The Painter's House: Another Case of Last Things Done

What follows is the rap on last week's show. As it turned out, one of the guests no-showed, but you'll get the idea. In the meanwhile, the Italian-U.S. rift grows wider by the day. The Italian people won't accept a whitewash of the incident. but, the U.S. administation is as unrelentingly recalcitrant as ever, refusing to budge from the original tale spun by military PR. {ape}

Gorilla Radio for Monday, April 25th, 2005

They were singing and laughing in the car, happy to be heading home to Italy. Giuliana Sgrena, correspondent for Italy's 'Il Manifesto' newspaper had endured weeks of mortal fear, not knowing who her kidnappers really worked for, or what they might do to her. Now, less than half a mile from the airport, they were homefree. And then the shooting started.

Danny Schechter on the Sgrena Incident in the first half.

It’s no secret, Corporate Canada is a big fan of the U.S. economic model. Who, in business wouldn’t back lower wages and benefits for workers? Which among them would oppose tax cuts? The recent history of Canadian business should read as a horror story for any of those quaint old-fashioned Canadians. You know, patriots?

Murray Dobbin on the CEO Sellout of Canada in the second half.

And...Janine Bandcroft at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed on all that's good to do in and around Victoria this week.

Gorilla Radio
Monday, April 25th, 5-6pm pdt


She was an old Iraq hand, having covered the invasion and occupation from a uniquely feminine perspective, living with and documenting the effects of the conflict on Iraqi women and children. And her reports were uncompromisingly critical of America and it's so-called coalition. And then the shooting started.

Danny Schecter is the founder and executive editor of MediaChannel.org, an on-line “media issues super site,” and he’s also a founder and executive producer at Globalvision Inc., an award-winning media company. Danny is one of the first and last on the “Sgrena Incident.” Danny Schechter in the first half.

And; It’s no secret, Corporate Canada is a big fan of the U.S. economic model. Who, in business wouldn’t back lower wages and benefits for workers? Which among them would oppose tax cuts? The recent history of Canadian business should read as a horror story for any of those quaint old-fashioned Canadians. You know, patriots?

Murray Dobbin is a Canadian author and journalist. His books include: ‘The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen: Democracy Under the Rule of Big Business,’ ‘Preston Manning and the Reform Party,’ and his latest, ‘Paul Martin: CEO for Canada?’ He also writes for the B.C.-based online news site, The Tyee.ca. Murray Dobbin and the Canadian CEO Sell Out of Canada in the second half.

And; Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with all that’s good to do in and around Victoria this week. But first, Danny Schechter and shooting the messenger.


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Some past guests include: Nahla Abdo, M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan, Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, William Blum, Eric Blumrich, Kristina Borjesson, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, William A. Cook, David Cromwell, Jon Elmer, Reese Erlich, Jim Fetzer, Laura Flanders, Glen Ford, Susan George, Al Giordano, Stan Goff, Robert Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges, Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly Hill, Robert Jensen, Tom Jackson, Ron Jacobs, Dahr Jamail, Diana Johnstone, John Kaminski, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Wayne Madsen, Linda McQuaig, Mark Crispin Miller, George Monbiot, Mykeru, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo, Greg Palast, Michael Parenti, William Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Sheldon Rampton, Scott Ritter, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, Michael C. Ruppert, Bert Sacks, Danny Schechter, Vandana Shiva, Jaggi Singh, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, John Stauber, Ben Tripp, Grant Wakefield, Bernard Weiner, Robert Anton Wilson, Katherine Yurica, Mickey Z., and many others.