GENOCIDE IN RAFAH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY ESCALATES ITS SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAvntutO0vU ]
COLUMBIA-AFFILIATED UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY VOTES TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL’S WAR ON GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/ ... l_seminary ]
“THE PLAN IS GENOCIDE”: PALESTINE’S U.K. AMBASSADOR DECRIES ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON GAZA & U.S. COMPLICITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/13/ ... ambassador ]
“DISPLACEMENT HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED”: GAZA REPORTER AKRAM AL-SATARRI ON ISRAELI ATTACK & FLEEING RAFAH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/akram_al_satarri ]
“UNBUILD WALLS”: DETENTION WATCH’S SILKY SHAH ON DEBUNKING IMMIGRATION MYTHS & EMBRACING ABOLITION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/ ... silky_shah ]
HYPER IMPERIALISM, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQp8Lj7jPvQ ]
WHY DO SO MANY AMERICANS SUPPORT A NEOFASCIST?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQp8Lj7jPvQ ]
2 CLIMATE ACTIVISTS IN THEIR 80s, DAMAGE MAGNA CARTA CASE
[ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... 180984341/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
FRIDAY MAY 17, 8 am: HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES—BARRIERS TO CARE FACING LBTQ COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/idahobit-pr ... 5787994737 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, STARTING AT 10 am: LIBERATED ZONE FOR PALESTINE AT THE U OF R, LLOYD BARBER ACADEMIC GREEN, U OF R
Please come out to show your support for students and faculty at the University of Regina! All are welcome. Bring your friends and picnic blankets and support the call of students worldwide to cut all forms of funding to Israel's genocide.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 2207520000 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, 6:30 pm: RALLY FOR RAINBOW EQUALITY, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
[ https://www.facebook.com/messenger_medi ... =628752259 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, 7 pm: WILFRED BUCK, RPL FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE—charge of $10
Moving between earth and stars, past and present, this hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck, a charismatic and irreverent Indigenous elder who overcame a harrowing history of displacement, racism, and addiction by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and ceremony.
TUESDAY MAY 21, 7 pm: PROTECT GENDER RIGHTS WITH AMNESTY
The recent passing of Bill No. 137—which amends The Education Act concerning parental rights—poses significant challenges to the rights of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Despite invoking the "Notwithstanding Clause" to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this legislation's impact remains highly contentious and is currently under legal scrutiny.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... hlJYNSXRVQ ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 10 am: THE MANY FACES OF URBAN & RURAL DISPLACEMENT (HOMELESSNESS)
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 5:30 pm: SOLIDARITY WITH GRASSY NARROWS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
[ https://mailchi.mp/686c2db00dc1/grassy- ... 44d5fd17cb ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
HEALTH CARE IN SASKATCHEWAN NEEDS YOUR VOICE
[ https://www.publicservicevoter.ca/healthcrisis ]
HELP PUSH FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE PHARMACARE ACT BILL
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/help-pus ... bill-c-64/ ]
REIN IN BIG GROCERS’ GREED
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/Grocery-Greed/?u ... 2024-05-14 ]
TAX BIG OIL TO FUND A JUST TRANSITION
[ https://act.350.org/sign/tax-big-oil/?a ... U&rd=1&t=3 ]
GOOGLE: STOP RETALIATING AGAINST WORKERS SPEAKING OUT FOR PALESTINE—REINSTATE THE FIRED 50
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/reinstategooglers/ ]
CANADA: STOP ALL ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/147983/action/1 ]
NO TO NATO! YES TO PEACE!
