MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 12, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 12, 2025


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEW:

JUSTIN TRUDEAU WAS BEST PRIME MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ous-people ]


THE SUN SETS ON JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S FAUX PROGRESSIVISM
[ https://breachmedia.ca/the-sun-sets-on- ... ressivism/ ]


CANADIANS FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EASE STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF PM TRUDEAU
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_01_06_tru ... urce=cjpme ]


REMEMBERING ED BROADBENT ONE YEAR LATER
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/contribu ... broadbent/ ]


BREAKING IN TO SURVIVE THE COLD: WINTER IN SASKATCHEWAN RAISES SECURITY CONCERNS—How about rather than spending money on security, spending it on affordable housing!
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/b ... y-concerns ]


HOW LONDON'S HOMELESS ARE SURVIVING THE SNOW AS SHELTERS AT CAPACITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/h ... -1.7426247 ]


BOOK REVIEW: BREAKING FREE OF NEOLIBERALISM: CANADA’S CHALLENGE BY ALEX HIMELFARB
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... himelfarb/ ]


TRUMP DOING REMARKABLE THINGS TO UNITE A BADLY DIVIDED CANADA—with Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ded-canada ]


TALKING CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY: CANADA ARMS GENOCIDE IN GAZA, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwalM-44D6k ]


KILLING FOR KILLING’S SAKE IN GAZA, with Seymour Hersch
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/kil ... ke-in-gaza ]


LANCET STUDY FINDS OFFICIAL GAZA DEATH TOLL LIKELY A 41% UNDERCOUNT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/lance ... death-toll ]


ZUCKERBERG GOES “FULL MAGA” AS META ENDS FACT-CHECKING IN U.S. & PAVES WAY FOR MORE HATE SPEECH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/9/m ... trump_2025 ]


L.A. FIRES SHOULD BE A CLIMATE WAKE-UP CALL: 5 DEAD, 130K+ EVACUATED IN UNCONTAINED “APOCALYPSE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/9/l ... ate_crisis ]


AS APOCALYPTIC FIRES TORCH LA, CLIMATE CAMPAIGNERS SAY 'BIG OIL DID THIS'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/clima ... eles-fires ]


FAST FASHION MAY SEEM CHEAP. BUT IT’S TAKING A COSTLY TOLL ON THE PLANET
[ https://medium.com/the-new-climate/fast ... 6633c78fac ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

TUESDAY JANUARY 14, NOON: POST ELECTION MEDIA—NEW RULES, NEW REALITIES
[ https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/newrulesnewrea ... abf9c4fb82 ]


NEW LOCATION: TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 191 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 11 am: TRUDEAU’S FINAL ACT: JOIN THE CCPA FOR A WEBINAR EXAMINING HIS GOVERNMENT’S RECORD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 1VtaTjgtdw ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 9 am – 3 pm: FIRST UNDERGRADUATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE (it’s open to everybody), UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CONFERENCE FEE $7.00
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-unde ... tdtcreator ]


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

JULIAN IS FREE, BUT JUSTICE AWAITS. ASK FOR A PARDON
[ https://www.action.assangecampaign.org.au/ ]


PREVENT THE CLOSURE OF SAFE INJECTION SITES IN ONTARIO
[ https://www.change.org/p/prevent-the-cl ... in-ontario ]


- Making Peace Vigil