MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 3, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 3, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

TEACHERS ANNOUNCE ONE-DAY ROTATING STRIKE, RALLY AT LEGISLATURE MONDAY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ure-monday ]

[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7131215 ]



SASK TEACHERS TO REFUSE EXTRACURRICULAR DUTIES STARTING TUESDAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7129550 ]



FORMER SASK. TEACHER SAYS LACK OF SUPPORTS PUTS SAFETY OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT RISK
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7129355 ]



TENT CITY STORY SHOWS CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO END HOMELESSNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... melessness ]



LABOUR CELEBRATES PHARMACARE WIN
[ https://rabble.ca/health/labour-celebra ... acare-win/ ]



PHARMCARE BILL IS A REBUKE TO CORPORATE INTERESTS—FOR NOW
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canada-pharmacar ... interests/ ]



DEATHS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ARE POVERTY DEATHS
[ https://nonprofitquarterly.org/deaths-f ... ty-deaths/ ]



BILL TO MAKE FORCED AND COERCED STERILIZATION A CRIMINAL OFFENCE BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/forc ... -1.7130097 ]



A WIN FOR PUBLIC PHARMACARE
[ https://canadians.org/analysis/weve-got ... gislation/ ]



SET A MAXIMUM WAGE FOR THE RICH
[ https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/26/S ... Wage-Rich/ ]



ARE CANADA’S YOUNG PEOPLE REJECTING WAR AND THE MILITARY?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/is-canadas- ... ng-war-and ]



PROTESTERS LAUNCH COORDINATED BLOCKADES OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/israel-arm ... facturers/ ]



LANDMINE TREATY TURNS 25
[ https://www.icblcmc.org/our-impact/25-y ... dium=email ]



THE STORY BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES OCTOBER 7 EXPOSÉ
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new ... october-7/ ]



ISRAEL KILLS 104 PALESTINIANS WAITING FOR FOOD AID AS U.N. EXPERT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF STARVING GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/29/ ... starvation ]



ISRAELI MASSACRE OF PALESTINIANS WAITING FOR GAZA AID TRUCKS
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsf ... aid-trucks ]



GEORGE GALLOWAY WINS IN UK ELECTION (YAY!)
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QJQ4wUhsRXo ]



THE LIFE & DEATH OF AARON BUSHNELL: U.S. AIRMAN SELF-IMMOLATES PROTESTING U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8MYAF1L9M&rco=1 ]



INSPIRING MESSAGE: ORGANIZE COLLECTIVELY TO DEMAND HANDS OFF CHINA AND SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAFbVkM45Bw ]



IMPERILING CLIMATE GOALS, GLOBAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION SET TO SURGE 60% BY 2060
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/resou ... 60-by-2060 ]



THE WHITE-WEST VS THE BLACK-WEST
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/03/the-w ... lack-west/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY MARCH 3, 3 pm: YOUTH TAKE ON OTTAWA AND NEW YORK FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



MONDAY MARCH 4, 7 pm: THE MISSING PEACE—CODE PINK COMMUNITY HOUR
[ https://www.codepink.org/missingp34?utm ... e=codepink ]



THURSDAY MARCH 7, 6:30 pm: REGINA 2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTION WORKSHOP—WHAT DOES BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE REGINA LOOK LIKE? UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]



TUESDAY MARCH 12, 5 pm: RENEWABLE POWER FOR ALL—VIRTUAL ACTION PARTY WITH DAVID SUZUKI
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... ymoShxfQqA ]



FRIDAY MARCH 15, 7 pm: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, SHOWING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theatre/browse-films ]



TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



THURSDAY MARCH 28, 7 pm: ZONE OF INTEREST SCREENING AT REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE & 12TH
Here’s a link to information about the film:
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_ ... rest_(film)#:~:text=The%20Zone%20of%20Interest%20is,the%20United%20Kingdom%20and%20Poland ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

CALL ON PM TRUDEAU & MINISTER WILKINSON: PASS THE SUSTAINABLE JOBS ACT NOW
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/sja-mp-ett-nonlib/ ]



A CALL FOR CANADA TO AIRDROP FOOD SUPPLIES INTO GAZA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/a-cal ... -into-gaza ]



BOYCOTT ISRAELI DATES
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... g/viewform ]



BAN ISRAEL FROM INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
[ https://actions.eko.org/a/olympics-and- ... ports-now/ ]



SHELL: DROP THE LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE
[ https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/shell-open-letter ]

- Making Peace Vigil