Following the Footsteps of the Mining Monster
by Ellen Moore - Earthworks
New map reveals conflicts and harms at eight mine sites across Latin America, all owned by Pan American Silver.
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Take-Down Shakedown: Novichok Sarge Threatens to Spill If He Don't Get His Fill
ANOTHER SHAKE OF THE NOVICHOK MONEY TREE — POLICE SERGEANT NICK BAILEY THREATENS IF HE DOESN’T GET HIS PAYOFF
May 13, 2021
Nicholas Bailey (lead image), the Wiltshire county police sergeant
who was a support player in the British Government’s first Novichok
attack on the Kremlin, has demanded money for himself with the threat
that if he doesn’t get it, and soon, he will go to the High Court in
London.
There, he is threatening to tell everything he knows about the alleged poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on March 4, 2018. That was one of the makings of the promotion of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the fattening of the pockets of the MI6 intelligence agency and the Cabinet Office. It was the prequel of the second Novichok attack on the Kremlin, staged by Alexei Navalny last August, in which he demanded to become president of Russia.
Friday, May 14, 2021
The Ugly Face of Canada's Extractivist Policies Abroad
Ugly Canadian’ mining policies continue with Trudeau
by Yves Engler
May 9, 2021
The Liberal government continues to promote an often-controversial industry across our planet.
Canada is home to 75% of the world’s mining companies. Present in most countries, Canadian-based or listed firms operate about 4,000 mineral projects abroad, which works out to over 20 per UN member state.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
An Inquiry to Canadian Media Re: The Continued Imprisonment of Journalist Julian Assange
An Inquiry to Canadian Media Re: The Continued Imprisonment of Journalist Julian Assange
by C. L. Cook - Pacific Free Press/Gorilla Radio Blog
May 12, 2021
As a new member of the Canadian Association of Journalists, I'd like to briefly introduce myself by asking a question of both members of this august body, and those others across the media in this country.
Julian Assange being forcibly removed from Ecuador's London Embassy,
April 11, 2019
I'd like to address the general and glaring omission in Canada of expressions of support for an imprisoned colleague. Julian Assange is currently being tortured in London's maximum security Belmarsh Prison. He's been in that Hell hole for more than two years, ostensibly for jumping bail, (though that claim demands surrendering accepted notions of asylum).
Sheikh Jarrah and the Banality of Ethnic Cleansing
Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah
by Ramzy Baroud - PalestineChronicle.com
May 12, 2021
There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories - one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis.
Muna: “You are stealing my house.”
Yakub: “And if I don’t steal it, someone else is going to steal it.”
The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the devastated East Jerusalem neighborhood.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Drones over New York: Bringing the Art of War Home
Art Against Drones
by Kathy Kelly - The Progressive
May 11, 2021
At the High Line, a popular tourist attraction in New York City, visitors to the West side of Lower Manhattan ascend above street level to what was once an elevated freight train line and is now a tranquil and architecturally intriguing promenade. Here walkers enjoy a park-like openness; with fellow strollers they experience urban beauty, art and the wonder of comradeship.
Proposal for the High Line Plinth. Commissioned by High Line Art
In late May, a Predator drone replica, appearing suddenly above the High Line promenade at 30th Street, might seem to scrutinize people below. The “gaze” of the sleek, white sculpture by Sam Durant, called “Untitled, (drone),” in the shape of the U.S. military’s Predator killer drone, will sweep unpredictably over the people below, rotating atop its 25-foot-high steel pole, its direction guided by the wind.
Monday, May 10, 2021
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Dan Kovalik May 13th, 2021
This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com
May 13, 2021
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded on the dates, May 7th and 10th, 2021.
