MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 8, 2024
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:31 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 8, 2024
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
SASK PARTY FOLKS PICK ODD YEAR TO TARGET REGINA & SASKATOON COUNCILS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... f401efe988 ]
ENFORCEMENT OF NEW CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD SPEED LIMIT TO BEGIN MONDAY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/enforcement ... gin-monday ]
ST. PETERSBURG CLAMPS DOWN ON ‘LOUD’ CARS (Regina should follow St. Petersburg good example!)
[ https://www.rt.com/russia/602174-st-pet ... loud-cars/ ]
MACKENZIE LEE TROTTIER'S BODY FOUND AT SASKATOON LANDFILL AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7284466 ]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN POLICY
[ https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/co ... un-policy/ ]
BAD MANAGEMENT HAS TURNED FORESTS INTO FIREBOMBS. BRING BACK THE INDIGENOUS WAYS.
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... fb027d60ef ]
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. PRIVATIZATION WON’T FIX CANADA’S HEALTH CARE. SO WHAT WILL?
[ https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/asking ... dium=email ]
A MADE-IN-CANADA BLUEPRINT FOR DEFUNDING POLICE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/a-made-in-canada ... ng-police/ ]
CANADA, IT’S TIME FOR LAND BACK, with Pam Palmater
[ https://breachmedia.ca/land-back/ ]
WITH JASPER, A BELOVED TOWN BECOMES A HAUNTING SIGHT
[ https://thewalrus.ca/jasper-fire/ ]
THOUGHTS & PRAYERS WON’T STOP WILDFIRES
[ https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/col ... -wildfires ]
EXTREME WEATHER: WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE WORST YET
[ https://earthsky.org/earth/extreme-weat ... f9eed76c1f ]
FRASER INSTITUTES ‘TAX FREEDOM DAY’ WILDLY EXAGGERATES THE TAX BILL OF THE AVERAGE CANADIAN FAMILY
[ https://pressprogress.ca/fraser-institu ... an-family/ ]
WOMEN OF RESISTANCE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZSD1m7p4FA ]
POLITICAL STAFF TRIED TO SPIN ISRAEL ARMS DATA — THEN LIED ABOUT DOING SO
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/political- ... newsletter ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, AUGUST 5, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=jImZYO ... e=youtu.be ]
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEACE 11: WHY THE HESEG FOUNDATION FOR LONE SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE ITS CHARITABLE STATUS REVOKED
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/solid ... s-revoked/ ]
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNITE BEHIND CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202408/1317600.shtml ]
‘I FOUGHT IN GAZA, AND I AM PART OF THE GROWING REFUSER WAVE’
[ https://mailchi.mp/refuser/i-fought-in- ... 84865504ed ]
INVESTIGATION EXPOSES BIG TECH TIES TO ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-aws ]
AS NETENYAHU VISITED DC, SO DID TWO PEACEMAKERS WITH A STARKLY DIFFERENT MESSAGE
[ https://therealnews.com/as-netenyahu-vi ... nt-message ]
POLIO OUTBREAK LOOMS IN GAZA WITHOUT CEASE-FIRE: WHO
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-polio ]
JEREMY SCAHILL ON NEW HEAD OF HAMAS, QUESTIONS ABOUT HANIYEH ASSASSINATION & IRAN RETALIATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/7/i ... hya_sinwar ]
PUBLIC SAFETY LISTS ISRAEL TORTURE CAMP MINISTER AS KEY CONTACT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/public-saf ... newsletter ]
RT TALKS TO DIMITRI LASCARIS FROM CARACAS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUWBi_SmxCg ]
DEBT IS POLITICAL. WHY WEALTH FLOWS FROM POOR TO RICH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bu9dHGRpmE ]
CONFRONTING CASTE
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/bodie ... ting-caste ]
GOOGLE IS A MONOPOLY. JUDGE RULES AGAINST TECH GIANT IN LANDMARK ANTI-TRUST CASE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/6/google_monopoly ]
BIG PLASTIC & THE BIG LEGAL FIGHT
[ https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st ... gal-fight/ ]
THE IMPACT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON CHILDREN
[ https://www.icanw.org/children?utm_camp ... ource=ican ]
PROTEST WORKS—EVEN WHEN IT IS UNPOPULAR
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2 ... test-works ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
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.
TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 7 pm: US THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... bc2f8bbf70 ]
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/ ]
SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 10 am: REGINA’S HOUSING CRISIS, UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Join us to discuss the housing crisis, its root causes, and what solutions we seek together. We’ll discuss drivers of extreme rent increases and housing insecurity, and hope for the future. We can help shape a strategy for a national campaign to urge the federal government to take decisive action.
For more detail see: [ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/homes-are-for-people-13 ]
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:
LET YOUR MLA KNOW YOU EXPECT ACTION FOR BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS FALL’S ELECTION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/mla_ema ... tuesdaycom ]
OUR PLANET IS BURNING: NEW DEMOCRATS CALL ON JUSTIN TRUDEAU & THE LIBERALS TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION NOW
[ https://www.ndp.ca/climate-action-now ]
TELL BAYER-MONSANTO TO STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP IMMEDIATELY
[ https://action.foe.org/page/70967/actio ... arded=true ]
DEMAND TARGET PROTECT POLLINATORS FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES
[ https://action.foe.org/page/71033/actio ... arded=true ]
PROCTOR & GAMBLE: PROTECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
[ https://act.ran.org/page/71191/petition/1 ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
SASK PARTY FOLKS PICK ODD YEAR TO TARGET REGINA & SASKATOON COUNCILS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... f401efe988 ]
ENFORCEMENT OF NEW CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD SPEED LIMIT TO BEGIN MONDAY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/enforcement ... gin-monday ]
ST. PETERSBURG CLAMPS DOWN ON ‘LOUD’ CARS (Regina should follow St. Petersburg good example!)
