Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Steve Stewart, Robert Massoud October 28, 2026

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by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com

 

October 28, 2026

 

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One of the original “banana republics”, Guatemala has suffered Yankee neo-imperialism for more than a century. The Maya Genocide following the US-sponsored coup that overthrew President Jacobo Árbenz’s agricultural reform efforts in 1954 led to a decades-long attempted eradication of rural indigenous people; a so-called “Silent Holocaust” claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, and displacing a million and a half more. All to protect the price of banana exports, and profit a ruthless local elite.

Leocadio Juracán is the former general coordinator of Guatemala’s Campesino Committee of the Highlands, and currently leads the CCDA’s Agrarian Justice Team. Leocadio will be in Victoria this week to inform of the ongoing “struggle for land and a dignified life for Guatemala’s rural communities”.

Steve Stewart worked as a journalist for the CERIGUA news agency for several years in Guatemala during the armed conflict and has led more than 20 solidarity delegations to the country. He’s currently the green bean sales coordinator for BC CASA-Cafe Justicia, and is helping organize Leocadio’s stop in Victoria as part of a Cross-Canada tour.

 

Steve Stewart in the first half. 

And; from the return of Noah’s dove the olive branch has served as harbinger of hope for humanity’s survival and its aspirations for a peaceful and prosperous future. It’s a powerful symbol, reminding of the universality of humankind. And perhaps that’s why it’s the target of those that would obscure that memory of our shared struggle and common destination in this life.

The ‘Undeclared Olive Harvest War’ is not new. It did not begin October 8th, 2023. And neither did the efforts to preserve both the ancient olive groves of Palestine, and the greater meaning of the small fruits they produce.

Robert Massoud is a Palestinian-Canadian whose family immigrated to Canada when he was a child. He’s founder of Zatoun, an organization which imports fair trade Olive Oil from the West Bank to provide market opportunities for Palestinian goods, and to foster a truthful representation of life in Palestine.

 

Robert Massoud and transcending the geopolitical to focus on the everyday lives of the Palestinian people in the second half.

But first, Steve Stewart and Guatemalans fighting still for the dignity of the rural Maya.

 

[Check out BC CASA VI here.]

 

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Song for Tareq Zakarneh’ ‘Sally Rooney’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Debbie Lerman, John Helmer October 21, 2026

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by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com

 

October 21, 2026

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded October 21st, 2026 

 

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As witnessed daily, whether from police goons, smirking as they bash the citizenry; lying, thieving politicians selling out their oaths of office for personal enrichment; or the mass-murdering Western powers, dropping bombs and rockets on defenseless civilians, and more, impunity is the scourge of our times; an indelible, crimson stain no civilization can survive. Yet hope of justice lives on, even so.

This week a civil case is being brought forward in the Netherlands to bring to book the authors and progenitors of the great Covid-19 lies; lies that, through commission and omission caused deaths and injury to untold millions.

Debbie Lerman is a retired medical writer and current investigative researcher. She has focused on all things Covid-related since 2022 independently - and with the Brownstone Institute as of 2023. Many of her articles on the topic feature in her book, ‘The Deep State Goes Viral: Pandemic Planning and the Covid Coup’. Her recent article, ‘There Is No Other Case in the World Like the One in the Netherlands Against Bill Gates, et al’ sets the for an unprecedented courtroom drama, the likely outcomes of which are literally too expansive to anticipate.

  

Debbie Lerman in the first half.

And; even as the White House hints its support of Volodymyr Zelenskyy is nearing its breaking point - and American media sow hopeful messages of a peaceful end finally to the four and half year Russia-Ukraine - facts on the battleground paint a much different, and extremely dangerous picture. From Bulgaria to Sweden, European countries are now blatantly assisting in daily military attacks on land, sea, and air against Russia.

John Helmer’s the principle behind the news and analysis website, ‘Dances with Bears’. He’s an author and journalist who spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. Helmer’s book titles include: ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,’ ‘Long Live Novichok: The British Poison Which Fooled the World’, ‘Sovcomplot: How pirates tried to capture the treasure of the Russian seas, and were caught out’ and his latest, ‘The Coroner Is Guilty’.

