MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 14, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 14, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

MASTERS SAYS CITY'S SPENDING CRITICAL TO 'AVOID CRISIS' WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... astructure ]

PS: We don’t need a new Central Library (fix up the one we have) or a replacement for the Brandt. We do need to get the lead out of our water asap; more money to end houselessness; and more frequent transit service to address the climate crisis.

CROWDING AT SASK WOMEN’S JAIL HAS REACHED CRISIS LEVELS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7262677 ]

HOUSING FOR ALL!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMQd9j609cQ ]

THE SHIFT TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IS UNSTOPPABLE
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]

ALEX JANVIER'S INDIGENOUS HERITAGE SURVIVED TO INSPIRE HIS ART, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 724ffb02c6 ]

WHERE DO CANADA’S SOARING CORPORATE PROFITS GO? NOT ‘BACK INTO THE COUNTRY’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-soaring- ... nvestment/ ]

WHY AMERICANS SAY WE SPEND TOO MUCH ON HEALTH CARE AND NOT ENOUGH ON WARFARE
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/there-it-is ... ays-canada ]

JOINT STATEMENT OF US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE RESIGNED OVER US POLICY TOWARD GAZA, PALESTINE, & ISRAEL
[ https://jointstatement.tiiny.site/ ]

THE WAR IN UKRAINE, AND TAIWAN: THE WEST VS. THE REST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMsmsHQV9go ]

IN GAZA PLAYING ‘THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’ AMIDST SLAUGHTER
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/11/ ... tiful_game ]


NEW RESISTANCE DRONE EXPOSES ISRAEL’S VULNERABILITY, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVAUmrzwP_g ]

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

TUESDAY JULY 16, 11:30 am: NATO WAR SUMMIT: HOW DO WE STOP THE SPREAD OF WAR?
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/natos ... ad-of-war/ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 16, NOON: STUDENTS ORGANIZING FOR GAZA MEETING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 6:30 pm: VANDANA SHIVA GUEST SPEAKER OF BC CCPA
Details to follow.

NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SUPPORT NATIONAL TENANT RIGHTS STANDARDS
[ https://acorncanada.org/take_action/sup ... standards/ ]

CONDEMN THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-2SLGBTQA+ POLICY PROPOSALS
[ https://www.change.org/p/statement-cond ... -proposals ]

ASK BC GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES BY PROTECTING FORESTS
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-growth-action/ ]

EQUIP ALL CANADIANS WITH EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE
[ https://www.change.org/p/equip-all-cana ... for-change ]

WHEN NOTHING ELSE WORKS TO END ISRAELI GENOCIDE OF GAZA, URGE GOVERNMENTS TO USE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RES 377 “UNITING FOR PEACE” FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/when-nothing ... palestine/ ]

TELL HOME DEPOT & LOWE’S TO STOP SELLING ROUNDUP
[ https://action.foe.org/page/70002/actio ... 0%20%C3%A7 ]


- Making Peace Vigil