MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 29, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 29, 2025


SPECIAL READING:

THRONE SPEECH: MASSIVE RE-MILITARIZATION, NO MENTION OF WOMEN OR YOUTH, by Tamara Lorincz
[ https://groups.google.com/g/canadapeace ... rce=footer ]


SPECIAL LISTENING:

ACADEMIC FREEDOM, with Marc Spooner & Robert Quinn
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... ic-freedom ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

CATHEDRAL VILLAGE ARTS FESTIVAL SEES GROWTH IN 34TH YEAR, POTENTIAL FOR MORE IN 2026—It was amazing!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... re-in-2026 ]


MULTIPLE WILDFIRES MAKE FOR HARROWING EVACUATION ROUTES IN SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7545566 ]


ALBERTA TO CHANGE RULES TO ENSURE BOOKS IN SCHOOLS ARE 'AGE-APPROPRIATE'-- Who is really making the decision…probably should be termed ‘right wing appropriate.’
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7543899 ]


DOCTORS GROUP CHALLENGING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ALBERTA TRANSGENDER LAW
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7546051 ]


2025 ELLEN MEIKSINS WOOD LECTURE
Grace Blakeley offers an critical analysis of economic systems and neoliberalism capitalism that helps movements take back democratic power for the working-class.
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ku7mqruAc ]


’NOT GOOD’: CONCERNS REVIVED OVER RECOMMENDATION TO END DOOR-TO-DOOR MAIL DELIVERY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... l-delivery ]


SASK. OPPOSITION TRUMPETS REPORT CRITICIZING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7545883 ]


HAMILTON LANDLORD FINED $100K FOR ILLEGAL RENOVICTIONS THAT HAD 'DEVASTATING' IMPACTS ON TENANTS, COURT HEARS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -1.7544931 ]


WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE FEDERAL NDP?
[ https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/whats- ... dium=email ]


FAR MORE WOMEN THAN MEN VOTED FOR CARNEY. WHY?
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/20/ ... ed-Carney/ ]


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


PROTEST AGAINST THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECT
[ https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-aut ... -nucleaire ]


CANADA FACES ‘MASSIVE CHALLENGE’ AS NATO EYES NEW 5% SPENDING TARGET
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article ... et-expert/ ]


TRUMP OFFERS CANADA FREE GOLDEN DOME SYSTEM — BUT THERE'S A CATCH
[ https://sputnikglobe.com/20250528/trump ... 41719.html ]


GOLDON DOME IS A MASSIVE MISTAKE, by Tamara Lorincz
[ https://thespec.pressreader.com/article/281676850833001 ]


SENIOR CANADIAN DIPLOMAT COMPARES TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME MISSILE PROGRAM TO A ‘PROTECTION RACKET’
[ https://apnews.com/article/canada-diplo ... ddbab49b85 ]


NORTH KOREA SAYS US 'GOLDEN DOME' RISKS 'SPACE NUCLEAR WAR'
[ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0l4e0rnr1o ]


PRISONERS JUSTICE DAY 2024 BROADCAST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRXOb_FY-Hk ]


“I AM A POLITICAL PRISONER”: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVIST JEANETTE VIZGUERRA SPEAKS FROM ICE JAIL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/28/ ... _vizguerra ]


AS WESTERN LEADERS FIDDLE, GAZA BURNS, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1fNykfmEF18 ]


GOVERNMENT EXPORT AGENCY NOTED 99 ISRAELI CRIMES, BUT OK’D ARMS SALE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/government ... newsletter ]


THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE IS THE LIBERATION OF THE UNITED STATES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfxtinocvp8 ]


GENOCIDE BY STARVATION: ISRAEL AND CANADA’S SHARED CRIME
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/726e ... newsletter ]


COLLECTIVE DEPRAVITY OF MARCHING TO SUPPORT ISRAEL’S ETHNIC CLEANSING
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/27/colle ... cleansing/ ]


ISRAELI OFFICER SAYS 'NEARLY EVERY' IDF PLATOON HAS USED PALESTINIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... an-shields ]


INTENSIFYING ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT HAS DISPLACED 180,000 PALESTINIANS IN JUST 10 DAYS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/displaced-people-gaza ]


ISRAEL BOMBS HOME OF GAZA PEDIATRICIAN, KILLING 9 OF HER 10 KIDS, IN LATEST ATTACK ON HEALTH WORKERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/27/ ... ajjar_gaza ]


HAMAS AND U.S. REACH GAZA CEASEFIRE “UNDERSTANDING”—ISRAEL REJECTS IT, U.S. ENVOY PUBLICLY BLAMES HAMAS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-un ... el-rejects ]


ISRAEL TARGETS & KILLS PROFESSORS AS “TERRORISTS”
[ https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/israe ... professors ]


VIDEO SHOWS GIRL TRYING TO ESCAPE INFERNO AS GAZA FAMILY 'BURNED ALIVE' IN ISRAELI MASSACRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ward-al-sheikh-khalil ]


CODE GENOCIDE. WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTLYDdZ8RU ]


PRESCRIPTION TO END GENOCIDE, from Doctors Against Genocide
[ https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/end- ... escription ]


RIOTS, CLASHES IN TEL AVIV; ISRAEL ERUPTS AGAINST IDF, NETANYAHU; 'FREE GAZA' CRY IN ISRAELI CITY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugh0pzwkVv4 ]


GUANTANAMO’S FORGOTTEN PRISONERS, TRUMP’S “WAR ON MIGRANTS” AND THE HORRORS OF EL SALVADOR’S CECOT PRISON ON DUE DISSIDENCE
[ https://www.closeguantanamo.org/Article ... Dissidence ]


MAPPING MILITARISM
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/militarism-mapped/ ]


HOW THE US MINERALS PUSH RISKS DEEPENING FORCED CHILD LABOUR IN CONGO
[ https://www.freedomunited.org/news/us-m ... bor-congo/ ]


CLIMATE CHANGE STILL VITAL, DESPITE POLITICAL SHIFT TO RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 5ee531d2d3 ]


“SINNERS”: DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER ON HIS LATEST HIT, DELTA BLUES, HIS MISSISSIPPI ROOTS & VAMPIRES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/26/ ... er_sinners ]


5TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER MARKED BY CALLS FOR REFORM, BARBS AT TRUMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/george-fl ... -1.7543424 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY MAY 29, NOON: STARVATION AS A WEAPON—INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES & THE DIPLOMATIC CONVOY TO CONFRONT DELIBERATE FAMINE IN GAZA
[ https://law4palestine.org/webinar-starv ... e-in-gaza/ ]


THURSDAY MAY 29, 2 pm: DISARMAMENT EDUCATION WORKSHOP - ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FEDERATION
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Fud_ou ... gistration ]


THURSDAY MAY 29, 6 pm: DISMANTLING BARRIERS. TALKING ABOUT SOLIDARITY
[ https://cuc.ca/events/dismantling-barri ... olidarity/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 30, 6 pm: GASLIT NATION—MEDIA & DEMOCRACY FOR PEACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84465461986?p ... .1#success ]


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 MAY 31, NOON: GENOCIDE & ISRAEL’S ESCALATING ASSAULT AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN GAZA – A LEGAL ANALYSIS
Join Amnesty International on Saturday, May 31st at 2:00 pm ET for a webinar on the escalating Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza. Speakers will present research and legal findings from recent Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and UN reports, and discuss actions that states must urgently take to stop Israel’s ongoing genocidal acts against Palestinians and hold responsible parties accountable.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY JUNE 2, 10 am: BEYOND THE BENEFIT. ENSURING NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/b ... he-benefit ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 7 pm: PRAIRIE WATER: SOVEREIGNTY, SCARCITY AND CONSERVATION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY JUNE 5, NOON: LAND BACK IS CLIMATE POLICY: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE DECOLONIZING CLIMATE POLICY PHASE 2 PART 2 REPORT
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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


THURSDAY JUNE 12, 11:30 am: 'NUCLEAR WAR - A SCENARIO': IN DISCUSSION WITH ANNIE JACOBSEN
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JUNE 14, STARTS AT NOON: PRIDE PARADE: Information on routes to follow
[ https://www.facebook.com/QueenCityPride/ ]


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

DON’T LET THE CANADIAN PENSION PLAN ABANDON ITS NET ZERO COMMITMENT
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/don-t- ... commitment ]


CPPIB INVESTMENTS IN WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE, AND APARTHEID INCREASE TO OVER $27 BILLION IN 2025
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/cppib ... on-in-2025 ]


TELL YOUR MP: PROTECT NATURE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
[ https://act.naturecanada.ca/page/171908/action/1 ]


SANCTION ISRAEL—GET FOOD TO GAZA’S CHILDREN
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/is ... paign_page ]


WE DECLARE OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR THE AMAZON LABOR UNION-IBT LOCAL 1 SAFETY BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE WORKERS LEADING THE FIGHT TO WIN IT.
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/saf ... -petition/ ]


- Making Peace Vigl