MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 31, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 31, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

CITY HALL CLEAN-UP COULD BE PUSHED TO SPRING, MASTERS SAYS (This is so disgusting! According to Masters the site is “polluted’ because poor people spent time on it?)
[ https://www.cjme.com/2023/08/30/regina- ... ters-says/ ]


ANOTHER REGINA TENT ENCAMPMENT, THIS ONE NEAR CARMICHAEL OUTREACH, DISMANTLED, WITH RESIDENTS HAVING NO PLACE TO GO
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-tent-e ... -1.6540347 ]


WHY AN ONTARIO CITY IS NOW PERMITTING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS & TINY HOMES IN PARKS
[ https://macleans.ca/news/why-an-ontario ... -in-parks/ ]


A B.C. STUDY GAVE 50 HOMELESS PEOPLE $7,500 EACH. HERE'S WHAT THEY SPENT IT ON.
[ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave- ... -1.6540030 ]


AGENCIES SAY OPTIONAL SEX-ED POLICY 'REGRESSIVE' FOR SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... e-for-sask ]



HUNDREDS RALLY IN SASKATOON AGAINST NEW SEXUAL EDUCATION, PRONOUN POLICIES IN PROVINCE'S SCHOOLS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6949260 ]



'A PROTECTED RIGHT': SASK. TEACHER, NON-BINARY CHILD SPEAK OUT OVER PRONOUN AND NAME CHANGES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6950422 ]



‘A PROTECTED RIGHT’: A REGINA FAMILY SPEAKS OUT OVER PRONOUN & NAME CHANGES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... me-changes ]



CALIFORNIA SUES SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES PARENTS BE NOTIFIED IF THEIR KIDS CHANGE PRONOUNS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/world/calif ... 57d5b111f4 ]



'NOT THE FINAL NUMBERS': 93 UNMARKED GRAVES DISCOVERED AT FORMER BEAUVAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ddffe9d7eb ]



ENGLISH RIVER FIRST NATION ANNOUNCES MORE FINDINGS IN RADAR SEARCH FOR UNMARKED GRAVES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6951437 ]



FSIN PROMISES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST PROVINCIAL, FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 2c9e856ab7 ]



PRAIRIE FIRST NATIONS PREPARE TO LAUNCH LEGAL BATTLE OVER NATURAL RESOURCES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6950842 ]



UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS CANADA SHOULD CEASE CONSTRUCTION OF COASTAL GASLINK PIPELINE, HALT THE CRIMINALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
[ https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/28/un-spe ... defenders/ ]



BARRIERS LIKE RACISM, DISTRUST MAY BE MAIN CAUSE OF HEALTH-CARE DISPARITIES FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/indigeno ... -1.6949274 ]



CLIMATE CHANGE & INCREASED WILDFIRES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT FIRST NATIONS, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 89a45a1d09 ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, AUGUST 28, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAcHK-NaO_M ]


IMPERIALISM IS THE ARSONIST OF OUR FORESTS AND SAVANNAS—A 1986 SPEECH BY THOMAS SANKARA
[ https://blackagendareport.com/speech-im ... ary-5-1986 ]



UN AFFIRMS CLIMATE CRISIS THREATENS CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-ch ... ts-climate ]



ECUADORIANS VOTE TO HALT OIL DRILLING IN BIODIVERSE AMAZONIAN NATIONAL PARK
[ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... ty-hotspot ]



REINVENTING OURSELVES TO SAVE THE PLANET
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/reinv ... he-planet/ ]



“MODERN FORM OF SLAVERY”: HAITIANS AT DOMINICAN SUGAR PLANTATIONS WORK UNDER INHUMANE CONDITIONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/30/ ... ns_bateyes ]



BRICS IS GROWING. WHAT IS GROWING WITH BRICS?
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/brics ... ith-brics/ ]



ACCUSING ISRAEL OF APARTHEID IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2 ... -historian ]



‘FOREVER PRISONER’ MUHAMMAD RAHIM, THE LAST AFGHAN IN GUANTÁNAMO, ELOQUENTLY PLEADS FOR HIS RELEASE
[ https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2023/ ... s-release/ ]



TRIAL JUDGE DESTROYS GUANATANAMO’S MILITARY COMMISSIONS, RULES THAT CLEAN TEAM INTERROGATIONS CANNOT UNDO THE EFFECTS OF TORTURE
[ https://www.closeguantanamo.org/Article ... of-Torture ]



DIMITRI LASCARIS ON THE DEATH OF WAGNER BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOSHIN, ON BRICS, & ON OTHER MATTER
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2023/08/30/ ... -cui-bono/ ]



ALWAYS OPPOSING PAST WARS BUT NEVER THE PRESENT ONE
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57788.htm ]



THE STRUGGLE AGAINST WAR IS EVERYONE’S STRUGGLE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/the-s ... test-camp/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 11 am: LEGISLATIVE BUILDING: PROTECT QUEER YOUTH--PROTEST AGAINST ANTI-QUEER ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EDUCATION MINISTER DUSTIN DUNCAN
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1318411872431786/?ti=ls ]



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 6 - 6 pm: SELLING WAR WITH CHINA

The drums of US/NATO war against China are getting louder and louder, even as the war in Ukraine continues. We are led to believe that China may “invade” Taiwan at the same time that we officially affirm that Taiwan is a province of China. The US sends arms, advisors, and officials to Taiwan, escalates its military encirclement of China, enacts sanctions against China, and conducts continuous propaganda about the supposed threat that China presents to world security.

We are being sold a war with China that could lead to nuclear annihilation. How did we get to this point? What are the forces at work and who profits from all this? This webinar will address these questions from the perspective that US imperialism aims to dominate the world and all its resources to the benefit of its capitalist ruling class.
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/selli ... network-2/ ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 5 pm: THE MEDIA, CSIS, & MODERN SINOPHOBIA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Q8ceYM3a1Q ]



FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 5 pm: ONLINE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND STRATEGY SESSION ABOUT CANADA’S NEW ‘INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY’
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/selli ... network-2/ ]


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 5:30 pm: CANADA & THE COUP IN CHILE—50 YEARS LATER
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 7 pm: DECOLONIZE YQR--KÂ-PÎ-ISI-KISKISIYÂN: THE WAY I REMEMBER WITH SOLOMON RATT
Online event by Reconciliation Regina & Regina Public Library
[ https://reconciliationregina.com/solomo ... VHnHM3hUVU ]



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 ]



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 5 pm: PEACE WITH OPPENHEIMER—CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/peace ... verything/ ]



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.



SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23, NOON: ALL HANDS ON DECK—RALLY FOR PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
[ https://www.publicservicevoter.ca/healt ... _sept_2023 ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SUPPORT THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACCORD
[ https://www.nationalhousingaccord.ca/em ... on_leaders ]



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



CANADA SHOULD NOT BLOCK WORLD COURT ON PALESTINE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take- ... -palestine ]



GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: STOP VIOLATING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND END SUPPORT FOR LINE 5
[ https://secure3.convio.net/ciel/site/SS ... .app30117a ]



CALL ON THE BC GOVERNMENT TO SAVE THE LAST OLD GROWTH FOREST
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/ask-the-bc-gov ... ld-growth/ ]



STOP THE JANE WANGARI MWANGI DEPORTATION
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-jane-wang ... ation/sign


STOP THE DISCHARGE OF ALPS TREATED FUKUSHIMA WASTEWATER INTO THE SEA
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-disch ... d8482/sign ]


- Making Peace Vigil