MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 17, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 17, 2023


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

CITY MANAGER SAYS THEATRICS A BARRIER TO RESOLVING REAL FINANCES: CITY BUDGET
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ity-budget ]



SASK. CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE RELEASES INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON GOV'T OVERSIGHT INTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7059734 ]



OPPOSITION MOTION FOR EXPEDITED SOCIAL SERVICES HOTEL EXPENSE AUDIT VOTED DOWN BY SASK. GOV'T
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7059516 ]



CANADA VOTES FOR CEASEFIRE AFTER MONTHS OF PRESSURE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/836c ... newsletter ]



GAZA “SCORCHED-EARTH CAMPAIGN” IS A “JOINT U.S.-ISRAELI OPERATION,” by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/14 ... ar_against ]



SANDERS RESOLUTION AIMS TO HAVE US 'RECKON WITH ITS COMPLICITY' IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sande ... israel-aid ]



“POLITICS OF MEMORY”: MASHA GESSEN’S HANNAH ARENDT PRIZE POSTPONED FOR COMPARING GAZA TO WARSAW GHETTO
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/15 ... ens_hannah ]



9 THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT COP28: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE GREENWASH
[ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/conten ... s-climate/ ]


MEET SURVIVORS OF NUCLEAR TESTING CALLING ON U.N. TO SECURE JUST COMPENSATION & PROHIBIT NEW WEAPONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/15 ... ng_calling ]



GUATEMALAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BACKS AREVALOS INAUGURATION
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Gua ... -0010.html ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:



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 ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20, 6:30 pm: WARM WELCOME COALTION EVENT, HAMPTON HUB, 1221-15th AVENUE
Come and learn about the proposed warming centre at Carmichael Outreach & how you can help to provide a warming place for unhoused people for 8 hours during the night. Volunteers and mutual aid needed.
[ https://www.facebook.com/p/Good-Trouble ... EGIZs&_rdr ]



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



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

STOP THE DISPLACEMENT OF VULNERABLE EDMONTONIANS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
[ https://action.caeh.ca/stop-edmonton-sw ... ource=caeh ]



CANADA, CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE WAS STEP ONE
[ https://www.nccm.ca/canadaceasefirevote/ ]



CANADA MUST ISSUE PERMITS TO LEAVE GAZA FOR 4 GRANDCHILDREN OF CANADIAN FAMILIES
[ https://www.change.org/p/canada-must-is ... amily/sign ]


- Making Peace Vigil