MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 2, 2025
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 3:05 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 2, 2025
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF SASK. FARMLAND REMAINS A CONCERN FOR PRODUCERS
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstor ... r-AA1wHI7L ]
ENVIROCOLLECTIVE NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2024
[ https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Env ... x2HiT_c0eY ]
WHY B.C. CITIES STRUGGLE TO RESPOND TO THE ONGOING TENT ENCAMPMENT PROBLEM—Many parallels with Regina
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7415738 ]
CANADIAN MEDIA PRIORITIZES ‘ANTISEMITISM’ OVER FREEZING GAZA BABIES, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/12/29/canad ... za-babies/ ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 30, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydctEW_Qo8 ]
FUELLING GENOCIDE: TRUDEAU’S BLODDY RECORD ON GAZA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/fuelling-g ... d-on-gaza/ ]
TRUMP’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS STRATEGY, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKRU1fyJJ0 ]
ISRAELI RAID PUTS LAST HOSPITAL IN BESIEGED NORTHERN GAZA OUT OF SERVICE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... l-director ]
“A GENOCIDAL PROJECT”: DR. GHASSAN ABU-SITTAH ON ISRAEL’S DESTRUCTION OF GAZA HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30/gaza_hospitals ]
THE TERM ‘ANTI-SEMITISM’ IS BEING WEAPONIZED & STRIPPED OF MEANING & THAT’S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -war-right ]
WHAT IT’S TRULY LIKE TO SLEEP IN A DAMP, FRIGID TENT: A REPORT FROM GAZA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-ga ... ypothermia ]
DEMOLITIONS QUADRUPLE ACROSS WEST BANK & EAST JERUSALEM
[ https://goodshepherdcollective.org/post ... -jerusalem ]
“TOTAL MORAL, ETHICAL FAILURE”: HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR OMER BARTOV ON ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30 ... a_genocide ]
UN EXPERT URGES MEDICAL WORLD TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAEL AMID ATTACKS ON GAZA HOSPITALS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/alban ... -community ]
“EXHAUSTED”: PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST SHROUQ AILA ON LIFE & DEATH IN GAZA, “DUTY” TO REPORT ON GENOCIDE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/2/shrouq_aila_gaza ]
SYRIA - EXPOSING THE U.S. ROLE - A REGIME CHANGE OPERATION & ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF SYRIA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QEn3wllu2Q&t=24s ]
RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN CONFLICT ZONES IN 2024
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/children-in-war-zones ]
DECEMBER 28 1840: THE PINE RIDGE MASSACRE—LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, by Heather Cox Richardson
[ https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.c ... er-28-2024 ]
“DEAD CALM”: BBC FILM ON GREEK COAST GUARD ABANDONING ASYLUM SEEKERS AT SEA AMID EUROPEAN CRACKDOWN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/2/d ... ean_deaths ]
AS BILLIONAIRE WEALTH SOARED IN 2024, 35 CHILDREN WERE BORN INTO HUNGER EVERY MINUTE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/child ... ire-wealth ]
UN CHIEF'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD AS BLISTERING 2024 ENDS: 'WE MUST EXIT THIS ROAD TO RUIN'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/anton ... ate-crisis ]
HUMANITY'S CHANCE TO REVERSE AMAZON'S SLIDE TOWARD TIPPING POINT IS 'SHRINKING'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazo ... point-2024 ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 7 pm: SCREENING OF NEW ENGLAND MODERNISM: REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
Link to the film’s website where there is a trailer:
[ https://mainspringnarrative.org/new-england-modernism ]
SATURDAY JANUARY 11, NOON: RESIST US-NATO AGGRESSION, BASES, AND THE MILITARIZATION OF EUROPE! UPHOLD PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND LIBERATION!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY JANUARY 14, NOON: POST ELECTION MEDIA—NEW RULES, NEW REALITIES
[ https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/newrulesnewrea ... abf9c4fb82 ]
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 ]
CANCELLED: TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 12:10-12:50 pm: ALUMNI EFFECT: A DISCUSSION WITH ERIN WEIR ABOUT HIS CAREER AND EXPERIENCES.
Questions and answers will be moderated by the economics department head.
To sign up for this event, please email Alexis.McEwen@uregina.ca
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TIME FOR THE RICH TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
[ https://canadians.org/action/tax-the-rich/ ]
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MUST CONDEMN WAR ON GAZA HEALTHCARE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... e-who-call ]
ISRAEL IS AT WAR WITH HEALTHCARE IN GAZA. DEMAND CANADA ACT
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... healthcare ]
RELEASE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA NOW
[ https://www.change.org/p/release-dr-hus ... safiya-now ]
FREE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA FROM ISRAELI DETENTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/freeabusafiya ]
HAVE YOUR SAY: CAP OIL & GAS EMISSIONS NOW!