His recent article at Dances with Bears, ‘The Black Sea Game NATO is Playing for Bulgaria Against Russia’ lays out the determined and coordinated European efforts to trigger perhaps World War III.

 

 

John Helmer and NATO war-gaming the apocalypse in the second half.

But first, Debbie Lerman and seeking redress for the crimes of Covid from the Dutch courts.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Performative Voting’

 

[See: Sasha Latypova’s ‘Due Diligence and Art’ Substack for more info. on the Netherlands Case.]

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Finian Cunningham, Bill Appledorf October 14, 2026

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October 14, 2026 

 

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Ethiopia is at war; both within its borders, fighting again in Tigray province, and facing too resumption of the never properly resolved cessation of fighting with neighbouring Eritrea.

Finian Cunningham is a prolific journalist, author, and host of ‘The Word with Finian Cunningham’ on the Youtube platform. He’s also a two-time Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism recipient, and spent the better part of a decade living in and reporting from Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Finian’s many articles on international affairs appear at numerous online outlets, including Strategic Culture, where I found his recent piece, ‘Ethiopia at War: The Horn of Africa is Set to Explode’.

 

Finian Cunningham in the first half.

And; Canada’s current prime minister is set on terrifying the citizenry into giving over hard-won rights new and old in exchange for “safety and security”. The threat according to Carney is the pernicious, if unproven, influence of China, Russia, and of official enemies, on Canadian democracy and “our way of life’. But, as flimsy his evidence, and hackneyed his PR is, Carney’s right in one thing; the affordability threat has millions of us, from coast to coast to coast, terrified the next rent hike, or loss of income could well mean a future life on Canada’s cold streets.

Bill Appledorf is the principle behind RadioBill.ca. The “old man in a room somewhere” created the news and analysis web site from his many articles and op-eds on housing, rents, homelessness, the privatization of healthcare in Canada, and other things. It’s where I found his recent piece, ‘Interest Rates, Financialization, and Housing’.

 

Bill Appledorf and the “supply and demand” grift behind skyhigh rents and the pauperization of Canada in the second half.

But first, Finian Cunningham and the clarion call to war ringing again in the Horn of Africa.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘The Dirt Poor, and the Filthy Rich’ ‘Kleptocracy’

 

Bill notes: The story about RTB protecting two "investors" and their bank who should lose on a speculation that went negative and screwing tenants who just happened to be renting the property involved is here: https://radiobill.ca/Content/SpeculatorsTenantsAndBadLoans.html

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Steve Stewart, Kristen Taleen, Andy Worthington October 7, 2026

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October 7, 2026 

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded October 7th, 2026.

 

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The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, or CPPIB, decides how much of your pension money will be invested. The plan, initiated by Paul Martin in 1997, proclaims itself, “unencumbered by political agendas and insulated from political interference” and is mandated to first “maximize long-term investment returns without undue risk”. What that corporate ethos means materially, nearly thirty years on, is Canadians paying into or receiving a public pension - and their dependents - are invested in war, genocide, and environmental holocaust all in the service of the fund’s maximized returns.

Every couple years, the CPPIB is compelled by law to present itself and its record to the Canadian public - ostensibly to hear how the citizenry would have their future financed - and this is one of those years. The Board will be visiting cities from coast to coast throughout October, and a variety of public interest groups will be in attendance.

Steve Stewart is a former Social Studies and Spanish teacher with Retired Teachers Divest BC, a grassroots collective pressing to have teachers’ pension funds divested from corporations contributing to ecocide and genocide. And Kristen Taleen is a member of Canadian Nurses for Justice in Palestine, a network of labour activists organizing for the human rights of Palestinians and other oppressed peoples worldwide.

 

 

Steve Stewart and Kristen Taleen in the first half.

And; before 2023, October 7th was just another day beneath the grinding boot of brutal occupation for Palestinians. Now we know that infamous date as bellwether of both the beginning of the long-planned expulsion or extermination of the Gaza population, and the surrender of civilization to barbarism by the “international community”.