War and rumours of it quickened yesterday, as Biden Secretary of State, Antony Blinken’s whirlwind Sabre Rattling Tour touched down in Kiev. Blinken, freshly arrived from G-7 meetings in London, picked up where he left off chastening “authoritarian states” around the World he claimed were, “trying to play us against each other”. Presumably addressed to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, countries who in another time might constitute an “Axis of Evil”, Blinken pointedly reminded, “… we hold our values of democracy, state of law, human rights and a global order based on rules against them, united and credibly.”
But is it all credible; does the new president and his energetic secretary really mean to marshal the troops for a new war of empire? A new series by the Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill attempts to plumb the depths of the new President’s character and divine his intentions; an attempt my first guest says, while “impressive and informative…ignores certain unflattering historical facts and perpetuates a few popular misperceptions.”
Jeremy Kuzmarov is a journalist and author who serves too as Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine. He’s the author of four books on U.S. foreign policy, including: ‘Obama’s Unending Wars’, and ‘The Russians Are Coming, Again’ co-authored with John Marciano. His latest at CovertAction is ‘Did Jeremy Scahill’s Analysis Fumble the Ball in Its Indictment of Joe Biden as an “Empire Politician”?’
Jeremy Kuzmarov in the first half.
And; the so-called “cancel culture” was a common invocation of right-wing American politicos and Trump supporters who claimed their left wing and progressive opponents were using “cancellation” to silence legitimate debate and rights to free speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Now, those voices of concern have been joined from the progressive side of the political spectrum by labour lawyer, human rights activist, author, and essayist, Dan Kovalik.
Dan is too a recipient of the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford Law School, a frequent lecturer, oft sought television and radio political commentator, and his articles appear online at Counterpunch and Gorilla Radio Blog, among other places. His latest book is, ‘Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture‘.
Dan Kovalik and turning the worm on Cancel Culture in the second half.
But first, Jeremy Kuzmarov and, Joe Biden: Tool of Empire, or merely tool?
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.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.com
Sunday, May 09, 2021
Dan Kovalik Receives Serena Shim Award
Dan Kovalik Receives Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism
by Juliana Medeiros - Rádio Cultura FM - 100,9
May 8, 2021
US lawyer Dan Kovalik, professor of international law at the University of Pittsburgh, writer, documentarian, articulist and political analyst of media like TeleSur, CounterPunch, Huffington Post and - to our honor - also from Free Journalists, has just received this one who may be considered one of the greatest recognitions to a journalist the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism that awards those who ′′ use their voice to tell challenging truths in difficult times ".
Get to know some of the story of Dan Kovalik and journalist Serena Shim, whose story inspired this award.
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Examining Biden's "Empire" Creds (Really)
Did Jeremy Scahill’s Analysis Fumble the Ball in Its Indictment of Joe Biden as an “Empire Politician”?
by Jeremy Kuzmarov - CovertAction News
April 30, 2021
Known for his exposés of Blackwater and the U.S. dirty wars in the Middle East, The Intercept reporter Jeremy Scahill’s latest blockbuster is a series on Joe Biden’s history as an “empire politician.”
The series is impressive and informative, however, it ignores certain unflattering historical facts and perpetuates a few popular misperceptions.
Bayer-Monsanto and the New Mexican Conquest
Mexico, Glyphosate and Bayer-Monsanto
by Peter Ewart
May 5, 2021
Mexico is the ancient home of corn. Over thousands of years, it was
the Mayans and other Meso-Americans who developed corn (also known as
maize) into a crop, using its many varieties as a staple food to fuel
their civilizations (1). It is this sacred food which is under threat
today from multinational chemical companies and the US government who
are demanding that Mexico keep open its doors to the weedkiller
glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn.
In December of 2020, responding to farmers, Indigenous peoples, and others, the president of Mexico Andres Obrador issued a decree phasing out glyphosate by 2024. The decree states that “in recent years, different scientific investigations have warned that said chemical has harmful effects on health, both in humans and in some animal species, and has been identified as a probable carcinogen in humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.”
