MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 4, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 4, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN POLICY
[ https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/co ... un-policy/ ]



SASK. MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES SECURES ONE-YEAR DEAL FOR 10 EMERGENCY HOTEL ROOMS (This is SO PATHETIC! In Regina alone, there are 100s if not 1000s of unhoused people. What they need is permanent housing!!!)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... otel-rooms ]


SASK. HOUSING CORPORATION VACANT UNITS SPIKE FROM 1,193 TO 3,161 OVER DECADE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ver-decade ]


HOW HIRING BIAS AFFECTS WORKERS IN CANADA’S FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY, by Andrew Stevens & others
[ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hidden-gateke ... 01221.html ]


CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS SEEN IN BIGGER WILDFIRES IN CANADA, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 035c9aeb4f ]


NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION REMAINS PERILOUS—a letter by Evelyn Tischer (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ew-farmers ]


BURYING NUCLEAR WASTE POSES ENORMOUS RISKS—David Suzuki Foundation
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/burying-r ... ous-risks/ ]


CANADA CHEERS ON ‘AFRICA’S MOST RUTHLESS REGIME’
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/08/01/canad ... ss-regime/ ]


ANALYSING THE ISRAEL EFFECT IN CANADA, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG_qckU2NDI ]


$95 MILLION IN NEW CANADIAN MILITARY GOODS COULD FLOW TO ISRAEL BY 2025
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/95-million ... newsletter ]


“A PERILOUS MOMENT” IN MIDDLE EAST: IRAN VOWS REVENGE AS ISRAEL EXPANDS ASSASSINATION OPERATIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/1/a ... assination ]


U.S. AND ISRAEL ESCALATE WARS AFTER CONGRESS GIVES NETANYAHU FIFTY-EIGHT STANDING OVATIONS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q_TJ6myUkM ]


THERE WILL BE NO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITHOUT AN END TO ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE: STOP THE WAR COALITION JOINT STATEMENT
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/there-will-be-no- peace-in-the-middle-east-without-an-end-to-israels-genocide-17th-national-march-for-palestine-joint-statement/ ]


THE WAR TO END WESTERN HEGEMONY HAS BEGUN, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM3kZSzkO7Y ]


PRISONER SWAP WITH RUSSIA “OFFERS A POSSIBLE PATHWAY” TO PEACE IN UKRAINE, SAYS KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/2/russia_prisoners ]


MEXICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT SHEINBAUM REJECTS INTERVENTIONISM IN VENEZUELA
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/mexican- ... =available ]


“WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS QUITE REMARKABLE”
The Director of Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad speaks of what the Venezuelan administrations of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro have built in the last 25 years, and what is at stake in the election.
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TxMf3E2CqDE ]


“DISARM THE WAR ON WOKE”: KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW ON FIGHTING RACIST, SEXIST ATTACKS ON KAMALA HARRIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/31/ ... e_crenshaw ]


JUSTICE FOR SONYA MASSEY, SAY HER NAME
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/1/j ... ey_say_her ]


SHELL SLAMMED FOR 'PLANET-WRECKING' PROFITS AS TEMPERATURES SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/shell ... er-profits ]


THE UN’S LATEST FOOD INSECURITY REPORT IS BLEAK. HOW CAN THE WORLD TURN GLOBAL HUNGER TRENDS AROUND?
[ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/conten ... bleak-how/ ]


WHY PROTEST WORKS EVEN WHEN IT IS UNPOPULAR
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2 ... test-works ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 5 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB PRESENTS: R.F. KUANG, AUTHOR OF YELLOWFACE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY AUGUST 1 & 8: THE HISTORY & RISE OF WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALSIM
[ https://www.augsburgfortress.org/webinars/WCNwebinar/ ]


TUESDAY AUGUST 6, 1 pm: THE HIBAKUSHA (survivors of the atomic bomb) PEACE PROJECT
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-hi ... ce-project ]


TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 10 am –NOON: TOUR OF THE KNOX-MET PEACE GARDEN BY NATURE REGINA, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
[ The garden, which features plants native to Saskatchewan, is stunningly beautiful. ]


THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 7 pm: TURNING DOWN THE HEAT: CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN A NEW ERA OF WILDFIRE
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/turning-down-t ... -wildfire/ ]


MONDAY AUGUST 19, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH, A COMMUNIST FOR THE RCMP, BY DENNIS GRUENDING, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/11153059 ]


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 9:30 am: SASKATCHEWAN SOLUTIONS- HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON THE PRAIRIES: BRINGING CONNECTION AND OPTIONS FOR SUPPORT
[ https://stopstoviolence.wildapricot.org/event-5794683 ]


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/ ]


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1:30 – 4 pm: ANTI-RACISM ACTION WORKSHOP, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Everyone age 10 -110 is welcome to attend.


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6 –FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 10 AM – 5 PM EACH DAY: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN REGINA, MÂMAWÊYATITÂN CENTRE, 3355 6TH AVE
[ Stride Advocacy is hosting a three day intensive training in Regina to strengthen community-based human rights advocacy. Please share this opportunity with your networks! ]
This free training opportunity provides opportunities for advocates to strengthen their awareness and understanding of human rights and discrimination, network with other advocates and organizations, and build or enhance skills to advance the rights of communities/community members facing systemic barriers using the human rights mechanisms that exist for accountability.
To register: Human Rights Advocacy Training - Regina Tickets, Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite
Lunch and snacks will be provided during the training. If you require any dietary needs or accessibility support to attend and be comfortable during the training, please reach out to our team at info@jhcentre.org and we’ll do our best to accommodate. There is no fee to participate; limited spots available.


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


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


CBC AD, ‘I PLAY WITH MYSELF,’ INAPPROPRIATE
[ https://www.change.org/p/inappropriate- ... television ]


CANADA, RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/wellingt ... ter-canada ]


FUELING EXTREME WEATHER HAS A COST
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/climate-recovery-fund ]


BC MINISTER GEORGE HEYMAN: DON’T FAST TRACK ANOTHER PIPELINE
[ https://dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/dont-fas ... -pipeline/ ]


SAVE THE REMAINING CORAL REEFS AND PROTECT COASTAL COMMUNITIES FROM CRUISE INDUSTRY POLLUTION BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/70961/actio ... arded=true ]


- Making Peace Vigil