This Week on GRadio
by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com
February 4, 2026
Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 4th, 2026
The tediously familiar clamour for yet another "humanitarian intervention" is currently disturbing the cobwebs of the abandoned house on the hill legacy media has become. This time it's Iran - or Iran again this time - and suddenly war hawks and vitriol spitters are burning with indignation for the well-being of the people they've cheerfully championed sanctioning "till their economy screams" for years.
Ken Stone is an activist and author who's worked tirelessly for peace with the Syria Support Movement International, Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, and Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, among others. 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 Stone in the first half.
And; last year Canadian political activist extraordinaire, Yves Engler was charged by Quebec's judiciary for harassing the Montreal police service. The risible charges followed a letter-writing campaign urged by Engler in response to his arrest on spurious charges - since thrown out for a second time - brought by an online Zionist activist. The court's ruling is a shock to Canada's legal system, but not entirely a surprise to those paying attention to the abuse of process employed by Israel's defenders in this country.
Alex Tyrrell is leader of the Green Party of Quebec. An activist and ecosocialist, Alex also hosts the bilingual Youtube podcast show, La Mentalité Verte, or The Eco Mindset in English, and contributes essays to a variety of publications in French and English in print and online; including GlobalGreenNews where I found his recent article, 'Yves Engler Found Guilty in Letter-Writing Case: A Full Account'.
Alex Tyrrell and the Engler verdict reshaping "legal boundaries of activism, journalism, and democratic participation in Canada" in the second half.
But first, Ken Stone and to the ramparts again to prevent further war against Iran.
Music: Ai Tsuno/David Rovics
Song: ‘In This Very Old New World Order’, ‘Our Oil’
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