MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 27, 2025
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 10:54 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 27, 2025
SPECIAL EVENT: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30, 10 am – 1 pm: WAFFLE PARTY, REGINA UNION CENRE, 2709 12TH AVE
Elbows down - fist up, Saskatchewan!
Join us for the first “Waffle Party”, a monthly brunch series where we organize to foster a social movement here in Regina.
The Waffle was a wing of the NDP in the 60’s and 70’s that meant to invigorate social change in the country and eradicate the system of capitalism (head to Hampton Project’s Instagram bio for links to learn more). At the time, some members of the party said if they had to choose between waffling to the left and waffling to the right, they would rather waffle to the left. Today, the NDP seems to be waffling to the right!
*We do not wish to “rewarm the waffle”, but rather reinvigorate the vigor on which socialist movements are built upon.
Brunch is Pay What You Can with all proceeds going towards food & programming at Sunday Funday - DM to book a spot!
ENDORSEMENT INVITATION
Please let me know if you have any objection to Making Peace Vigil endorsing this letter: Blowing the whistle on transport of radioactive waste over public roads and bridges.
[ https://preview.mailerlite.com/h1a9s0l8 ... 8806/m2n9/ ]
SPECIAL READING:
NO ROOM FOR DEBATE—or WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE LEADER POST & STAR PHOENIX, by Trish Elliott.
[ https://j-source.ca/no-room-for-debate/ ]
MARK CARNEY’S NEW HOUSING AGENCY IS BUILT TO PROTECT THE BUBBLE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... the-bubble ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
CALLS TO SAVE REGINA’S FLORAL CONSERVATORY GROW AHEAD OF BUDGET MEETINGS
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/11/24/calls-t ... -meetings/ ]
$10-A-DAY CHILD-CARE DEAL TO BE RENEWED FRIDAY, SAYS SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... wed-friday ]
SASK. NDP INTRODUCES RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION, BUT GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON'T HAPPEN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6990504 ]
BODIES PILING UP: THE SASK PARTY WAY
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/bodi ... -party-way ]
SASK. GOVERNMENT CALLS TRC AND MMIWG REPORTS UNRELIABLE IN BIRTH ALERTS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6992098 ]
AUDITOR TO INVESTIGATE SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY’S WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... d41f81fd70 ]
LET YVES DEBATE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/let-y ... n-montreal ]
INTERNATIONALISM BELONGS IN THE NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp99ZQNLpI ]
NDP CANDIDATE AVI LEWIS CALLS FOR ‘PUBLIC OPTIONS’ TO FIGHT HIGH COSTS OF GROCERIES, HOUSING, AND TELECOMS IN CANADA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/avi-l ... ons-canada ]
AFTER DECADES OF CHAMPIONING INDIGENOUS VOICES, DOUG CUTHAND STEPS AWAY FROM STAR PHOENIX & LEADER POST COLUMN—Thanks for all your great work, Doug! And all best wishes!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6989652 ]
PIPELINE TO NOWHERE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pipeline-to-nowhere ]
CLOSER TO THE BRINK: THE STATE OF THE FOREST IN BC IN 2025
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-events ... rests2025/ ]
WHY OLD FORESTS ARE STILL BEING LOGGED IN ONE OF BC’s MOST ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS
[ https://wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/why-old ... cosystems/ ]
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY: LISTENING TO AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
[ https://amnesty.ca/features/amnesty-int ... mmunities/ ]
TRANS AND NON-BINARY WORKERS ARE WORSE OFF THAN CIS PEERS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trans-and- ... cis-peers/ ]
THE TEMPTATIONS OF TRITE: HOW POLICYMAKERS AVOID ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AS A STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/temptations-of-trite/ ]
CANADA’S GENDERED HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://womenshomelessness.ca/nehareportrelease ]
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB CUTS UNDERMINE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO CANADIANS
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/federal- ... ber-2025&& ]
CARNEY PROMISED DEFIANCE. ALL WE’RE GETTING IS DEFERENCE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/carney-promised-de ... deference/ ]
CANADA HASN’T CHANGED ITS UN VOTING STRATEGY ON PALESTINE SINCE 1947
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/canad ... ince-1947/ ]
