MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 24, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 24, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SASKATOON SHELTERS SPRING INTO ACTION AS COLD WEATHER HITS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uEPXvnnJk ]


WHAT RENTERS NEED: STRONGER RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
[ https://housingrightscanada.com/what-re ... otections/ ]


MÉTIS AUTHOR KATHERENA VERMETTE ON HOW "PRETENDIANS" DAMAGE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ommunities ]


ENDING CHILD POVERTY: THE TIME IS NOW
Google: Ending child poverty, the time is now, 2024 report.
/ https://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uplo ... 8-2024.pdf ]

COURT SIDES WITH YOUTH IN HISTORIC CLIMATE CASE AGAINST ONTARIO
[ https://ecojustice.ca/news/court-sides- ... t-ontario/ ]

POLICE SPIED ON ALBERTAN JOURNALIST ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING NAZI MONUMENTS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/police-spied-on- ... monuments/ ]


GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA OBSTRUCTS DIMITRI LASCARIS’S ACCESS TO INFORMATION PROCESSESSING REQUEST ON MACDONALD LAURIER INSTITUTE-CANADIAN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
[ https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles ... unications ]


6 WAYS JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS MISLEADING CANADIANS ABOUT IMMIGRATION
[ https://breachmedia.ca/6-ways-justin-tr ... migration/ ]


CANADA-WIDE PEACE & JUSTICE NETWORK STATEMENT ON NATO’S 70TH ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/cwpjn ... -montreal/ ]


WHY WE BOYCOTT ISRAEL: ‘ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS'
[ https://breachmedia.ca/why-we-boycott-israel/ ]


AT LEAST 3 ARRESTED AFTER ANTI-NATO, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS IN MONTREAL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umoVm8zOWQ ]


WHAT IS THE WEST’S END GOAL IN UKRAINE?
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... in-ukraine ]


SELECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ‘DEFENDER’ COTLER PROMOTES WAR WITH IRAN
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/11/21/selec ... with-iran/ ]


CANADIAN CHARITIES AID ISRAELI CRIMES, REPORT WARNS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-c ... newsletter ]


THE ICC ISSUES ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU AND GALLANT
[ https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/breaking-t ... t-warrants ]


DEFUND GENOCIDE: ACTIVISTS AT COP29 LINK CLIMATE FIGHT TO MILITARISM, GAZA, LEBANON & SUDAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/21 ... es_plenary ]


“PAY UP!” AT COP29, POOR COUNTRIES DEMAND $1 TRILLION A YEAR IN CLIMATE FINANCE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/21 ... jeet_singh ]


ARIEL DERANGER, DIRECTOR OF INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION, ON DEMOCRACY NOW—10 MIN, 30 SEC
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnytVoN9pmk ]


CRACKDOWN IN AZERBAIJAN: COP29 HOST COUNTRY ARRESTS CLIMATE ACTIVISTS & JOURNALISTS AHEAD OF TALKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/18 ... azerbaijan ]


“TRILLIONS, NOT BILLIONS”: CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PROTEST AS COP29 CLOSES IN ON A “BAD DEAL”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/22 ... cop29_deal


“A GREAT SWINDLE”: ACTIVISTS SLAM DRAFT CLIMATE PLAN REDUCING HOW MUCH RICH POLLUTING COUNTRIES OWE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/22/cop29_deal ]


ANCESTRAL OUTCRY: THE BATTLE TO SAVE THE TAPAJÓS RIVER FROM THE FERROGRÃO MEGA-RAILWAY
[ https://amazonwatch.org/news/2024/1121- ... ga-railway ]


NEW US MISSILE BASE IN POLAND: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS IN REVERSE
[ https://space4peace.blogspot.com/2024/1 ... cuban.html ]


ARE WE CLOSER TO NUCLEAR WAR THAN WE’RE TOLD?, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/are-we-clos ... r-war-than ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 9 am-5 pm: COUNTER-SUMMIT AGAINST NATO'S PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY IN MONTREAL
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 10:30 am: TRANSGENDER AWARENESS, UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Transgender Awareness Week, November 13th to 19th, acts as a lead-in to Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th, 2024. Join us to learn more about Transgender Awareness.
Hybrid Service – In-Person and on zoom:
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1-2 pm: THE IMPACT OF WAR ON GAZA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, U OF R LIVE ONLINE EVENT
We are fortunate to have Deans Ihab Naser and Naha Nijim, and two university students from Gaza, join us to speak about the impact of war on their lives and their university, Al-Azhar University (Gaza).
[ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/86TPJ7V ]


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE,
mâmawêyatitân centre, 3365 6the AVE
Join us in this healing space as we express our support for the liberation of Palestine by creating art together, learning, and writing letters. Art stations will include creating a Community Blanket Story with Melanie Rose, as well as making posters, signs, birds, and stickers. There will be an eating station as well!!
All ages are welcome. This is a FREE event. Donations at the door or by e-transfer to [
palestinesolidarityregina@gmail.com ] are appreciated!


