MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 9, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 9, 2025


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

'IT’S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE': REGINA NON-PROFIT LOOKS TO OPEN RIBBON SKIRT REGALIA LIBRARY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ia-library ]


REGINA’S NEWLY APPROVED SAFE CONSUMPTION SITE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7425067 ]


SASK ARTS HIRES FIRST INDIGENOUS CEO
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/sk-a ... -1.7424811 ]


B.C. BASKETBALL TEAM TO SKIP GAMES OVER ALLEGED MISTREATMENT OF TRANS PLAYER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/tr ... -1.7425667 ]


AS JOURNALISM PROGRAMS ACROSS CANADA FACE LOW ENROLMENT, SCHOOLS HIT PAUSE TO MODERNIZE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/journali ... emaple.com ]


HOW DID CANADIAN WORKERS & UNIONS FARE IN 2024?
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/how-did-ca ... newsletter ]


UNDOCUMENTED IN CANADA, SHE'S EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-u ... -1.7425476 ]


JORDAN PETERSON INTERVIEWS PIERRA POILIEVRE--& I SCREAM AT MY PHONE
[ https://rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/jo ... ews-pierre ]


MR TRUDEAU: TELL FRANCE TO SHOW HAITI THE INDEMNITY MONEY
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/06/mr-tr ... ity-money/ ]


HOW CANADA HELPED PROVOKE RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX4inYnWEzk&t=36s ]


CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'S COMPLICITY IN ISRAEL’S WAR ON GAZA HEALTHCARE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0oWITvJjbw&t=17s ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, JANUARY 6, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjT_DeIzDV0 ]


‘I REFUSE A CHEAP DEATH’: ISRAEL KILLS PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST IN GAZA
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/5 ... st-in-gaza ]


GENOCIDE IN GAZA: WESTERN MORAL COLLAPSE IN THE AGE OF HYPER IMERIALISM, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/genocide ... perialism/ ]


“REQUIEM FOR A REFUGEE CAMP”: MOSAB ABU TOHA ON DESTRUCTION OF JABALIYA, ABDUCTION OF DOCTORS & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/7/m ... _gaza_2025 ]


SAVE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIA BEFORE HE DIES UNDER TORTURE IN ISRAELI PRISONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/save- ... i-prisons/ ]


BACK IN SYRIA AFTER EXILE, BBC REPORTER LINA SINJAB ON “JOY” & CALLS FOR PROSECUTION, RECONCILIATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/26 ... njab_syria ]


FAMINE SPREADING AMID 'UNPRECEDENTED' HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SUDAN: UN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sudan ... ty-council ]


THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN FASCISM
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... n-fascism/ ]


"SHE WAS FRAMED": ETHEL ROSENBERG'S SON IS CALLING ON BIDEN TO POSTHUMOUSLY PARDON HIS MOTHER
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xog5RNQkMRc ]


4B: HOW SOUTH KOREAN WOMEN ARE LEADING A RADICAL MOVEMENT AGAINST MISOGYNY
[ https://theconversation.com/4b-how-sout ... yny-243296 ]

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 7 pm: SCREENING OF NEW ENGLAND MODERNISM: REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
Link to the film’s website where there is a trailer:
[ https://mainspringnarrative.org/new-england-modernism ]


SATURDAY JANUARY 11, NOON: RESIST US-NATO AGGRESSION, BASES, AND THE MILITARIZATION OF EUROPE! UPHOLD PEOPLES' RIGHTS AND LIBERATION!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, NOON: POST ELECTION MEDIA—NEW RULES, NEW REALITIES
[ https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/newrulesnewrea ... abf9c4fb82 ]


NEW LOCATION: TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 191 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 11 am: TRUDEAU’S FINAL ACT: JOIN THE CCPA FOR A WEBINAR EXAMINING HIS GOVERNMENT’S RECORD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 1VtaTjgtdw ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

END CANADA’S MILITARY MISSION ASSISTING ISRAELI OCCUPATION
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/end-c ... occupation ]


A HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF DR. HOSSAM IDRIS AMER ABU SAFIEH
[ https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx ]


IMPLEMENT TRACEABILITY FOR SEXUAL ASSUALT EVIDENCE KITS IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/implement-trac ... -in-canada ]


CALL FOR RCMP TO IMPLEMENT INDIGENOUS SERVICE SYSTEMS DURING CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.change.org/p/call-for-rcmp- ... ommunities ]


NO TO PETROBRAS OIL DRILLING IN THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN
[ https://action.eko.org/a/ibama-no-petro ... the-amazon ]


PRESIDENT BIDEN: EXONERATE ETHEL ROSENBERG
[ https://www.rfc.org/exonerate-ethel ]


- Making Peace Vigil