MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 15, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 15, 2025


SPECIAL READING: MOTHER’S DAY FOR PEACE—My apologies for being 4 days late:
[ https://peacealliance.org/history-of-mo ... ward-howe/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA CHASES FEDERAL FUNDING TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF OLD TAYLOR FIELD—How much affordable rental housing will there be—that is housing with rent that is less than 30% of a household’s income?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ylor-field ]
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7535378 ]


SASKATCHEWAN SURVIVORS GUIDE EPISODE 138, with Tammy Robert & Paul Dechene
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/sask ... ide-ep-138 ]


PROVINCE, REGINA IN BIDDING WAR TO SUBSIDIZE COSTCO: Boo! Let Costco subsidize itself!
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... government ]


FACULTY, STAFF REBUKE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN EX-PRESIDENT—Great response!
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... -president ]

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR WETLANDS, Letter by Trevor Herriot
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... tory-birds ]


SASKATCHEWAN FIREFIGHTER GROUPS CONCERNED OVER BUILDING BURN LEGISLATION
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-new ... n-10655231 ]


CONSERVATIVES' SILENCE ON SASKATOON MOM'S EJECTION TROUBLING
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... -troubling ]


INDIGENOUS LEADERS ASSERT RIGHTS IN ANY SEPARATION DEBATE, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 98477116af ]


FIRST NATIONS LEADERS WANT DRINKING WATER BILL WITHIN 100 DAYS OF PARLIAMENT'S RETURN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indige ... -1.7532748 ]


5 STARBUCKS SHOPS IN ONTARIO RATIFY FIRST COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.7532393 ]


THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND MYTH OF HOUSING
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... of-housing ]


THE ‘STRATEGIC VOTING’ ELECTION AND ITS UNDEMOCRATIC CONSEQUENCES
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... nsequences ]


HOW ELECTORAL REFORM COULD SHATTER PARTY FORTRESSES
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article ... on-sweeps/ ]


MCC ASKS PRIME MINISTER CARNEY TO PRIORITIZE PEACE
[ https://mcc.org/our-stories/mcc-welcome ... e-minister ]


MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/14/meet- ... -old-boss/ ]


MARK CARNEY IN DIRE STRAITS: CANADA, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, ADDED JUST 7,400 JOBS IN APRIL AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 6.9%
[ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... 034765.cms ]


CANADIAN LITHIUM COMPANY IS TRYING TO SUE INDIGENOUS LAND DEFENDERS INTO SILENCE
[ https://therealnews.com/this-lithium-co ... to-silence ]


TRUMP REVIVES TALK OF 51ST STATE. IT’S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/how-to-save-canada/ ]


AN ODD, VERY STRANGE CANADIAN NATIONALISM THAT INCLUDES ISRAEL, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/13/an-od ... es-israel/ ]


SEVERAL CONFERENCES RELOCATE NORTH OF THE BORDER AS CANADIANS REFUSE TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/confer ... -1.7531255 ]


“UNPRECEDENTED” IN U.S. HISTORY: TRUMP & FAMILY RAKE IN MONEY FROM GULF STATES, CRYPTO & REAL ESTATE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/13/ ... _force_one ]


MAGA, MEASLES, & THE WELLNESS HUSTLE
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/mag ... irect=true ]


WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS FAST-TRACKED FOR REFUGEE STATUS SET TO ARRIVE IN U.S. ON MONDAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-south- ... -1.7532532 ]


THE SANCTUARY MOVEMENT: SHELTERING MIGRANTS AGAINST DEPORTATION
[ https://therealnews.com/the-sanctuary-m ... eportation ]


STUDENTS STUDYING IN COLUMBIA LIBRARY WERE SUSPENEDED FOR PROTEST THEY TOOK NO PART IN
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/05/10/col ... suspended/ []


HOPKINS PROFESSOR SAYS AMERICA’S DESCENT INTO AUTHORITARIANISM MAY HAVE STARTED WITH POLICING IN BLUE CITIES. IF THAT’S TRUE, WE’RE IN BIG TROUBLE
[ https://therealnews.com/a-hopkins-profe ... ig-trouble ]


IN BONANZA FOR ARMS INDUSTRY, TRUMP ANNOUNCES RECORD $142 BILLION WEAPONS SALE TO SAUDIS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/recor ... sale-saudi ]


U.S. & SAUDIS SIGN $142B ARMS DEAL AS TRUMP MEETS WITH SYRIA’S NEW LEADER & DROPS SYRIAN SANCTIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/14/ ... ria_israel ]


THE STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINIAN HUMANITY HAS BECOME INSEPARABLE FROM THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, by Josh Paul
[ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-pau ... 7121-n6ua/ ]


ISRAEL’S “CRIME OF APARTHEID”: NEW REPORT BY U.S. PROFESSORS AS PALESTINIANS MARK NAKBA DAY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/15/ ... ns_mark_77 ]


MARKING NAKBA DAY
[ https://www.canadianpeacecongress.ca/we ... niversary/ ]


THOUSANDS FLEE IN GAZA CITY AFTER ISRAEL ISSUES MASS DISPLACEMENT ORDERS AND VOWS TO ATTACK “WITH GREAT FORCE”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cit ... el-bombing ]


GAZA BURNS & ISRAEL TURNS ON ITSELF
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nR3blTKAhZA ]


STORIES OF PALESTINIANS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/7a4wgvExTrs ]


“PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH”: OXFAM WARNS ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE ON GAZA IS CATASTROPHIC
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/13/ ... i_blockade ]


