MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 20, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter - August 20, 2023

MAKING PEACE VIGIL AGAINST WAR & ALL VIOLENCE & INJUSTICE

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

FENCE AROUND REGINA CITY HALL IN WAKE OF TENT CAMP MAY STAY UNTIL 2024
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... until-2024 ]



COMPETITION BUREAU STUDY ON GROCERY CHAINS STRENGTHENS CASE FOR WINDFALL TAX IN CANADA:
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -in-canada ]



INCARCERATED WORKERS FACE COERCIVE, SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/incarcerated-w ... Newsletter ]



TO STOP A PIPELINE, A 3-WEEK JAIL SENTENCE WAS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY
[ https://breachmedia.ca/to-stop-a-pipeli ... ce-to-pay/ ]



TRAINING FOR RCMP’S WET’SUWET’EN RAIDS PROVIDED BY FORMER US COMMANDER IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN
[ https://ricochet.media/en/3980/training ... fghanistan ]



KEEP FOSSIL FUELS OUT OF CANADA’S CLEAN ENERGY RULES
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/keep-fos ... rgy-rules/ ]



PLANTATION DISASTER CAPITALISM: NATIVE HAWAIIANS ORGANIZE TO STOP LAND & WATER GRABS AFTER MAUI FIRE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/18/ ... ire_sirens ]



MONTANA YOUTH WIN UNPRECEDENTED CLIMATE CASE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CANADA?
[ https://theconversation.com/montana-you ... ada-211647 ]



EXTRAORDINARY QUANTITIES OF HUMAN TRAGEDY ARE IN MOTION, by Bill McKibben
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57759.htm ]



A TALE OF TWO REFUGEE SYSTEMS IN CANADA
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... in-canada/ ]



OVER 60 DEAD IN MIGRANT BOAT SINKING OFF CAPE VERDE
[ https://www.africanews.com/2023/08/17/o ... rde-coast/ ]



CAN WE SUPPORT UKRAINE & CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/can-we-suppor ... ceasefire/ ]



DANNY HAIPHONG ADDRESSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON NATO'S UKRAINE AID
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AS44mvuo7Ow ]



SUMMER OF HAWKS by Seymour Hersh
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57758.htm ]



WHY DOES TURNING AGAINST A WAR NEVER INCLUDE ADMITTING WHO WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57756.htm ]



CANNON FODDER FOR EMPIRE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/canno ... he-empire/ ]



ISRAEL’S PIRACY WON’T STOP THE GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA, by Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2023/08/19/ ... -flotilla/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

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 ]



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—MOTION TO DECLARE A HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY WILL BE DEBATED
Lots of folks need to make presentations in support of this motion. Presentations have to be submitted to the City Clerk by noon, Monday September 11: clerks@regina.ca

Here’s the resolution: Be it resolved that:
1. The City of Regina declare a houselessness emergency;
2. Regina City Council call on the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada to contribute emergency funding to address the urgent houselessness crisis immediately;
3. Council direct Administration to create a plan by the end of Q3 (2023) to provide temporary barrier-free shelter for all Regina residents in need, with the opportunity to provide input from the houseless, Indigenous leaders and local organizations working in mental health, addictions, and housing;
4. The City of Regina makes a long-term commitment to addressing houselessness as part of the 2024 budget process; and that the City of Regina calls on the Provincial and Federal levels of government to collaborate by making long-term commitments to address houselessness in Regina; and
5. Until all houseless residents have access to shelter, the City of Regina and its partners will utilize the following procedures to address encampments:
a. Encampments will receive a written safety checklist and help to ensure they are compliant; and
b. Encampments can only be dismantled for safety reasons if a documented pattern of unwillingness to address multiple safety concerns can be demonstrated in writing to the encampment residents and City Council.
For further information, go to page 360 of the meeting documents:
[ reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=4840&Inline=True ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 10 – 10:30 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
Hope you can make it down to City Hall for this always inspiring event. A call will go out for both peace and justice.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

PROTECT OUR FORESTS: EXPOSE THE LOGGING GIANT TAKING OVER FORESTS ACROSS CANADA
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/expose-logging-giant ]



KEEP PROFIT OUT OF CLIMATE DISASTER: DEMAND FREE FLIGHTS FOR WILDFIRE EVACUEES
[ https://canadians.org/action/keep-profi ... -evacuees/ ]


CANADA NEEDS A WINDFALL TAX NOW!
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take- ... ll-tax-now ]


TAX PRIVATE JETS
[ https://actions.eko.org/a/tax-private-j ... e=fwd&t=10 ]

- Making Peace Vigil