MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 11, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 11, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

RENOWNED ARTIST ALEX JANVIER DIES AT AGE 89
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7259618 ]


EAST REGINA RESERVOIR EXPANSION REQUIRES 3.9-PER-CENT MILL RATE INCREASE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... rease-city ]


A BIRTHRIGHT SQUANDERED: HOW POTASH FIRMS GOT RICH AND SASKATCHEWAN GOT POOR
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busines ... hewan-got/ ]


SASK. LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS PARTNER WITH ADVOCACY GROUP ON QUEER RIGHTS INITIATIVE AHEAD OF ELECTION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7259567 ]


IN PRAISE OF LAZINESS
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2024/06/in- ... -laziness/ ]


MOBILIZING OUR COMMUNITIES FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4BQ-eOxR38 ]


CONSCIENCE CANADA MISSION STATEMENT
[ https://www.consciencecanada.ca/?page_id=482]https://www.consciencecanada.ca/?page_id=482 ]


LIBERALS CREATE ANOTHER ‘SUPPORT ISRAEL’S CRIMES’ POSITION, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/07/07/liber ... -position/ ]


FALSEHOODS ABOUT PALESTINE GO UNCHALLENGED ON TALK RADIO
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/falsehoods ... newsletter ]


WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SOLIDARITY?
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... olidarity/ ]


UN EXPERTS DECLARE FAMINE HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT GAZA STRIP
[ https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases ... gaza-strip ]


THE COMPANIES MAKING IT EASY TO BUY A WEST BANK SETTLEMENT
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/07/09/wes ... Newsletter ]


MOHAMMED ABU HASHEM SPENT 22 YEARS IN U.S. AIR FORCE. HE QUIT AFTER ISRAEL KILLED HIS AUNT IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/9/m ... abu_hashem ]


CANADA OUT OF NATO
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/ ]


DECOLONIZATION VIA A MARXIST LENS, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eL5Q2Zf5QQ ]


AS LABOUR WINS IN U.K., PARTY’S EX-LEADER JEREMY CORBYN WINS AS INDEPENDENT IN REVOLT OVER GAZA POLICY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/8/u ... er_starmer ]


WHY NO ONE CAN PREDICT HOW HOT IT MIGHT GET
[ https://blog.medium.com/why-no-one-can- ... 80c3a63167 ]


THE WAR ON ASYLUM
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/07/09/asy ... Newsletter ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


TUESDAY JULY 16, 11:30 am: NATO WAR SUMMIT: HOW DO WE STOP THE SPREAD OF WAR?
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/natos ... ad-of-war/ ]


TUESDAY JUNE 16, NOON: STUDENTS ORGANIZING FOR GAZA MEETING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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:

VOTE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/pledge? ... tuesdaycom ]


DEMAND ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY, GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE TO SAVE TRANSGENDER LIVES
[ https://www.change.org/p/demand-accessi ... nder-lives ]


TELL YOUR PREMIER, WE WANT PHARMACARE, NOT PRIVATIZATION!
[ https://canadians.org/action/pharma-phone-prov/ ]


LETTER REQUESTING THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF A NUCLEAR INDUSTRY INSIDER AS PRESIDENT OF THE CNSC BE RESCINDED
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... Q/viewform ]


TELL BIG GROCERY CHAINS THEY MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ELIMINATE SINGLE-USE PLASTICS AND SCALE UP REUSABLE AND REFILLABLE PACKAGING SYSTEMS.
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]


GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: SUPPORT A GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/1 ... 3415460301 ]


- Making Peace Vigil