MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 23, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 23, 2025


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

REGINA TRAILOR PARK RESIDENTS CONCERNED AFTER EVICTION NOTICES SERVED
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/11028180/con ... n-notices/ ]


BLOOD, SWEAT, INK: HOW SASKATCHEWAN NEWSPAPER PRINTSHOPS DIED AFTER 146 YEARS
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/feature/bloo ... -146-years ]

SASKATCHEWAN SCHOOLS TO GET $1M IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FOOD PROGRAMS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... d-programs ]


ALBERTA COAL FIASCO UNEARTHS BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAP
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/alberta-c ... ower-grab/ ]


HOW NOVA SCOTIA TRIES TO PREDICT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE BEFORE IT ESCALATES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... -1.7463722 ]


MOST PEOPLE IN DENMARK & THE NETHERLANDS HAVE A DOCTOR. HERE’S WHAT CANADA CAN LEARN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/most ... -1.7463900 ]


CJPME JOINS 230+ ORGANISATIONS IN URGING F-35 PARTNERS TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL
[ https://www.cjpme.org/joint_letter_2025 ... urce=cjpme ]


HISTORY SHOWS TRADE WAR WOULD HURT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THE MOST
[ https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local ... e-the-most ]


ED BROADBENT ON CANADIAN SOCIALISM AGAINST US DOMINATION
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/canadian ... omination/ ]


CHANTAL KREVIAZUK CHANGES O CANADA LYRICS AT HOCKEY GAME AGAINST U.S.
[ https://www.yahoo.com/news/only-us-comm ... p_catchall ]


TRUMP’S TALK OF ‘MANIFEST DESTINY’ IS MERELY HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ing-itself ]


TRUMP'S MUSINGS ON 'VERY LARGE FAUCET' IN CANADA PART OF LOOMING WATER CRISIS, SAY RESEARCHERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7459583 ]


TIME TO THINK BEYOND ‘WORTHLESS’ FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/time-to-th ... newsletter ]


TRUMP’S THREATS, CANADIAN CHALLEGES
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/02/tru ... nges/#more ]


WE WON’T LET TRUMP ROLL BACK THE CLOCK ON SOCIAL JUSTICE GAINS, by Michelle Jean
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... ice-gains/ ]


DARK SHADOWS OF FASCISM OVER GERMANY & THE US
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... of-fascism ]


ICE DETAINS TWO LAS CRUCES TEENS AS THEY HEAD TO WORK
[ https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2 ... 208012007/ ]


TRUMP CAUGHT THE EU OFF GUARD
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-6mxrxFTA ]


TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEMOLISHES PROJECT UKRAINE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2dxQTW914 ]


THE REICHSTAG FIRE AND A MANUFACTURED CRISIS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... nufactured ]


MAX BLUMENTHAL ON WAR & PEACE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0QOayjUU4NE ]


'UNCONSCIONABLE' FOR EU TO ROLL OUT RED CARPET FOR ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER, SAYS AMNESTY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gideon-saar ]


THE DAY AFTER “PHASE 1“: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR GAZA, HAMAS, ISRAEL, AND THE FUTURE OF PALESTINIAN LIBERATION?
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/future-g ... as-podcast ]


GABOR MATE, NAOMI KLEIN AND CECILE SURASKY ON PALESTINE’S LIBERATION
[ https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Afv-9 ... view?pli=1 ]


“CRACK-UP CAPITALISM”: HISTORIAN QUINN SLOBODIAN ON TRUMP, MUSK & THE MOVEMENT TO “SHATTER” THE STATE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/20/ ... capitalism ]


WEST BANK IS BECOMING ‘A SERIES OF OPEN AIR PRISONS’
[ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new ... stine.html ]


THEY TRIED TO SILENCE HER – THEY FAILED | FRANCESCA ALBANESE’S BERLIN KEYNOTE ON GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxvrGVxuis ]


LEBANON BRACES FOR FUNERAL OF HASSAN NASRALLAH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmfgbfgntlc ]


“CONGOLESE ARE PAYING THE PRICE” FOR WESTERN DEMAND FOR MINERALS & SUPPORT FOR RWANDA’S PAUL KAGAME
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/20/ ... m23_rwanda ]


HUNTER SCHAFER SAYS PASSPORT LISTS SEX AS 'M' AFTER TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hunter-sc ... -1.7465534 ]


STUDY SHOWS GLACIERS HAVE LOST '3 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS PER SECOND' SINCE 2000
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/glaciers-melting ]


CASE THAT COULD INFLICT 'FINANCIAL RUIN' ON GREENPEACE HEADS TO TRIAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/green ... y-transfer ]


KEEPING MALCOLM X’s LEGACY ALIVE
[ https://therealnews.com/we-lost-malcolm ... revolution ]


4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY ON PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (TPNW) – CHOOSE LIFE!
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/4th-a ... oose-life/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6th Ave


MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 10 AM: RISING VIOLENCE AND THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO PALESTINIANS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/rising ... 4bd1067765 ]


MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 5 pm: BREAKING BARRIERS—BLACK WOMEN SHAPING HUMAN RIGHTS IN POLITICS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]


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 ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 6 pm: BIG NUCLEAR—NUCLEAR EXPANSION IN CANADA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 11 am: WE MUST DO OUR HOMEWORK—THE HISTORY BEHIND HOMELESSNESS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 5 pm: CLIMATE ACTION HOUR WITH THE SIERRA CLUB
[ https://www.mobilize.us/sierraclubaction/event/752008/ ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 8 am: SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA—IMPACT, LEGALITY, & POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/cyKJjdJ7D4k ]


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


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1 pm: ADDRESSING HATE CRIMES—STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE REPORTING, TRACKING, & RESPONSE
[ https://globeandmailevents.com/findingc ... GlobeEmail ]


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their STORY this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]


TUESDAY MARCH 4, 5 pm: COUNCIL OF CANADIANS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: GETTING FROM THE CANADA WE’VE GOT TO THE CANADA WE WANT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2:30 pm: CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE IN CANADA: WINS, CHALLENGES AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... -43SIc7qRw ]


THURSDAY MARCH 6, 7 pm: WHY CIVIL DISCOURSE MATTERS, WITH RANDY BOYAGODA, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12603187 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 12, 4 pm: CANADA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP—NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & FOREIGN POLICY IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/3875320099463630/ ]


SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]


MONDAY MARCH 17 – THURSDAY MARCH 20: CITY OF REGINA 2025 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, REGINA CITY HALL


MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


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:

BRING THEM HOME: OUR BLACK BOYS ARE MISSING—WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION!
[ https://www.change.org/p/bring-them-hom ... ate-action ]


FLOOD THE ISRAELI EMBASSY WITH LETTERS DEMANDING DR. ABU SAFIYA’S RELEASE
[ https://www.codepink.org/israelembassy? ... e=codepink ]


- Making Peace Vigil