Andy Worthington is an English journalist, activist, author, photo-historian, filmmaker, musician, song-writer and principle of The Four Fathers band. He’s also co-founder of the Close Guantánamo campaign, and his book titles include: ‘The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison’, ‘Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion’, and ‘The Battle of the Beanfield. Andy’s articles appear at AndyWorthington.co.uk, and at his eponymous Substack site, where I found his recent piece, ‘Three Years of Gaza as a Ghetto of Genocidal Extermination’.

Marking three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, with my text superimposed on a photo taken by Omar al-Qattaa on January 19, 2025, the first day of what was meant to be a durable ceasefire, but which was brought to an end by Israel six weeks later, when it resumed its military attacks with renewed genocidal ferocity.

Andy Worthington and the genocide the World ignores - three years later in the second half.But first, Steve Stewart and Kristen Taleen and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board presenting the bill to the nation.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Sleepwalking into Armageddon’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Yves Engler, Keith McHenry September 30, 2026

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September 30, 2026

 

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Over the last week, past political luminaries from this country were joined by British dons and doyens of academe in their praise of prime minister Mark Carney’s mastery of multi-dimensional realpolitik on both local and global stages. Presented as the greatest pm since Lester Pearson, former foreign minister John Manley went further, dubbing what the ex-Goldman Sachs man is making of the nation the “Carney Doctrine”; an unprecedented if not original description of what looks to be the controlled demolition of Canada’s liberal democracy - in place since Pearson left office nearly sixty years ago.

Yves Engler is an activist, journalist, and the author of countless articles and essays detailing Canada’s foreign policy history. He’s written a baker’s dozen of books on the subject, including: ‘Stand on Guard for Whom?: A People’s History of the Canadian Military’, ‘House of Mirrors — Justin Trudeau’s Foreign Policy’, ‘Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada’, and his latest, ‘Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy’, co-written with Owen Schalk. Yves’ articles are at his website, YvesEngler.com, where I found his recent piece, ‘Carney Is the New Pearson - In Defending US Imperialism’.

 

 

Yves Engler in the first half.

And; the US military budget, as far as can be accounted for, will exceed 1.5 trillion dollars. One and half trillion is 1,500 billion, or 1.5 million million dollars; all devoted to war and the preparation for war. And that’s just for one year.

Meanwhile, according to Food Not Bombs, “World hunger is on the increase. Farmers around the globe are facing shortages in fertilizer as a result of the closing of the Strait of Hormuz [and] as millions of Americans are struggling with disruptions in food stamps, Section eight cuts, layoffs and rising costs there is plenty of money for war”.

Keith McHenry is an American artist, author, anarchist, Officer of the National Union of the Homeless, and food recovery and distribution expert, and co-founder of Food Not Bombs. He has, as reward for his decades of dedication to feeding the hungry, spent hundreds of days imprisoned, suffering the figurative and literal boot of injustice, and been declared a “prisoner of conscience” for his repeated and unrepentant insistence to serve the poorest.

Keith’s books include, ‘Hungry for Peace - How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs’, ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’, and his latest, ‘Soup Street’.

 

Keith McHenry and beating swords into forks and spoons in the second half.

 

But first, Yves Engler and Canada’s government bidding a fast farewell to the national social experiment.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Salaam Alaikum’

 

 

Keiths Food Not Bombs paintings

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, David Quigg, David Rovics September 23, 2026

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September 23, 2026  

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded September 23rd, 2026.

 

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The two and a half year campaign to spare Fairy Creek’s ancient forests from timber company Teal Jones’ saw more than 1200 everyday citizens arrested and charged with contempt of a court injunction. The 2023 Henderson decision put an end to the legal peril for those who chose to put themselves between the loggers and one of the last old growth stands remaining on Vancouver Island. The cameras may have gone now - as have untold numbers of irreplaceable forest giants - but the fight to save what remains continues. 

David Quigg is an organizer with the Sierra Club of BC. He will be among the throng before the BC Legislature Buildings demanding Hands Off Old Growth! October 4th.

 

David Quigg in the first half.