“I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP”: LEONARD PELTIER ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, HIS HALF-CENTURY IN PRISON & COMING HOME
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27 ... ng_to_give ]
ROSENBLUTH LECTURE FEATURING JAMES GALBRAITH: NORTH AMERICA IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIc9jOHRFy4 ]
THE NOOSE & THE SWASTIKA
[ https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-and-the-swastika ]
CHILD AMPUTEES IN GAZA USE MAKESHIFT PROSTHETICS AS ISRAEL RESTRICTS MEDICAL SUPPLIES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-chi ... d-hospital ]
ISRAELI ASSAULT HAS PLUNGED GAZA INTO WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER RECORDED: UN REPORT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... c-collapse ]
VENEZUELA UNDER SIEGE: A HUNDRED DEATHS AT SEA – HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BY SANCTIONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/venez ... sanctions/ ]
DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE-- Urgent updates from Gaza, Congo and Sudan and DAG Day on the Hill
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98AYwfBc54 ]
CLIMATE TALKS END WITH ‘EMPTY DEAL’ THAT FAILS ON FORESTS, FINANCE, AND FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-empty-deal ]
COP 30’s THREE F WORDS
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... ee-f-words ]
CLIMATE DEAL EXCLUDES FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT AS WEALTHY NATIONS PLACE BURDEN “ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/24 ... ssil_fuels ]
NO FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT, NO DEAL! AT COP30, VANUATU CLIMATE MINISTER JOINS 30+ DISSENTING NATIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/ralph_regenvanu ]
“WE NEED TO BE HEARD”: INDIGENOUS AMAZON DEFENDER ALESSANDRA KORAP MUNDURUKU ON COP30 PROTEST
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21 ... _munduruku ]
THE SERVICEBERRY—AN ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE, by Robin Wall Kimmerer—Not new but always inspiring!
[ https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-serviceberry/ ]
'BRITAIN HAS JUST MADE HISTORY': GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS BAN ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN NEW FIELDS
[ https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522 ... ion-fields ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 11 am: ROGER WATERS AND YVES ENGLER ON GENOCIDE AND FREE EXPRESSION
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1 pm: BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES
[ https://cooperativesfirst.com/building- ... peratives/ ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 6 pm; YVES ENGLER WATCH PARTY
Yves has been excluded from the NDP leadership debate, but his voice will not be silenced. Watch the debate live, with commentary from Yves:
[ https://www.youtube.com/@yvesengler2180 ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: REPEAL BILL 137—STAND WITH TRANS YOUTH, EDUCATION 228, U OF R
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: 2025 JAMES M. MINIFIE LECTURE -
ANDREW COYNE: WE'LL MISS THE LEGACY MEDIA WHEN IT'S GONE (THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE), EDUCATION AUDITORIUM, U OF R
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 & FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28: IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR: WORLD BEYOND WAR’S THIRD AFRICA REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 1 pm: SUBJECT TO CHANGE: THE PRAIRIE CLIMATE—HYBRID: UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CLASSROOM BUILDING 420 / ZOOM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/subject-to- ... tdtcreator ]
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1-3 pm: FRIENDS OF REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY AGM, CRAFT ROOM, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The discussion will include Central Library building planning, status of other branches, RPL programs, upcoming budget approval at City Council, libraries in other cities, as well as other topics of interest to those in attendance.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 6 pm: CANADIAN PREMIERE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY: THE REGINA BYPASS SCANDAL
Highway Robbery: The Regina Bypass Scandal will have a livestreamed premiere free to the public on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm Saskatchewan time (7:00 pm EST, 4:00 pm PST) on http://www.fishbowlvideo.com. The event, showcasing the full 83 minute film for the first time, will open with a live introduction. A live question and answer session involving the viewers with the producer of the film will follow. Be sure to tune in for a great live event!
[ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ]
[ highwayrobbery.org ], Highway Robbery Channel on Youtube, Rumble, X, Tik Tok, and Instagram, articles on substack.com by Nestor Mryglod
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30, 10 am – 1 pm: WAFFLE PARTY, REGINA UNION CENRE, 2709 12TH AVE
Elbows down - fist up, Saskatchewan!
Join us for the first “Waffle Party”, a monthly brunch series where we organize to foster a social movement here in Regina. The Waffle was a wing of the NDP in the 60’s and 70’s that meant to invigorate social change in the country and eradicate the system of capitalism (head to Hampton Project’s Instagram bio for links to learn more). At the time, some members of the party said if they had to choose between waffling to the left and waffling to the right, they would rather waffle to the left. Today, the NDP seems to be waffling to the right! *We do not wish to “rewarm the waffle”, but rather reinvigorate the vigor on which socialist movements are built upon. Brunch is Pay What You Can with all proceeds going towards food & programming at Sunday Funday - DM to book a spot!
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 10 am: THE CLIMATE CROSSROADS: WHY HAVEN'T WE CHANGED — AND HOW WE DO NOW, by Elders Climate Action
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/YRWcz4qbrUClbeXqAFWeRA2 ]
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 6 pm: UKRAINE WAR—NEGOTIATE, DON’T ESCALATE AND RISK WORLD WAR 3
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/JW6LcYtr_UeAO_ZjRcO6Lg2 ]
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 6 pm: THE SUSUKI SESSIONS—THE CLEAN POWER OPPORTUNITY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, NOON – 1:30 pm: POETRY IN TIMES OF WAR & CONFLICT—WITH SASK POETY LAUREATE PEACE AKINTADE, LA CITÉ 125, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Peace will explore the role of poetry and language as tools for connection, resistance, and healing in times of war and political conflict. Through her reflections and spoken word, she will invite participants to consider how shared communities are formed through art, empathy, and expression and how poets can give voice to collective struggles and resilience.
The discussion will highlight the power of words to bridge divides, to bear witness, and to imagine peace in turbulent times.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... tdtcreator ]
Note change of book: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE. The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 10 am – 4 pm: UNIVERSITY OF REGINA CERAMICS SALE, RIDDELL CENTRE HALLWAY
Browse and shop handmade mugs, bowls, and more, all created by U of R students:
Unique, one-of-a-kind pieces ready to gift
Made on campus by our talented student artists
Payment by cash or e-Transfer
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 6 pm: RESILIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM
Many of us entered movement work out of urgency and many of us are exhausted by it. The Resilience Toolkit offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of the struggle. Rather than treating burnout, reactivity and conflict as personal failures, The Toolkit helps us understand them as predictable stress and trauma responses - and equips us with real-time regulation skills that expand our capacity to stay engaged without collapse or numbness.
[ https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/862622/ [
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 12:30 pm: FROM BELÉM TO CANADA: COP30, PROMISES AND REALITIES
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1-4 pm: WINTER FAIR FOR PALESTINE, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina
SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2 – 4 pm: BOOKCLUB DISCUSSION OF PERFECT VICTIMS AND THE POLITICS OF APPEAL, BY MOHAMMED EL- KURD, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST - Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina
MONDAY DECEMBER 15, 6 pm: UBI WORKS + COMMONWEALTH CANADA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
POST MEDIA: WE WANT OUR DAILY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND STAFF COLUMNISTS RESTORED
Write to Joe Ruscitti, VP of content at Postmedia, and tell him you want daily letters to the editor and staff columnist—Murray Mandryk and Phil Tank—restored: [ jruscitti@postmedia.com ]
CITY OF REGINA: STOP PROPOSED CUTS TO REGINA ARTS COMMUNITY FUNDING
[ https://www.saskartsalliance.ca/advocac ... y-funding/ ]
HELP SAVE THE REGINA FLORAL CONSERVATORY
Send an email to Mayor Bachynski and your City Councilor asking them not to cut funding for the Regina Floral Conservatory. The RFC has served Regina for over 35 years, providing an indoor garden sanctuary, run by volunteers of the Regina Garden Associates in partnership with the City of Regina. It costs the city roughly $60,000 per year – a modest investment for the value it brings.
