MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 22, 2024
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:20 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 22, 2024
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
TEACHERS WERE SENT DEGRADING MESSAGES AFTER SASK. PARTY PROMISED CHANGE ROOM BAN: STF
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7360455 ]
POLICE SAY THEY NEVER TOLD SASK PARTY THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE AT CAMPAIGN OFFICE WAS GUNSHOTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7360948 ]
FAMILIES WANT INQUIRY AFTER 9 POLICE-INVOLVED INDIGENOUS DEATHS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7360219 ]
FOR-PROFIT NURSING AGENCIES ARE SIPHONING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/for-profit ... newsletter ]
CANADA’S TRAFFIC IS BRUTAL. CAN IT BE FIXED?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/ ... t-be-fixed ]
ALBERTA COAL FIGHT HEATS UP, with Andrew Nikaforuk
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/01/ ... -Heats-Up/ ]
ONTARIO TOWN STARTS VOTING TODAY ON WILLINGNESS TO HOST 'FOREVER' NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE SITE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/t ... -1.7356267 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR OCTOBER 21, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjojZUKbxmI ]
WAR CRIMINAL ISRAELIS WELCOMED TO CANADA. PALESTINIANS BARRED, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/10/22/war-c ... ns-barred/ ]
NAOMI KLEIN: ISRAEL HAS WEAPONIZED OCTOBER 7 TRAUMA TO JUSTIFY ITS GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/22 ... zed_trauma ]
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CONDEMNS THE US GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON SAMIDOUN (Canada is mentioned)
[ https://www.nlg.org/nlg-condemns-the-us ... -samidoun/ ]
WE MUST STOP THE MARCH TOWARD WORLD WAR III, NOW
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/we-mu ... r-iii-now/ ]
VOICES AGAINST 'EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN' IN GAZA CALL OUT TO THE WORLD: 'THIS HAS TO STOP!'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/voice ... de-in-gaza ]
COFFINS HAVE RUN OUT
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-run-out/ ]
GAZA THE DONKEY AND THE FATE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
[ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza ... ilization/ ]
“COLLATERAL DAMAGE”: HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS TRAPPED IN NORTH GAZA AS ISRAEL INTENSIFIES SIEGE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/21 ... yaz_pathan ]
“THE GAZA I KNOW IS GONE”: ISRAEL’S RAMPAGE CONTINUES AS SURVIVORS STRUGGLE FOR FOOD, WATER, SAFETY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/22 ... gaza_siege ]
CHINESE TOP DIPLOMAT HOLDS PHONE CALLS WITH FMs OF ISRAEL AND IRAN, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE, COMPLETE & PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202410/1321216.shtml ]
REPORT FROM BEIRUT: ISRAEL BOMBS BANKS, ATTACKS UNIFIL IN EXPANDING WAR OF AGGRESSION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/21/israel_lebanon ]
INDIGENOUS LEADERS CONFRONT CRIMINAL ECONOMIES AT THE UNITED NATIONS: “WE ARE PROTECTING THE AMAZON FOR ALL OF US”
[ https://amazonwatch.org/news/2024/1022- ... -all-of-us ]
PRIVATIZING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE
[ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/priva ... s-of-life/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, NOON: UN PROCESSES & THE LANGUAGE NEEDED TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2 pm: THE ROAD TO CLEAN AIR
[ https://act.cape.ca/the_road_to_clean_air_webinar ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 3 pm: THE LONG WALK TO PEACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6TH AVE
Join us in this healing space as we express our support for the liberation of Palestine by creating art together, learning, and writing letters in support of divestment campaigns. Art stations will include creating a Community Blanket Story with Melanie Rose, as well as making posters, signs, stickers, and buttons. All ages are welcome.
This is a FREE event. Donations at the door or by e-transfer to palestinesolidarityregina@gmail.com are appreciated!
[ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 4 – 5 pm: A JUST CHOCOLATE TASTING: BUILDING SOLIDARITY NETWORKS WITH INDIGENOUS CACAO FARMERS IN ECUADOR! UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, LA CITÉ, CT 215
Hosted by SCIC, University of Regina's Politics and International Studies Department, University of Regina's Research Engagement, and CHAKRA: Chocolate and Tourism , this event will provide an opportunity to hear from Indigenous and Campesino Cacao farmers and tourism entrepreneurs on the ground in Ecuador, and taste single-origin chocolates from Central and South America.
