MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 6, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 6, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

CANADA'S FIRST FULL-SCALE FREE GROCERY STORE TO OPEN IN REGINA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7220880 ]


WHY WON’T HOMELESS PEOPLE STAY IN SHELTERS?
[ https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com ... 5fdfb.html ]


ATTENDEE SAYS ROB SCHNEIDER'S JOKES AT HOSPITALS OF REGINA FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER WERE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7225493 ]


'WE ARE SORRY': UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA APOLOGIZES FOR KEEPING INDIGENOUS REMAINS
[ https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/we-are-sorr ... -1.6911907 ]


AN UPRISING IN THE MAKING: ALBERTA CHIEFS SAY OIL COMPANY’S FORCEFUL APPROACH IS AN ATTACK ON TREATY RIGHTS
[ https://therealnews.com/an-uprising-in- ... aty-rights ]


I ASKED JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S LIBERALS WHY THEY BROKE A PROMISE TO BAN THREE CONTROVERSIAL POLICE PRACTICES. THEIR ANSWER SAYS A LOT
[ https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contrib ... c720d.html ]


“POWER”: YANCE FORD ON HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY & WHY “VIOLENCE IS PART AND PARCEL” OF U.S. POLICING
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/23/ ... ocumentary ]


ONE STEP CLOSER TO PUBLIC PHARMACARE
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/the-phar ... omes-next/ ]


GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA REPORT ON MILITARY EXPORTS DEEPENS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CANSEC ARMS SHOW IN OTTAWA AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[ https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/03/global ... iolations/ ]


CANADA EXPORTED RECORD $30.6 MILLION OF MILITARY GOODS TO ISRAEL IN 2023
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-sol ... newsletter ]


STOP SUBSIDIZING GENOCIDE—AN OPEN LETTER TO PM TRUDEAU, SIGNED BY GABOR MATE, YANN MARTEL, MONIA MAZIG, DESMOND COLE+++
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... g-genocide ]


ARMS EMBARGO NOW! Webinar
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGXe_VC--40 ]


A CONVERSATION OF HOPE FROM THE FRONTLINES OF EXTINCTION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri11mkCf9bw ]


THE ‘ISRAEL EFFECT’ IN CANADA
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/06/02/the-i ... in-canada/ ]


ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST NATURE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilRUebKaxjw ]


FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE EXONERATES LAW STUDENTS FALSELY ACCUSED OF ANTI-SEMITISM, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/06/02/ ... -semitism/ ]


THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO’S CIRCLE FOR PALESTINE HOLDS FOR A MONTH WITH COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY
[ https://therealnews.com/uni-of-torontos ... solidarity ]


WHY NETANYAHU IS STILL FREE - VIJAY PRASHAD
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHEd9vKPPA ]


AS WORLD CALLS FOR GAZA CEASEFIRE, BIDEN FALLS SHORT
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/06/as-wo ... lls-short/ ]


“THE TRAUMA IS UNIMAGINABLE”: SAVE THE CHILDREN CEO CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, MORE FOCUS ON CONGO
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/4/j ... hildren_us ]


“ANC FAILED”: HOW MANDELA’S PARTY LOST ITS MAJORITY FOR FIRST TIME SINCE END OF APARTHEID
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/3/s ... a_election ]


THE CASE FOR OPEN BORDERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/5/t ... journalist ]


THE REALITY OF BLACK HISTORICAL TRAUMA MAKES HEALING A FORM OF JUSTICE
[ https://therealnews.com/the-reality-of- ... of-justice ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY JUNE 6, NOON: CORPERATE COLONIALISM & INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA
[ https://gtwaction.org/trade-policy-and- ... n-america/ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 11, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY—CHANGES TO REGINA WARD BOUNDARIES, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE


TUESDAY JUNE 11, 7 pm: SALT OF THE SEA, SCREENING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina
Watch the trailer: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yMAWXLaEyA ]


TUESDAY JUNE 11, 7 pm: SOLSTICE SPEAKER SERIES WITH TIBERT & DOUZIE, ROYAL SASK MUSEUM, ALBERT & COLLEGE
[ https://royalsaskmuseum.ca/visit/events ... -et-douzie ]


THURSDAY JUNE 13, 3 PM: MILITARIZATION—DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT IN OKINAWA AND THE WORLD
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/militarizati ... ar_id=true ]


SATURDAY JUNE 15 10 AM: GAZA AND UKRAINE TO WWIII: THE NATO PROBLEM
What does NATO have to do with current and looming wars? How does NATO work and what is it working on? How does an alliance whose members and partners make up 69.4% of the world's military spending shape international relations? What alternatives exist? What is being planned by advocates for peace and demilitarization?
Please register: [ https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-and-ukr ... o-problem/ ]


SATURDAY JUNE 15, 7 pm: DELEGATION FROM CUBA, SENIOR CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The delegation will be speaking on Cuba’s Critical Role in the Struggle for Peace.
For more information, call Ed: 306-718-8010


TUESDAY JUNE 18, 1 pm: LNG EXPOSED—DIVING INTO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF LNG
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Jg8Uwc6D1w ]


THURSDAY JUNE 20, 5 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB PRESENTS OMAR EL AKKAD, AUTHOR OF WHAT STRANGE PARADISE
An online event; [ https://www.facebook.com/events/468416282224845/ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 25, 7 PM: WHY ARE CANADA & THE US BACKING ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE? WITH JEET HEER, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NATION, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
Jeet Heer will speak about the sources of the American alliance with Israel and Canada’s role in imperialism. The talk will take up the long history of the US-Israel relationship, Canadian and American affinity with Israel as settler colonial states, and why Joe Biden is committed to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza despite the political damage to his reelection chances and the diplomatic damage to America’s international reputation.
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Regina


TUESDAY JULY 9, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY—ORGANIZING FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT HASSAN AND SAY NO TO ANY SECOND EXTRADITION REQUEST FROM FRANCE.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4901 ]


DEMAND THE NAME CHANGE COMMITTEE STEP UP THEIR EFFORTS IN RENAMNING DEROGATORY LANDMARKS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/name- ... e-peoples2 ]


TELL YOUR MP: VOTE ‘YES’ TO PASS AN EXCESS PROFIT TAX ON THE GROCERY SECTOR
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/grocery-windfall-tax/ ]


TELL YOUR MP: I WANT SOLUTIONS TO CANADA’S HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/decom ... sing-email ]


TELL YOUR MP: TO FIGHT FOR A BOLD EMISSIONS CAP TO KEEP BIG POLLUTERS IN CHECK
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/BigOil-ClimateCr ... 2024-06-05 ]


BAN ISRAEL FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/olympics_ban_1_2/ ]


NOT ONE CENT OF CANADIAN TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE FUNDING GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/not-o ... g-genocide ]


BAYER-MONSANTO: STOP SELLING ROUNDUP
[ https://action.foe.org/page/68448/actio ... arded=true ]


STOP RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY AND INJUSTICE TOWARDS LGBTQ+ AND OTHER MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-religious ... opulations ]


- Making Peace Vigil