And; itinerant musician, songwriter, and relentless social justice advocate and activist, David Rovics was in Victoria last week. The occasions for his visit were support for Cuba and end of the illegal US blockade of the island nation - now in its 65th year - and the first International Day of Peace Summit on Peace & Social Justice held over the weekend on the Leg. grounds.

Rovics, who’s been compared to such social movement giants as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs provided the music for resistance, as he has done so many times and in myriad places. But, there’s more to David Rovics than just a thousands-deep repertoire, and countless gigs around the World; he is too a prolific essayist, and media activist, covering the people and issues ignored by the state and corporate press.

 

 

David Rovics, writer and journalist in the second half.

But first, David Quigg and protecting the last ancient forests.

 

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Forty Thousand One-Ton Bombs’, ‘International Law’

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ken Boon, Ken Stone September 16, 2026

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September 16, 2026 

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio recorded September 16th, 2026

 

  

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The John Horgan Dam, that is the dam formerly known as “Site C” - the same the late John Horgan opposed as candidate for premier, before winning election and not opposing it - will have, if Horgan’s successor David Eby has his way, a companion dam on the Peace River. So far, the so-called “Site E” is merely a twinkle in the eye of BC Hydro and the NDP, but the pair are moving with speed and determination to make their dream reality - regardless of the costs.  

Ken Boon is a Peace Valley farmer and president of the Peace Valley Landowners Association. He opposed the Horgan Dam for years and paid the price, being hit along with other protesters with a BC Hydro SLAPP suit. Boon says the proposed Site E revisits all its predecessor’s threats of harm to the people and environment of the Peace.

 

Ken Boon in the first half.

And; the prime minister has made no secret of his government’s determination to pound Canada’s ploughshares into spears, making of us an armed camp with an economy based on feeding the insatiable martial appetite of the Anglo-American Axis.

Only in power a few months, Mark Carney has already devoted a massive 5% of the country’s GDP to war and preparation for the forever wars of NATO, and its American masters.

Ken Stone is an activist and author who’s worked tirelessly for peace with the (formerly) Syria Support Movement International, now Sovereignty Support Mission (for West Asia), Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, and Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network. His book, ‘Defiant Syria: Dispatches from the Second International Tour of Peace to Syria’ is a compilation of reports from his 2016 mission to that then-besieged nation.

Ken and the Hamilton Coalition are girding their loins to take on the plans to make of their city a hub for armed drone production, hosting the symposium, ‘Don’t Put a Target on Hamilton!’ September 30th at the New Vision United Church.

 

 

Ken Stone and wrecking REKAM’s designs on warmaking for Hamilton in the second half.

But first, Ken Boon and the Site E deja vu dam.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘The Ruling Class’, ‘Cages’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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and now on Youtube too, at: https://www.youtube.com/@GRadioRadio

 

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jeremy Kuzmarov, John Helmer September 9, 2026

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September 9, 2026 

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded September 9th, 2026 

 

 

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More than a generation after the fact, how many will take a moment to remember Friday the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? There was, until just a few years ago, a big deal made of the event that “changed everything”, perhaps now we are collectively weary of asking questions that haven’t been, and probably never will be, answered? But before consigning the event historians will forever mark as democracy’s disembarkation point, another look at September 11th, 2001.

Professor Jeremy Kuzmarov is an author, educator, contributing Managing Editor at Covert Action Magazine, and co-host of Uncontrolled Opposition on Youtube. Jeremy’s book titles include, ‘Obama’s Unending Wars’, ‘Warmonger. How Clinton’s Malign Foreign Policy Launched the U.S. Trajectory From Bush II to Biden’, ‘Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change’, co-authored with Dan Kovalik, and the freshly released, ‘Political Assassinations in America: The Intricate Nexus of Deep State Crime’.

 Jeremy Kuzmarov in the first half.

And; Trump envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Moscow to meet Russian president Putin over the weekend, ostensibly to discuss an end to the four and a half year conflict between Russia and the Kyiv regime. The pair flew to Ukraine from Moscow to meet with the Volodymyr Zelensky accompanied by European representatives from France, Germany, and the UK. Kremlin aide, Yuri Ushakov said the talks were “useful”, adding the US team offered a “whole series of considerations regarding possible paths to a settlement”.

