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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 22, 2025

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2025 9:21 pm
by Oscar
MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 22, 2025


SONG FOR THE DAY

TOMORROW’S GOING TO BE A BETTER DAY, by Billy Bragg—Let’s hope so!!!
[ https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/v ... tion=click ]


SPECIAL READING

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE LEADERS OF CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE ON THE SITUATION IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK—This seems to be a step in the right direction.
[ https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements ... -situation ]


CANADA, BRITAIN, FRANCE THREATEN ACTION IF ISRAEL DOES NOT STOP MILITARY OFFENSIVE AND LIFT AID RESTRICTIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-ga ... -1.7538495 ]


SPECIAL EVENT

THURSDAY MAY 22, 7 – 10 pm: OPENING OF INDIAN THEATRE—NATIVE ART, PERFORMANCE, & SELF-DETERMINATION, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY
Join MacKenzie Art Gallery Executive Director & CEO John G. Hampton and exhibition curator Candice Hopkins as they share opening remarks for Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969. A performance by Joseph Naytowhow, Cheryl L'Hirondelle called ē-kwēskimot (s/he/they transform) will follow. There will be a reception and exhibition viewing after the performance.
There is no cost to attend this event.


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

GLEN ELM TRAILER PARK RESIDENT SUGGESTS TAYLOR FIELD SITE BE REZONED FOR MOBILE HOMES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7539372 ]


NEW MOTION AIMS TO RESTRICT OUT-OF-TOWN DELEGATES AT REGINA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS—Good idea, long overdue.
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... l-meetings ]


SASKATCHEWAN LIBRARIANS PUSH FOR BETTER ACCESS TO BOOKS IN JAILS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7538397 ]


A PREGNANCY ALMOST DENIED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/fea ... rilization ]


THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: CUPW WALKING TOUR IN TORONTO
[ https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreame ... r-toronto/ ]


WHO IS BIG OIL TARGETING IN 2025?
[ https://environmentaldefence.ca/2025/05 ... q1-update/ ]


WHY TREATIES IN SASKATCHEWAN MATTER IN ALBERTA’S SEPARATION CONTROVERSY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ation-talk ]


CANADIANS KNOW THIS IS NOT A TRADE WAR, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/thi ... irect=true ]


THE LIMITS OF TRUE PATRIOT LOVE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/the-limits-of-true-patriot-love/ ]


TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT TOUTED ‘RECONCILIATION,’ THEN LOBBIED TO ARM STATES REPRESSING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeau-go ... us-people/ ]


CEASEFIRE NEEDED IN WAR TORN-GAZA, Letter by Evelyn Tischer (scroll down)
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/lett ... m-training ]


CANADA WANTS TO JOIN GOLDEN DOME MISSILE-DEFENCE PROGRAM, TRUMP SAYS—This is INSANE!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/golden-do ... -1.7539390 ]


CHINESE FM EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN OVER US 'GOLDEN DOME' MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM; PROGRAM VIOLATES INTL CONSENSUS: EXPERT
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1334566.shtml ]


SHILLING FOR ISRAEL GOOD FOR CANADIAN JOURNALISTS’ CAREERS
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/21/shill ... s-careers/ ]


THE “BIG 5” CANADIAN BANKS HAVE OVER $132 BILLION USD INVESTED IN COMPANIES COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION, APARTHEID, AND GENOCIDE
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/the-b ... -genocide/ ]


'THE MOOD IS CHANGING': ISRAELI ANGER GROWS AT CONDUCT OF WAR
[ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj422k1zzd9o.amp ]


LONDON SEES HISTORIC TURNOUT FOR NAKBA ANNIVERSARY AND GAZA GENOCIDE PROTEST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A0QI9llTog ]


ARMS EMBARGO NOW—CAMPAIGN UPDATE
[ https://armsembargonow.ca/webinar/ ]


BEARING WITNESS AGAINST GENOCIDE
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/bea ... irect=true ]


TRUMP PROTECTS ISRAEL AS IT VOWS TO 'TAKE OVER' GAZA AND EXPEL PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzG98YklawA ]


ISRAEL IS IN MORAL MELTDOWN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6Bn_7xwZc3Y ]


NETANYAHU: GAZA AID SCHEME OFFERS ISRAEL SYMBOLIC COVER TO FINISH THE GENOCIDE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyah ... fire-hamas ]


PROJECT ESTHER: NYT DETAILS RIGHT-WING PLAN TO “REBRAND ALL CRITICS OF ISRAEL” AS HAMAS SUPPORTERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/19/project_esther ]


“ABSOLUTELY GENOCIDAL”: MOUIN RABBANI ON “GIDEON’S CHARIOTS,” ISRAEL’S LATEST ESCALATION OF WAR ON GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/19/mouin_rabbani ]


“THE SUFFERING IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION”: REPORT FROM GAZA AS U.N. WARNS 14,000 BABIES COULD SOON DIE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/ ... s_chariots ]


ISRAEL’S FINAL SOLUTION FOR PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... estinians/ ]


CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL FOR DIPLOMATIC CONVOY TO GET AID INTO GAZA AS 2 MILLION FACE STARVATION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... -of-famine ]


SCHOLASTICIDE IN PALESTINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGPe1QFZIQ ]


AMNESTY URGES WAR CRIMES PROBE INTO US BOMBING OF YEMEN MIGRANT JAIL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-a ... -civilians ]


VIJAY PRASHAD: INDIA IS LOSING THE NARRATIVE WAR | US-CHINA SHOWDOWN & TRUMP’S SYRIA GAMBIT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUaAYEA71IQ ]


THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR, DIPLOMACY, AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isInUktEo3I ]


TRUMP CONFRONTS SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER WITH BASELESS CLAIMS OF TARGETED KILLING OF WHITE FARMERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-ram ... -1.7540184 ]


TRUMP’S OVAL OFFICE MELTDOWN WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT WAS A GLOBAL EMBARRASSMENT
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-ova ... irect=true ]


ON 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MALCOLM X, FAMILY PRESSES TRUMP TO RELEASE GOV’T FILES ON ASSASSINATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/19/malcolm_x ]


MALCOLM X AND THE FIGHT FOR LIBERATION—BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
[ https://therealnews.com/malcolm-x-and-t ... -necessary ]


KARL MARX’S LEGACY IN THE UNITED STATES
[ https://jacobin.com/2025/05/karl-marx-u ... capitalism ]


LIKE THE HUNGER GAMES, BUT FOR IMMIGRANTS
[ https://www.thebulwark.com/p/like-hunge ... reality-tv ]


NAOMI KLEIN ON TRUMP, MUSK, FAR RIGHT & "END TIMES FASCISM"
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYSyb6fCxo ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


THURSDAY MAY 22, 11 am: HIGHWAY OF TEARS: WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE GOING: HISTORY OF THE HIGHWAY OF TEARS
[ https://kh-cdc-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... gistration ]


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 ]


THURSDAY MAY 22, 7 – 10 pm: OPENING OF INDIAN THEATRE—NATIVE ART, PERFORMANCE, & SELF-DETERMINATION, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY
Join MacKenzie Art Gallery Executive Director & CEO John G. Hampton and exhibition curator Candice Hopkins as they share opening remarks for Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969. A performance by Joseph Naytowhow, Cheryl L'Hirondelle called ē-kwēskimot (s/he/they transform) will follow. There will be a reception and exhibition viewing after the performance.
There is no cost to attend this event.


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/ ]


SATURDAY MAY 24: REGISTRATION 11 am, WALK STARTS NOON: IVAN AMICHAND MEMORIAL WALK, NORTH CENTRAL FAMILY CENTRE, 2931 5TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=74 ... 2207520000 ]


MONDAY MAY 26, 11 am: NATO MILITARY BASE EXPANSION AROUND THE WORLD
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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


TUESDAY JUNE 10, 3 PM: WEBINAR: HEALTH IMPACTS OF FRACKING ON NEONATAL OUTCOMES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-hea ... 8991321819 ]


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

SCOTT MOE IS PUTTING $10-A-DAY CHILDCARE AT RISK
[ https://action.publicservicevoter.ca/signthedeal ]


TELL THE GOVERNMENT: THE TIME TO ACT ON TOXIC CHEMICALS IS NOW
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... chemicals/ ]


DON’T LET THE CANADA PENSION PLAN ABANDON ITS NET-ZERO CLIMATE COMMITMENT
[ https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cppib-net-zero ]


CANADA: SANCTION ISRAEL WITH AN ARMS EMBARGO
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/urgent-arms-embargo/ ]


CANADA NEEDS TO RECONSIDER ITS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL
[ https://nccm.ca/take-action/cifta/ ]


URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT VULNERABLE SYRIAN MINORITIES: CALL FOR CANADIAN HUMANITARIAN AID
[ https://www.change.org/p/urgent-action- ... tarian-aid ]


AMAZON: RECOGNIZE THE SAFETY BILL OF RIGHTS—OR RISK ESCALATION
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/saf ... -petition/ ]


SPEAK FOR THE HENS. GLOBAL COMPANIES ARE STILL PROFITING FROM CRUEL CAGES
[ https://www.change.org/p/speak-out-for- ... ruel-cages ]


- Making Peace Vigil