MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 24, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 24, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

PEACE FLAG GOES UP AT CITY HALL TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY (22 minute mark)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2265919043526 ]



KNOX-MET PUTS UP FENCE AROUND THE PEACE GARDEN, BLOCKING ACCESS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2772370 ]
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/unfortunate-t ... -1.6573672 ]



DOWNTOWN REGINA CHURCH FENCED OFF AFTER OFFICIALS SAY UNHOUSED PEOPLE STARTED FIRES ON THE PROPERTY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6976269 ]



HOUSELESS NEED MORE COMPASSION, letter by Evelyn Tischer (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... al-experts ]



ENCAMPMENT EVICTION IN PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., WAS A 'SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION': FEDERAL HOUSING ADVOCATE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6971546 ]



EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS IN CANADA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
[ https://www.homelesshub.ca/blog/evictio ... newsletter ]



REGINA RESIDENTS PUT ON RED HIGH HEELS FOR YWCA'S WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... heir-shoes ]



SASK. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TOOK 9 DAYS TO CREATE NAMING AND PRONOUN POLICY, AFFIDAVIT SHOWS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6975386 ]



SASK. PROTESTS, COUNTER-PROTESTS OVER LGBTQ RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS DRAW HUNDREDS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6973097 ]



SOME SASK. TEACHERS SAY PRONOUN POLICY HAS 'CHILLING EFFECT,' CREATES UNCERTAINTY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6976665 ]



WHERE DID THE TERM ‘PARENTAL RIGHTS’ COME FROM?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/parental ... -1.6976230 ]



HOW THE ‘PARENTAL RIGHTS’ MOVEMENT GAVE RISE TO THE 1 MILLION MARCH 4 CHILDREN
[ https://theconversation.com/how-the-par ... ren-213842 ]



RALLIES HELD ACROSS CANADA TO PUSH BACK AGAINST HATE
[ https://rabble.ca/lgbtiq/rallies-held-a ... inst-hate/ ]



WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SENTENCING CIRCLES? A CHAT WITH JUDGE LINTON SMITH
[ https://socialcanada.org/2020/03/05/wha ... ton-smith/ ]



ONTARIO REVERSES GREENBELT PLAN (YAY!)
[ https://ecojustice.ca/news/statement-fr ... belt-plan/ ]



WET’SUWET’EN CHIEFS TRAVELLED FROM B.C. TO NEW YORK TO TELL THE OWNERS OF COASTAL GASLINK THAT THE PIPELINE WAS ENDANGERING THEIR SOVEREIGN LAND, AIR, & WATER
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/CxWafznvI8-/ ]



TO TURN DOWN THE HEAT WE HAVE TO END THE ERA OF FOSSIL FUELS, by David Suzuki
[ https://rabble.ca/environment/to-turn-d ... Newsletter ]



AS CANADA-INDIA DIPLOMATIC ROW ESCALATES, US FINDS ITSELF IN A DILEMMA
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1298665.shtml ]



IS THE OTTAWA BUBBLE IMPENETRABLE? HOW TO STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2023/09/22/ ... enetrable/ ]



NETANYAHU SHOWS MAP OF 'NEW MIDDLE EAST'—WITHOUT PALESTINE—TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-map ]



PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA ON THE NEED TO END WARS & STOP THE CLIMATE CRISIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/21/ ... kraine_war ]



COLD WAR WITH CHINA, COUPS IN AFRICA, UKRAINE & BRICS, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWtDNOhDfs ]



SUPPORT GROWS FOR THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS BAN TREATY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/09/suppo ... an-treaty/ ]



TACKLING GLOBAL EMERGENCIES: UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/09/tackl ... -of-peace/ ]



INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY: A DAY OF AWAKENING FOR HUMANITY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/09/inter ... -humanity/ ]


COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO: CASE AGAINST JULIAN ASSANGE IS “MOCKERY OF FREEDOM OF PRESS”
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNdGK16uCjs ]



TORTURED GUANTÁNAMO PRISONER RAMZI BIN AL-SHIBH UNFIT FOR 9/11 TRIAL, SAYS MILITARY JUDGE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ramzi-bin-al-shibh ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 1:30 pm: INDIGENOUS IDENTITY AND COLONIZATION: WHO COUNTS, WHO DECIDES, AND WHY”—with Joyce Green
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/9446306578 ... 09#success ]



MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 5 pm: SCREENING OF THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA, WITH SETSUKO THURLOW
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 5 pm: TIME FOR A CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE?
In an endless war with already a half million casualties, is it more helpful to continue it -- risking nuclear apocalypse and guaranteeing impediments to addressing climate collapse -- or to demand a ceasefire, peace negotiations, and a commitment to sending no more weapons?
[ https://cvilleukraine.org/ ]



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 6 pm: JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE—A FIVE YEAR STRATEGY TO CHALLENGE ISRAELI APARTHEID
Speakers include Angela Davis & Naomi Klein
[ https://www.mobilize.us/jewishvoiceforp ... nt/577219/ ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, NOON: CANADA’S COMMON WEALTH TAX
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 6 pm: A SHARING OF PLANS ON HOW COMMUNITIES IN CANADA CAN BUILD POWER TO WIN THE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WE NEED
[ https://act.350.org/signup/s28-call/?ak ... H&rd=1&t=6 ]



TUESDAY OCTOBER 3, 5 pm: THE URGENCY OF PERSUING PEACE IN UKRAINE, with Cornel West
[ https://www.codepink.org/piudc1023 ]



TUESDAY OCTOBER 3, 7 pm: AN EVENING WITH TREVOR HARRIOT, CANDACE SAVAGE, & WILLIAM R. SCHROEDER, ROYAL SASK MUSEUM, COLLEGE & ALBERT
Spend an evening with Trevor Herriot, Candace Savage, and William R. Schroeder to celebrate their new releases!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/6199097 ... story=null ]



TUESDAY OCTOBER 17—INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, NOON—FOOD & RALLY IN VICTORIA PARK—NORTH EAST CORNER
Please come down to Victoria Park on Tuesday October 17, at noon. Soup will be served and there will some speeches calling for the provincial government to ●to raise the minimum wage ●to raise income assistance (SIS & SAID) rates above the poverty line ●and to make available for occupancy the 700 vacant Sask Housing units there are in Regina.
Sponsored by End Poverty Regina.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE: ASK CANADA TO SUPPORT PEACEBUILDING
[ https://mcc.org/campaign/give-peace-cha ... cebuilding ]