MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 15, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 15, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING{


NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE COUNTED IN SASKATOON NEARLY TRIPLES—Regina results will be released on Wednesday.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7408788 ]


CO-OP CONVERSATION - CO-OPERATIVES AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ROLES, POTENTIALS, AND CHALLENGES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0hXlY1Nak4 ]


‘A CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT’: TRUDEAU’S CLIMATE LEGACY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/a-crushing ... newsletter ]


PLASTICS TREATY FAILURE SHOWS NEED TO CURTAIL OIL INDUSTRY
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


CANADA FACES THE AMERICAN THREAT
[ https://journal-neo.su/2024/12/13/canad ... an-threat/ ]


CANADA & THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... d-disorder ]


BIG STEP FORWARD: CANADA ABANDONS PRO-ISRAEL VOTING RECORD AT UN
[ https://www.cjpme.org/canada_pro_israel_voting_un ]


ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM IN CANADA
[ https://www.cjpmefoundation.org/apr_report_2023 ]


REACHING THE NATO 2% GDP TARGET WILL MEAN MORE GUNS AND MUCH LESS BUTTER, by Tamara Lorincz
[ https://rabble.ca/economy/reaching-the- ... ss-butter/ ]


96% OF GAZA CHILDREN THINK DEATH IS IMMINENT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/13 ... f_genocide ]


IN NORTHERN GAZA BUILDINGS WEAKNED BY AIRSTRIKES ARE COLLAPSING ON FAMILIES SEEKING SHELTER FROM COLD AND RAIN
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/in-north ... s-weakened ]


REPORTS TARGET ISRAELI ARMY FOR 'UNPRECEDENTED MASSACRE' OF GAZA JOURNALISTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/journ ... srael-2024 ]


AFTER THE FALL OF ASSAD, “STRUGGLE FROM BELOW” NEEDED TO BUILD A FREE & DEMOCRATIC SYRIA
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/12 ... seph_daher

AFTER ASSAD’S OVERTHROW, WILL SYRIA’S SUFFERING END OR BEGIN ANEW?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/12 ... _suffering ]


AFTER ASSAD’S FALL, WILL IRAN GO NUCLEAR? With Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J7fgo-b-Ug ]


HOW THE US & ISRAEL DESTROYED SYRIA & CALLED IT PEACE, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/12/how-t ... -it-peace/ ]


ANOTHER WINTER OF WAR: NRC HEAD JAN EGELAND ON VISITING UKRAINE & LATEST ON SUDAN, GAZA AND SYRIA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/12 ... nd_ukraine ]


US ISSUES NEW ULTIMATUM TO MADURO
[ https://www.rt.com/news/609269-us-venez ... ultimatum/ ]


PRESIDENT MADURO ADVOCATES FOR THE SOVERIGNTY OF THE LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN PEOPLES
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/presiden ... =available ]


CHINA NOT A THREAT TO THE US, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.tiktok.com/@theworld_2080/v ... 9268442388 ]


NATO TELLS MEMBERS TO DIVERT SOCIAL SPENDING TO MILITARIES—it’s either guns or butter!
[ https://www.rt.com/news/609272-rutte-na ... g-welfare/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


MONDAY DECEMBER 16, 4 pm: LAUNCH OF NEW BOOK, TOMMY DOUGLAS AND THE QUEST FOR MEDICARE, BY GREG MARCHILDON, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, KINISEOLOGY 187


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, 1 pm: STEPPING BACK FROM THE NUCLEAR BRINK: UKRAINE, NATO, & TRUMP
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 6 pm: NATO’S ESCALATING WAR DRIVE IN UKRAINE, PALESTINE & SYRIA, & THE GROWING PROTEST MOVEMENT FOR CANADA OUT OF NATO
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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 ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 10 am: WINTER SOLSTICE GATHERING & CEREMONY, MÂMAWÊYATITÄN CENTRE, 3355 6TH AVE
[ https://www.otc.ca/attend_an_event/even ... ar=&page=2 ]


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 ]


- Making Peace Vigil