Death in Tiruvannamalai
Death in Tiruvannamalai
by Nadhia Sutara - reprinted by permission of Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, S. India'
April 2020
First, let me say that this is a very personal account. Although others of my vintage have had similar experiences and impressions, this account reflects only my own.
The first thing I noticed when arriving in Tiruvannamalai [Tamil Nadu, S. India] in the early 80s was a startling difference in people’s attitude toward death. It was not something to be hidden away as though it didn’t exist – or as if we all wished it didn’t exist. It is as much a part of life as is birth, and I found Indians taking both parts in their stride in a much healthier way than ever I saw in the West.
Monday, May 03, 2021
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Kevin Love, Ken Boon May 6th, 2021
This Week on GR
by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com
May 6, 2021
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded May 3rd, 2021.
On March 29th CLAS kicked off what will be a year-long celebration of 50 years of fighting for social justice. When the Community Legal Assistance Society began it was the first law office of its kind in B.C. All these years later, founding member, Mike Harcourt says of CLAS,
“Probably hundreds of thousands of low-income tenants, people facing burdensome debt, people living with mental illness and other disabilities, those living with addiction, and other individuals battling bureaucracies or facing discrimination have benefited from our unique service.”
Well the need is still there, and is now perhaps greater than ever.
Kevin Love is a lawyer in CLAS’ Community Law Program, working primarily in the areas of mental health, and workers’ rights. Kevin represents CLAS on a number of committees, including the Worksafe BC’s policy and practice consultative committee as well as serving as chair to the Workers’ Compensation Advocacy Group.
Kevin Love in the first half.
And; more reports about the Site C mega-dam project have come out since I last talked to today’s second guest. In fact, since I started talking to him more than six years ago, millions have been spent on reports and studies and surveys and province-wide dog and pony shows, and no matter what the results of any of these are the Great White Elephant thunders on. It seems not even bare-faced reality stands a chance of getting in the way of a monumentally bad idea, as long as the people behind it are determined to abide in dream land.
Ken Boon is a Peace Valley farmer and president of the Peace Valley Landowners Association. Ken and his family have laboured to make real the tommyrot at the heart of the Site C project from the very beginning, and now some of their worst fears are becoming apparent even to the dullest minds of a generation down at the Legislature. And yet, the project goes on.
Ken Boon and politician saying the damnedest things about the Site-C project to nowhere in the second half.
But first, Kevin Love and celebrating 50 years with CLAS.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.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.com
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Mastery of Intrigue: Russia's and Iran's Older Great Game
MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF’S ALLEGATION AGAINST RUSSIA IS FALSE
by John Helmer - Dances with Bears
April 27, 2021
According to Zarif, whose remarks leaked to the New York Times and
other media on the weekend, “Russia did not want the agreement to
succeed and ‘put all its weight’ behind creating obstacles because it
was not in Moscow’s interests for Iran to normalize relations with the
West.” To that end, Zarif claimed on tape, “General [of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, Qassem] Soleimani traveled to Russia to
‘demolish our achievement’, meaning the nuclear deal.”
At the conclusion of their most recent meeting in Tehran on April 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (lead image, right) said of his Iranian counterpart, “we have held good talks with my friend, Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif [left], in a traditionally trustful and friendly atmosphere”.
Lavrov didn’t know that, a few days earlier, Zarif had told an Iranian interviewer in a confidential tape-recording that there was nothing trustful or even friendly about his attitude towards the Russians, especially Lavrov.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Australie: Where Electricity Goes to Die
Honest Government Ad | Electric Vehicles
by The Juice
April 24, 2021
The Australien Government has made an ad about its Electric Vehicle policy, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Christopher Black, Denver Willson-Rymer II, Caleb Asfaw April 29th, 2021
This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com
April 29, 2021
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded on the dates, April 18th and 26th, 2021.
