MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 28, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 28, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

MASTERS WRONG ON PALESTINIAN FLAG, letter by Andrew Stevens (Scroll down past first letter)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... nald-trump ]


NEW MAYOR MUST ADDRESS LOOMING DANGERS, letter by Evelyn Tischer (Scroll down past first letter)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ong-better ]


SASKATOON MAN SMUDGES OUTSIDE MAKESHIFT SHELTER FOR FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN SASKATOON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7393942 ]


INVISIBLE HOMELESS WOMEN LIVING IN CARS TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE
[ https://www.bwss.org/invisible-homeless ... -violence/ ]


CANADA POST WORKERS ARE FIGHTING AN EMPOYER-LED RACE TO THE BOTTOM
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-pos ... he-bottom/ ]


THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN CANADA
[ https://cmha.ca/what-we-do/policy-resea ... in-canada/ ]


STUDENTS OVER DONOR MONEY: THE SUPPRESSION OF PALESTINE SOLIDARITY AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY AND BEYOND
[ https://www.cjpme.org/icc_arrest_netany ... urce=cjpme ]


CANADA SHOULD CARE MORE ABOUT CLIMATE THAN TRUMP’S CABINET, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 4f0ab61267 ]


CROWSNEST PASS VOTED FOR COAL — OTHER ALBERTA COMMUNITIES DON'T ALL SHARE THE ENTHUSIASM—What kind of people are we!!!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7393547 ]


SPECIAL INTERLOCUTOR RELEASES FINAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL GRAVES REPORT
[ https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/s ... es-report/ ]


CANADA IS FAILING TO CLEAR EVEN THE LOWEST BAR FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... al-school/ ]


TAXING EXCESS PROFITS IN CANADA: AN URGENT PROPOSAL FOR ACTION
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources ... sal-action ]


REACHING THE NATO 2% GDP TARGET WILL MEAN MORE GUNS & MUCH LESS BUTTER
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... ss-butter/ ]


CANADA IS DOUBLING MILITARY SPENDING—ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE US MILITARY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuahsPx0LY4 ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, NOVEMBER 25, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z47QKoVBmzs ]


LEONARD PELTIER: AMNESTY INT’L CALLS ON BIDEN TO FREE INDIGENOUS LEADER “BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26 ... rd_peltier ]


RETHINKING THANKSGIVING: “DISMANTLING COLONIAL MYTHS, UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND HONORING MOTHER EARTH.”
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvE0AkwkZbA ]


LAKOTA HISTORIAN NICK ESTES ON THANKSGIVING, SETTLER COLONIALISM & CONTINUING INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/28 ... anksgiving ]


U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT ENDS WITH A “BAD DEAL” AS RICH, POLLUTING NATIONS REFUSE $1 TRILLION FINANCE PLAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/25 ... an_brandon ]


AFTER 2023 ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ARMENIANS FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH, WHY DID AZERBAIJAN GET TO HOST COP29?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/25 ... o_karabakh ]


“FORCED TO ADAPT”: MARSHALL ISLANDS POET & ACTIVIST KATHY JETN̄IL-KIJINER ON CLIMATE CRISIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/25 ... lands_poet ]


AFTER ENDING IN OVERTIME, COP29 CALLED ‘BIG F U TO CLIMATE JUSTICE’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop29-baku ]


CLIMATE SUMMIT ENDS WITH A LONG-FOUGHT DEAL — AND A LOT OF ANGER
[ https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/2 ... 9-00191386 ]


AHEAD OF PLASTICS TREATY TALKS, MILLIONS DEMAND PRODUCTION CUTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/globa ... reaty-2024 ]


ISRAEL HAS KILLED OVER 1,000 DOCTORS AND NURSES IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... es-in-gaza ]


TWO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS REFUSE TO ENLIST IN THE ISRAELI ARMY: ‘GET OUT OF GAZA NOW!’
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/11/two-c ... -gaza-now/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil








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HEARTBREAKINGLY DEVASTATING’: US REPORTEDLY PLANS TO APPROVE $680 MILLION IN ARMS TO ISRAEL
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2024- ... -to-israel

ISRAELI SIEGE LEAVES 130,000 KIDS TRAPPED & AT RISK OF STARVATION IN NORTHERN GAZA
https://www.commondreams.org/news/north ... ger-israel

WAR CRIMES IN LEBANON: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS ISRAEL USED U.S. ARMS TO KILL 3 JOURNALISTS
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/israel_lebanon

WITH CEASEFIRE IN SIGHT, ISRAELI BOMBINGS KILL AT LEAST 12 IN LEBANON
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... cease-fire

ISRAEL’S ‘CEASEFIRE’ DEAL WITH LEBANON & WHAT IT MEANS FOR GAZA
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon- ... srael-gaza

“FRAGILE” CEASEFIRE BEGINS IN LEBANON AFTER ISRAEL LAUNCHED MORE DEVASTATING ATTACKS
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/27 ... _ceasefire

ISRAEL AGREES TO CEASE-FIRE WITH LEBANON’S HEZBOLLAH—BUT WHAT ABOUT GAZA?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/leban ... -ceasefire

US SHIPMENT OF ANTI-PERONNEL MINES TO UKRAINE IS OUTRAGEOUS
https://www.telesurenglish.net/u-s-ship ... =available

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

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/

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30, 3 pm: COMMEMORATING THE LIFE & LEGACY OF FIDEL CASTRO
https://peoplesforum.org/events/comrade ... astro-ruz/

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.

MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 6 pm: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, an NDP webinar
https://www.ndp.ca/international-day-of ... es-webinar

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

TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 208 or ONLINE
https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html

NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

EMAIL YOUR NEW MLA. LET THEM KNOW THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION MATTERS
https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/email_your_new_mla

TELL TRUDEAU: ARREST NETANYAHU
https://www.cjpme.org/icc_arrest_netanyahu

TELL LULULEMON TO STOP BURNING COAL TO MAKE YOGA PANTS
https://act.stand.earth/page/29285/petition/1

BAN THE PESTICIDE FLUFENACET! NO MORE DELAYS, NO MORE EXCUSES!
https://action.eko.org/a/eu-food-commit ... t-for-good

HELP FREE NETH
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/free-neth

TELL PARLIAMENT: RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD NOW
https://www.cjpme.org/recognize_palestine

TELL THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT: STOP CRIMINALIZING PALESTINIAN ADVOCACY
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/a-can ... rect_link&

CANADIANS SUPPORT BIG OIL DOING THEIR FAIR SHARE TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/emcap-consultation/

TELL FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS: TAX BIG OIL & THE WEALTHIEST CORPORATIONS
https://allofustogether.ca/#action

PROTECT THE ARCTIC FROM DEEP SEA MINING
https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-the-arctic