The Conservatory is more than a pretty space: It supports well-being and mental health (lush greenery, tranquil environment, retreat from daily stress). With over 23,000 visitors each year, it supports tourism and adds to Regina’s unique cultural and nature-based offerings. It provides educational programming every year: Over 3,000 students from over 100 school-group visit the garden. It teaches us all environmental stewardship.
[ https://www.regina.ca/city-government/c ... uncillors/ ]
SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE: PASS THE RENT CONTROL ACT
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/passbill608?utm_ ... ce=saskndp ]
LET YVES DEBATE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/let-y ... n-montreal ]
TELL YOUR MP: PRIORITIZE CLIMATE ACTION NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/prior ... action-now ]
WHY ARE 300 BIG AGRICULTURE LOBBYISTS ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND INFLUENCE THE UN'S CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE?
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/960/542/768/ ]
VENEZUELA: NO WAR, NO OVERTHROW, NO COUP, NO SANCTIONS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/venezuela-no-war/ ]
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE SAMI PEOPLE
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178190/petition/1 ]
FREE MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
[ https://www.codepink.org/mohammedibrahi ... e=codepink ]
CALIFORNIA FARMS ARE SPRAYING PFAS FOREVER CHEMICALS ON FOODS WE EAT. THIS MUST BE BANNED, NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/277/278 ... 3528784920 ]
- Making Peace Vigil
SPECIAL EVENT: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30, 10 am – 1 pm: WAFFLE PARTY, REGINA UNION CENRE, 2709 12TH AVE
Elbows down - fist up, Saskatchewan!
Join us for the first “Waffle Party”, a monthly brunch series where we organize to foster a social movement here in Regina.
The Waffle was a wing of the NDP in the 60’s and 70’s that meant to invigorate social change in the country and eradicate the system of capitalism (head to Hampton Project’s Instagram bio for links to learn more). At the time, some members of the party said if they had to choose between waffling to the left and waffling to the right, they would rather waffle to the left. Today, the NDP seems to be waffling to the right!
*We do not wish to “rewarm the waffle”, but rather reinvigorate the vigor on which socialist movements are built upon.
Brunch is Pay What You Can with all proceeds going towards food & programming at Sunday Funday - DM to book a spot!
ENDORSEMENT INVITATION
Please let me know if you have any objection to Making Peace Vigil endorsing this letter: Blowing the whistle on transport of radioactive waste over public roads and bridges.
[ https://preview.mailerlite.com/h1a9s0l8 ... 8806/m2n9/ ]
SPECIAL READING:
NO ROOM FOR DEBATE—or WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE LEADER POST & STAR PHOENIX, by Trish Elliott.
[ https://j-source.ca/no-room-for-debate/ ]
MARK CARNEY’S NEW HOUSING AGENCY IS BUILT TO PROTECT THE BUBBLE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... the-bubble ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
CALLS TO SAVE REGINA’S FLORAL CONSERVATORY GROW AHEAD OF BUDGET MEETINGS
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/11/24/calls-t ... -meetings/ ]
$10-A-DAY CHILD-CARE DEAL TO BE RENEWED FRIDAY, SAYS SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... wed-friday ]
SASK. NDP INTRODUCES RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION, BUT GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON'T HAPPEN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6990504 ]
BODIES PILING UP: THE SASK PARTY WAY
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/bodi ... -party-way ]
SASK. GOVERNMENT CALLS TRC AND MMIWG REPORTS UNRELIABLE IN BIRTH ALERTS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6992098 ]
AUDITOR TO INVESTIGATE SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY’S WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... d41f81fd70 ]
LET YVES DEBATE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/let-y ... n-montreal ]
INTERNATIONALISM BELONGS IN THE NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp99ZQNLpI ]
NDP CANDIDATE AVI LEWIS CALLS FOR ‘PUBLIC OPTIONS’ TO FIGHT HIGH COSTS OF GROCERIES, HOUSING, AND TELECOMS IN CANADA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/avi-l ... ons-canada ]
AFTER DECADES OF CHAMPIONING INDIGENOUS VOICES, DOUG CUTHAND STEPS AWAY FROM STAR PHOENIX & LEADER POST COLUMN—Thanks for all your great work, Doug! And all best wishes!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6989652 ]
PIPELINE TO NOWHERE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pipeline-to-nowhere ]
CLOSER TO THE BRINK: THE STATE OF THE FOREST IN BC IN 2025
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-events ... rests2025/ ]
WHY OLD FORESTS ARE STILL BEING LOGGED IN ONE OF BC’s MOST ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS
[ https://wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/why-old ... cosystems/ ]
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY: LISTENING TO AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
[ https://amnesty.ca/features/amnesty-int ... mmunities/ ]
TRANS AND NON-BINARY WORKERS ARE WORSE OFF THAN CIS PEERS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trans-and- ... cis-peers/ ]
THE TEMPTATIONS OF TRITE: HOW POLICYMAKERS AVOID ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AS A STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/temptations-of-trite/ ]
CANADA’S GENDERED HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://womenshomelessness.ca/nehareportrelease ]
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB CUTS UNDERMINE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO CANADIANS
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/federal- ... ber-2025&& ]
CARNEY PROMISED DEFIANCE. ALL WE’RE GETTING IS DEFERENCE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/carney-promised-de ... deference/ ]
CANADA HASN’T CHANGED ITS UN VOTING STRATEGY ON PALESTINE SINCE 1947
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/canad ... ince-1947/ ]
“I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP”: LEONARD PELTIER ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, HIS HALF-CENTURY IN PRISON & COMING HOME
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27 ... ng_to_give ]
ROSENBLUTH LECTURE FEATURING JAMES GALBRAITH: NORTH AMERICA IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIc9jOHRFy4 ]
THE NOOSE & THE SWASTIKA
[ https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-noose-and-the-swastika ]
CHILD AMPUTEES IN GAZA USE MAKESHIFT PROSTHETICS AS ISRAEL RESTRICTS MEDICAL SUPPLIES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-chi ... d-hospital ]
ISRAELI ASSAULT HAS PLUNGED GAZA INTO WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE EVER RECORDED: UN REPORT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... c-collapse ]
VENEZUELA UNDER SIEGE: A HUNDRED DEATHS AT SEA – HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BY SANCTIONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/venez ... sanctions/ ]
DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE-- Urgent updates from Gaza, Congo and Sudan and DAG Day on the Hill
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98AYwfBc54 ]
CLIMATE TALKS END WITH ‘EMPTY DEAL’ THAT FAILS ON FORESTS, FINANCE, AND FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-empty-deal ]
COP 30’s THREE F WORDS
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... ee-f-words ]
CLIMATE DEAL EXCLUDES FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT AS WEALTHY NATIONS PLACE BURDEN “ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/24 ... ssil_fuels ]
NO FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT, NO DEAL! AT COP30, VANUATU CLIMATE MINISTER JOINS 30+ DISSENTING NATIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/ralph_regenvanu ]
“WE NEED TO BE HEARD”: INDIGENOUS AMAZON DEFENDER ALESSANDRA KORAP MUNDURUKU ON COP30 PROTEST
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21 ... _munduruku ]
THE SERVICEBERRY—AN ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE, by Robin Wall Kimmerer—Not new but always inspiring!