Please reserve a free ticket through this link. Spots are limited.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... 1495399777 ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, NOON – 1:30 pm: DECODING THE 2024 SASK ELECTION RESULTS
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... esults.php ]
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 pm: UNDRIP IN THE COURTS—WHAT’S AT STAKE?
[ https://fundraise.raventrust.com/event/ ... ke/e621223 ]
MONDAY NOVEMBER 18, 7 pm: SCREENING OF TOMORROW’S FREEDOM, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE. LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
Made over the course of five years, TOMORROW’S FREEDOM gains intimate access to the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouthi. Through the Barghouthi family and in-depth interviews with the people who know Marwan best, Tomorrow’s Freedom takes you on a brutally honest and transformative journey into the heart of the occupation.
The film will be introduced by Melanie Rose, a Regina-based artist and educator with family in Israel's prison.
The film screening is hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina and is not a Regina Public Library event. Admission is by donation.
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree ... 2452301897 ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 8am-3pm: THE GATHERING—POWERING AN INDIGENOUS-LED CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
[ https://globeandmailevents.com/thegatheringtgamvirtual ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TELL MPS TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO WATER
[ https://canadians.org/action/mps-bill-c61/ ]
VOTE FOR THE WETLANDS
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 7476496095 ]
TRIPLE RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030
https://action.earthday.org/our-power-o ... y-petition
ROGERS: STOP PRICE GOUGING
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/rogers-gouging/ ]
TELL UNIVERSITIES: STOP THE GROWING CRACKDOWN ON STUDENTS PROTESTING GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgen ... g-genocide ]
WORLD COURT MANDATES CRA TO REVOKE ISRAEL CHARITIES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/world ... -charities ]
TELL NETFLIX TO REINSTATE DELETED PALESTINIAN FILMS
[ https://www.codepink.org/netflix2024 ]
US: PARDON JULIAN ASSANGE
[ https://www.action.assangecampaign.org.au/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
TEACHERS WERE SENT DEGRADING MESSAGES AFTER SASK. PARTY PROMISED CHANGE ROOM BAN: STF
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7360455 ]
POLICE SAY THEY NEVER TOLD SASK PARTY THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE AT CAMPAIGN OFFICE WAS GUNSHOTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7360948 ]
FAMILIES WANT INQUIRY AFTER 9 POLICE-INVOLVED INDIGENOUS DEATHS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7360219 ]
FOR-PROFIT NURSING AGENCIES ARE SIPHONING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/for-profit ... newsletter ]
CANADA’S TRAFFIC IS BRUTAL. CAN IT BE FIXED?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/ ... t-be-fixed ]
ALBERTA COAL FIGHT HEATS UP, with Andrew Nikaforuk
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/01/ ... -Heats-Up/ ]
ONTARIO TOWN STARTS VOTING TODAY ON WILLINGNESS TO HOST 'FOREVER' NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE SITE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/t ... -1.7356267 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR OCTOBER 21, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjojZUKbxmI ]
WAR CRIMINAL ISRAELIS WELCOMED TO CANADA. PALESTINIANS BARRED, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/10/22/war-c ... ns-barred/ ]
NAOMI KLEIN: ISRAEL HAS WEAPONIZED OCTOBER 7 TRAUMA TO JUSTIFY ITS GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/22 ... zed_trauma ]
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CONDEMNS THE US GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON SAMIDOUN (Canada is mentioned)
[ https://www.nlg.org/nlg-condemns-the-us ... -samidoun/ ]
WE MUST STOP THE MARCH TOWARD WORLD WAR III, NOW
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/we-mu ... r-iii-now/ ]
VOICES AGAINST 'EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN' IN GAZA CALL OUT TO THE WORLD: 'THIS HAS TO STOP!'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/voice ... de-in-gaza ]
COFFINS HAVE RUN OUT
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-run-out/ ]
GAZA THE DONKEY AND THE FATE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
[ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza ... ilization/ ]
“COLLATERAL DAMAGE”: HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS TRAPPED IN NORTH GAZA AS ISRAEL INTENSIFIES SIEGE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/21 ... yaz_pathan ]