[ https://nonatoyespeace.org/sign-the-statement/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
REGINA SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE PROPOSES REVIEW OF $220K SSBA MEMBERSHIP
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... membership ]
SCHISM WITH TEACHERS’ UNION HAS DEEP ROOTS
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ool-boards ]
DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/demonstrato ... ault-cases ]
HOW THE 'MAN VS. BEAR' TREND EXPOSES TROUBLING ISSUES (HINT: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BEAR)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7199173 ]
'THEY'RE NOT OUR ALLIES': QUEEN CITY PRIDE BARS SASK. PARTY FROM PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATIONS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/queen-city- ... lebrations ]
'WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO MASQUERADE AS ALLIES': QUEEN CITY PRIDE BANS SASK. PARTY MLAS FROM PARADE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7203176 ]
REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 40 K SPEED LIMIT FOR CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ghbourhood ]
MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS DONATED TO SASKATCHEWAN PARTY USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO GAIN ACCESS TO PREMIER, OTHER PROVINCIAL POLITICIANS
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/municipal-cou ... -1.6796704 ]
'COMPLETELY INADEQUATE': WHAT'S WRONG WITH SASKATCHEWAN'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/whats-wrong ... ation-laws ]
CANADA MUST MOVE PAST DIVIDE ON TACKLING ADDICTION EPIDEMIC, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 36edaea08a ]
CREE FILMMAKER’S DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES 'BUFFALO JUSTICE' AND A VISION FOR HERDS RETURNING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 1c32d2fdf8 ]
RBC’S 2024 AGM: BUILDING COLLECTIVE MOMENTUM & TAKING BACK THE NARRATIVE
[ https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com ... c-agm-2024 ]
FORMER LIBERAL MINISTERS URGE TRUDEAU TO DROP PLANS TO HOUSE MIGRANTS IN FEDERAL PRISONS
[ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/for ... 7dc0a.html ]
HYPER-MILITARIST DEFENCE POLICY UPDATE AND FEDERAL BUDGET PUT CANADA ON DANGEROUS WARPATH, by Tamara Lorincz
[ https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles ... us-warpath ]
THE NATIONAL POST IS LYING ABOUT DEAD GAZAN CHILDREN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/0414 ... newsletter ]
AS ISRAEL ESCALATES ITS GENOCIDE IN RAFAH, MCGILL UNIVERSITY ESCALATES ITS SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAvntutO0vU ]
COLUMBIA-AFFILIATED UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY VOTES TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL’S WAR ON GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/ ... l_seminary ]
“THE PLAN IS GENOCIDE”: PALESTINE’S U.K. AMBASSADOR DECRIES ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON GAZA & U.S. COMPLICITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/13/ ... ambassador ]
“DISPLACEMENT HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED”: GAZA REPORTER AKRAM AL-SATARRI ON ISRAELI ATTACK & FLEEING RAFAH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/akram_al_satarri ]
“UNBUILD WALLS”: DETENTION WATCH’S SILKY SHAH ON DEBUNKING IMMIGRATION MYTHS & EMBRACING ABOLITION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/ ... silky_shah ]
HYPER IMPERIALISM, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQp8Lj7jPvQ ]
WHY DO SO MANY AMERICANS SUPPORT A NEOFASCIST?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQp8Lj7jPvQ ]
2 CLIMATE ACTIVISTS IN THEIR 80s, DAMAGE MAGNA CARTA CASE
[ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... 180984341/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
FRIDAY MAY 17, 8 am: HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES—BARRIERS TO CARE FACING LBTQ COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/idahobit-pr ... 5787994737 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, STARTING AT 10 am: LIBERATED ZONE FOR PALESTINE AT THE U OF R, LLOYD BARBER ACADEMIC GREEN, U OF R
Please come out to show your support for students and faculty at the University of Regina! All are welcome. Bring your friends and picnic blankets and support the call of students worldwide to cut all forms of funding to Israel's genocide.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 2207520000 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, 6:30 pm: RALLY FOR RAINBOW EQUALITY, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
[ https://www.facebook.com/messenger_medi ... =628752259 ]
FRIDAY MAY 17, 7 pm: WILFRED BUCK, RPL FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE—charge of $10
Moving between earth and stars, past and present, this hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck, a charismatic and irreverent Indigenous elder who overcame a harrowing history of displacement, racism, and addiction by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and ceremony.
TUESDAY MAY 21, 7 pm: PROTECT GENDER RIGHTS WITH AMNESTY
The recent passing of Bill No. 137—which amends The Education Act concerning parental rights—poses significant challenges to the rights of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Despite invoking the "Notwithstanding Clause" to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this legislation's impact remains highly contentious and is currently under legal scrutiny.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... hlJYNSXRVQ ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 10 am: THE MANY FACES OF URBAN & RURAL DISPLACEMENT (HOMELESSNESS)
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 5:30 pm: SOLIDARITY WITH GRASSY NARROWS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
[ https://mailchi.mp/686c2db00dc1/grassy- ... 44d5fd17cb ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
HEALTH CARE IN SASKATCHEWAN NEEDS YOUR VOICE
[ https://www.publicservicevoter.ca/healthcrisis ]
HELP PUSH FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE PHARMACARE ACT BILL
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/help-pus ... bill-c-64/ ]
REIN IN BIG GROCERS’ GREED
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/Grocery-Greed/?u ... 2024-05-14 ]
TAX BIG OIL TO FUND A JUST TRANSITION
[ https://act.350.org/sign/tax-big-oil/?a ... U&rd=1&t=3 ]
GOOGLE: STOP RETALIATING AGAINST WORKERS SPEAKING OUT FOR PALESTINE—REINSTATE THE FIRED 50
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/reinstategooglers/ ]
CANADA: STOP ALL ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/147983/action/1 ]
NO TO NATO! YES TO PEACE!
[ https://nonatoyespeace.org/sign-the-statement/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil