MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 23, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 23, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

POLICE PLANE'S EFFECT ON PUBLIC TRUST 'A DANGEROUS THING TO PLAY WITH': PROFESSOR
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -professor ]


SHARING THE VIEW FROM THE REGINA POLICE SERVICE'S PATROL PLANE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... trol-plane ]



CITY COUNCIL PUTS UP $8.7M FOR REAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGINA TO PAY BACK WAGE SUBSIDY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7211367 ]


MOE, HARRISON CAN'T DUCK FALLOUT FROM SPEAKER'S NUCLEAR BLAST
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... lear-blast ]


SYSTEM FAILING GROWING NUMBER OF SENIORS WHO ARE HOMELESS, NEED MORE SUPPORT: REPORT
[ https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/48 ... ort-report ]


TREATY SETTLEMENT SUGGESTS SASK. FIRST NATIONS ARE OWED BILLIONS by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 5da0a8ed70 ]


MERCURY POISONING NEAR GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION WORSENED BY ONGOING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder- ... -1.7211750 ]


LEONARD PELTIER AND THE LONG FIGHT FOR IDIGENOUS LIBERATION
[ https://therealnews.com/leonard-peltier ... liberation ]


CBC HAS WHITEWASHED ISRAEL’S CRIMES IN GAZA. I SAW IT FIRST HAND.
[ https://breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewashed- ... firsthand/ ]


DISRUPT THE POWERFUL! ALLOW THEM NO PEACE!! with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/05/18/ ... -no-peace/ ]


INSIDE THE STUDENT MOVEMENT THAT FORCED IRELAND’S TRINITY COLLEGE TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/05/i ... om-israel/ ]


SOUTH AFRICA SHOCKS THE WORLD! HUMILIATES ISRAEL AT ICJ
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pvEZogO_M ]


PEACE & JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS: FREEDOM FLOTILLA TO GAZA 2024
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-X570fAza4 ]


MEET LILY GREENBERG CALL, FIRST JEWISH BIDEN APPOINTEE TO PUBLICLY RESIGN OVER GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/21/ ... esignation ]


BERNIE SAUNDERS ON GAZA, GENOCIDE, & TRUMP
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hcjm5w_a4 ]


“COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT”: ISRAEL RAIDS JENIN CAMP IN WEST BANK, KILLING 8, “SHOOTING EVERYTHING”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/22/freedom_theater ]


‘NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW': ICC PROSECUTOR SEEKS ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAEL, HAMAS LEADERS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/icc-a ... rael-hamas ]


ICC TARGETS NETENYAHU—with Yves Engler & Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB2zXJCBZ1I ]


“A WATERSHED EVENT”: ICC CHARGES AGAINST NETANYAHU FIRST TIME COURT HAS GONE AFTER WESTERN LEADER
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/21/ ... _palestine ]


INT’L CRIMINAL COURT SEEKS ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU, GALLANT & HAMAS LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/20/ ... ant_sinwar ]


MEET TWO MOREHOUSE PROFESSORS WHO PROTESTED BIDEN OVER GAZA AND CONGO DURING COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/20/ ... den_speech ]


UNIONS SUPPORT STUDENT PROTESTORS AGAINST CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND POLICE
[ https://therealnews.com/unions-support- ... and-police ]


TRITA PARSI ON FUTURE OF IRAN AFTER PRESIDENT & FOREIGN MINISTER DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tca6E0LTfuk ]


JULIAN ASSANGE WINS UK HIGH COURT VICTORY IN EXTRADTION CASE
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Jul ... -0009.html ]

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

FRIDAY MAY 31, 4:30 pm: I AM GRETA—THE STORY OF GRETA THUNBERG, FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
The documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.


MONDAY JUNE 3, 10 am: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CANADA DISABILITY BENEFIT? TURNING REACTION INTO ACTION
On the agenda: ●Reflections on what happened in the federal budget. ●Updates on the Canada ●Disability Benefit.
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/c ... nto-action ]


SATURDAY JUNE 15 10 AM: GAZA AND UKRAINE TO WWIII: THE NATO PROBLEM
What does NATO have to do with current and looming wars? How does NATO work and what is it working on? How does an alliance whose members and partners make up 69.4% of the world's military spending shape international relations? What alternatives exist? What is being planned by advocates for peace and demilitarization?
Please register: [ https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-and-ukr ... o-problem/ ]




SATURDAY JUNE 15, 7 pm: DELEGATION FROM CUBA, SENIOR CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The delegation will be speaking on Cuba’s Critical Role in the Struggle for Peace.
For more information, call Ed: 306-718-8010


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SUPPORT ISRAELI CONSCIENOUS OBJECTORS
[ https://support.refuser.org/ ]


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