MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 13, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 13, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

PROTESTERS CALL FOR CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/protesters- ... -emergency ]


RALLY IN REGINA CALLS ON PROVINCE TO MOVE TO NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6934712 ]


SASK. PARTY, NDP, ANDREW SCHEER OPPOSE DRAFT CLEAN ELECTRICITY REGULATIONS (A pox on all their houses!)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/sask-party- ... egulations ]


REGINA FOOD BANK USAGE AT ALL-TIME HIGH
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -time-high ]


‘NOBODY SHOULD DIE IN PRISON’: ADVOCATES CALL FOR BETTER CONDITIONS ON PRISON JUSTICE DAY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/nobody-shou ... ustice-day ]

RACISM & THE ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY: FROM HENRIETTA LACKS TO PORCHA WOODROW
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/10/ ... technology ]


THE OXY KINGPINS: HOW A NETWORK OF PEOPLE IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CREATED AND PERPETUATED THE OPIOID CRISIS THAT'S KILLED OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
[ https://gem.cbc.ca/the-passionate-eye/s01e183 ]


THE ILLUSORY TRUTH EFFECT & THE “UNPROVOKED” INVASION OF UKRAINE
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57719.htm ]


DIMITRI LASCARIS CALLS FOR NATO’S DISSOLUTION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obyqRxfzApE ]


DIMITRI LASCARIS SPEAKS ABOUT ISRAELI APARTHEID AT THE 2023 GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8odsqS6XhM ]



PENTAGON’S OWN MAP OF U.S. BASES IN AFRICA CONTRADICTS ITS CLAIM OF “LIGHT” FOOTPRINT
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57715.htm ]



U.S. ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT EUROPEAN AIR BASES PROTESTING U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATIONED THERE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WMCX4qS1w ]



"THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS THE ONLY GUARANTEE AGAINST THEIR POTENTIAL USE"
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=deskt ... e=emb_logo ]


“WE’RE LIVING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY”: NATIVE HAWAIIAN KANIELA ING ON FIRES, COLONIALISM & BANYAN TREE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/11/maui_fires ]


FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES OWE THE WORLD MASSIVE REPARATIONS FOR CLIMATE BREAKDOWN
[ https://therealnews.com/fossil-fuel-com ... -breakdown ]


REMEMBERING DAN ELLSBERG, NON-VIOLENT ACTIVIST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCFDclgDJM ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 5 pm: CANADA & CUBA, PAST & PRESENT
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, NOON – 3 pm: LABOUR DAY PICNIC, PLAZA ON NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Free food, entertainment, and fun. Sponsored by Regina Trade Unions
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/268215452592268 ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

CANADA ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ADVISORY OPINION ON PALESTINE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take- ... -palestine ]


TIME FOR CANADA TO SIGN THE NUCLEAR BAN TREATY
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/time- ... pons-tpnw/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil