This Week on GRadio
by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com
The twin earthquakes devastating La Guaira state, Venezuela June 24th were accompanied last week by a disaster in neighbouring Colombia. Though the theft of democracy perpetrated during Colombia’s presidential elections cannot match the 3,342 confirmed killed in Venezuela - yet - the illegitimate elevation of Abelardo De La Espriella promises to inflame a starkly divided Colombian polity, signalling perhaps an end to the tenuous peace accords agreed in 2016 to stop the decades-long civil war there.
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 during the generational conflict there, and he’s served as a foreign observor to elections in that country, and acts currently as Gustavo Petro’s legal representative in the United States. He too recently became the focus of the U.K. authorities.
Dan’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; Iranians and Shia from around the World have come to the Grand Mosalla Mosque in Tehran in their tens of millions to observe funeral commemorations for the late Supreme Leader, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was assassinated in a sneak attack February 28, 2026 during peace negotiations. The United States and Israel claim joint responsibility for the bombing that killed the Iranian political and Shia spiritual leader along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, infant granddaughter, and an indeterminate number of Iranian officials.
Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist, activist, lawyer, broadcaster, and co-founder of Canada’s Disruption Network. His online show, Reason2Resist is available on Rumble, Youtube, and at Substack along with his many articles “focusing on Western government criminality”. Dimitri’s spent the last couple of years focused especially on the collective West’s destruction in West Asia.
Dimitri’s traveled to Iran to witness and record the remarkable demonstration of support for the late Iranian leader.
Dimitri Lascaris from Tehran in the second half.
But first, Dan Kovalik and is it past as prologue in Colombia?
Music: David Rovics/Ai Tsuno
Song: ‘Last Morning’
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