This Week on GR
by C.L. Cook - GorillaRadio.com
June 1, 2016
Last week, reports emerged revealing Hydro has launched lawsuits aimed at its detractors; lawsuits it swears are not SLAPPs, the infamous Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation legislated against in many more enlightened jurisdictions across North America. It's a statement of which last-century journalist, the legendary Claud Cockburn, may well have observed:
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied."
Listen. Hear.Ken Boon is a Peace Valley farmer standing to lose his livelihood should Site C be built. He's also the president of the Peace Valley Landowners Association, and one of the six cited by the Crown corporation in its suit for, “intentional interference with economic relations by unlawful means.” What that interruptus means for Boon, and future protest in the province, is something the BC Civil Liberties Association says is of “grave concern” to it.
Ken Boon in the first half.
And; Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine too, the NATO crusade has lots to brag about, if smashing countries to remnant pieces is their measure for success. That these "victories" were all for the betterment of the people whose lives have been shattered doesn't go without saying - we're informed of the humaneness of NATO's necessary slaughters with such regularity some are beginning to wonder if they don't profess their goodliness too much.
Mark Taliano is a Canadian writer, researcher, and activist who, after a career instructing the youth of the nation, has turned his attention to educating the rest of us. His articles can be found at Global Research, American Herald Tribune, IntrepidReport, and at Pacific Free Press, among other places. His latest article, 'US-NATO’s Fake “Humanitarian” “War on Terrorism”, Defiant Syria' is further indictment of the West's systemic warfare cloaked in the robes of peace.
Mark Taliano and fake humanitarians waging real wars in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher emeritus and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us from the field at the bottom of the hour to bring us news of some of the good things going on in and around our city in the coming week. But first, Ken Boon and Hydro SLAPPs back at the Site C resistance.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Wednesday, 1-2pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.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/
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