MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 18, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 18, 2026


TWO SPECIAL ACTIONS

BAN MILITARY AIR SHOWS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/ban-military-air-shows/ ]


HAVE YOUR SAY IN CANADA’S ELECTRICITY FUTURE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/have-you ... ty-future/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

AFTER SHORT STAY IN SASK., MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONTINUES UNPRECEDENTED NORTHERN TRIP
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/after-short ... thern-trip ]


REGINA COP CHARGED WITH SNOOPING AWAITS MORE INFO ABOUT THE CASE AGAINST HIM, COURT HEARS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-cop- ... ourt-hears ]


COMPLAINANT IN REGINA COP PRIVACY BREACH CASE PUSHES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7236171 ]


IT TOOK COURAGE TO REPORT MY SEXUAL ASSAULT. 608 DAYS LATER, EVERYTHING FELL APART
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7207279 ]


'NEVER SEEN IT SO BAD:' NURSES SPEAK ON SASK. 'RETENTION CRISIS'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ion-crisis ]


‘ANGER, SADNESS, A SENSE OF DEJA-VU': MONTRÉAL-NORD MAYOR RESPONDS TO POLICE RACISM ALLEGATIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -9.7235042 ]


PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE MONTRÉAL-NORD POLICE STATION AT CENTRE OF RACISM ALLEGATIONS—Shame!!!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -9.7236644 ]


CARNEY GOVERNMENT BACKS AWAY FROM DECREE THAT FIRST NATIONS HAVE A 'HUMAN RIGHT' TO SAFE DRINKING WATER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/ca ... d9421b0d08 ]


CARNEY RESPONDS TO U.S. WALKING AWAY FROM DEFENCE BOARD WITH CANADA
[ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/InDbkyr7qug?app=desktop ]


WALMART WORKERS HAVE WON A FIRST-EVER CONTRACT IN NORTH AMERICA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/walmart-wo ... newsletter ]


NORTHERN EMERGENCY CO-ORDINATOR SAYS SASK'S NEW WILDFIRE GRANT PROGRAM IS 'A DROP IN THE BUCKET'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7234406 ]


DEMANDING A REAL PLAN FOR CANADA’S 2030 CLIMATE PLAN
[ https://ecojustice.ca/file/demanding-a- ... te-target/ ]


MARK CARNEY WELCOMES IRAN DEAL THAT LEAVES KEY ISSUES UNRESOLVED
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/b7a2 ... 0c9e2d5df/ ]


THE TIME OF PLAGUES, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... irect=true ]


WHY ARE CANADIANS FUNDING THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT?
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/why-a ... overnment/ ]


APARTHEID FREE TURNS 3: HOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND ARE CUTTING TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7Jxuyinzw ]


MAJOR ANTIRACIST RALLY HELD IN BELFAST TO CONDEMN ANTI-IMMIGRANT RIOTS EGGED ON BY ELON MUSK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/15/ ... mmigration ]\


HOW FINLAND SOLVED HOMELESSESS
[ https://www.facebook.com/reel/1005249725230162 ]


IN ‘GROTESQUE BILLIONAIRE BONANZA,’ 41 ENERGY TYCOONS SAW FORTUNES GROW BY $23.5 BILLION SINCE TRUMP LAUNCHED IRAN WAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/g7-bi ... an-profits ]


‘WELCOME NEWS’: DESPITE NETANYAHU SABOTAGE EFFORTS, US AND IRAN REACH INTERIM DEAL TO END WAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/welco ... to-end-war ]


FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS' HARROWING EXPERIENCE IN AN ISRAELI TORTURE DUNGEON REVEALED (W/ THIAGO ÁVILA) | THE CHRIS HEDGES REPORT
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/flot ... experience ]


IN CAMPAIGN TO SEIZE MORE OF GAZA, ISRAEL EXPANDS ATTACKS ON PALESTINIANS NEAR “YELLOW LINE”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-yel ... aeli-bases ]


“JOURNACIDE: THE WAR ON TRUTH.” NEW FILM INVESTIGATES ISRAEL’S KILLING OF REPORTERS IN LEBANON
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/17/ ... ean_murray ]


“THEY STOLE OUR HOME AND OUR LIFE”: ISRAEL PERMANENTLY DISPLACES SYRIANS IN QUNEITRA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/syria-is ... splacement ]


TRITA PARSI ON WHAT MAY BE IN THE U.S.-IRAN PEACE DEAL & BEING THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/16/trita_parsi_iran ]


AS FULL MOU TEXT REVEALED, TRUMP JUSTIFIES ENDING WAR THAT CRITICS SAID HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE STARTED
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trumps-iran-deal ]


US-ISRAEL ATTACKS ON IRAN: DEATH TOLL AND INJURIES LIVE TRACKER
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/1 ... ve-tracker ]


WILL ISRAEL BLOW UP TRUMP’S DEAL? JEREMY SCAHILL ON IRAN TALKS, STRAIT OF HORMUZ, NUKES & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/15/ ... el_lebanon ]


AFTER MONTHS OF RANTING ABOUT TAKING IRAN’S URANIUM, TRUMP ASKS, ‘WHY BOTHER?’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-uranium ]


IRAN WINS CONCESSIONS FROM U.S.; UKRAINE STRIKES CRITICAL MOSCOW REFINERY; ISRAEL REFUSES TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-con ... withdrawal ]


VIJAY PRASHAD: THE US-IRAN DEAL CHANGES EVERYTHING | BRICS, ISRAEL & THE FUTURE OF THE LEFT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duyUuQkxIF0 ]


DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS 2025: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT
[ https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AC ... 8/2026/en/ ]


THE GLADIATOR GAMES OF THE AMERICAN CAESAR, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... e-american ]


‘GAINING CONSENT BY PROMISING FORCE’: LATE FASCISM AND GRAMSCI
[ https://therealnews.com/gaining-consent ... nd-gramsci ]


WE WANT HUMANITY TO SURVIVE: THE “CAPITALISM CAN’T BE FIXED” CAMPAIGN IS ALIVE AND KICKING!
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/we-wa ... d-kicking/ ]


‘ABSOLUTELY CRAZY’: ACCELERATION OF CLIMATE COLLAPSE FEARED AS TEMPS IN ANTARCTIC 20°C HIGHER THAN NORMAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/antar ... -heat-june ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY JUNE 18, 5:30 PM: WALKING BETWEEN WORLDS: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, COLLEGE BUILDING, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA AND VIA ZOOM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous- ... 0191579589 ]


SATURDAY JUNE 20, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, VICTORIA SQUARE SHOPPING CENTRE
Get things repaired for free.
[ https://ecnrepaircafe.setmore.com/ ]


SUNDAY JUNE 21, 10 am – 1 pm: CELEBRATE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, VICTORIA PARK
[ https://mcos.ca/calendar/national-indig ... oples-day/ ]


SUNDAY JUNE 21, 7 am: IMPERIALISM VS MULTI-POLARITY—THE US AND CHINA’S CLASHING VISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
[ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imperial ... p_tld=true ]


TUESDAY JUNE 23, 11 am: WHO IS CASHING IN ON CANADA’S HOUSING CRISIS?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... bdZZLssGNQ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 23, NOON: BRINGING DUTY TO ASSIST TO CANADA—WHAT WINNIPEG CAN TEACH US
What would it look like if Canadian governments and communities had a legal duty to help prevent and end homelessness? And what would be required to make it happen? Winnipeg has answers.
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... -teach-us/ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 23, 5 pm: THE REAL ORIGINS OF THE UKRAINE WAR & WHY IT MATTERS
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/DdR_s_lQD0Sx5kzOk4TAnw2 ]


THURSDAY JUNE 25, 5 pm: DISCUSSION OF TRUTH & CONSEQUENCE, by Daniel Ellsberg
Almost all students of political science and history, know the name Daniel Ellsberg. And they mostly know him for his incredibly courageous act of leaking what became known as “The Pentagon Papers” – classified documents that told the truth of our government's massive cover up of the prosecution of the Vietnam War.
What is lesser-known by the average American is that Daniel, at the tender age of 27, had one of highest level security clearances in government as a top nuclear consultant and strategic analyst to the Rand corporation, the Pentagon and the White House. And then later went on to be one of the most vociferous voices decrying the insanity of planning for a war that would effectively end civilization as we know it. He published this story in 2017 in the seminal book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.
What is even lesser-known is that Daniel was a prolific writer, but rarely published his writings. Now, 3 years after his tragic passing from pancreatic cancer, his son, Michael Ellsberg, in conjunction with Jan Thomas, one of Daniel's earliest assistants, have collected and curated a volume of never-before published personal and professional musings, notes and warnings that give deep tremendous insight into the thoughts behind this brilliant mind.
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/UQubP1NW1ESiiLXQfM7V-g2 ]


THURSDAY JUNE 25, 6 pm: HUMAN RIGHTS SCHOLAR FIGHTS BACK
Join us for an important conversation on human rights, advocacy, and the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Canada and beyond.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY JUNE 27, 1 pm: BUILD COMMUNITY, NOT DATA CENTRES, NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST, VICTORIA PARK
We are joining forces with other cities for a national day of protest against AI data centres!
Join us for an afternoon of art, food, knowledge sharing, and community building.
At the protest, we will be launching Project Letter Flood & our fundraiser to support legal/direct action against Bell and the government entities involved in fast-tracking the 300 MW Bell AI Fabric Data Centre.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/27358432757128111/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON AI DATA CENTRES
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/AIcentresurvey/ ]



CANADA: END THE SAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/103088/action/1 ]


SUPPORT PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR MOTHER AND CHILD
[ https://www.change.org/p/support-pr-app ... -and-child ]


TIMELY JUSTICE FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENCES
[ https://www.change.org/p/timely-justice ... act-canada ]


URGE YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://act.oceana.org/page/190870/action/1 ]


FIFA: KICK OUT APARTHEID
[ https://kickoutapartheid.org/ ]


STOP ISRAEL’S ILLEGAL TAKEOVER
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/il ... keover_rb/ ]


NORWAY'S PAUSE ON UN ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING SHOULD PUSH OTHER COUNTRIES TO FINALLY TAKE SERIOUS ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/678/231 ... 3565197104 ]


AS WORLD APPROACHES 1.5C HEATING, LARGEST BANKS COMMIT $906 BILLION IN FUNDING TO DANGEROUS FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/816/474 ... 3565753276 ]


MINING COMPANY BELO SUN OUT OF THE AMAZON
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/min ... the-amazon ]


HELP STOP UNCONTACTED PEOPLE BEING WIPED OUT FOR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES
[ https://act.survivalinternational.org/p ... 2/action/1 ]


WE DEMAND QUEER SPACES THAT ARE FREE FROM SURVEILLANCE NOW AND FOREVER
[ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actio ... d-forever/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil