MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 3, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 3, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


CONVERSATION OVERHEARD AT THE SASK PAVILLION AT COP-28
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 3e000d3bda ]


SASK. AUDITOR TO EXAMINE HOTEL EXPENSES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RECIPIENTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7045753 ]


MLAs’ GENEROUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULE BECOMING TROUBLING
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... -troubling ]


KILLER WATER: THE TOXIC LEGACY OF CANADA’S OIL SANDS INDUSTRY FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
[ https://therealnews.com/killer-water-th ... ommunities ]



BIDEN DECLARES EMERGENCY OVER LEAD IN WATER, LEVELS 100 TIMES THE LIMIT (Regina tests also show lead levels well above the limit.)
[ https://www.republicworld.com/world-new ... limit.news ]


CARBON CAPTURE’S PUBLICALLY FUNDED FAILURE
[ https://priceofoil.org/2023/11/30/ccs-data/ ]


WHO BENEFITS FROM FALSE SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/who-bene ... te-crisis/ ]



DECLARATION OF PEACE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: A STATEMENT BY THE CANADA WIDE PEACE & JUSTICE MOVEMENT FOR COP 28
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/peaceforclimate/ ]



COMPANIES REPRESENTED AT THE SASK COP 28 PAVILLION
[ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1px_ZEY ... view?pli=1 ]


UAE OIL CEO SULTAN AL JABER USES HIS ROLE AS U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT PRESIDENT TO PUSH FOSSIL FUEL DEALS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/29/cop28_president ]


'NOT REDUCE. NOT ABATE': UN CHIEF CALLS FOR TOTAL FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT AT COP 28
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/anton ... rres-cop28 ]


DON’T USE UKRAINE AS AN EXCUSE TO ABANDON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/dont-use-ukra ... ent-roche/ ]


YORK UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY SHOWS SOLIDARITY WITH SUSPENDED FACULTY
[ https://rabble.ca/human-rights/york-uni ... Newsletter ]


HISTORICAL CONTEXT NECESSARY TO ASSESS ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... s-conflict ]


CANADIAN PUBLIC SERVANTS ANGERED BY GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-PALESTINIAN BIAS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-p ... newsletter ]


“HORROR SHOW”: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS DEMANDS PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN GAZA & MEDICAL AID FOR WOUNDED
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/30 ... ut_borders ]


‘THE HORROR! THE HORROR’ REVISITED IN PALESTINE
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... palestine/ ]


ISRAEL'S AI-AIDED BOMB TARGETING CREATES MASSACRE 'FACTORY' IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... 2666414736 ]


‘MASS ASSASSINATION FACTORY’: ISRAEL USING AI TO GENERATE TARGETS IN GAZA, INCREASING CIVILIAN TOLL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/1/ ... telligence ]



THE VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE HITS HOME IN AMERICA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/30 ... stine_hits ]



MEHDI HASAN BOOTED FROM MSNBC AFTER 'DARING TO PRACTICE JOURNALISM'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/mehdi-hasan-canceled ]



GIVE WEAPONS-INDUSTRY MONEY TO THE POOR
[ https://www.rt.com/news/588395-cop28-po ... te-change/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


TODAY, SUNDAY DECEMBER 3, 10:30 am: PRONOUN POLICY—WHY DOES BILL 137 MATTER? With high school teacher Nic Day
In person, Unitarian Centre, 2700 College Ave or via zoom:
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]



MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 11:30 am: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/r ... -in-review ]


MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 7 pm: THE MISSING PEACE—WITH CODE PINK
[ https://www.codepink.org/missingp1204?u ... e=codepink ]



TUESDAY DECEMBER 5, 7:30 pm: JOBS, JUSTICE, CLIMATE—PRAIRIES WORKERS WEBINAR
Join the Council of Canadians for the fourth in a series of Jobs, Justice, Climate Workers webinars across the country. We’ll hear from workers in climate impacted sectors across the Prairies about their hopes, fears, and demands as the world addresses the impacts of climate change and transitions away from fossil fuels.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... ZcUwBl-4xw ]



WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 11 am: WARM WELCOME MEETING, SALVATION ARMY, 2240 13th AVENUE
Everyone is welcome.



THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 11 am: THE UN COP 28 SUMMIT & ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
[ https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-ca ... ecember-7/ ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 7 – 9 pm: WRITE FOR RIGHTS SASKATCHEWAN (online)
We are very appreciative Tristen Durocher has agreed to speak and perform at this event: Tristen knows that even small positive changes can lead to great things – and he has been instrumental in creating those changes. Inspired by the defeat of a suicide prevention bill in the Saskatchewan Legislature, Tristen created the “Walking with Our Angels” campaign to raise awareness of the disproportionately high rate of suicide among Northern and Indigenous peoples, walking 635 km from his home in Air Ronge, SK, to the Legislative grounds in Regina, SK. He set up a teepee and started a 44-day ceremonial fast to convince the provincial government to adopt the bill it had recently voted down. The bill ultimately passed in April 2021.
Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International’s work and over 60 years of activism shows us that words have power.
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... nt-online/ ]



SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 3-5:30 pm: A DRAMATIC READING OF CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, 1861 MCINTYRE ST
[ https://www.stpaulsregina.ca/events/liv ... 12-13-2023 ]



MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 4 -5:30 pm: GETTING COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICE DELIVER (CLSD) TO TAKE TRANSIT
Zoom link: [ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84021595709#success ]


MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1:30 pm: END POVERTY REGINA MEETING, KNOX-MET



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TO PM TRUDEAU: DECLARATION OF PEACE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/decla ... te-justice ]



NO MORE POLLUTERS AT CLIMATE CONFERENCE
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/fossil-free-COP/ ... 1&source=k ]


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA: STOP INVESTING IN DESTRUCTION
[ https://actions.eko.org/a/royal-bank-of ... e=fwd&t=10 ]



SAVE DENNIS KABUNGA FROM BEING DEPORTED
[ https://www.change.org/p/save-dennis-ka ... g-deported ]


- Making Peace Vigil