MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 16, 2025
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 11:51 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 16, 2025
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
CITY OF REGINA TO CONSIDER UPPING TAXES ON DERELICT HOUSES, DOWNTOWN PARKING LOTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... rking-lots ]
BETTER USE OF TAX INCREASES THAN INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET, by Floroence Stratton
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ice-budget ]
COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY IS BAD FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... skatchewan ]
‘PERFECT STORM OF BAD NEWS’: HOMELESSNESS HAS SOARED IN ONTARIO SINCE THE LAST PROVINCIAL ELECTION
[ https://www.thestar.com/politics/provin ... b43f7.html ]
CANADIAN LIBERAL LEADERSHIP HOPEFUL KARINA GOULD UNVEILS BASIC INCOME PLAN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JBs0oPGBlU ]
OPEN LETTER TO PREMIERS: RESPECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS
[ https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/n ... -residents ]
CANADIAN UNIONS HAVE NO TRUMP STRATEGY
[ https://soundcloud.com/taylor-report/ca ... o-strategy ]
IT’S TIME TO TREAT AMERICA AS THE MENACE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-t ... ways-been/ ]
THE RISE OF ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM IN CANADA AMIDST THE GENOCIDE
[ https://www.cjpme.org/2025_02_12_dania_ ... urce=cjpme ]
HUNDREDS OF RABBIS PROTEST ‘ETHNIC CLEANSING’ PLAN FOR GAZA
[ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new ... -gaza.html ]
REIMAGINING TRADE FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/re-imagin ... he-planet/ ]
ELON MUSK TARGETS PROGRAMS FOR 'POOREST CHILDREN ON EARTH' WHILE GETTING BILLIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon- ... -contracts ]
‘EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIME': SANDERS WARNS OF OLIGARCHS' WAR ON WORKING CLASS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... -oligarchy ]
YANIS VAROUFAKIS & MELANIE SCHWEIZER EXPOSE THE TRUTH BEHIND EUROPE’S WAR AGENDA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gob_PnR4fI ]
THE MYTHS THAT BLIND US: CONFRONTING TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON IMMIGRANTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/the-m ... stitution/ ]
THE EMPIRE SELF-DESTRUCTS, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... dium=email ]
“THE WORLD AFTER GAZA”: AUTHOR PANKAJ MISHRA ON GAZA & THE RETURN OF 19TH-CENTURY “RAPACIOUS IMPERIALISM”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/13/ ... after_gaza ]
WESTERN COLLAPSE THANKS TO MILITARISM AND THE WISH TO DOMINATE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/weste ... -dominate/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16, 11 am: FORCED DISPLACEMENT IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Q6HnAeTheA ]
MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, 4 PM: THE CORPORATE COUP IN GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN EMERGENCY TOWN HALL, with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor and others
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hay ... ks/1582251 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 11 AM: INTERNATIONAL UPDATE: NUCLEAR WASTE BURIAL PROGRAMS IN THE UK, US AND EU | NUCLEAR WASTE ONLINE 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 5 pm: THE URGENCY OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/L3BzTTqVs0W_kgXzVmmQ9Q2 ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1 pm: SCREENING OF WILFRED BLACK, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3365 6th AVE
[
https://www.facebook.com/mamaweyatitanc ... XwePJX6MTl ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL—FEDERAL LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 11 am: WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US ABOUT RADIATION THAT NUCLEAR BOOSTERS WON’T
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]
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 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 6 pm: BIG NUCLEAR—NUCLEAR EXPANSION IN CANADA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 11 am: WE MUST DO OUR HOMEWORK—THE HISTORY BEHIND HOMELESSNESS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF 'FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA', U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their STORY this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
[ Watch the trailer here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]
TUESDAY MARCH 4, 5 pm: COUNCIL OF CANADIANS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: GETTING FROM THE CANADA WE’VE GOT TO THE CANADA WE WANT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 7 pm: WHY CIVIL DISCOURSE MATTERS, WITH RANDY BOYAGODA, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12603187 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]
MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
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:
URGE AMAZON TO DISCONTINUE SELLING CANADA 51ST STATE MERCHANDISE
[ https://www.change.org/p/urge-amazon-to ... erchandise ]
DITCH SINGLE USE PLASTICS
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3463087678 ]
TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PARTNERING WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-genocide ]
BOYCOTT CAPTAIN AMERICA, BRAVE NEW WORLD & SNOW WHITE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8e ... 9a92fcdee/ ]