[ https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-serviceberry/ ]
'BRITAIN HAS JUST MADE HISTORY': GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS BAN ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION IN NEW FIELDS
[ https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522 ... ion-fields ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 11 am: ROGER WATERS AND YVES ENGLER ON GENOCIDE AND FREE EXPRESSION
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1 pm: BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES
[ https://cooperativesfirst.com/building- ... peratives/ ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 6 pm; YVES ENGLER WATCH PARTY
Yves has been excluded from the NDP leadership debate, but his voice will not be silenced. Watch the debate live, with commentary from Yves:
[ https://www.youtube.com/@yvesengler2180 ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: REPEAL BILL 137—STAND WITH TRANS YOUTH, EDUCATION 228, U OF R
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: 2025 JAMES M. MINIFIE LECTURE -
ANDREW COYNE: WE'LL MISS THE LEGACY MEDIA WHEN IT'S GONE (THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE), EDUCATION AUDITORIUM, U OF R
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 & FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28: IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR: WORLD BEYOND WAR’S THIRD AFRICA REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28 1 pm: SUBJECT TO CHANGE: THE PRAIRIE CLIMATE—HYBRID: UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CLASSROOM BUILDING 420 / ZOOM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/subject-to- ... tdtcreator ]
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1-3 pm: FRIENDS OF REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY AGM, CRAFT ROOM, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The discussion will include Central Library building planning, status of other branches, RPL programs, upcoming budget approval at City Council, libraries in other cities, as well as other topics of interest to those in attendance.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 6 pm: CANADIAN PREMIERE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY: THE REGINA BYPASS SCANDAL
Highway Robbery: The Regina Bypass Scandal will have a livestreamed premiere free to the public on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm Saskatchewan time (7:00 pm EST, 4:00 pm PST) on http://www.fishbowlvideo.com. The event, showcasing the full 83 minute film for the first time, will open with a live introduction. A live question and answer session involving the viewers with the producer of the film will follow. Be sure to tune in for a great live event!
[ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ]
[ highwayrobbery.org ], Highway Robbery Channel on Youtube, Rumble, X, Tik Tok, and Instagram, articles on substack.com by Nestor Mryglod
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30, 10 am – 1 pm: WAFFLE PARTY, REGINA UNION CENRE, 2709 12TH AVE
Elbows down - fist up, Saskatchewan!
Join us for the first “Waffle Party”, a monthly brunch series where we organize to foster a social movement here in Regina. The Waffle was a wing of the NDP in the 60’s and 70’s that meant to invigorate social change in the country and eradicate the system of capitalism (head to Hampton Project’s Instagram bio for links to learn more). At the time, some members of the party said if they had to choose between waffling to the left and waffling to the right, they would rather waffle to the left. Today, the NDP seems to be waffling to the right! *We do not wish to “rewarm the waffle”, but rather reinvigorate the vigor on which socialist movements are built upon. Brunch is Pay What You Can with all proceeds going towards food & programming at Sunday Funday - DM to book a spot!
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 10 am: THE CLIMATE CROSSROADS: WHY HAVEN'T WE CHANGED — AND HOW WE DO NOW, by Elders Climate Action
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/YRWcz4qbrUClbeXqAFWeRA2 ]
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 6 pm: UKRAINE WAR—NEGOTIATE, DON’T ESCALATE AND RISK WORLD WAR 3
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/JW6LcYtr_UeAO_ZjRcO6Lg2 ]
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 6 pm: THE SUSUKI SESSIONS—THE CLEAN POWER OPPORTUNITY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, NOON – 1:30 pm: POETRY IN TIMES OF WAR & CONFLICT—WITH SASK POETY LAUREATE PEACE AKINTADE, LA CITÉ 125, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Peace will explore the role of poetry and language as tools for connection, resistance, and healing in times of war and political conflict. Through her reflections and spoken word, she will invite participants to consider how shared communities are formed through art, empathy, and expression and how poets can give voice to collective struggles and resilience.