John Helmer’s the principle behind the news and analysis website, ‘Dances with Bears’. He’s an author and journalist who spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. His academic career includes teaching at Harvard, and he’s served as political advisor to presidents and prime ministers.

Helmer’s book titles include: ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,’ ‘Long Live Novichok: The British Poison Which Fooled the World’, ‘Sovcomplot: How pirates tried to capture the treasure of the Russian seas, and were caught out’ and his latest, ‘The Coroner Is Guilty’. His recent article at Dances with Bears is, ‘Trust in the Sharks of Imperialism — What Gorbachev Said, What Putin is Saying’.

John Helmer and charting Russian diplomacy in dangerous waters in the second half.

But first, Jeremy Kuzmarov and the deadly business end of American politics. 

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Settlers and Soldiers’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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@GRadio at UpScrolled, and on Telegram at: https://t.me/gorillaradio2024

and now on Youtube too, at: https://www.youtube.com/@GRadioRadio

 

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ramzy Baroud, Yves Engler September 2, 2026

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September 2, 2026 

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded September 2nd, 2026

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Eighty-eight years after Kristallnacht, Jewish supremacist gangs are marauding throughout Palestine; terrorizing the citizenry. Their strategy is, as it was for the German Nazis preceding them, to make Palestinians see, there is no future for them in their homeland. Though the tactic is not new, there has been in those interim years an evolution of cruelty, a sadistic nuance to Israel’s determination that places it in a category of savagery all its own.

Ramzy Baroud is a Palestinian author, journalist, and long-time contributing editor to the online news site, The Palestine Chronicle. His books include, ‘My Father Was a Freedom Fighter’, ‘Our Vision of Liberation’, ‘The Last Earth’, and his latest, ‘Before the Flood’. Ramzy’s articles can be found at The Palestine Chronicle and at his website, RamzyBaroud.net where I found his recent piece, ‘Qusra Is Just a Warning: Israel’s Blueprint for the West Bank’.

Ramzy Baroud in the first half.

And; later this month, Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney will host a Toronto confab of them that rules the World. Though the invitee list is yet to be available to the plebes, Carney’s ‘Canada Investment Summit’ is expected to be attended by the crème de la crème of global capitalism - that is, the scum risen to the top of the current World Order.

Canadian author, journalist, activist, and famed disruptor, Yves Engler is inviting all-comers in Toronto on September 14th to “paint Carney as agent of global rich in epic demo”.

Yves Engler and meeting GloboCap 27 years after Seattle in the second half.

But first, Ramzy Baroud and breaking the siege of Qusra before it becomes “the blueprint for the whole of the West Bank.”

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Sam Is Running for Congress’

‘Baby Shoes’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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Joan Russow, Presenté!

Joan Russow, Presenté!

 

Joan Elizabeth Russow

November 1, 1938 - July 30, 2026

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Joan Elizabeth Russow, who died peacefully on July 30, 2026, at the age of 87, surrounded by her loving family.

Joan lived a remarkable life devoted to creativity, learning, environmental protection, peace, and social justice. A lifelong learner and pioneer, she studied fine arts, architecture, and law at a time when few women entered those fields, and later earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies.

Joan was a nationally recognized environmental advocate and served as leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1997-2001. She was a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global Compliance Research Project, and dedicated her life to promoting environmental responsibility, human rights, and ethical leadership.

Earlier in her life, Joan and John Russow, the father of her children, ran Le Hibou, the legendary Ottawa coffeehouse. Joan booked many of the performers who became important Canadian musicians and created the posters and artwork that helped define the venue's unique spirit.

Joan was also a gifted painter whose artwork was seen by only a fortunate few. She found inspiration in nature, travel, and the beauty of the world around her.

Later in life, Joan shared a loving partnership with David, who stood beside her in life and in the causes they championed together. She was predeceased by her mother Lilyan, father Ian, and David White and is lovingly remembered by her children: Maya, Lorick (Masako), Theona (Jason), and Soren (Ema); her seven granddaughters: Lily, Amelia, Anise, Sophia, Violeta, Mimi, and Sena, her brother Bruce, and her many dear friends.

