MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 17, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 17, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SASKATOON TRIBAL COUNCIL HOLDS WALK TO SHOW COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR FAIRHAVEN SHELTER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7143735 ]



FSIN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT LACK OF CONSULTATION AS SASK. ANNOUNCES WORK ON IRRIGATION PROJECT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7145267 ]



SUN TAKES AIM AT RELIANCE ON CONTRACT NURSES IN SASK., LACK OF ACTION ON SAFETY CONCERNS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7143993 ]



NDP, STF CALL FOR BINDING ARBITRATION TO REACH A DEAL, AVOID MORE JOB ACTION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... job-action ]



STF PRESIDENT 'INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED' SASK. GOVERNMENT WON'T AGREE TO BINDING ARBITRATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7143041 ]



CALGARY POLICE SERVICES ACCUSED OF CHARGE STACKING AGAINST TWO BLACK HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES
[ https://rabble.ca/political-action/calg ... Newsletter ]



HIDDEN CAMERAS CAPTURE BANK EMPLOYEES MISLEADING CUSTOMERS, PUSHING PRODUCTS THAT HELP SALES TARGETS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/market ... -1.7142427 ]



ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM – A STORY OF COLONIZATION AND ECOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKQtl0LAr48 ]



NATO-SUPPLIED MISSILES USED IN ATTACK ON RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA FLEET
https://www.rt.com/news/594281-nato-sto ... sea-fleet/



A TIMELINE OF ANTI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE AND THREATS IN CANADA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/a-timeline ... in-canada/ ]



ARE SCHOOL GROUNDS TURNING INTO BATTLEGROUNDS?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/are-school- ... tlegrounds ]



WHY US (& CANADA) SUPPORT ISRAEL
[ https://www.facebook.com/Nathan.A.Redek ... n5kXRzEbPl ]



DEAR CHILD—A LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD IN GAZA—with Chris Hedges
[ https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2 ... -child/15/ ]



ISRAELI SOLDIERS DESTROY MONUMENT TO PALESTINIANS' RIGHT OF RETURN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V23AWS_X5YI ]



MEHDI HASAN ON GENOCIDE IN GAZA, THE SILENCING OF PALESTINIAN VOICES IN U.S. MEDIA & WHY HE LEFT MSNBC
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/14/mehdi_hasan_gaza ]



“TOWERS OF IVORY AND STEEL”: JEWISH SCHOLAR SAYS ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES DENY PALESTINIAN FREEDOM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/15/ ... _ivory_and ]



“ANTI-ZIONISM IS NOT ANTISEMITISM”: PALESTINIAN PROF. SHALHOUB-KEVORKIAN ON HEBREW UNIV. SUSPENSION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/15/ ... stine_gaza ]



AID GROUPS CONDEMN IDF 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS' PLAN FOR RAFAH CIVILIANS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rafah ... an-islands ]



REPORT EXPOSES THE OIL GIANTS 'FUELING ISRAEL'S WAR MACHINE'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-c ... israel-war ]



RAMI KHOURI ON ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON, SUFFERING IN GAZA & "AMATEURISH" U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
THE WEST'S LAUNCHING PAD FOR WARS OF AGGRESSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnoMGIj5dGs ]
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uADj74tpq9c ]



ISRAEL’S GENOCIDAL PROJECT IS NOT CONFINED TO GAZA, by Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/03/17/ ... d-to-gaza/ ]



WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE!!
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/03/what- ... in-europe/ ]



‘EMPIRE’S LABORATORY’: HOW 2004 US-BACKED COUP DESTABALIZED HAITI & LED TO THE CURRENT CRISIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/11/haiti_update ]



AS WORLD SAW HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, CORPORATE NEWS CUT COVERAGE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-journalism ]



WHAT OPPENHEIMER LEFT OUT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovL96t0sQ4w ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 5 pm: ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY: CANADA, IMPERIALISM, AND THE GEOPOLITICAL REALIGNMENT—a lecture by Prof Kevin MacKay
[ https://us06web.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/ ]



WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—CANADA’S LONG FIGHT AGAINST DEMOCRACY, by Yves Engler
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



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 TO AGREE TO BINDING ARBITRATION ON THE ISSUE OF CLASS SIZE AND COMPLEXITY & WORK TOWARD A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE EDUCATION CRISIS
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/arbitra ... tuesdaycom ]



GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: PASS THE SUSTAINABLE JOBS ACT
[ https://canadians.org/action/pass-the-s ... t-already/ ]



JOIN THE NDP IN CALLING ON THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR PEACE & JUSTICE IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL
[ https://www.ndp.ca/vote-for-peace ]



EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/every ... vironment/ ]



STOP THE DEPORTATION OF SHOKRAN (ARASH) LET’S KEEP OUR FAMILY TOGETHER!
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-depor ... y-together ]


- Making Peace Vigil