The discussion will highlight the power of words to bridge divides, to bear witness, and to imagine peace in turbulent times.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... tdtcreator ]
Note change of book: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE. The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 10 am – 4 pm: UNIVERSITY OF REGINA CERAMICS SALE, RIDDELL CENTRE HALLWAY
Browse and shop handmade mugs, bowls, and more, all created by U of R students:
Unique, one-of-a-kind pieces ready to gift
Made on campus by our talented student artists
Payment by cash or e-Transfer
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 6 pm: RESILIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM
Many of us entered movement work out of urgency and many of us are exhausted by it. The Resilience Toolkit offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of the struggle. Rather than treating burnout, reactivity and conflict as personal failures, The Toolkit helps us understand them as predictable stress and trauma responses - and equips us with real-time regulation skills that expand our capacity to stay engaged without collapse or numbness.
[ https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/862622/ [
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 12:30 pm: FROM BELÉM TO CANADA: COP30, PROMISES AND REALITIES
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1-4 pm: WINTER FAIR FOR PALESTINE, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina
SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2 – 4 pm: BOOKCLUB DISCUSSION OF PERFECT VICTIMS AND THE POLITICS OF APPEAL, BY MOHAMMED EL- KURD, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST - Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina
MONDAY DECEMBER 15, 6 pm: UBI WORKS + COMMONWEALTH CANADA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
POST MEDIA: WE WANT OUR DAILY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND STAFF COLUMNISTS RESTORED
Write to Joe Ruscitti, VP of content at Postmedia, and tell him you want daily letters to the editor and staff columnist—Murray Mandryk and Phil Tank—restored: [ jruscitti@postmedia.com ]
CITY OF REGINA: STOP PROPOSED CUTS TO REGINA ARTS COMMUNITY FUNDING
[ https://www.saskartsalliance.ca/advocac ... y-funding/ ]
HELP SAVE THE REGINA FLORAL CONSERVATORY
Send an email to Mayor Bachynski and your City Councilor asking them not to cut funding for the Regina Floral Conservatory. The RFC has served Regina for over 35 years, providing an indoor garden sanctuary, run by volunteers of the Regina Garden Associates in partnership with the City of Regina. It costs the city roughly $60,000 per year – a modest investment for the value it brings.
The Conservatory is more than a pretty space: It supports well-being and mental health (lush greenery, tranquil environment, retreat from daily stress). With over 23,000 visitors each year, it supports tourism and adds to Regina’s unique cultural and nature-based offerings. It provides educational programming every year: Over 3,000 students from over 100 school-group visit the garden. It teaches us all environmental stewardship.
[ https://www.regina.ca/city-government/c ... uncillors/ ]
SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE: PASS THE RENT CONTROL ACT
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/passbill608?utm_ ... ce=saskndp ]
LET YVES DEBATE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/let-y ... n-montreal ]
TELL YOUR MP: PRIORITIZE CLIMATE ACTION NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/prior ... action-now ]
WHY ARE 300 BIG AGRICULTURE LOBBYISTS ALLOWED TO ATTEND AND INFLUENCE THE UN'S CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE?
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/960/542/768/ ]
VENEZUELA: NO WAR, NO OVERTHROW, NO COUP, NO SANCTIONS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/venezuela-no-war/ ]
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE SAMI PEOPLE
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178190/petition/1 ]
FREE MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
[ https://www.codepink.org/mohammedibrahi ... e=codepink ]
CALIFORNIA FARMS ARE SPRAYING PFAS FOREVER CHEMICALS ON FOODS WE EAT. THIS MUST BE BANNED, NOW!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/277/278 ... 3528784920 ]
- Making Peace Vigil