ISRAEL KILLS 22 CHILDREN IN GAZA BOMBING AS TRUMP VISITS REGION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-children-killed ]


ISRAELI FORCES BOMBED TWO GAZA HOSPITALS IN ONE DAY
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/european ... airstrikes ]


PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST ABUBAKER ABED ON THE STRUGGLE OF “REPORTING A GENOCIDE OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/13/abubaker_web_ex ]


CONFLATING ANTI-ZIONISM WITH ANTISEMITISM MAKES JEWS LESS SAFE, NOT MORE
[ https://therealnews.com/conflating-anti ... e-not-more ]


AS GAZA STARVES, ISRAEL ATTACKED UNRWA FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-unr ... irect=true ]


'CHILDREN ARE BEING STARVED BY DESIGN': ALL OF GAZA FACES HUNGER CRISIS DUE TO ISRAELI SIEGE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ipc-report-gaza ]


REPORT BACK FROM CHINA, with Alex Tyrrell
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BonBRjDT2vs ]


VIJAY PRASHAD AND TAIMUR RAHMAN DISCUSS THE RISING TENSIONS IN SOUTH ASIA
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/sR6TGjp3Tu0 ]


A NEW CLASH OVER KASHMIR
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBM_HTV1JJo ]


'1.5ºC IS DEAD': CLIMATE MOVEMENT HOLDS FUNERAL FOR PARIS AGREEMENT TARGET
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/15-de ... -agreement ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY MAY 15, 3 pm: HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US—PALESTINIAN POETRY
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hay ... ks/1689707 ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, NOON: FRIDAY’S FOR FUTURE CLIMATE RALLY, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
Join local youth fighting for their futures at this Fridays for Future rally on May 16th. It will begin at 12pm at the Saskatchewan Legislature and then move to a march on Albert Street. Let's get a crowd together like we had pre-Covid and show our youth that we haven't given up! Please share widely.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2156442801480623/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, 7 pm: SCREENING OF ABERDEEN, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
Now an adult, sleeping on public benches, Winnipeg-based Aberdeen is in survival mode. The last remaining stable parts of her life begin slipping away — her reliable brother Boyd (Ryan Black, Dance Me Outside, TIFF ’94) is ill and gives up Aberdeen’s grandkids to the foster care system. Then she loses her ID.
Houseless, and without proper identification, she is rebuffed time and again as she seeks out services meant to help her. It’s only when she hitches a ride back to her home community that she’s treated like a valued person and can see the potential to stop generational trauma.
[ https://tiff.net/events/aberdeen ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, 7 pm: ANTI-MILITARISM AGENDA
Wars of aggression, military occupations, severe sanctions, and a staggering rise in military posturing and base construction around the world are a defining aspect of the world today. But the world is also full of rising militancy and mass actions for peace against the aggressive US-led war machine.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY MAY 18, 9 am: THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM, THEN & NOW: 80 YEARS AFTER THE DEFEAT OF NAZISM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-fight-a ... tdtcreator ]


SUNDAY MAY 18, 9:30 am: KASHMIR & INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR GAMES 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... IgYyqgvWJQ ]


SUNDAY MAY 18, NOON: ARMS EMBARGO NOW!
Hear a status update on Canada’s arms trade with Israel
[ https://armsembargonow.ca/webinar/ ]


TUESDAY MAY 20, 11 am: THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR, DIPLOMACY, & THE PEACE MOVEMENT, with Richard Sakwa
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/JazYN6dMsEuoUcHvFXDAxQ2 ]


TUESDAY MAY 20, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY—THE STATE OF THE ARTS, PAUSE CAFÉ, 3434 13TH AVE
How can we support our artistic community? The loss of the film tax credit in 2022 has had long lasting impacts, including losing Regina’s Folk Festival (one of the longest running festivals in Canada!). The Arts are a vital component of building an inclusive, vibrant community and cutting funding to the Arts damages our communities. . Sponsored by Good Trouble YQR
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2067875643678909/ ]


THURSDAY MAY 22, 11:30 am: END THE HOUSING GAME: WHAT'S NEXT (AND HOW YOU CAN HELP)
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY MAY 23 – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21: INDIAN THEATRE—NATIVE ART, PERFORMANCE, & SELF-DETERMINATION SINCE 1969, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY
[ https://mackenzie.art/exhibition/indian ... ince-1969/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 30, 7 pm: THE BLACK BIRD COMMONS PRESENTS AN ADULTS ONLY BOOKFAIR—A FUNDRAISER FOR REGINA’S NEW BOOKSTORE, THE EVERYDAY KITCHEN, 1378 HAMILTON ST


SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2 – 5 pm: FUNDRAISER FOR PALESTINE—BAZAAR OF MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD, CLOTHING + MORE, ST MARY’S ANGLICAN, 3337 15TH AVE
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

STOP DOUG FORD’S ASSAULT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
[ https://action.eko.org/a/doug-fords-env ... al-assault ]


CRA: REVOKE CHARITY STATUS FROM ISRAEL MAGEN FUND
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/jnf-s ... en-charity ]


STOP THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION-APPROVED EXPERIMENT TO DUMP 16,500 GALLONS OF CAUSTIC SODIUM HYDROXIDE INTO OUR OCEANS!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/82989/actio ... id=3581158 ]


PM CARNEY: IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY A TWO-WAY ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST ISRAEL
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/carney-arm ... -petition/ ]


WELCOME HOME MAIKELYS: LETTER OF SOLIDARITY WITH MAIKELYS’ FAMILY
[ https://www.codepink.org/welcomehomemai ... _id=399923 ]


- Making Peace Vigil