MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 26, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 26, 2025

GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

REGINA CENTRAL LIBRARY'S CLASSIC DESIGN MERITS PRESERVATION, by Donna Holmes
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... eservation ]


'WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY TO REALLY STEP IT UP': CONSULTATIONS ON REGINA PERMANENT SHELTER UNDERWAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7439417 ]


‘IT’LL STICK WITH ME.’ GRADE 6 CLASS LEARNS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS FROM SASKATOON MAYOR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7438805 ]


FILM ON LEGACY OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN CANADA NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY AT 2025 OSCARS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7439643 ]


SASKATCHEWAN TO REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE ROOM POLICIES—SHAME!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... m-policies ]


SASK. SIGNALS RADICAL SHIFT BY CLINGING TO FADING COAL POWER, by Brett Dolter
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ading-coal ]


WHY A UNIONIZED WAREHOUSE IN QUEBEC POSED A THREAT TO AMAZON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7441043 ]


AMAZON IS QUITTING QUEBEC TO ‘SHOCK AND AWE’ WORKERS WORLDWIDE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/amazon-quitting- ... worldwide/ ]


CJPME RAISES THE ALARM ABOUT DISCREDITED VIRAL ISLAMOPHOBIC ARTICLE THAT SLANDERS PALESTINE ADVOCATES IN CANADA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_01_22_the ... urce=cjpme ]


WITH POLITICS ON TURTLE ISLAND IN CHAOS, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE STAYING THE COURSE
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... ities-are/ ]


JUSTIN TRUDEAU & CANADA’S LEGACY OF IMPERIALISM & RACISM
[ https://soundcloud.com/user-92939733/ju ... and-racism ]


WHY TRUMP WANTS CANADA AS AMERICA’S 51ST STATE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsoYKw2pigc ]


TRUMP’S ATTACK ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROVOKES A GRASSROOTS BACKLASH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/23/ ... ity_equity ]


PROVINCE 'CLOSELY CONSIDERING' EXTENDING LIFE OF SASKATCHEWAN'S COAL POWER PLANTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... wer-plants ]


LOS ANGELS FIRES ILLUSTRATE CLIMATE ‘WHIPLASH’ EFFECT
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


CHRYSTIA FREELAND DISRUPTED FOR PROMOTING GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02CyUCRG01Q&t=3s ]


AMID GAZA CEASEFIRE, WE CAN’T FORGET ABOUT THE WEST BANK, with El Jones
[ https://breachmedia.ca/west-bank-israel ... -violence/ ]


HOW MUCH OF GAZA IS LEFT? AND HOW WILL IT BE REBUILT, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/how-much-of-gaza-is-left ]


‘WE DO NOT CONDONE… NAZISM,’ SAY REDDIT GROUPS BANNING X LINKS OVER ELON MUSK HAND GESTURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-gest ... -1.7439336 ]


'A PATTERN OF GENOCIDE': REPORT DETAILS ISRAEL'S SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF GAZA HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-healthcare ]


VIOLATING CEASE-FIRE DEAL, ISRAEL WON'T WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM LEBANON BEFORE DEADLINE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -ceasefire ]


AID GROUP SOUNDS ALARM OVER 'DISTURBING' ISRAELI RAMPAGE IN WEST BANK
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/west- ... 2670983221 ]


TRUMP HALTS SANCTIONS ON ISRAELI SETTLERS, THREATENS TO SEIZE ASSETS OF WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATORS
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/01/22/tru ... Newsletter ]


AN EVENING WITH PALESTINIAN POET MOSAB ABU TOHA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4jstTuB3Jg ]


21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM SERIES: ON CUBA - LUISA MARTINEZ IN CONVERSATION, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpsOgKHOSPo ]


WHO WILL WIN THE PEACE IN UKRAINE?
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/who-will-w ... n-ukraine/ ]


WE ARE NOT YOUR SOLDIERS
[ https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/ ]


HOW THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WORKS
[ https://www.icanw.org/how_the_treaty_wo ... ource=ican ]


REDUCING US SPENDING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS—by Massachusetts Peace Action
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VUU3XO_slQ ]


THE NUCLEAR BAN TREATY IN A NUTSHELL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuR4TojNwnA ]


INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE: THE 2023 DETERRENCE SUMMIT PART 3
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/03/insid ... it-part-3/ ]


THE BISHOP WHO SPOKE TRUTH TO TRUMP WAS DOING HER JOB
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/polit ... -reaction/ ]


STORIES OF RESISTANCE: VICTOR JARA’S LAST WORDS
[ https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resi ... last-words ]


THE PROMETHEAN ASPIRATIONS OF THE DARKER NATIONS
[ https://thetricontinental.org/newslette ... nt-theory/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 12:30 pm: BOYCOTT4PALESTINE—STRATEGIES & COMPAIGNS
A session by the Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6TH AVE
Join us in this healing space as we celebrate the ceasefire and express our continued support for the liberation of Palestine. Together, we will create art, learn, and visit, and this Sunday we will also enjoy the musical talents of Albert Von Ledebur. Food and snacks provided, please feel free to contribute food or a donation.


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 11 am: YES IT WORKS! HOW HOUSING FIRST FOR YOUTH TRANSFORMS LIVES
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 3 pm: JOIN THE VITUAL CLIMATE ACTION HOUR
[ https://act.sierraclub.org/events/detai ... ActionHour ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 6 PM: WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADA’S EMISSIONS CAP: DELIVERING FOR HEALTH & CLIMATE IN A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[ https://act.cape.ca/whats_next_for_cana ... ssions_cap ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: GREAT GREEN WALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
[ https://thegreatgreenwall.org/film ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 9 am – 3 pm: FIRST UNDERGRADUATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE (it’s open to everybody), UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CONFERENCE FEE $7.00
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-unde ... tdtcreator ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, COLLEGE AVE COMPUS, CB 139


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


ONTARIO: STOP PERSECUTING PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS
[ https://www.cjpme.org/dismantle_hcwg?ut ... urce=cjpme ]


PROTEST ATLANTA'S CRUEL 'CLEANINGS' OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS WHICH KILLED A MAN ON THE EVE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/999/137 ... 3458062693 ]


DEMAND CHUBB PROTECT OUR FUTURE, NOT FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://act.ran.org/page/72461/petition/1 ]


CALLING ON ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY BROGLIO TO DECLARE CATHOLIC CHURCHES AS SANCTUARIES FOR IMMIGRANTS NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/catho ... immigrants ]


TELL METTA: REINSTATE PROTECTIONS FOR WOMEN, LGBTA+, BLACK & BROWN PEOPLE ON THEIR PLATFORMS NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/e94 ... 12f104d0e1 ]


DEMAND PALESTINE SELF-DETERMINATION & LIBERATION
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on ... al-rights/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil