MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 9, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 9, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

BECOME A BIRD DEFENDER!
[ https://www.birdday.ca/defend ]


WOMEN IN CANADA’S CHANGING POST-PANDEMIC LABOUR MARKET
[ https://monitormag.ca/reports/work-in-progress/ ]


RETROFITS & RENT GOUGING
[ https://acorncanada.org/resources/retro ... t-gouging/ ]


FORESTRY DOWNTURNS: WHO’S TO BLAME?
[ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249817/14957705 ]


77% OF TOP CLIMATE SCIENTISTS THINK 2.5°C OF WARMING IS COMING—AND THEY'RE HORRIFIED
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/clima ... -2-5-world ]


EXTREME FLOODING CREATES NEARLY QUARTER-MILLION NEW EAST AFRICAN CLIMATE REFUGEES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/flood ... ate-change ]


CANADA DOESN’T KNOW HOW MANY PALESTINIANS HAVE ARRIVED FROM GAZA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/b18a ... newsletter ]


HISTORIC STUDENT MOVEMENT FOR GAZA REACHES CANADA
[ https://breachmedia.ca/student-encampme ... -montreal/ ]


CANADIAN STUDENTS CAMPING FOR GAZA AREN’T ANTISEMITIC. THEY’RE BUILDING BRAVE NEW ALLIANCES FOR JUSTICE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-student ... tisemitic/ ]


MEET STUDENTS AT 4 COLLEGES WHERE GAZA PROTESTS WIN CONCESSIONS, INCLUDING CONSIDERING ISRAEL DIVESTMENT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/8/student_protests ]


ISRAEL’S FRIENDS MIMIC MUSSOLINI’S BLACKSHIRTS, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/05/05/israe ... ackshirts/ ]


'UNLAWFUL AND CATASTROPHIC': IDF BEGINS FORCED EVACUATION OF RAFAH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/evacu ... rder-rafah ]


'WAR CRIMINALS': IDF STRIKES RAFAH AFTER HAMAS AGREES TO CEASE-FIRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rafah-israel ]


“CRIMINAL ACT”: ISRAEL BANS AL JAZEERA, LARGEST INTERNATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION IN GAZA, AHEAD OF RAFAH INVASION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/6/a ... _palestine ]


'THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY': 600,000 CHILDREN IN LINE OF FIRE AS IDF MOVES ON RAFAH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rafah-children-idf ]



60+ JOURNALISM PROFS DEMAND INVESTIGATION INTO CONTROVERSIAL NYT ARTICLE ALLEGING MASS RAPE ON OCT. 7
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/8/nyt_investigation ]


PALESTINE TALKS | CHRIS HEDGES ON THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF ISRAEL AND THE “SAVAGERY” OF VIOLENCE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyErcPn2VIU ]



HAMAS AGREEMENT, PUBLIC PROTESTS PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO REACH CEASEFIRE DEAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-ha ... -1.7196267 ]



750+ JEWISH STUDENTS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR PRO-PALESTINE CAMPUS PROTESTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/jewis ... pport-gaza ]



“STOP WEAPONIZING ANTISEMITISM”: POLICE “BODY-SLAM” JEWISH DARTMOUTH PROF. AT CAMPUS GAZA PROTEST
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/7/a ... e_protests ]


COLUMBIA STUDENTS ARE SICK AT HEART—JUST AS WE WERE IN 1968
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/05/c ... ents-1968/ ]



CAN WAR EVER BE JUSTIFIED—A DEBATE BETWEEN DAVID SWANSON & JARED BALL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqGyslk9xNI ]



BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, SPEECH FOR PEACE & FOR PALESTINE
[ https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/statu ... 3465778627 ]



CORNEL WEST: MILITARISM & SPIRITUAL DECAY
[ https://rumble.com/v4t78oe-cornel-west- ... decay.html ]



JEREMY CORBYN: STOP THE WAR!
[ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i9SgKhns8oI ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:



THURSDAY MAY 9 7:30 pm: THERE’S LEAD IN THE WATER! NOW WHAT? A PANEL DISCUSSION, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Moderator: Alexander Quon, CBC News
Keynote panelist: Patti Sonntag, Global News National Investigative Unit
Co-panelists:
Jennifer Ackerman, Regina Leader-Post
Dr. Akram Mahani, Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy (healthy public policies expert)
Andrew Stevens, Ward 3 City Councillor
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1491869398433813/ ]



NOTE DAY CHANGE: FRIDAY MAY 10, 9 am – 4 pm: ADVOCACY TRAINING, LUTHER COLLEGE, U OF R
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... t-planning ]



SUNDAY MAY 12, 11:30 am: THE 19TH ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN JOINT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
[ https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-memorial-day-ceremony ]


TUESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: GENOCIDE & RESISTANCE—DIMITRI LASCARIS ON HIS TIME IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/05/02/ ... esistance/ ]



TUESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: CANADA’S EMISSION CAP—WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 2 pm: JOINT NAKBA REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
[ https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-nakba- ... e-ceremony ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 6:30 doors open, 7 pm meeting begins: MEETING WITH THE ON TO OTTAWA PEACE CARAVAN, SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The On-To-Ottawa Peace Caravan will be leaving Vancouver on May 12 and arriving in Regina on May 15. At the meeting, the caravaners will tell us about the goals of the On To Ottawa Peace Caravan and how we can all work for peace and justice.



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 3 pm: HOW TO STOP A NUCLEAR WAR, with Paul Jay
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, 8 am: HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES—BARRIERS TO CARE FACING LBTQ COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/idahobit-pr ... 5787994737 ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, STARTING AT 10 am: LIBERATED ZONE FOR PALESTINE AT THE U OF R, LLOYD BARBER ACADEMIC GREEN, U OF R
Please come out to show your support for students and faculty at the University of Regina! All are welcome. Bring your friends and picnic blankets and support the call of students worldwide to cut all forms of funding to Israel's genocide.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 2207520000 ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, 7 pm: WILFRED BUCK, RPL FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE—charge of $10
Moving between earth and stars, past and present, this hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck, a charismatic and irreverent Indigenous elder who overcame a harrowing history of displacement, racism, and addiction by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and ceremony.



TUESDAY MAY 21, 7 pm: PROTECT GENDER RIGHTS WITH AMNESTY
The recent passing of Bill No. 137—which amends The Education Act concerning parental rights—poses significant challenges to the rights of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Despite invoking the "Notwithstanding Clause" to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this legislation's impact remains highly contentious and is currently under legal scrutiny.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... hlJYNSXRVQ ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]



MAY 22, 10 am: THE MANY FACES OF URBAN & RURAL DISPLACEMENT (HOMELESSNESS)
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


TO STEVEN GUILBEAULT, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE: STOP PLASTIC POLLUTION AT ITS SOURCE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-plastic-pollution/ ]



PROTECT PHARMACARE FROM CONSERVATIVE ATTACKS
[ https://www.ndp.ca/protect-pharmacare ]



BAYER: STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE TO SAVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
[ https://action.foe.org/page/67235/actio ... arded=true ]



TELL TRUDEAU: REGULARIZE EVERYONE, STATUS FOR ALL!
[ https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/em ... 2024-05-08 ]



TELL YOUR MP: WE WANT A 2-WAY ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL RIGHT NOW!
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/embargo-may/?utm ... 2024-05-06 ]



DEMAND YOUR MP SIGN ONTO THE CALL FOR A FULL AND IMMEDIATE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL!
[ https://armsembargonow.ca/ ]



GOOGLE: STOP RETALIATING AGAINST WORKERS SPEAKING OUT FOR PALESTINE—REINSTATE THE FIRED 50
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/reins ... rect_link& ]


- Making Peace Vigil