October 30, 2020
I was awakened at 8 a.m. Wednesday by a worried call from a good friend, journalist and radical prairie activist Michael Caddell in Kansas. “Dave!” he said urgently, “Is Philly burning?”
The second indictment of alleged violations of the Espionage Act belatedly filed by the US against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange actually should not include him since there is no contention that he spied for any warring enemy, nor is he a U.S. citizen or resident, which the 1917 law targeted.
October 29, 2020
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded live-to-tape via Skype on this date, October 26th, 2020.
Canada was among the first countries in 2019 to confer legitimacy on the coup, and following its lead Canada-registered mining company Orvana Minerals used the opportunity the extreme-right political shift presented to undo labour agreements already signed and sack its unionized workers.
Kirsten Francescone is the Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada. Kirsten lived and worked in Bolivia for five years prior to commencing her PhD in Anthropology and Political Economy at Carleton University.
Kirsten Francescone in the first half.
And; while the landslide election victory of Evo Morales’ MAS party was and is cause for elation throughout Bolivia and the Americas for those long-suffering under the heel of El Norte, Luis Arces’ supporters can be forgiven if their celebrations are tempered with caution, considering what happened the last time it won elections there.
Dan Kovalik is a lawyer, educator, labour, peace, and justice activist, democracy defender, journalist and author. He’s also a recipient of the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford Law School, a frequent lecturer, oft sought television and radio political commentator, and his articles appear online at the Huffington Post and Counterpunch, among other places. His latest book is, ‘No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian’ Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests‘.
Dan Kovalik and Bolivia’s second chance in the second half.
And; CFUV Radio broadcaster and host of Plant Powered Radio, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour with the Left Coast Events Bulletin of some of the good things to be gotten up to in and around our town in the coming week.
But first, Kirsten Francescone and following the foreign corporate/government power nexus in Bolivia.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/
0ctober 20, 2020
Canadian unions and civil society organizations sent a letter today to Canadian mining company Orvana Minerals, condemning the company’s actions in firing the entire workforce at its Don Mario Mine Complex in Bolivia in February of this year.
October 23, 2020
Depressing but important news about life after Guantánamo was published by the Associated Press
on Wednesday, focusing on the appalling treatment that former
Guantánamo prisoners have received since being resettled in the United
Arab Emirates between November 2015 and January 2017, when President
Obama left office; specifically, 18 Yemenis (out of 23 men in total sent
to the UAE), who have now been told that the UAE is preparing to
repatriate them, even though their lives may well be at risk in Yemen.
March 5, 2020
While posing as a grassroots human rights organization, the World Uyghur Congress is a US-funded and directed separatist network that has forged alliances with far-right ethno-nationalist groups. The goal spelled out by its founders is clear: the destabilization of China and regime change in Beijing.
Ottawa, October 21, 2020 -
In a news release following its study on the human rights situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China (East Turkestan/Xinjiang) in 2018, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (the Subcommittee) warned that:
if the international community does not condemn the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province by the Government of China, a precedent will be set, and these methods will be adopted by other regimes. Complacency is entrenched by a lack of access to Xinjiang; by the lack of free press; and through the silencing and harassment of Uyghurs living abroad.
Building on the important testimony of seven witnesses over five sessions before the Subcommittee in 2018, on 20–21 July 2020 the Subcommittee convened urgent meetings to understand the latest developments in the plight of the Uyghurs.
October 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has greatly increased wealth inequality in the United States, a key issue in the upcoming presidential election. Polls are currently looking good for the Democrats, many of whom have been murmuring about—or even demanding—a new wealth tax.
October 22, 2020
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio's home edition, NOT broadcast live from CFUV Radio, but emanating live-to-tape on this date, October 16th, 2020.
The North American Megadam Resistance Alliance says, "These megadams destroy rivers and forests and are a climate and social justice disaster."
Norm Farrell is a writer and publisher of In-Sights.ca, a journal "covering Canadian public affairs with a focus on British Columbia..." [and] "...exploring political and economic issues." Norm attended the NAMRA sponsored, 'Canada’s Sinking Site C Megadam Webinar' Wednesday.
Norm Farrell in the first half.
And; the recent Green Party of Canada leadership race was worthy of a Rocky picture, seeing a feisty outsider taking on seemingly insurmountable odds to challenge an establishment champion. And true to the billing it was an epic contest; the campaign's eligibility opposed from the start, and when finally mounted, run against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
Lawyer, activist, and journalist, Dimitri Lascaris was our Rocky Balboa in this tilt, entering the ring promising to, “Defy the powerful. Confront injustice. [and] Unite progressives.”
Dimitri Lascaris on fighting from the ropes for a Green future in the second half.
But first, Norm Farrell and the politics, impacts, and BIG money behind Site C.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/
October 19, 2020
Canadian law makes it illegal to recruit soldiers for a foreign state. But, the line between enticing impressionable young people to oppress Palestinians and formal recruitment is unclear.
Across the spectrum, corporate media has endorsed last year’s
rightwing takeover of Bolivia, refusing to label it as a coup. Coverage
of Sunday’s historical elections hasn’t been much better.
October 15, 2020
The way we produce our food is under pressure like never before. And with the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic now posing the greatest challenges to nourishing the expanding global population, our precious and fragile food system is fast reaching breaking point.
The Tory government (with the collusion of the Labour leadership) is ramming through one of the most draconian and tyrannical laws ever seen in an ostensible democracy, a bill that will give a wide and ever-expanding number of state agencies the power to torture, rape and kill citizens without any legal consequences. This is no rhetorical exaggeration; it is the plain fact – as that notoriously far-left commie rag, the Spectator, points out.
Photograph Source: Adrian Pingstone – Public Domain
October 17, 2020
Should antiwar forces challenge power or praise government officials in the hopes of getting some crumbs for their pet issue?
October 16, 2020
In 2018 a wildlife habitat was destroyed on Bainbridge Island, Washington. It happened without much notice. A few dozen fir, hemlock, maple and cedar surrounding a meadow and a no-name creek were what remained of the re-growth from previous destructive binges.
Photograph: Dcoetzee – Public Domain
October 15, 2020
Welcome to Gorilla Radio’s continuing ‘Home Edition’, not broadcast live, but recorded on this date, October 9th, 2020.
Yves Engler in the first half.
And; the second No Fighter Jets manifestation crossed hands across Canada October 2nd to stand in the doorways of MP offices in every province and territory. The second Pan-Canadian National Day of Action was led by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Canada’s longest-lived national feminist peace group.
Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance whose research focus is climate and the environmental impacts of the military. Tamara’s also served as VoW’s lead person for the second No Fighter Jets day of action.
Tamara Lorincz and Canadians saying “No!” to an unjust and ecocidal war economy in the second half.
And; Victoria-based broadcaster, and host of CFUV’s Plant Based Radio, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour with the Left Coast Events Bulletin of some of the good things to be gotten up to in and around our town in the coming week.
But first, Yves Engler and burgeoning blowback for the Israel Lobby.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/
October 5, 2020
The United Kingdom Court of Appeals Monday annulled the decision that granted opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido control of 31 tons of gold that Venezuela has deposited in England.
October 9, 2020
In his speech commemorating the 30th anniversary of German unity, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sought to portray the reunified Germany as a guarantor of a peaceful world order.
October 9, 2020
Most people might be excused for not knowing it, because the story is
mainly ignored, or is shamelessly misreported in the corporate media
when it does get any attention. A courageous Australian journalist,
abandoned by his own country, is being railroaded by a British court
towards extradition to the US where he could face life in prison in
solitary confinement for the “crime of espionage”—exposing US war crimes
in Afghanistan and Iraq.
October 9, 2020
Numerous people have contacted me in various ways to ask where is my promised report on the final day of the Assange hearing, to complete the account?
October 7, 2020
Is it appropriate for the Canadian government to promote arms exports? And why, with its love of scandal does the dominant media not question this use of taxpayers’ dollars?
October 7, 2020
One of the most imposing features of state-corporate propaganda is
its incessant, repetitive nature. Over and over again, the ‘mainstream’
media have to convince the public that ‘our’ government prioritises the
health, welfare and livelihoods of the general population, rather than
the private interests of an elite stratum of society that owns and runs
all the major institutions, banks, corporations and media.
October 7, 2020
One day after his return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received millions of dollars’ worth of medical care for his COVID-19 infection at taxpayer expense, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he was breaking off talks on a new stimulus bill until after the November election.
October 2, 2020
How much is too much? When will Israeli nationalists in North America completely discredit themselves by overusing their power to crush those defending Palestinians?
October 6, 2020
A report issued by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), dated on October 6, has failed to identify the poison weapon which Alexei Navalny and his supporters claim was used to attack him in a Tomsk hotel on August 20.
