MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 4, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 4, 2026


SPECIAL EVENT: MONDAY JANUARY 5, NOON: RALLY FOR VENEZUELA, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
Please spread the word. If you have any signs calling for peace, please bring them.


2 SPECIAL PETITIONS

NO WAR ON VENEZUELA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgen ... -venezuela ]


DECLARE HOMELESSNESS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/declaring-home ... -in-canada ]


POEM FOR THE YEAR: MERGER POEM, By Judy Chicago
[ https://ritualwell.org/ritual/merger-poem/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

IMPLEMENT TAX DIRECTED AT SOLVING HOMLESSNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... a6dbef1176 ]


'A LIFELINE TO THE LAND AND TO THE PEOPLE': RADIO'S ROLE IN THE CULTURE OF NORTHERN SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7025164 ]


INVESTIGATING ISLAMOPHOBIA IN CANADA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPwpIgeAoE ]


CANADIAN BDS COALITION, 2025 REPORT
[ https://bdscoalition.ca/2025/12/31/our- ... t-is-here/ ]


LIVING THE HIGH LIFE: A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR CEO PAY IN CANADA
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... in-canada/ ]


US BILLIONAIRE WEALTH SURGES TO $8.1 TRILLION AS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS HAMMERS WORKING CLASS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-billionaire-wealth ]


500 RICHEST PEOPLE GAINED RECORD $2.2 TRILLION IN 2025, FUELING CALLS FOR WEALTH TAX
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-list-2025 ]


TAX THE RICH, SAY MAMDANI, SANDERS, AND NYC INAUGURATION CROWD
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohra ... i-tax-plan ]


“I WILL GOVERN AS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST”: WATCH ZOHRAN MAMDANI & BERNIE SANDERS AT NYC INAUGURATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/2/z ... ion_speech ]


ZOHRAN MAMDANI, NEW MAYOR OF NEW YORK: “I WILL NOT ABANDON MY PRINCIPLES FOR FEAR OF BEING CONSIDERED RADICAL”
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/01/zohra ... d-radical/ ]


MAMDANI VOWS TO GOVERN 'EXPANSIVELY AND AUDACIOUSLY' IN INAUGURAL SPEECH AS NYC MAYOR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mamdani-n ... -9.7031875 ]


THE UNITED STATES’ WAR AGAINST VENEZUELA BEGAN IN 2001
[ https://socialistaction.org/2026/01/01/ ... n-in-2001/ ]


US BOMBS VENEZUELA, with Break Through News
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/-8qzLy8nnaY ]


TRUMP’S SECRET OIL WAR
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/unlawful-i ... nezuelaben ]


‘THIS IS STATE TERRORISM’: GLOBAL OUTRAGE AS TRUMP LAUNCHES ILLEGAL ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/globa ... -venezuela ]


CANADA, WHO IS NEXT AFTER VENEZUELA? By Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/01/03/canad ... venezuela/ ]


VENEZUELA, THE LESSON FOR CANADA, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/ven ... for-canada ]


THE REAL REASON WHY TRUMP BOMBED VENEZUELA AND 'CAPTURED' PRESIDENT MADURO
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnD0p5F7MNs&t=921s ]


AFTER VENEZUELA ASSAULT, TRUMP AND RUBIO WARN CUBA, MEXICO, AND COLOMBIA COULD BE NEXT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... uba-mexico ]


INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL STUDIES OF THE BOLIVARIAN UNIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOLGo-bMBg ]


‘THIS IS STATE TERRORISM’: GLOBAL OUTRAGE AS TRUMP LAUNCHES ILLEGAL ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/globa ... -venezuela ]


US BOMBS CARACAS AND KIDNAPS MADURO! WHAT'S HAPPENING? With Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMuW1wDfG2g ]


AMERICA IS A GANGSTER STATE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/amer ... ster-state ]


SPECIAL REPORT ON VENEZUELA: U.S. ABDUCTS MADURO, TRUMP SAYS "WE ARE GOING TO RUN" OIL-RICH NATION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaLChmzkGo0 ]


TRUMP’S VENEZUELA PRESS CONFERENCE GOES OFF THE RAILS AFTER U.S. INVASION
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-ven ... conference ]


UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF RIPS ISRAELI LEGISLATION TO EXECUTE PALESTINIAN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/death ... -in-israel ]


"OVERCOMING THE CRISIS AND GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY: HUMANITY IN ACTION," THE IV ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD HUMANIST FORUM CALLS FOR JOINT ACTION
[ https://www.pressenza.com/es/2026/01/su ... -conjunta/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

MONDAY JANUARY 5, NOON: RALLY FOR VENEZUELA, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
Please spread the word. If you have any signs calling for peace, please bring them.


TUESDAY JANUARY 6, 6:30 pm: THE FUTURE OF THE NDP AND WHO WILL LEAD IT
[ https://us02web.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 Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard


TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 9 am: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBAL CRITICAL MINERALS RUSH
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY JANUARY 16, NOON: BUFFALO’S FAVOURITE FLOWERS: RESTORATION, RELATIONSHIP, AND LEARNING FROM THE LAND
[ https://www.prairiefoodsystemvision.org ... m-the-land ]


MONDAY JANUARY 26-MONDAY MARCH 23, 6:30-8 pm: PROJECT OF THE HEART, LUTHER COLLEGE 207, U OF R
In this edition of Project of Heart, participants will learn about the health care that the children detained at the Qu’Appelle Industrial School received. This includes care provided by the school’s staff, along with other services and public health initiatives, such as the File Hills Colony Hospital, the Fort Qu’Appelle Sanatorium, and the Fort Qu’Appelle Indian Hospital. They will also hear about the Church’s and the State’s motivations for providing these services, while actively seeking to suppress local forms of knowledge and healing practices.
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... ister-2026 ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 9 am: CANADA’S APPROACH TO CRITICAL MINERALS AT HOME AND ABROAD
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Messy Cities, by Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, and John Lorinc


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

CHANGING HOW URBAN RECYLCERS WORK AND HOW THE WORLD SEES THEM—Much needed in Regina!
[ https://thedignitybag.com/ ]


DEMAND CANADA TAKE CONCRETE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL BANNING 37 AID ORGANIZATIONS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/deman ... anizations ]


A LITHUANIAN WOMAN HAS BEEN LOCKED UP BY ICE FOR NEARLY A YEAR. SHE'S BEGGING TO BE DEPORTED, BUT THEY'RE REFUSING FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3535788058 ]


- Making Peace Vigil