MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 30, 2024
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:50 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 30, 2024
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
'IT'S PROBLEMATIC': FRUSTRATION GROWING AS REGINA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DRAG ON, TABLED ITEMS PILE ON
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/it-s-problema ... -1.6945774 ]
WHO WERE THE HIGHEST-PAID CITY OF REGINA EMPLOYEES IN 2023?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... es-in-2023 ]
'A NEW GENERATION': EAGLE FEATHER NEWS TO RELAUNCH WITH NEW NAME AFTER BRIEF HIATUS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ter-hiatus ]
THIS WOMAN SPENDS 100% OF HER INCOME ON RENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian ... -1.7240858 ]
HE CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT AN APARTMENT. SO THIS MAN SECRETLY SLEEPS IN AN OFFICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rent-apa ... -1.7248673 ]
CRITICISM OF BUNGE-VITERRA MERGER GROWS AS OTTAWA REVIEWS PROPOSED DEAL
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... posed-deal ]
GAS FUELS THE CLIMATE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/gas-fuels ... -solution/ ]
WHY NO ‘RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT’ PALESTINIANS? with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/06/28/why-n ... estinians/ ]
DEBATING WEST'S "DECLINE", CAPITALISM, US, CHINA, INDIA, SOCIALISM, EUROPE, FASCISM, with Radhika Desai
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJhLrjyxkJQ ]
THE GAZA PROJECT: INVESTIGATION DETAILS ISRAEL’S “UNPRECEDENTED” TARGETING OF PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/27/ ... ournalists ]
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE, BUT JOURNALISM REMAINS UNDER THREAT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/27/ ... journalism ]
GLOBAL SPENDING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS SOARS: WHERE WILL IT LEAD?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijCjSEq0Dg&t=94s ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
MONDAY JULY 1, ALL DAY: BUFFALO DAY CELEBRATIONS, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK & POOL, 3300 DEWDNEY AVENUE
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=829 ... 7421615851 ]
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 ]
SATURDAY JULY 6, 3:30 pm: NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE—A DISCUSSION, COPPER KETTLE, 1953 SCARTH ST
Host: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010
MONDAY JULY 8, 5:30 pm: YOU ARE INVITED TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REGINA’S SUMMER SOCIAL & POTLUCK, REGINA SENIORS CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/july-8th ... d-potluck/ ]
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, REGINA
MONDAY AUGUST 19, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH, A COMMUNIST FOR THE RCMP, BY DENNIS GRUENDIG, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/1 ... ation=true ]
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:
MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR LEONARD PELTIER
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/notes-leonard-peltier/ ]
BAN DANGEROUS PESTICIDE CHLORPYRIFOS NOW!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/69477/actio ... arded=true ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: BAN THE SALE OF NICKEL TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-5018 ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
'IT'S PROBLEMATIC': FRUSTRATION GROWING AS REGINA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DRAG ON, TABLED ITEMS PILE ON
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/it-s-problema ... -1.6945774 ]
WHO WERE THE HIGHEST-PAID CITY OF REGINA EMPLOYEES IN 2023?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... es-in-2023 ]
'A NEW GENERATION': EAGLE FEATHER NEWS TO RELAUNCH WITH NEW NAME AFTER BRIEF HIATUS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ter-hiatus ]
THIS WOMAN SPENDS 100% OF HER INCOME ON RENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian ... -1.7240858 ]
HE CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT AN APARTMENT. SO THIS MAN SECRETLY SLEEPS IN AN OFFICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rent-apa ... -1.7248673 ]
CRITICISM OF BUNGE-VITERRA MERGER GROWS AS OTTAWA REVIEWS PROPOSED DEAL
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... posed-deal ]
GAS FUELS THE CLIMATE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/gas-fuels ... -solution/ ]
WHY NO ‘RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT’ PALESTINIANS? with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/06/28/why-n ... estinians/ ]
DEBATING WEST'S "DECLINE", CAPITALISM, US, CHINA, INDIA, SOCIALISM, EUROPE, FASCISM, with Radhika Desai
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJhLrjyxkJQ ]
THE GAZA PROJECT: INVESTIGATION DETAILS ISRAEL’S “UNPRECEDENTED” TARGETING OF PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/27/ ... ournalists ]
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE, BUT JOURNALISM REMAINS UNDER THREAT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/27/ ... journalism ]
GLOBAL SPENDING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS SOARS: WHERE WILL IT LEAD?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijCjSEq0Dg&t=94s ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
MONDAY JULY 1, ALL DAY: BUFFALO DAY CELEBRATIONS, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK & POOL, 3300 DEWDNEY AVENUE
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=829 ... 7421615851 ]
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 ]
SATURDAY JULY 6, 3:30 pm: NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE—A DISCUSSION, COPPER KETTLE, 1953 SCARTH ST
Host: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010
MONDAY JULY 8, 5:30 pm: YOU ARE INVITED TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REGINA’S SUMMER SOCIAL & POTLUCK, REGINA SENIORS CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/july-8th ... d-potluck/ ]
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, REGINA
MONDAY AUGUST 19, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH, A COMMUNIST FOR THE RCMP, BY DENNIS GRUENDIG, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/1 ... ation=true ]
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:
MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR LEONARD PELTIER
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/notes-leonard-peltier/ ]
BAN DANGEROUS PESTICIDE CHLORPYRIFOS NOW!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/69477/actio ... arded=true ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: BAN THE SALE OF NICKEL TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-5018 ]
- Making Peace Vigil