Conn Hallinan and Cornering the Dragon
and, Janine Bandcroft bringing us up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria this week
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca He also serves as a contributing editor at the progressive web news site: http://www.pej.org.
June 13, 2005
C. L. Cook
To watch millionaire athletes today shamelessly pimped by Pepsi and McDonald’s and the endless number of other destructive product producers, it’s hard to believe the sporting world could provide any social benefit beyond an afternoon’s diversion.
But sport has not always been mute on the great issues of the day; through every generation, while most stood silent, there have been heroic figures that risked public ridicule and their careers defying unjust conventions.
Dave Zirin is a columnist and editor for the Prince George’s Post newspaper, and author. His Edge of Sports column is a unique marriage of sport and politics that reminds of the tradition of athlete activism, and is widely republished on the internet, from football.com to The International Socialist Review.
His new book, ‘What’s My Name, Fool!: Sports and Resistance in the United States’ is fresh off the press and published by Haymarket Books. Dave Zirin in the first half.
And; the United States has denied their "Forward Operating Locations" surrounding Russia and obstructing pipeline routes to India and China are designed as permanent bases from which America and its allies will control Caspian Basin oil reserves. Their presence there they say is simply part of the "War on Terror."
It's an argument that carries little water for the Chinese, who've grown restive at what they see as an encirclement of their country, too. Last month, China announced it's own plans to "deter terrorism." The first step they say is a move to establish a military presence, or “Forward Operating Location” in the troubled former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz government denies they will allow the Chinese to deploy in their country, but talks quietly continue.
It all makes for a crowded game board in Central Asia and could promise a return to Cold War conditions between China and the West.
Conn Hallinan is lecturer in journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a foreign policy analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus, a think tank for research, analysis, and action, supported by the International Relations Center and the Institute for Policy Studies. Conn Hallinan and ‘Cornering the Dragon’ 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, Dave Zirin and reclaiming the tradition of resistance in American sport.
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