MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 19, 2025
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:24 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 19, 2025
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
CITY OF REGINA STAFF RECOMMEND SCARTH STREET MALL REMAIN PEDESTRIAN-ONLY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7433504 ]
MARCHES IN REGINA, SASKATOON DRAW SUPPORTERS OF WOMEN'S AND GENDER-DIVERSE RIGHTS DESPITE COLD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7435406 ]
ALBERTA EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF ARE LEADING A FIGHT RELEVANT TO ALL CANADIAN EDUCATORS
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/alberta-educat ... Newsletter ]
IT’S TIME TO END THE EXPLOITATIVE FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-t ... r-program/ ]
CAR CULTURE IS DRIVING US TO DISASTER
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/car-cultu ... -disaster/ ]
MALI SEIZES 3 METRIC TONNES OF GOLD FROM CANADIAN MINING COMPANY BARRICK GOLD—Good for Mali!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jC9NtpYUY ]
TRUDEAU ASKS INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN CANADA FOR HELP STANDING UP TO TRUMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudea ... -1.7434267 ]
TRUMP COULD TRIGGER BIGGEST TRADE WAR IN DECADES, CANADA WARNS
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/trump-co ... ada-warns/ ]
WILL BIDEN GRANT LEONARD PELTIER CLEMENCY? INDIGENOUS LEADERS PLEAD, “DON’T LET HIM DIE IN PRISON”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/17/ ... n_clemency ]
WHY AQUIRING GREENLAND IS MORE THAN JUST A WHIM OF TRUMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... 36_1836436 ]
THE US BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA MUST BE LIFTED COMPLETELY: CHINA
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/the-u-s- ... =available ]
'DARK CHAPTER': SANDERS SAYS AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST 'GRAPPLE' WITH COMPLICITY IN GAZA'S DESTRUCTION—Canadians must also grapple with their own complicity!
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... -ceasefire ]
WORK FOR PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ISN’T OVER IN WAKE OF GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL
[ https://rabble.ca/human-rights/work-for ... Newsletter ]
CEASE-FIRE 'ONLY THE FIRST STEP FOR GAZA PLUNGED INTO 'HORRIFYING ABYSS' BY ISRAEL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/future-of-gaza ]
OXFAM CANADA—OXFAM SCALING UP OPERATIONS IN GAZA QUICKLY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_rb-kqd8c ]
REPORT FROM GAZA: CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCEMENT RAISES HOPES, BUT ISRAEL KILLS 81 IN NEW ATTACKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... l_reaction ]
ISRAEL IS REFUSING TO RELEASE KEY POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-r ... mad-saadat ]
DANIEL LEVY, MUHAMMAD SHEHADA, JEREMY SCAHILL ON CEASEFIRE DEAL, TRUMP’S ROLE & PALESTINE’S FUTURE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... l_analysis ]
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: STATEMENT ON CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
[ https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/ceasefire-in-gaza ]
THE CEASEFIRE CHARADE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... re-charade ]
"UNBELIEVABLE BRAVERY": DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA ABDUCTED FROM GAZA HOSPITAL; ADVOCATES DEMAND RELEASE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZi3apz_kpU ]
HELPING LEBANON OR WORKING FOR THE US & ISRAEL?, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/17/helpi ... nd-israel/ ]
THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF PEACE ON EARTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY, PART 1
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/the-r ... ry-part-1/ ]
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE STRENGTHENS RATHER THAN STIFLES ECONOMIC GROWTH
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/addre ... ic-growth/ ]
IN CLIMATE-SCORCHED L.A., THE BURNING TRUTH OF OCTAVIA BUTLER’S SCIENCE FICTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... he_burning ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 1 pm: AFTER SYRIA, IS IRAN NEXT?
