MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 4, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 4, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

RENAME DEWDNEY AVENUE: 2 LETTERS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... considered ]


SASK.'S MINIMUM WAGE RISING TO $15/HOUR LATER THIS YEAR, BUT SOME SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7252649 ]


SHEREE FERTUCK'S MURDER ILLUSTRATES SASKATCHEWAN'S DEEP-SEATED MISOGYNY PROBLEM: EXPERT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7249265 ]


THE WATER LIMITS: SASKATCHEWAN’S WATER SUPPLY IS SHRINKING. EXPERTS SAY SCOTT MOE’S GOVERNMENT MAKES A SCARY SITUATION WORSE
[ https://prairiedogmag.com/2024-april/the-water-limits/ ]


ONE DRINKING WATER ADVISERY IS ONE TOO MANY
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/deliveri ... oples-day/ ]


US SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CITIES TO BAN HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE, EVEN WHEN SHELTER SPACE IS LACKING (This has already happened in Regina)
[ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/s ... is-lacking ]


SECRETIVE COMMITTEE IN ONTARIO MINISTRY PUSHED CRACKDOWN ON PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVISM
[ https://breachmedia.ca/secretive-commit ... -activism/ ]


FROM AUGUST 2021: BEHIND CANADA’S DECADES-LONG SCHEME TO AVOID GENOCIDE PUNISHMENT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/214b ... newsletter ]


GAZA WILL SAVE US
[ https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/we ... 2678249415 ]


“THIS MUST END”: ISRAEL ORDERS NEW MASS EVACUATION, CONTINUING ATTACKS ON GAZA HEALTH SYSTEM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/3/d ... _ceasefire ]


IN THE WEST BANK, A RABBI FIGHTS TO DEFEND PALESTINIAN LAND
[ https://therealnews.com/in-the-west-ban ... inian-land ]


HOW THE IMF PLAYED A ROLE IN THE UKRAINE WAR, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=393TS- ... e=youtu.be ]


LULA VISITS CHOMSKY RECOVERING FROM STROKE: “YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/2/n ... l_recovery ]


FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BEGS ISRAELIS NOT TO ABANDON ISRAEL, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8dJdtPTEvE ]


VIJAY PRASHAD: RESOURCE-RICH CONGO STILL FIGHTING FOR ITS OWN WEALTH 64 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE (Canada also played a role in the killing of Lumumba)
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/2/c ... er_belgium ]


CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND THE EXCLUSION OF CUBA FROM US LIST
[ https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/07/ ... m-us-list/ ]


UNTIL JULIAN ASSANGE IS PARDONED, PRESS FREEDOM REMAINS AT RISK
[ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/until ... s-at-risk/ ]


“WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 4TH OF JULY?”: JAMES EARL JONES READS FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S HISTORIC SPEECH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/4/w ... ave_is_the ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY JULY 4, 5 pm: WHAT’S NEXT FOR PUBLIC PHARMACARE?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JULY 6, 3:30 pm: NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE—A DISCUSSION, COPPER KETTLE, 1953 SCARTH ST
Host: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010


MONDAY JULY 8, 5:30 pm: YOU ARE INVITED TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REGINA’S SUMMER SOCIAL & POTLUCK, REGINA SENIORS CENTE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/july-8th ... d-potluck/ ]


TUESDAY JULY 9, 9 am: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—THE FATE OF CENTRAL LIBRARY ON THE AGENDA, REGINA CITY HALL
Or online: [ https://www.myaccess.ca/accessnow/live/ ... ty-council ]


TUESDAY JULY 9, 6 pm: DEBUNKING DANGEROUS DETERRENCE THEORY AND MOVING TOWARD GLOBAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JULY 9, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY—ORGANIZING FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE. REGINA


MONDAY AUGUST 19, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH, A COMMUNIST FOR THE RCMP, BY DENNIS GRUENDIG, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://attend.reginalibrary.ca/event/1 ... ation=true ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 7 pm: AN EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT IS EDUCATION, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
6:30pm (doors open)
7pm-9pm Keynote speakers followed by open Q & A
9pm-10pm reception
Keynotes:
Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard, Dean of Education, Seattle University
Dr. Joel Westheimer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1156795555372601/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TO: LABOUR MINISTER SEAMUS O’REGAN AND PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU: FAIR WAGES FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/fair-w ... ttendants/ ]


END THE GENOCIDE OF GAZA. URGE GOVERNMENTS TO USE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RES 377 “UNITING FOR PEACE” FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/when-nothing ... palestine/ ]


GIVE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES A LIFELINE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/tell-lea ... -lifeline/ ]


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