A celebration of Joan's life will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. starting at her favourite swing next to Oak Bay Marina. 

There will be a musical procession to Haynes Park-bringing together music, community, and nature-three things that Joan cherished deeply. Family, friends, and all whose lives Joan touched are warmly invited to gather to share stories, and celebrate her remarkable life. Joan will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.

 

 

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Alan MacLeod, Salam Hamdan August 26, 2026

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August 26, 2026 

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded August 26th, 2026

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Hillary said it was “the Russians” that sunk her in 2016. Trump claimed China done for him in 2020. Canada’s intelligence agencies bolstered Trump, saying “China tried to do for us too, twice!” But Canadian Security Establishment and CSIS concerns had less to do with a love of the democratic process, as Canadian foreign policy writer Yves Engler points out, than being “deeply integrated with their US counterparts in an intelligence sharing alliance driving hostility towards China”.

This is not to say all allegations of poll-fixing are merely sore-loserism, cynical foreigner-bashing, or in the Canadian case shamelessly currying favour. Transnational political meddling is real, and one need only look to recent elections in South America to see how it works, and what it costs the people.

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News and author of the books, ‘Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting’, and ‘Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent’. MacLeod’s recent piece at MintPress, ‘U.S. Meddling in Brazilian Elections, Preparing for Possible Military Intervention’ reveals who’s haunting South America’s electoral machinery.

Alan MacLeod in the first half.

And; in case you’d forgotten about the genocide in Palestine, it’s still going on; in Gaza, in the West Bank, and in Jerusalem. The so-called “settlers”, extremist Jewish supremacists, continue their robbing, and beating, and killing to such a degree even American ambassador and avowed Christian Zionist, Mike Huckabee referred to them as, “terrorists”.

Hardly news, but what Huckabee and the rest of the West won’t concede is the unity existing between the Israeli political establishment and those same settlers.

Salam Hamdan is a Palestinian political activist and Social-Feminist from Ramallah. She’s in Canada, watching things go from worse to worst at home.

Salam Hamdan and keeping an eye fixed on Palestine in the second half.

But first, Alan MacLeod and the small step from political meddling to military intervention. 

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘Attacking Canada’

‘May Your Village Burn’

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:

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@GRadio at UpScrolled, and on Telegram at: https://t.me/gorillaradio2024

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Arms Embargo Now, Joan Russow Presenté! August 20, 2026

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August 20, 2026  

 

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded August 15th, 2026 and April 16th, 2012

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Despite protestation to the contrary, Canada is still supplying arms in aid of the Genocide in Palestine. The Carney regime obscures the trade by using Trump’s gangster state as a “plausible deniability” cut-out, while Canadian war materiel transits to Israel much as America used Canada to supply Britain before officially entering the war against Hitler in Europe. The fact U.S. policy is concomitant with Israel’s genocide, though never mentioned in the press, is glaringly obvious. The same can be said for Canada, and the rest of America’s willing coalition of collaborator nations around the World.

For the present, citizen action is the only avenue in stopping the impending West Asia Holocaust. In Canada, Arms Embargo Now are trying. Their recent ‘Elbit Out of Canada’ day of action took the message to the sidewalks outside governing MP’s offices across the country. I went down to the demonstration in front of Victoria Liberal MP, Will Greaves’ office.

On the sidewalk with Arms Embargo Now in the first half.

And; iconic activist, scholar, and former leader of the Green Party of Canada, Joan Russow died July 30th. Joan founded the Global Compliance Research Project, who’s work digging through international law and compliance with environmental agreements already signed, but not ratified, and those ratified but not acted upon is a signal effort.

Joan was a frequent guest on this program going back to the year 2000, and I feature today a conversation we had as she readied to go down to Venezuela in 2012.

photo: Heather Tufts

Joan Russow Presenté! in the second half.

But first, pounding the pavement for peace with Arms Embargo Now.

 

Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno

Songs: ‘A Great Day to Leave the Army’

‘May Your Village Burn’

 

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