MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 14, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 14, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE PASSING BY REGINA MAN WHO DIED ON A STREET CORNER
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/security-foot ... -1.6722594 ]
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnsZ6i9 ... CBCTheNa... ]

DEADLY WINTER BREW'S TOLL IN SASK. MAY REMAIN A MYSTERY
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... d7aeb3de92 ]


UR PRIDE CONTINUES EFFORT TO CHALLENGE SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN LAW
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... plications ]


SASK. TEACHERS' FEDERATION ANNOUNCES 5-DAY COUNTDOWN TO 1-DAY STRIKE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7080521 ]


WHAT IS CLASSROOM COMPLEXITY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO THE STF?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/what-is-cla ... to-the-stf ]


FORMER NDP LEADER ED BROADBENT DEAD AT 87 (He took the NDP to the left.)
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... Newsletter ]


QUEBEC’S PLAYBOOK FOR BEATING BIG OIL
[ https://breachmedia.ca/quebec-playbook- ... g-big-oil/ ]


WHILE CANADIAN WORKERS STRUGGLE CEOs KEEP GETTING RICHER
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ing-richer ]


WATCH NEW ZEALAND MP's 'ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT' 80-SECOND TAKEDOWN OF GDP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-zealand-gdp ]


IS CANADA SECRETLY AT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST? by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/is-canada-s ... war-in-the ]


CANADIANS HELPED PLAN US UK ATTACKS ON HOUTHIS IN YEMEN, DEFENCE DEPARTMENT SAYS
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/ ... n-defence/ ]


'TRULY SHOCKING': DAILY GAZA DEATH RATE SHATTERS THAT OF ALL OTHER 21ST CENTURY WARS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... st-century ]


PRESS CONFERENCE: TRUDEAU MUST SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICA'S ICJ SUBMISSION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSUGSVfcxFE ]



NDP & GREEN PARTY CALL FOR CANADA TO SUPPORT ICJ DECISIONS ON ISRAELI GENOCIDE CASE
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/the-ndp-and-th ... cide-case/ ]



“NOWHERE IS SAFE IN GAZA”: SOUTH AFRICA LAYS OUT GENOCIDE CASE VS. ISRAEL AT WORLD COURT IN THE HAGUE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/11/ ... srael_gaza ]


SOUTH AFRICA'S GENOCIDE PRESENTATION AGAINST ISRAEL CALLED 'OVERWHELMING AND DEVASTATING'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/south ... j-genocide ]



SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS ITS CASE AGAINST ISRAEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[ Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f_yoal4gx8 ]
[ Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=939hSvcH0qM ]


“GASLIGHTING AND CHERRY-PICKING”: HOW ISRAEL IS DEFENDING ITSELF AT WORLD COURT ON CHARGES OF GENOCIDE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/12/ ... ocide_case ]


ISRAEL’S WAR ON PALESTINE & THE GLOBAL UPSURGE AGAINST IT, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2401/ ... nst-it.htm ]


WHY THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION IS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/01/why-t ... any-other/ ]


FEARS OF WIDER WAR AS US, UK BOMB YEMEN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-bombing-yemen ]


'THIS IS ILLEGAL': US LAWMAKERS SLAM STRIKES ON YEMEN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-yemen-illegal ]



IT’S TIME FOR CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO TALK ABOUT WAR AS AN ACT OF CLIMATE DENIAL
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... ate-denial ]


CONFIRMATION THAT LAST DECADE WAS THE HOTTEST IN HUMAN HISTORY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/hotte ... -ever-2023 ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

MONDAY JANUARY 15, 7 pm: CONNECTING STRUGGLES FOR GAZA—THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERSECTIONAL ORGANIZING
[ https://www.codepink.org/missingp15 ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 7 pm: ECOSTRESS SASK TEACH IN, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15th AVE
Do you or someone you know feel anxiety, grief, guilt, anger, abandonment, or any other difficult emotion due to the state of the environment? Heads up! EcoStress Sask will be hosting a teach-in (info session) at Hampton Hub, Regina, on Tuesday, January 16th. Come and learn about the eight-week long group sessions we offer. We'll describe what we do and then have a facilitated discussion on the topic of ecostress. This is a free event, though we hope you'll purchase a meal and/or drink to support the wonderful community work that Hampton Hub does.
You can find out more about EcoStress Sask at ecostresssask.ca/
Please email ecostresssask@gmail.com to reserve a spot for this teach-in.



TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: DOWNTOWN LIBRARIES, WITH CEO OF EDMONTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Registration is required.)

Join us for the 3rd Speaker Series event: Libraries as Community Catalysts featuring Carol Belanger and Pilar Martinez. The Speaker Series features speakers who have experience and insight into how cities can maintain and build vibrancy and prosperity in our communities and the importance of public and private investment in our central cities.

Pilar Martinez, CEO of Edmonton Public Libraries and Carol Belanger, City Architect for the City of Edmonton, will share their successes and lessons learned in expanding the Edmonton Public Library and the importance of libraries in community, including:

The new role libraries play in society

Libraries as catalysts for investment

Libraries as sources of community pride

Libraries and placemaking

Cost effective design and civic buildings

This event is a collaboration between Regina Downtown BID, Regina's Warehouse District and Regina Chamber and will take place at the Regina Public Library : RPL Film Theatre .

[ http://chambermaster.reginachamber.com/ ... wntown-941 ]



TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 7 pm: KNOX TALKS –THE ANTI-POVERTY MINISTRY AND THE BATTLE TO END LEGISLATED POVERTY IN SASKATCHEWAN, with Peter Gilmer, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE



TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 7 pm: DEBRIEF—SOUTH AFRICA VS ISRAEL
[ https://www.codepink.org/cpc116?utm_cam ... e=codepink ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17, 3 pm: UNDERSTANDING GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME: A VIABLE OPTION TO BUILDING EQUITY?
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/understandi ... 1567999927 ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17, 5:30 pm: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: SCIC JANUARY NETWORKING SOCIAL, BUSHWAKKERS, 2206 DEWDNEY AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-conn ... 0331411257 ]



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17, 6 pm: CJPME WEBINAR—MEETING WITH YOUR MP ON CANADA’S ARMS TRADE WITH ISRAEL
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



FRIDAY JANUARY 19, 6 – 9 pm: COLONIALISM ON CANVAS WITH REGINA-BASED ARTIST, JAMIE REYNOLDS. MCOS' OFFICE BOARDROOM: 452 ALBERT ST. N

Jamie Reynolds is an Indigenous artist and educator from Pasqua First Nation. Her work ranges from the abstract to realism, often a combination of the two, and is inspired by dreams, nature and history. She has spent the last decade teaching, creating, facilitating, working, curating, administrating, painting, building, sculpting and learning in the arts community.

As an extension of Prince Albert ICARE’s Colonialism on Canvas event, Regina participants will have the opportunity to use art as a medium to explore how settler colonialism has shaped their identity in Saskatchewan. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels safe to discuss the effects of settler colonialism in their lives through sharing experiences and creating new ones.

Free registration: [ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colonialis ... HlGJK0W60I ]



SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 10:30 am: SARAH KUZUSKO OF REGINA’S WELLNESS PHARMACY WILL PRESENT, UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Sarah is a pharmacist and social justice advocate who believes in doing the right thing. Come and hear how she and her staff members aim to make a difference in their community. In person or via zoom:
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 9 am: UNVEILING EQUITY, TACKLING SYSTEMIC RACISM by Faculty of Native Studies and Concordia University
[ https://www.facebook.com/UAlbertaNative ... AudnDcidFl ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TELL THE SASK EDUCATION MINISTER TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/countdown_email ]



RESTORATION OF PASSENGER PRIORITY SO THAT VIA RAIL CAN PROVIDE THE RELIABILITY CANADIANS FROM COAST TO COAST DESERVE
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ign/e-4754 ]



PM TRUDEAU: I WANT A STRONG ROBUST EMISSIONS CAP
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=6808715 ]



URGE TRUDEAU TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY IN CANADA
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/protect-biodiversity ]


OFFICIAL GAZA HEALTHCARE WORKERS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINATION 2024
[ https://www.change.org/p/official-gaza- ... ation-2024 ]


DON’T LET BIG OIL OFF THE HOOK
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/cap-and- ... emissions/ ]


STOP FORCING GIRLS & WOMEN INTO SEX FOR WATER
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/sextortion_dn_loc/ ]


BOEING IS PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. WE MUST DEMAND ACTION!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/2 ... 3378810434 ]


- Making Peace Vigil