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/have-you ... sions-now/ ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: LIMIT OIL & GAS POLLUTIION
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]
PLASTIC IS FOREVER. NATIONS MUST FINALIZE THE GLOBAL TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/816/752 ... 3452891022 ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF SASK. FARMLAND REMAINS A CONCERN FOR PRODUCERS
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstor ... r-AA1wHI7L ]
ENVIROCOLLECTIVE NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2024
[ https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Env ... x2HiT_c0eY ]
WHY B.C. CITIES STRUGGLE TO RESPOND TO THE ONGOING TENT ENCAMPMENT PROBLEM—Many parallels with Regina
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7415738 ]
CANADIAN MEDIA PRIORITIZES ‘ANTISEMITISM’ OVER FREEZING GAZA BABIES, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/12/29/canad ... za-babies/ ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 30, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydctEW_Qo8 ]
FUELLING GENOCIDE: TRUDEAU’S BLODDY RECORD ON GAZA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/fuelling-g ... d-on-gaza/ ]
TRUMP’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS STRATEGY, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKRU1fyJJ0 ]
ISRAELI RAID PUTS LAST HOSPITAL IN BESIEGED NORTHERN GAZA OUT OF SERVICE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... l-director ]
“A GENOCIDAL PROJECT”: DR. GHASSAN ABU-SITTAH ON ISRAEL’S DESTRUCTION OF GAZA HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30/gaza_hospitals ]
THE TERM ‘ANTI-SEMITISM’ IS BEING WEAPONIZED & STRIPPED OF MEANING & THAT’S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -war-right ]
WHAT IT’S TRULY LIKE TO SLEEP IN A DAMP, FRIGID TENT: A REPORT FROM GAZA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/tents-ga ... ypothermia ]
DEMOLITIONS QUADRUPLE ACROSS WEST BANK & EAST JERUSALEM
[ https://goodshepherdcollective.org/post ... -jerusalem ]
“TOTAL MORAL, ETHICAL FAILURE”: HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR OMER BARTOV ON ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/30 ... a_genocide ]
UN EXPERT URGES MEDICAL WORLD TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAEL AMID ATTACKS ON GAZA HOSPITALS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/alban ... -community ]
“EXHAUSTED”: PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST SHROUQ AILA ON LIFE & DEATH IN GAZA, “DUTY” TO REPORT ON GENOCIDE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/2/shrouq_aila_gaza ]
SYRIA - EXPOSING THE U.S. ROLE - A REGIME CHANGE OPERATION & ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF SYRIA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QEn3wllu2Q&t=24s ]
RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN CONFLICT ZONES IN 2024
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/children-in-war-zones ]
DECEMBER 28 1840: THE PINE RIDGE MASSACRE—LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, by Heather Cox Richardson
[ https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.c ... er-28-2024 ]
“DEAD CALM”: BBC FILM ON GREEK COAST GUARD ABANDONING ASYLUM SEEKERS AT SEA AMID EUROPEAN CRACKDOWN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/2/d ... ean_deaths ]
AS BILLIONAIRE WEALTH SOARED IN 2024, 35 CHILDREN WERE BORN INTO HUNGER EVERY MINUTE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/child ... ire-wealth ]
UN CHIEF'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD AS BLISTERING 2024 ENDS: 'WE MUST EXIT THIS ROAD TO RUIN'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/anton ... ate-crisis ]
HUMANITY'S CHANCE TO REVERSE AMAZON'S SLIDE TOWARD TIPPING POINT IS 'SHRINKING'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazo ... point-2024 ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 7 pm: SCREENING OF NEW ENGLAND MODERNISM: REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
Link to the film’s website where there is a trailer:
[ https://mainspringnarrative.org/new-england-modernism ]
SATURDAY JANUARY 11, NOON: RESIST US-NATO AGGRESSION, BASES, AND THE MILITARIZATION OF EUROPE! UPHOLD PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND LIBERATION!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY JANUARY 14, NOON: POST ELECTION MEDIA—NEW RULES, NEW REALITIES
[ https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/newrulesnewrea ... abf9c4fb82 ]
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 ]
CANCELLED: TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 12:10-12:50 pm: ALUMNI EFFECT: A DISCUSSION WITH ERIN WEIR ABOUT HIS CAREER AND EXPERIENCES.
Questions and answers will be moderated by the economics department head.
To sign up for this event, please email Alexis.McEwen@uregina.ca
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TIME FOR THE RICH TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
[ https://canadians.org/action/tax-the-rich/ ]
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MUST CONDEMN WAR ON GAZA HEALTHCARE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... e-who-call ]
ISRAEL IS AT WAR WITH HEALTHCARE IN GAZA. DEMAND CANADA ACT
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... healthcare ]
RELEASE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA NOW
[ https://www.change.org/p/release-dr-hus ... safiya-now ]
FREE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA FROM ISRAELI DETENTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/freeabusafiya ]
HAVE YOUR SAY: CAP OIL & GAS EMISSIONS NOW!
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/have-you ... sions-now/ ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: LIMIT OIL & GAS POLLUTIION
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]
PLASTIC IS FOREVER. NATIONS MUST FINALIZE THE GLOBAL TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/816/752 ... 3452891022 ]
- Making Peace Vigil