Sponsored by the Canadian Peace Congress
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 2 – 3 pm: STAGED READING OF WEYBURN 1959, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
[ https://mackenzie.art/event/a-staged-re ... burn-1959/ ]
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 3 pm: CEASEFIRE—WHAT’S NEXT? presented by Doctors Against Genocide
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... wJr5OKBmew ]
MONDAY JANUARY 20, 10:45 am: THREADS OF HOPE-- WEAVING RESILIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF LEGACY
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zHs ... gistration ]
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 ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22 11 am: THE PACEY AWARD CEREMONY
The PACEY Award provides three annual awards of €5000 each for youth projects relating to international peace, nuclear abolition and/or climate protection.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22, 2 pm: LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
[ https://www.nfu.ca/event/lives-and-expe ... bdeceee5af ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 11 am: YES IT WORKS! HOW HOUSING FIRST FOR YOUTH TRANSFORMS LIVES
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 6 PM: WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADA’S EMISSIONS CAP: DELIVERING FOR HEALTH & CLIMATE IN A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[ https://act.cape.ca/whats_next_for_cana ... ssions_cap ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: GREAT GREEN WALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
[ https://thegreatgreenwall.org/film ]
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 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]
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:
PEOPLE & PLANET, NOT POLLUTER PROFITS!
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/people-a ... r-profits/ ]
NDP MUST CHALLENGE TRUMP
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ndp-m ... enge-trump ]
TELL MINISTER GUILBEAULT, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, TO ORDER AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PATHWAYS ALLIANCE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE NETWORK
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... 0/action/1 ]
ADD YOUR VOICE TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA IN LAKE ONTARIO!
[ https://act.naturecanada.ca/page/103545/action/1 ]
CRA INVESTIGATE: CHABAD LUBAVITCH FUND RAISING FOR ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/chabad-lubavitch ]
TELL FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & THREADS: THE TRUTH IS NOT BASED ON PUBLIC OPINION. REINSTATE FACT-CHECKING NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/meta- ... -checking/ ]
DEFEND GREENPEACE & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/energy-transfer ]
PROTECT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/78230/actio ... arded=true ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
CITY OF REGINA STAFF RECOMMEND SCARTH STREET MALL REMAIN PEDESTRIAN-ONLY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7433504 ]
MARCHES IN REGINA, SASKATOON DRAW SUPPORTERS OF WOMEN'S AND GENDER-DIVERSE RIGHTS DESPITE COLD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7435406 ]
ALBERTA EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF ARE LEADING A FIGHT RELEVANT TO ALL CANADIAN EDUCATORS
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/alberta-educat ... Newsletter ]
IT’S TIME TO END THE EXPLOITATIVE FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-t ... r-program/ ]
CAR CULTURE IS DRIVING US TO DISASTER
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/car-cultu ... -disaster/ ]
MALI SEIZES 3 METRIC TONNES OF GOLD FROM CANADIAN MINING COMPANY BARRICK GOLD—Good for Mali!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jC9NtpYUY ]
TRUDEAU ASKS INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN CANADA FOR HELP STANDING UP TO TRUMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudea ... -1.7434267 ]
TRUMP COULD TRIGGER BIGGEST TRADE WAR IN DECADES, CANADA WARNS
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/trump-co ... ada-warns/ ]
WILL BIDEN GRANT LEONARD PELTIER CLEMENCY? INDIGENOUS LEADERS PLEAD, “DON’T LET HIM DIE IN PRISON”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/17/ ... n_clemency ]
WHY AQUIRING GREENLAND IS MORE THAN JUST A WHIM OF TRUMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... 36_1836436 ]
THE US BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA MUST BE LIFTED COMPLETELY: CHINA
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/the-u-s- ... =available ]
'DARK CHAPTER': SANDERS SAYS AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST 'GRAPPLE' WITH COMPLICITY IN GAZA'S DESTRUCTION—Canadians must also grapple with their own complicity!
