MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 20, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 20, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA TENT ENCAMPMENT ONE YEAR LATER
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/10571746/reg ... later/amp/ ]


INDIFFERENCE TO REGINA’S POOR INDIGENOUS COMES HOME TO ROOST, by Bob Hughes
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... e-to-roost? ]


INDIGENOUS HISTORY IN CANADA IS AS RICH AS THE LAND WE LIVE ON, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... b812280107 ]


GOING GREEN: SOLAR PANELS INTEGRATED INTO $325M RESTORATION OF BUFFALO POUND WATER TREATMENT PLANT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ment-plant ]


WORKERS INCOME IS 100% TAXABLE. CAPITAL GAINS SHOULD BE TOO.
[ https://monitormag.ca/articles/workers- ... ld-be-too/ ]


HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE FUELLING FOREST FIRES IN CANADA?
[ https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st ... in-canada/ ]


CANADA’S FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION HAS PASSED
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


SASK. ELECTED OFFICIALS SIGN OPEN LETTER TO FEDS CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... re-in-gaza ]


INSIDE THE ‘SHOCKING’ POLICE OPERATION TARGETING PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVISTS IN TORONTO
[ https://breachmedia.ca/inside-the-shock ... n-toronto/ ]


HOW THE GILLER PRIZE BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH GENOCIDE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/giller-prize-genocide/ ]


HANDALA SAILS TO BREAK ISRAEL’S SEIGE OF GAZA, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rpdWc7Vq8k ]


SOCIAL DISCORD & SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP
[ https://www.nccm.ca/bill21study/ ]


ARUNDHATI ROY FACES ANTI-TERROR PROSECUTION IN INDIA AS MODI EXPANDS CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS—NO!!!!
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/17/arundhati_roy ]


ISRAEL’S NEW AIR WAR IN THE WEST BANK: NEARLY HALF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/06/12/isr ... Newsletter ]


UNICEF DECRIES ISRAEL’S “WAR ON CHILDREN” AS STARVATION & DEATHS MOUNT IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/17/unicef ]


NATO IN THE ARTIC--WEBINAR ORGANIZED BY THE GLOBAL WOMEN FOR PEACE - UNITED AGAINST NATO
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-NDBouZTWQ ]


GLOBAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPENDING SURGES TO $91.4 BILLION
[ https://www.icanw.org/global_nuclear_we ... ource=ican ]


WARHEADS TO WINDMILLS: PEACE & JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/UId5QNo1PdM ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY JUNE 20, 7 pm: PUBLIC MEETING ON CENTRAL LIBRARY, CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The Library Board wants to demolish Central Library and (maybe) build another one at a different location. What can we do to stop them?
The meeting is sponsored by Friends of Regina Public Library.


THURSDAY JUNE 20, 11 am: WHAT’S THE HARM? RADIATION, RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS AND HEALTH
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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/ ]


THURSDAY JUNE 20, 6 pm: FROM OUR HEARTS TO CUBA WEBINAR
[ https://mailchi.mp/356215540e9b/june-20 ... 39cb53f820 ]


FRIDAY JUNE 21, 10 am: LEGAL CHALLENGE TO REGINA’S NEW WARD BOUNDARIES IN COURT, COURT OF KING’S BENCH, 2425 VICTORIA AVENUE
Let’s pack to the courthouse and show them we are against the new ward boundaries—boundaries that suburbanize Cathedral and other core neighbourhoods and disempower the core.


TUESDAY JUNE 25, 2 pm: OUR ROOTED RELATIVES, ARCHER LIBRARY ROOMS 107.32-33, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
About: Presentations on the importance of flora and land-based knowledge from an Indigenous worldview. This event is free and open to the public.
Presenters:
Elder Betty McKenna, from Sapotawayak Reserve, Treaty 4 Territory in Manitoba
Dr. Fidji Gendron, Associate Dean (Academic) and Professor of Biology at First Nations University of Canada



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


WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 10 am: CULTURALLY BASED PROGRAMS AND HEALING: A PANEL ON INDIGENOUS HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 11 am: MOBILIZING OUR COMMUNITIES FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
[ https://mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regist ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL, CITY HALL
On the agenda: ●Change the name of Dewdney—YES!!! ●Central Library, which the Library Board wants to demolish and move elsewhere—NO!!!


WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 5 pm: CLIMATE CHANGE KILLS! HOW DO WE FIGHT BACK?
[ https://act.350.org/signup/call-j26/?ak ... ction-form ]


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


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 7 pm: AN EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT IS EDUCATION, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
6:30pm (doors open)
7pm-9pm Keynote speakers followed by open Q & A
9pm-10pm reception
Keynotes:
Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard, Dean of Education, Seattle University
Dr. Joel Westheimer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1156795555372601/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

DEMAND A COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF QUEER SEXUALTIY
https://www.change.org/p/demand-a-compr ... -sexuality

PM TRUDEAU: IT’S TIME TO END DRINKING WATER ADVISERIES ON FIRST NATIONS
https://canadians.org/action/first-nations-water/

REGULARIZATION FOR ALL
Undocumented migrants are integral to our communities, yet they face exploitation and exclusion. Regularization will empower undocumented people to assert their rights at work; to protect themselves from abuse; and to access healthcare and essential services; while growing the economy which will fund public services. Regularization will change lives for generations to come.
[ https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/email/ ]


WHY IS THE WORLD SILENT ON SUDAN? ACT FOR PEACE & JUSTICE NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/1 ... 3411033681 ]


TELL BAYER-MONSANTO: STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP IMMEDIATELY!!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/69119/actio ... arded=true ]


- Making Peace Vigil