Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. The show is archived at: www.gorilla-radio.com. The GR blog is at: gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com, and you can find and support the program at GRadio.Substack.com. Financial support is also possible through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PacificFreePress, or via e-transfer to: lex@gorilla-radio.com. Tweets found at @paciffreepress. Some past guests include: Jennifer Abbott, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan, Ramzy Baroud, Eva Bartlett, Vanessa Beeley, Christopher Black, Kristina Borjesson, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Paul Cienfuegos, Radhika Desai, Joe Emersberger, Yves Engler, Laura Flanders, William S. Geimer, Denis Halliday, John Helmer, Sam Husseini, Kim Ives, Dahr Jamail, Robert Jensen, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Dan Kovalik, Dimitri Lascaris, Jonathan Latham, Ingmar Lee, Dave Lindorff, Tarek Loubani, Stefania Maurizi, Nils Melzer, Glenn Michalchuk, Sharmine Narwani, Stavroula Pabst, Michael Parenti, John Pilger, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Andy Lee Roth, Richard Sanders, Pitasanna Shanmugathas, Vandana Shiva, John Stauber, Ken Stone, David Swanson, Andre Vltchek, Andy Worthington, Alfred de Zayas, Howard Zinn and many others.
Ape Goes to Peter Verin Memorial Service January 19, 2017
I went down to Peter Verin’s memorial service today. Peter was an itinerant environmentalist. He lived on the streets, refusing to live in any way most of us would recognize as “normal.” There are a number of tributes published to him linked below, but suffice to say, he was well loved, despite, or more likely because of his curmudgeonly demeanor. There was somewhere between one and two hundred people present to hear reverend Al Tysick’s send off, with many voicing their relationship to Peter. Those are recorded here, (with varying technical alacrity).
I met Peter many years ago, when we were both broadcasters at the University of Victoria radio station, CFUV. Peter had an environmental show, and we often talked about politics. Indeed, Peter engaged generations of students in long, philosophical debates on all manner of topics. Like some latter-day Socrates, Peter’s uncompromising personality had a cost; he was eventually banned from the radio station, and later kicked off campus altogether.
Liked it? Take a second to support Chris Cook and Gorilla Radion on Patreon!
Author: Chris Cook
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. The show is archived at: www.gorilla-radio.com.
The GR blog is at: gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com, and you can find and support the program at GRadio.Substack.com. Financial support is also possible through the Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/PacificFreePress.
He's too the past contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com, (now defunct) and tweets at @paciffreepress.
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the corporate media.
Some past guests include: M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan, Maude Barlow, Ramzy Baroud, David Barsamian, William Blum, Luciana Bohne, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Paul Cienfuegos, Yves Engler, Laura Flanders, Denis Halliday, Julia Butterfly Hill, Sam Husseini, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Chalmers Johnson, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Ingmar Lee, Dave Lindorff, Andrew Gavin Marshall, Stefania Maurizi, Greg Palast, Michael Parenti, John Pilger, Kevin Pina, Ted Rall, Paul Craig Roberts, John Ross, David Rovics, Joan Russow, Danny Schechter, Vandana Shiva, Norman Solomon, David Swanson, Andy Worthington, Mickey Z., Howard Zinn and many others.
View all posts by Chris Cook