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... -ceasefire ]
WORK FOR PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ISN’T OVER IN WAKE OF GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL
[ https://rabble.ca/human-rights/work-for ... Newsletter ]
CEASE-FIRE 'ONLY THE FIRST STEP FOR GAZA PLUNGED INTO 'HORRIFYING ABYSS' BY ISRAEL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/future-of-gaza ]
OXFAM CANADA—OXFAM SCALING UP OPERATIONS IN GAZA QUICKLY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_rb-kqd8c ]
REPORT FROM GAZA: CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCEMENT RAISES HOPES, BUT ISRAEL KILLS 81 IN NEW ATTACKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... l_reaction ]
ISRAEL IS REFUSING TO RELEASE KEY POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-r ... mad-saadat ]
DANIEL LEVY, MUHAMMAD SHEHADA, JEREMY SCAHILL ON CEASEFIRE DEAL, TRUMP’S ROLE & PALESTINE’S FUTURE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... l_analysis ]
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: STATEMENT ON CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
[ https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/ceasefire-in-gaza ]
THE CEASEFIRE CHARADE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... re-charade ]
"UNBELIEVABLE BRAVERY": DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA ABDUCTED FROM GAZA HOSPITAL; ADVOCATES DEMAND RELEASE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZi3apz_kpU ]
HELPING LEBANON OR WORKING FOR THE US & ISRAEL?, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/17/helpi ... nd-israel/ ]
THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF PEACE ON EARTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY, PART 1
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/the-r ... ry-part-1/ ]
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE STRENGTHENS RATHER THAN STIFLES ECONOMIC GROWTH
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/addre ... ic-growth/ ]
IN CLIMATE-SCORCHED L.A., THE BURNING TRUTH OF OCTAVIA BUTLER’S SCIENCE FICTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/16/ ... he_burning ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 1 pm: AFTER SYRIA, IS IRAN NEXT?
Sponsored by the Canadian Peace Congress
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 2 – 3 pm: STAGED READING OF WEYBURN 1959, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
[ https://mackenzie.art/event/a-staged-re ... burn-1959/ ]
SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 3 pm: CEASEFIRE—WHAT’S NEXT? presented by Doctors Against Genocide
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... wJr5OKBmew ]
MONDAY JANUARY 20, 10:45 am: THREADS OF HOPE-- WEAVING RESILIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF LEGACY
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zHs ... gistration ]
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 ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22 11 am: THE PACEY AWARD CEREMONY
The PACEY Award provides three annual awards of €5000 each for youth projects relating to international peace, nuclear abolition and/or climate protection.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22, 2 pm: LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
[ https://www.nfu.ca/event/lives-and-expe ... bdeceee5af ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 11 am: YES IT WORKS! HOW HOUSING FIRST FOR YOUTH TRANSFORMS LIVES
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 6 PM: WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADA’S EMISSIONS CAP: DELIVERING FOR HEALTH & CLIMATE IN A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[ https://act.cape.ca/whats_next_for_cana ... ssions_cap ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: GREAT GREEN WALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
[ https://thegreatgreenwall.org/film ]
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 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]
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:
PEOPLE & PLANET, NOT POLLUTER PROFITS!
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/people-a ... r-profits/ ]
NDP MUST CHALLENGE TRUMP
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ndp-m ... enge-trump ]
TELL MINISTER GUILBEAULT, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, TO ORDER AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PATHWAYS ALLIANCE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE NETWORK
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... 0/action/1 ]
ADD YOUR VOICE TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA IN LAKE ONTARIO!
[ https://act.naturecanada.ca/page/103545/action/1 ]
CRA INVESTIGATE: CHABAD LUBAVITCH FUND RAISING FOR ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/chabad-lubavitch ]
TELL FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM & THREADS: THE TRUTH IS NOT BASED ON PUBLIC OPINION. REINSTATE FACT-CHECKING NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/meta- ... -checking/ ]
DEFEND GREENPEACE & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/energy-transfer ]
PROTECT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/78230/actio ... arded=true ]
- Making Peace Vigil