“THE GAZA I KNOW IS GONE”: ISRAEL’S RAMPAGE CONTINUES AS SURVIVORS STRUGGLE FOR FOOD, WATER, SAFETY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/22 ... gaza_siege ]
CHINESE TOP DIPLOMAT HOLDS PHONE CALLS WITH FMs OF ISRAEL AND IRAN, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE, COMPLETE & PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202410/1321216.shtml ]
REPORT FROM BEIRUT: ISRAEL BOMBS BANKS, ATTACKS UNIFIL IN EXPANDING WAR OF AGGRESSION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/21/israel_lebanon ]
INDIGENOUS LEADERS CONFRONT CRIMINAL ECONOMIES AT THE UNITED NATIONS: “WE ARE PROTECTING THE AMAZON FOR ALL OF US”
[ https://amazonwatch.org/news/2024/1022- ... -all-of-us ]
PRIVATIZING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE
[ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/priva ... s-of-life/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, NOON: UN PROCESSES & THE LANGUAGE NEEDED TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2 pm: THE ROAD TO CLEAN AIR
[ https://act.cape.ca/the_road_to_clean_air_webinar ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 3 pm: THE LONG WALK TO PEACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6TH AVE
Join us in this healing space as we express our support for the liberation of Palestine by creating art together, learning, and writing letters in support of divestment campaigns. Art stations will include creating a Community Blanket Story with Melanie Rose, as well as making posters, signs, stickers, and buttons. All ages are welcome.
This is a FREE event. Donations at the door or by e-transfer to palestinesolidarityregina@gmail.com are appreciated!
[ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php ]
TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 4 – 5 pm: A JUST CHOCOLATE TASTING: BUILDING SOLIDARITY NETWORKS WITH INDIGENOUS CACAO FARMERS IN ECUADOR! UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, LA CITÉ, CT 215
Hosted by SCIC, University of Regina's Politics and International Studies Department, University of Regina's Research Engagement, and CHAKRA: Chocolate and Tourism , this event will provide an opportunity to hear from Indigenous and Campesino Cacao farmers and tourism entrepreneurs on the ground in Ecuador, and taste single-origin chocolates from Central and South America.
Please reserve a free ticket through this link. Spots are limited.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... 1495399777 ]
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, NOON – 1:30 pm: DECODING THE 2024 SASK ELECTION RESULTS
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... esults.php ]
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 pm: UNDRIP IN THE COURTS—WHAT’S AT STAKE?
[ https://fundraise.raventrust.com/event/ ... ke/e621223 ]
MONDAY NOVEMBER 18, 7 pm: SCREENING OF TOMORROW’S FREEDOM, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE. LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
Made over the course of five years, TOMORROW’S FREEDOM gains intimate access to the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouthi. Through the Barghouthi family and in-depth interviews with the people who know Marwan best, Tomorrow’s Freedom takes you on a brutally honest and transformative journey into the heart of the occupation.
The film will be introduced by Melanie Rose, a Regina-based artist and educator with family in Israel's prison.
The film screening is hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina and is not a Regina Public Library event. Admission is by donation.
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree ... 2452301897 ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 8am-3pm: THE GATHERING—POWERING AN INDIGENOUS-LED CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
[ https://globeandmailevents.com/thegatheringtgamvirtual ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TELL MPS TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO WATER
[ https://canadians.org/action/mps-bill-c61/ ]
VOTE FOR THE WETLANDS
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 7476496095 ]
TRIPLE RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030
https://action.earthday.org/our-power-o ... y-petition
ROGERS: STOP PRICE GOUGING
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/rogers-gouging/ ]
TELL UNIVERSITIES: STOP THE GROWING CRACKDOWN ON STUDENTS PROTESTING GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgen ... g-genocide ]
WORLD COURT MANDATES CRA TO REVOKE ISRAEL CHARITIES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/world ... -charities ]
TELL NETFLIX TO REINSTATE DELETED PALESTINIAN FILMS
[ https://www.codepink.org/netflix2024 ]
US: PARDON JULIAN ASSANGE
[ https://www.action.assangecampaign.org.au/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil