MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 28, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 28, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA TO TAKE DOWN CITY HALL FENCES 2 MONTHS AFTER PUTTING THEM UP (Knox-Met fencing also coming down today)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6980495 ]


DOWNTOWN CHURCH ERECTS FENCE AROUND PERIMETER AFTER FIRES STARTED (This fencing is also going to be removed)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... es-started ]


REGINA COUPLE SPENT 5 MONTHS ON BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... 3Dsharebar ]


MAKING A LIVING IN AN AGE OF INFLATION: THE 2022 LIVING WAGE FOR REGINA & SASKATOON
[ https://policyalternatives.ca/publicati ... -inflation ]


2 IN 3 SASK PARTY MLAs OWN MORE THAN ONE HOME
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/2-in ... -more-than ]


LIBERALS & TORIES DEMOLISHED CANADA’S LEGACY OF SOCIAL HOUSING
[ https://breachmedia.ca/liberals-and-tor ... l-housing/ ]


UNHOUSED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/unhoused ]


HOW THE CAUSES OF INDIGENOUS HOMLESSNESS ROOTED IN ON-GOING COLONIZING PRACTICES
[ https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/h ... practices/ ]

DOWNTOWN HERITAGE BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED AFTER LENGTHY FIRE (Convenient for Harvard Development?)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ngthy-fire ]


ACCESS TO INFORMATION FEES QUOTED AT $1,600 FOR PRONOUN POLICY CORRESPONDENCE: MINISTRY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-ministry ]


THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE OVER TRANS RIGHTS IS NO DEBATE AT ALL
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ate-at-all ]


‘WE'RE WOUNDED': CALLS FOR ACTION RING OUT AT FLAG-RAISING HONOURING RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6977961 ]


A FIRST LOOK AT BLACK LIFE IN CANADA: UNTOLD STORIES, A NEW MUST-SEE DOCUSERIES COMING TO CBC GEM IN OCTOBER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/black- ... -1.6962930 ]


EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES, ENERGIZING THE NATION: SCALING UP RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATIVES IN CANADA
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... atives.php ]


CANADA’S HONOURING OF NAZI VET EXPOSES OTTAWA’S LONG-STANDING UKRAINE POLICY
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... ne-policy/ ]



WORLD WAR TWO REVISIONISM ON FULL DISPLAY IN NAZI’S VISIT TO PARLIAMENT
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... parliament ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, SEPTEMBER 25, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=hyq2wB ... e=youtu.be ]


PEACE NOW! STOP THE WAR!
[ https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/20 ... peace-now/ ]


GRASSROOTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST TACTICS OF GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATIONS IN CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT
[ https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeake ... ate-change ]


2 MORE COUNTRIES JOIN GROWING BLOCK OF NATIONS CALLING FOR A FOSSIL FUEL NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossi ... ion-treaty ]


'TRULY HISTORIC' YOUTH-LED CLIMATE CASE ARRIVES AT EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COURT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/clima ... pean-court ]


THE US ROLE IN NATO EXPANSION IN EUROPE
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... in-europe/ ]


COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO ON WHY LATIN AMERICA REJECTS WESTERN HYPOCRISY
[ https://portside.org/2023-09-25/colombi ... -hypocrisy ]



THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY IN INDIA WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD, by Arundhati Roy
[ https://portside.org/2023-09-21/arundha ... hole-world ]


“YOU’RE WHAT THIS WAR IS ALL ABOUT”—OR NOT
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... out-or-not ]


‘SILENT COUP’: HOW CAPITALISM DEFEATED DECOLONIZATION
[ https://therealnews.com/silent-coup-how ... lonization ]


US MUST INVESTIGATE ATTACK ON CUBAN EMBASSY, RUSSIA & CHINA SAY
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US- ... -0011.html ]


ASSASSINATION ON U.S. SOIL: ORLANDO LETELIER’S SON SEEKS JUSTICE FOR 1976 BOMBING BY PINOCHET REGIME
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/26/ ... n_letelier ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


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 ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 6 pm: CUBAN ECONOMY UNDER SEIGE: WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN MUST REMOVE CUBA FROM THE SO-CALLED “STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM” LIST
[
https://us-cubanormalization.org/sept28-webinar/ ]


MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 5 pm: OPPOSITION DENIED: AJAMU BARAKA TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE OF BLACK RADICALS AND INTELLECTUALS IN PRESENTING AN ALTERNATIVE VISION OF WORLD ORDER
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/opposition- ... 9591004797 ]


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 ]



FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 9:20 am: EVEN A BEAVER HAS A HOME: ENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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:

SEARCH THE PRAIRIE GREEN LANDFILL FOR MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/manito ... ous-women/ ]


PUBLIC PHARMACARE NOW!
[ https://canadians.org/action/pharmacare/ ]


100% CLEAN POWER FOR ALL
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


STOP FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUNDING CLIMATE CHAOS WITH YOUR MONEY
[ https://www.support.ecojustice.ca/page/135760/action/1 ]


HELP COUNTER CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS. SUPPORT A BAN ON PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS)
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]


- Making Peace Vigil