MONDAY NOVEMBER 25, 6 pm: 12 DAYS OF ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN—AN NDP INITIATIVE
[ https://www.ndp.ca/12-days-of-action-to ... en-webinar ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 25, 7 – 9 pm: SCREENING OF PLASTIC PEOPLE—THE HIDDEN CRISIS OF MICROPLASTICS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, ED AUDITORIUM, ROOM 106—Parking is complementary after 5 pm
The ground-breaking feature documentary Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Almost every bit of plastic ever made breaks down into “microplastics.” These microscopic particles drift in the air, float in all bodies of water, and mix into the soil, becoming a permanent part of the environment.
Now, leading scientists are finding these particles in our bodies: organs, blood, brain tissue, and even the placentas of new mothers. What is the impact of these invisible invaders on our health? And can anything be done about it?
Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong takes a personal approach by visiting leading scientists around the world and undergoing experiments in her home, on her food, and her body while collaborating with award-winning director Ben Addelman in an urgent call to action for all of us to rethink our relationship with plastic.
Sponsored by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 12:30 pm: SO WHAT’S THE PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 4 pm: THE MINEFIELD FOR CAMPUS FREE EXPRESSION WHEN IT'S ABOUT ISRAEL AND GAZA
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 6 pm: FIGHTING FAR-RIGHT POPULISM AT HOME & ABROAD
[ https://act.350.org/signup/call-n26/?ak ... x&rd=1&t=3 ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 8am-3pm: THE GATHERING—POWERING AN INDIGENOUS-LED CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
https://globeandmailevents.com/thegatheringtgamvirtual

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 6 – 8:30 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S WRITE FOR RIGHTS, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE
You can join friends who care about human rights by signing appeals and writing letters. We will have copies of the petitions and appeals, as well as pens, writing paper, and envelopes. Be sure to invite your friends to attend this event with you!
For over 20 years, Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Using the power of their words, hundreds of thousands of Write for Rights supporters in more than 200 countries have united behind a common purpose: together, we can change lives for the better.
[ https://amnesty.ca/event/regina-write-for-rights/ ]


SUNDAY DECEMBER 1: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S WRITE FOR RIGHTS, UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
The service starts at 10:30 am. Letter writing starts at approximately 11:30 am and runs until 1:00 pm.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 7 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN’S WRITE FOR RIGHTS ONLINE
https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... ts-online/

TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 4 pm: ENDING FORCED AND COERCED STERILIZATION IN CANADA, HONOURABLE YVONNE BOYER, CB 330, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, 2155 COLLEGE AVENUE.
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... canada.php ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 17, 7:30 pm: LISTEN TO DIS PRESENTS NOT JUST CHRISTMAS, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
Listen To Dis is a community arts organization, serving Saskatchewan's disabled and non-disabled community through arts, access, and education.
Regular tickets are $35. There are also some barrier free tickets available. If you would like the latter, please let me know.
https://tickets.darkehall.ca/TheatreMan ... nt249.html

NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

HOMES NOT HANDCUFFS
[ https://www.homesnothandcuffs.ca/council-action ]


$10 A DAY CHILDCARE FOR ALL
https://childcarenow.ca/10days/petition/

ARREST NETANYAHU
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ar ... nyahu_loc/

HELP STOP AN UNCONTACTED PEOPLE BEING WIPED OUT FOR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES
https://act.survivalinternational.org/p ... 2/action/1

SHELL CEO: DROP THE LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE
https://act.greenpeace.org/page/161575/action/1

EKO: STOP FUELING GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE
[ https://action.eko.org/a/chevron-stop-f ... ource=conf ]


HELP KEEP THE BUENO FAMILY SAFE IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/please-help-us ... -in-canada ]


- Making Peace Vigil