MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 14, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 14, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

MAYOR MASTERS NEEDS TO EMPHASIZE HOMELESSNESS NOT GROWTH, by Ed Lehman
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... not-growth ]


INDIGENOUS-LED JOURNALISM DEGREE PROGRAM LAUNCHES AT FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7140651 ]


POST-SECONDARY FACULTY LEADERS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR SASK. TEACHERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7140061 ]



TRUSTEE SAYS THEY WERE GIVEN 24 HOURS TO DECIDE ON DEAL BETWEEN SSBA, PROVINCE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sc ... d-province ]



TIGHT TIMELINE ON EDUCATION FUNDING OFFER CRITICIZED BY STF, OPPOSITION NDP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7142023 ]


ACADEMIC BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN AT MCMASTER
[ HTTPS://SOUNDCLOUD.COM/UNUSUALSOURCES/A ... T-CAMPAIGN ]


UNRWA FUNDING RESUMPTION IS NECESSARY, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[ https://www.cjpme.org/press_releases ]


FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, MARCH 11, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Vru5pFGAc ]



UN CHIEF WARNS RAFAH INVASION WOULD PLUNGE GAZANS INTO 'EVEN DEEPER CIRCLE OF HELL'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/guter ... h-invasion ]



ISRAELI SNIPERS SHOOT DEAD UNARMED MEN FLEEING INTO A HOSPITAL
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/03/13/ ... -hospital/ ]


U.N. RAPPORTEUR FRANCESCA ALBANESE URGES ARMS EMBARGO & SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL OVER WAR CRIMES IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/12/ ... _palestine ]


STARVING GAZA
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/03/starv ... rom-rafah/ ]



THE ONLY BARRIER TO DELIVERING SUPPLIES IS ISRAEL. THE U.S. MUST PRESSURE ITS ALLY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/12/ ... a_albanese ]



INSTEAD OF HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, DETOUR SIGNS DIRECT ISRAEL'S HERZOG TO THE HAGUE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/herzo ... ust-museum ]


U.S. AIRDROPS & FLOATING PIER PLAN ARE “NOT SERIOUS RESPONSES” TO GAZA SUFFERING
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/13/ ... ami_khouri ]



ISRAELI MILITARY BLOWS UP EU-FUNDED, UNWRA-OPERATED DAYCARE CENTRE IN TULKARM REFUGEE CAMP, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBoLGVvgn5w ]


“REVOLUTIONARY LOVE”: MICHELLE ALEXANDER ON GAZA, SOLIDARITY, MLK & WHAT GIVES HER HOPE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/13/ ... onary_love ]



CANADA IMPERIALISM IN HAITI
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GIIcnQvWkk ]


“EMPIRE’S LABORATORY”: HOW 2004 U.S.-BACKED COUP DESTABILIZED HAITI & LED TO CURRENT CRISIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/11/haiti_update ]


“HAITI NEEDS PEACE”: PM ARIEL HENRY ANNOUNCES HE WILL RESIGN, TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL TO TAKE CHARGE—Canada much to blame
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/12/ ... esignation ]


'WE WON'T BE SILENCED,' SAYS GREENPEACE AS BIG OIL THREATENS LIBEL SUIT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/green ... libel-suit ]


DESPITE INDUSTRY VOWS, METHANE EMISSIONS REMAINED NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN 2023
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/metha ... -high-2023 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY MARCH 14, 5 pm: OPPENHEIMER: SINS OF OMISSION
The award-winning blockbuster film, Oppenheimer, is a biography of one person who facilitated the building of a weapon that could destroy the earth. Despite its wide acclaim Oppenheimer fails to tell the full story—the impacts of the Bomb and the nuclear industry on human beings then and now.
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/Ht5-Wvs7sE6XEdTAePbtQA2 ]



FRIDAY MARCH 15, 12-1 pm: LEAFLETING OUTSIDE SCOTIA BANK, 1901 HAMILTON ST, AS PART OF A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION CALLING ON SCOTIABANK TO STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE AND DIVEST FROM ELBIT SYSTEMS
[ https://bdscoalition.ca/2024/03/02/marc ... cotiabank/ ]



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 ]



SATURDAY MARCH 16, 9 am: ECOCIDE LAW & ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY MARCH 21, 7 pm food; 7:30 pm panel: 4 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WAR IN GAZA, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, EDUCATION AUDITORIUM 106.2
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/772090354494355/ ]



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: BOOK LAUNCH—SQUANDERED: CANADA’S POTASH LEGACY, BY ERIC CLINE, COLLEGE BUILDING, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, CB 139 MULTIPURPOSE HALL
[ https://uofrpress.ca/Books/S/Squandered ]



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:

TELL THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT: FIX THE EDUCATION CRISIS!
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/fix_edu ... tuesdaycom ]


WE WANT BIG OIL SLAPPED WIH A WINDFALL TAX
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/350org/f ... ple-canada ]



ASK YOUR MP TO SUPPORT THE NDP MOTION IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/NDP-motion-Gaza/ ... 2024-03-13 ]



WRITE A LETTER TO CANADA REVENUE AGENCY: NO SUBSIDES FOR WAR CRIME
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write ... -war-crime ]



SPEAK UP FOR CANADA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/speak-up ... gy-future/ ]



OLYMPICS & FIFA: BAN ISRAEL FROM INTERNATIONAL SPORTS NOW
[ https://action.eko.org/a/olympics-and-f ... sports-now ]



TANZANIA: STOP THE MASSAI EVICTIONS
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ma ... s_sign_71/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil