MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 5, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 5, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA CITY COUNCIL AGREES TO PURSUE OFFER OF $3.5M ENCAMPMENT GRANT FROM FEDS—Let’s hope it helps!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -from-feds ]


SASK. NEEDS 'TO DO MORE, FASTER' TO ADDRESS EMPTY, DAMAGED SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS IN REGINA: AUDITOR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7398755 ]


MINISTER SAYS ONTARIO & SASKATCHEWAN HAVEN'T REPLIED TO FEDERAL OFFER OF FUNDING TO HOUSE HOMELESS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federa ... -1.7362207 ]


SASKATCHEWAN SURVIVORS GUIDE EPISODE 120, with Paul Dechene
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/sask ... ide-ep-120 ]


SASK. PARTY, NDP REVERSE ROLES ON TAX AFFORDABILITY PACKAGES
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... y-packages ]


SCURVY LATEST POVERTY DISEASE FOR NORTHERN SASK FIRST NATIONS, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... be623812a9 ]


SOME MISSING RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL STUDENTS DISAPPEARED INTO ARRANGED MARRIAGES, REPORT SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/arra ... -1.7396200 ]


MANITOBA MÉTIS FEDERATION TO BE FIRST MÉTIS GROUP WITH MODERN TREATY IN CANADA
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/ma ... 91c10b0cb1 ]


‘NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO’: WOMEN’S SHELTER GRAPPLES WITH LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[ https://rabble.ca/feminism/nowhere-for- ... Newsletter ]


TRUDEAU’S FAILURE TO BENEFIT WORKERS HAS EMPOWERED CONSERVATIVES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeaus-f ... ervatives/ ]


UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENTS SCORE A WIN FOR THE CLIMATE & CAMPUS PROTESTS MORE BROADLY
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/12/u ... e-broadly/ ]


BUSINESS LOBBY WANTS AUSTERITY TO HELP PAY FOR MILITARY SPENDING
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/business-l ... -spending/ ]


JEWISH CANADIANS TAKE OVER PARLIAMENTARY BUILIDNG IN OTTAWA, BRINGING PARTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO A SCREECHING HALT
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/over-a-hundr ... hing-halt/ ]


ACTIVISTS OCCUPY CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING TO PROTEST GAZA WAR & ARMING OF ISRAEL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/3/ ... ews_say_no ]


INDIGO’S COPYRIGHT VICTORY OPENS A NEW FRONT IN BDS STRUGGLE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/indigos-co ... -struggle/ ]


WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS THE PEACE MOVEMENT DOESN’T NEED ENEMIES, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/12/03/with- ... d-enemies/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 2, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxo28aebhmI ]


SANDERS SAYS THERE IS NO CHOICE: 'WE MUST DEFEAT THE OLIGARCHS'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... -oligarchy ]


COPE PINK FOR PEACE & JUSTICE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s9wnu4VK98 ]


MAJOR PLASTIC POLLUTERS WIN AS UN TREATY TALKS CONCLUDE WITHOUT AGREEMENT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/major ... -agreement ]


'FRONTLINES OF A CRISIS WE DID NOT CREATE': LOW-LYING NATIONS MAKE CLIMATE CASE TO ICJ
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/vanua ... ate-change ]


BIDEN IN ANGOLA: U.S. COMPETES WITH CHINA FOR INFLUENCE IN AFRICA AMID FIGHT FOR KEY RESOURCES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/3/ ... ran_africa ]


UN SAYS FOOD AVAILABILITY HAS HIT 'ALL-TIME LOW' IN GAZA AS FORCED FAMINE TAKES HOLD
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-food-famine ]


OVER 125,000 MARCH IN LONDON AGAINST ISRAEL'S GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/londo ... 2670241466 ]


DO THE ISRAELIS BOMB PALESTINIAN HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/12/why-d ... the-night/ ]


LOST CHILDHOOD IN PALESTINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... Q6SSgGYix4 ]


“TARGETED & ASSASSINATED”: GAZA SOUP KITCHEN CHEF MAHMOUD ALMADHOUN KILLED BY ISRAELI DRONE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/2/ ... up_kitchen ]


DISPLACED FAMILIES IN LEBANON YEARN FOR PEACE & A RETURN HOME
[ https://www.unhcr.ca/news/displaced-fam ... turn-home/ ]


US PROXY WAR IN SYRIA, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.instagram.com/thedailybread ... EOPUuxjwr/ ]


HOW 10 YEARS OF US MEDDLING IN UKRAINE UNDERMINED DEMOCRACY AND FUELED WAR
[ https://www.aaronmate.net/p/how-10-year ... in-ukraine ]


ICC PRESIDENT WARNS ATTACKS ON COURT THREATEN 'FUTURE OF HUMANITY'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/the-i ... inal-court ]


TOXIC HARVEST: FOSSIL FUEL PESTICIDES ON OUR PLATES
[ https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/tox ... our-plates ]


A ROGUE REPORTER VS. THE AMERICAN EMPIRE (W/ MATT KENNARD) | THE CHRIS HEDGES REPORT
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/a-ro ... e-american ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 4 pm: A POETRY READING FOR GAZA
[ https://www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar ... or-gaza-ii ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 7 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN’S WRITE FOR RIGHTS ONLINE
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... ts-online/ ]


FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 7 pm: FREE SCREENING OF ALL WE HAVE: AN EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY BY CAT C. HAINES, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
Completed during her time as Artist in Residence for Regina’s Neil Balkwill Civic Art Centre, All We Have documents trans people’s sometimes complex relationship to place in Regina and Saskatchewan.


MONDAY DECEMBER 9, 11 am: HUMAN RIGHTS & THE UNHOUSED
[ https://humanrights.novascotia.ca/news- ... d-unhoused ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 4 pm: ENDING FORCED AND COERCED STERILIZATION IN CANADA, HONOURABLE YVONNE BOYER, CB 330, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, 2155 COLLEGE AVENUE.
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... canada.php ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 6 pm: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - THE CRIME OF SANCTIONS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 14, 11 am: PEACEBUILDING NEXT TO RUSSIA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... ar_id=true ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 17, 7:30 pm: LISTEN TO DIS PRESENTS NOT JUST CHRISTMAS, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
Listen To Dis is a community arts organization, serving Saskatchewan's disabled and non-disabled community through arts, access, and education.
Regular tickets are $35. There are also some barrier free tickets available. If you would like the latter, please let me know.
[ https://tickets.darkehall.ca/TheatreMan ... nt249.html ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 2024 AND LESSONS FOR 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 208 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


MERCURY JUSTICE FOR GRASSY NARROWS
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/mercur ... sy-narrows ]


ACT NOW TO END GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/162327/action/1 ]


DEMAND YOUR MP SIGN ONTO THE CALL FOR A FULL & IMMEDIATE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL
[ https://armsembargonow.ca/actnow/ ]

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: RATIFY THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-5129 ]