STOP KILLING PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/save- ... ildren-now ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
CITY OF REGINA TO CONSIDER UPPING TAXES ON DERELICT HOUSES, DOWNTOWN PARKING LOTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... rking-lots ]
BETTER USE OF TAX INCREASES THAN INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET, by Floroence Stratton
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ice-budget ]
COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY IS BAD FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... skatchewan ]
‘PERFECT STORM OF BAD NEWS’: HOMELESSNESS HAS SOARED IN ONTARIO SINCE THE LAST PROVINCIAL ELECTION
[ https://www.thestar.com/politics/provin ... b43f7.html ]
CANADIAN LIBERAL LEADERSHIP HOPEFUL KARINA GOULD UNVEILS BASIC INCOME PLAN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JBs0oPGBlU ]
OPEN LETTER TO PREMIERS: RESPECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS
[ https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/n ... -residents ]
CANADIAN UNIONS HAVE NO TRUMP STRATEGY
[ https://soundcloud.com/taylor-report/ca ... o-strategy ]
IT’S TIME TO TREAT AMERICA AS THE MENACE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-t ... ways-been/ ]
THE RISE OF ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM IN CANADA AMIDST THE GENOCIDE
[ https://www.cjpme.org/2025_02_12_dania_ ... urce=cjpme ]
HUNDREDS OF RABBIS PROTEST ‘ETHNIC CLEANSING’ PLAN FOR GAZA
[ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new ... -gaza.html ]
REIMAGINING TRADE FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/re-imagin ... he-planet/ ]
ELON MUSK TARGETS PROGRAMS FOR 'POOREST CHILDREN ON EARTH' WHILE GETTING BILLIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon- ... -contracts ]
‘EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIME': SANDERS WARNS OF OLIGARCHS' WAR ON WORKING CLASS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... -oligarchy ]
YANIS VAROUFAKIS & MELANIE SCHWEIZER EXPOSE THE TRUTH BEHIND EUROPE’S WAR AGENDA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gob_PnR4fI ]
THE MYTHS THAT BLIND US: CONFRONTING TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON IMMIGRANTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/the-m ... stitution/ ]
THE EMPIRE SELF-DESTRUCTS, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... dium=email ]
“THE WORLD AFTER GAZA”: AUTHOR PANKAJ MISHRA ON GAZA & THE RETURN OF 19TH-CENTURY “RAPACIOUS IMPERIALISM”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/13/ ... after_gaza ]
WESTERN COLLAPSE THANKS TO MILITARISM AND THE WISH TO DOMINATE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/weste ... -dominate/ ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16, 11 am: FORCED DISPLACEMENT IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Q6HnAeTheA ]
MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, 4 PM: THE CORPORATE COUP IN GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN EMERGENCY TOWN HALL, with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor and others
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hay ... ks/1582251 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 11 AM: INTERNATIONAL UPDATE: NUCLEAR WASTE BURIAL PROGRAMS IN THE UK, US AND EU | NUCLEAR WASTE ONLINE 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 5 pm: THE URGENCY OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/L3BzTTqVs0W_kgXzVmmQ9Q2 ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1 pm: SCREENING OF WILFRED BLACK, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3365 6th AVE
[
https://www.facebook.com/mamaweyatitanc ... XwePJX6MTl ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL—FEDERAL LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 11 am: WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US ABOUT RADIATION THAT NUCLEAR BOOSTERS WON’T
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]
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 ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 6 pm: BIG NUCLEAR—NUCLEAR EXPANSION IN CANADA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 11 am: WE MUST DO OUR HOMEWORK—THE HISTORY BEHIND HOMELESSNESS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF 'FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA', U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their STORY this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
[ Watch the trailer here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]
TUESDAY MARCH 4, 5 pm: COUNCIL OF CANADIANS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: GETTING FROM THE CANADA WE’VE GOT TO THE CANADA WE WANT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 7 pm: WHY CIVIL DISCOURSE MATTERS, WITH RANDY BOYAGODA, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12603187 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]
MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
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:
URGE AMAZON TO DISCONTINUE SELLING CANADA 51ST STATE MERCHANDISE
[ https://www.change.org/p/urge-amazon-to ... erchandise ]
DITCH SINGLE USE PLASTICS
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3463087678 ]
TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PARTNERING WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-genocide ]
BOYCOTT CAPTAIN AMERICA, BRAVE NEW WORLD & SNOW WHITE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8e ... 9a92fcdee/ ]
STOP KILLING PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/save- ... ildren-now ]
- Making Peace Vigil