Contained within his 17th State of the Nation address President Vladimir Putin delivered the unambiguous warning that efforts by the United States and its allies to undermine the country’s security, sovereignty, or well-being of its people would not be tolerated. The speech came just a month after President Biden labeled his Russian counterpart a “killer”, and only three days after a report detailing the foiled assassination plot against the Belarus president, allegedly engineered at “the highest levels” of the Biden administration. The report follows too tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, leading to what my first guest calls the “nadir” of U.S./Russia relations.
Christopher Black is a Toronto-based criminal lawyer specializing in international war crimes cases. He’s also an executive member of the Canadian Peace Congress. Black’s articles on international law, politics, and World events appear at New Eastern Outlook among other places, where I found his latest, ‘Biden, The Killer President‘. His timely novel, ‘Beneath the Clouds’, “a story of how people, acting collectively, can defeat tyranny” is published by Badak Merah and is newly out.
Christopher Black in the first half.
And; when long-time friend and frequent guest of the show, Dr. Pablo Ouziel suggested one of his promising, graduated political science students collaborate with Gorilla Radio as part of his entrance prerequisite for London’s prestigious Goldsmiths’ University journalism program, I was only too happy to help. Denver Willson-Rymer II is a Victoria/Vancouver-based street and fine art photographer, political blogger, short story author, and principle behind the website, Indulgent.online.
Denver Willson-Rymer’s interview with Victoria activist, Caleb Asfaw in the second half.
But first, Christopher Black and Joe Biden’s promising “killer” presidency.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.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.com
It’s Not About the Rain
It’s Not About the Rain
by Nadhia Sutara - by permission of Sri Ramanasramam
April 26, 2021
Carl Jung often used to relate a story of the rainmaker of Kiao-chau as illustrative of several important aspects of his psychological insights. It was originally told to him by Richard Wilhelm, the famous sinologist who translated, among other things, the I Ching.
Jung used it ‘as an example of “being in Tao” [perfect balance] and its synchronistic accompaniments’.
iCOP: USPS Takes "Informed Delivery" to Next Level
Law enforcement arm of the US Postal Service tracking social media activity
by Kevin Reed - WSWS
April 25, 2021
The
law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been
monitoring the social media activity of the US public and sharing its
findings with local, state and federal police agencies and private
security firms connected to the state.
“It’s a mystery. I don’t understand why the government would go to the Postal Service for examining the internet for security issues.” - University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone
Friday, April 23, 2021
Three Turds in the Punchbowl: Sh*t Planning Drowns Biden Ukraine Gambit
THE BLIN-NOODLE GANG (BLINKEN-NUDELMAN) SINKS FROM THE BALTIC TO BLACK SEA AND THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI
by John Helmer - Dances with Bears
@bears_withIt has been 46 years since the evacuation of the US Embassy in
Saigon. Not since then have US forces under the direction of the State
Department suffered such a defeat in the face of superior defending
military force. Until these days.
The Bornholm operation in the Baltic Sea on March 29-31; the Donbass disengagement announced on April 1 by Ukrainian chief of the general staff, Ruslan Khomchak; then the Black Sea mission-abort of the USS Donald Cook and USS Roosevelt on April 14 Рthis has been a three-front defeat of the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Under Secretary for war against Russia, Victoria Nuland (n̩e Nudelman), and their Polish and Ukrainian proxies.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Taking One to Know One: Biden Fingers Killer President
Biden, The Killer President
by Christopher Black - NEO
April 21, 2021
On March 18th President Biden made the
absurd accusation that President Putin is “a killer,” an insult not only
to President Putin, but to all of Russia. On April 18, the Belarus KGB
and Russian FSB revealed that they had exposed a plot, set in motion on
Biden’s orders, to murder President Lukashenko of Belarus along with
numerous officials, officers and family members, to stage a right wing
coup and establish a government that would allow NATO to use Belarus as a
base for further hostile actions against Russia.
Two of the people involved in trying to arrange the planned have been arrested, one of them a US citizen, have been interrogated and have stated their orders came from the top in the USA.
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