This Week on GRadio
by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com
Nearly three months since his abduction - in a raid Venezuelan authorities say killed more than 75 people - Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro stood in a Brooklyn court before Judge Alvin Hellerstein in his second appearance, charged with “narco-terrorism” and drug trafficking.
The case can be seen as a bellwether of the Trump administration’s new understanding of international law. In that, Maduro’s fate is likely being closely watched by other leaders called out by the American president. Leaders like Colombia’s Gustavo Petro who is currently the subject of two Department of Justice investigations.
Dan Kovalik’s a lawyer, educator, labour, peace, and justice activist, democracy defender, journalist, author, and filmmaker. Dan represented unions whose membership were targeted by Colombia’s death squads, served as a foreign observor to elections in the country, and is now President Petro’s legal representative in the United States.
Kovalik’s book titles include: ‘No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian’ Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interest’, ‘The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care’, and his latest, co-authored with Jeremy Kuzmarov, ‘Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change’.
Dan Kovalik in the first half.
And; following an epic seven months-long campaign, the NDP has elected a new leader. Avi Lewis, former television host and son of NDP icon, Stephen Lewis won convincingly on the first ballot over the weekend. And already he’s making all the right enemies for voicing support of the humanity of Palestinian and Lebanese populations being bombed by Israel.
Yves Engler is an activist, journalist, and author of countless articles and essays detailing Canada’s foreign policy history. He’s written a dozen 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 was too famously an aspirant for the leadership of the NDP, whose campaign to be included in the debates challenged the party’s commitment to the democratic process. It proved a challenge the backroom rulers of the party couldn’t meet. His latest article at YvesEngler.com insists, ‘As right leaps to pressure Lewis, we must push left’.
Yves Engler and what next for a Lewis-led NDP, and more in the second half.
But first, Dan Kovalik and trying to read the mixed American messages on Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro.
Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno
Song: ‘Fighting and Dying for the Billionaires’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/americas/gustavo-petro-colombia-president-us-charges.html
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/03/the-weight-on-delcy-rodriguez/
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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