MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 27, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 27, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA CITY COUNCIL PUSHES VOTE ON RENAMING DEWDNEY AVENUE TO AUGUST
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7248100 ]


SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTER SAYS REGINA COUNCIL'S DECISION NOT TO BUY PROPERTY FOR SHELTER A 'SETBACK'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7242698 ]


REGINA POLICE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS UP 8% IN 2023
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7246202 ]]


INDIGENOUS LIVES DEPEND ON DIABETES PREVENTION & TREATMENT, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 86826ec547 ]


TATIANA MASLANY EXPRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WHILE BEING HONOURED AT EVENT IN REGINA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7247915 ]


IN SASKATCHEWAN POILIEVRE ALLIES WITH TYCOONS WHO TREAT THE PROVINCE LIKE A ‘FIEFDOM’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/in-saskatchewan- ... e-fiefdom/ ]


FACING RISING FOOD POVERTY AND A MOUNTAIN OF FOOD WASTE, A NEWS NETWORK OF PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS ARE USING TECHNOLOGY AND CREATIVITY TO ADDRESS VANCOUVER'S FOOD SECURITY
[ https://www.studio104entertainment.com/the-interceptors ]


POLLS SHOW GAP BETWEEN CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION AND PARLIAMENT ON ISRAEL
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/polls-show ... on-israel/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, JUNE 24, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSsWYAxyLJg ]


RANT OF THE WEEK: CANADA'S 'PROGRESSIVE' POLITICAL PARTIES ARE RUN BY A BUNCH OF WINDBAGS, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf3blxWsaIk ]


IN MONTREAL'S SQUARE VICTORIA, ACTIVISTS ERECT A PRO-PALESTINE CAMP TO PRESSURE QUEBEC'S GOVERNMENT, with Dimitri Lascaris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsAPFS4fYZI

JUST SAY ‘NO’ TO THE UGLY CANADIAN, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/06/23/just- ... -canadian/ ]


ISLAMOPHOBIA IN THE WEST: A SCOURGE WE MUST CONFRONT, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/06/24/ ... -confront/ ]


ISRAEL’S OUTLOOK TURN GRIM, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/06/27/ ... urns-grim/ ]


WAR IS NOT KILLING PALESTINIANS, ISRAEL IS. OUR MEDIA SHOULD FRAME IT THAT WAY
[ https://therealnews.com/war-is-not-kill ... t-this-way ]


WILL ISRAEL EXPAND ITS WAR INTO LEBANON? RAMI KHOURI ON NETANYAHU’S LATEST THREATS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/24/ ... ebanon_war ]


“THE NIGHT WON’T END”: NEW FILM INVESTIGATES CIVILIAN KILLINGS IN GAZA AND U.S. BACKING OF ISRAELI ASSAULT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/21/ ... t_wont_end ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

MONDAY JULY 1, ALL DAY: BUFFALO DAY CELEBRATIONS, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK & POOL, 3300 DEWDNEY AVENUE


WEDNESDAY JULY 3, 10 am: ONLINE PANEL EVENT: MIGRATION POLITICS THAT KILL: HOW GOVERNMENTS EXACERBATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... OLvnjnu3ew ]


THURSDAY JULY 4, 5 pm: WHAT’S NEXT FOR PUBLIC PHARMACARE?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JULY 9, 6 pm: DEBUNKING DANGEROUS DETERRENCE THEORY AND MOVING TOWARD GLOBAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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:

CBC, STOP WHITEWASHING WAR CRIMES
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/cbc-whitewashing ... urce=share ]


STOP THE ALLEGED RACISM IN CANADA’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/7 ... 3412535496 ]


- Making Peace Vigil