[ https://www.rt.com/russia/602174-st-pet ... loud-cars/ ]
MACKENZIE LEE TROTTIER'S BODY FOUND AT SASKATOON LANDFILL AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7284466 ]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN POLICY
[ https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/co ... un-policy/ ]
BAD MANAGEMENT HAS TURNED FORESTS INTO FIREBOMBS. BRING BACK THE INDIGENOUS WAYS.
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... fb027d60ef ]
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. PRIVATIZATION WON’T FIX CANADA’S HEALTH CARE. SO WHAT WILL?
[ https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/asking ... dium=email ]
A MADE-IN-CANADA BLUEPRINT FOR DEFUNDING POLICE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/a-made-in-canada ... ng-police/ ]
CANADA, IT’S TIME FOR LAND BACK, with Pam Palmater
[ https://breachmedia.ca/land-back/ ]
WITH JASPER, A BELOVED TOWN BECOMES A HAUNTING SIGHT
[ https://thewalrus.ca/jasper-fire/ ]
THOUGHTS & PRAYERS WON’T STOP WILDFIRES
[ https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/col ... -wildfires ]
EXTREME WEATHER: WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE WORST YET
[ https://earthsky.org/earth/extreme-weat ... f9eed76c1f ]
FRASER INSTITUTES ‘TAX FREEDOM DAY’ WILDLY EXAGGERATES THE TAX BILL OF THE AVERAGE CANADIAN FAMILY
[ https://pressprogress.ca/fraser-institu ... an-family/ ]
WOMEN OF RESISTANCE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZSD1m7p4FA ]
POLITICAL STAFF TRIED TO SPIN ISRAEL ARMS DATA — THEN LIED ABOUT DOING SO
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/political- ... newsletter ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, AUGUST 5, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=jImZYO ... e=youtu.be ]
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEACE 11: WHY THE HESEG FOUNDATION FOR LONE SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE ITS CHARITABLE STATUS REVOKED
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/solid ... s-revoked/ ]
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNITE BEHIND CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202408/1317600.shtml ]
‘I FOUGHT IN GAZA, AND I AM PART OF THE GROWING REFUSER WAVE’
[ https://mailchi.mp/refuser/i-fought-in- ... 84865504ed ]
INVESTIGATION EXPOSES BIG TECH TIES TO ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-aws ]
AS NETENYAHU VISITED DC, SO DID TWO PEACEMAKERS WITH A STARKLY DIFFERENT MESSAGE
[ https://therealnews.com/as-netenyahu-vi ... nt-message ]
POLIO OUTBREAK LOOMS IN GAZA WITHOUT CEASE-FIRE: WHO
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-polio ]
JEREMY SCAHILL ON NEW HEAD OF HAMAS, QUESTIONS ABOUT HANIYEH ASSASSINATION & IRAN RETALIATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/7/i ... hya_sinwar ]
PUBLIC SAFETY LISTS ISRAEL TORTURE CAMP MINISTER AS KEY CONTACT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/public-saf ... newsletter ]
RT TALKS TO DIMITRI LASCARIS FROM CARACAS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUWBi_SmxCg ]
DEBT IS POLITICAL. WHY WEALTH FLOWS FROM POOR TO RICH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bu9dHGRpmE ]
CONFRONTING CASTE
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/bodie ... ting-caste ]
GOOGLE IS A MONOPOLY. JUDGE RULES AGAINST TECH GIANT IN LANDMARK ANTI-TRUST CASE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/6/google_monopoly ]
BIG PLASTIC & THE BIG LEGAL FIGHT
[ https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st ... gal-fight/ ]
THE IMPACT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON CHILDREN
[ https://www.icanw.org/children?utm_camp ... ource=ican ]
PROTEST WORKS—EVEN WHEN IT IS UNPOPULAR
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2 ... test-works ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
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.
TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 7 pm: US THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... bc2f8bbf70 ]
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/ ]
SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 10 am: REGINA’S HOUSING CRISIS, UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Join us to discuss the housing crisis, its root causes, and what solutions we seek together. We’ll discuss drivers of extreme rent increases and housing insecurity, and hope for the future. We can help shape a strategy for a national campaign to urge the federal government to take decisive action.
For more detail see: [ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/homes-are-for-people-13 ]
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:
LET YOUR MLA KNOW YOU EXPECT ACTION FOR BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS FALL’S ELECTION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/mla_ema ... tuesdaycom ]
OUR PLANET IS BURNING: NEW DEMOCRATS CALL ON JUSTIN TRUDEAU & THE LIBERALS TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION NOW
[ https://www.ndp.ca/climate-action-now ]
TELL BAYER-MONSANTO TO STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP IMMEDIATELY
[ https://action.foe.org/page/70967/actio ... arded=true ]
DEMAND TARGET PROTECT POLLINATORS FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES
[ https://action.foe.org/page/71033/actio ... arded=true ]
PROCTOR & GAMBLE: PROTECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
[ https://act.ran.org/page/71191/petition/1 ]
- Making Peace Vigil