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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Maude Barlow, Michael Riordon, Janine Bandcroft Nov. 21, 2011

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This week: Maude Barlow was here at UVic in October, speaking out against another brick in the corporate-rule agenda wall, CETA, or the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. It was the first leg of a cross-Canada tour still underway.

Maude Barlow and Canada’s Communities Are Not for Sale in the first half.

And; to watch the nightly news, you’d be forgiven for believing the only way to settle disputes is through violence or threats of violence. From the not so deftly veiled promises of president Obama that “no options will be taken off the table” of this or that international dispute, to the police riot squaders spraying peaceful men and women, old and young, with tear gas and rubber-encased steel bullets, it seems might makes right in this world.

But, beyond the glare of television lights, past the bleeding leading stories of the day, millions work diligently, without pause, for peaceful solutions to apparently intractable conflict.

Michael Riordon is one of those. Author, documentary film maker, playwright, and lecturer, Riordon has written five books, the latest of which is, ‘Our Way to Fight: Peace Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine.’

Michael is at the University of Victoria tonight, in the David Strong Building, presenting, ‘Let My People Speak: Hear the repressed voices of peace workers in Palestine and Israel’ Of his work, Riordon says, “A primary goal is to recover voices and stories of people who are silenced and relegated to the margins and written out of the ‘official’ version of events.”

Michael Riordon in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from an eventful week past on Victoria’s streets for the People’s Assembly, and beyond our borders too. But first, Maude Barlow, standing on guard for Canada where the government will not.

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.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

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ingmar Lee, Terry Glavin, Janine Bandcroft Nov. 14, 2011

This week: Marking Armistice Day in Victoria, I went down to the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion memorial, tucked quietly in the bushes beside the fountains, between the Legislature Buildings and the Grand Pacific Hotel, there to stand with the stalwart, white-poppy adorned peace proponents who speechify and personalize what which war and peace mean to them.

And;Terry Glavin is an award-winning journalist, editor at Transmontanus Books, a new columnist at the Ottawa Citizen, and he recently delivered the Harvey Southam Fellowship lecture in journalism, 'Orwell and Everything After' at the University of Victoria.

Terry Glavin is the author of six and co-author of four books, and his latest is 'Come from the Shadows: The Long and Lonely Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan.' He is also co-founder of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee.

Terry Glavin and where next Afghanistan in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from Victoria's streets and beyond. But first, remembering all the fallen on Armistice Day in Victoria.

Ape Goes to the MacKenzie-Papineau Armistice Day Observance Nov. 11, 2011

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Went down to the memorial to the Mac-Pap Battalion off the Legislature buildings in Victoria.

Ape Goes to Curtis Stone’s SPIN Lecture Nov. 10, 2011

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Curtis Stone of Kelowna, B.C.’s Green City Acres Pedal Powered Urban Farmers takes us through the joys of SPIN, or Small Plot Intensive urban farming. www.greencityacres.com, www.spinfarming.com

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Michelle Shephard, Mike Ferner, Janine Bandcroft Nov. 7, 2011

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This week: Michelle Shephard is a Canadian investigative journalist, currently serving as the Toronto Star newspaper’s national security correspondent, and author of the acclaimed book, ‘Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr.’ Her latest book, ‘Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone’ examines the beginnings of the Global War on Terror from the smouldering, ash-strewn streets of 9/11 New York City, to the furore currently roiling the streets of the Arab Spring.

Michelle Shephard in the first half.

Mike Ferner is Acting Director of Veterans for Peace and is their former national president. He’s a long-time peace activist who went to Iraq in the days leading to Operation Iraq Liberation with Voices in the Wilderness, and again to document the effects of the invasion on that country in 2004. He is author of the book, ‘Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran For Peace Reports from Iraq,’ and wrote ‘VFP Case for Impeachment and Prosecution.’

Mike Ferner and America’s increasingly restive Occupy Movement in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from Victoria’s People’s Assembly, (still camped at Centennial Square) and doings from further afield too.

But first, Michelle Shephard and a Decade of Fear.

Ape Goes to the Victoria Motorcycle Safety Rally Nov. 5, 2011

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Last week, a motorcyclist was killed on the infamous Malahat highway, just north of Victoria. The fourth motorcyclist killed on the mountainous stretch of the Trans-Canada this year, the head-on crash moved motorcycle safety activists to organize a rally in an effort to get the attention of politicians, and have money spent to place highway dividers along more of the highway.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ben Wang, Janine Bandcroft, Maude Barlow Oct. 31, 2011

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Ben Wang is an Oakland-based documentary filmmaker who co-directed and produced AOKI, the film chronicling the life of Black Panther Party founding member, Richard Aoki. Wang is also a co-chair of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, and co-editor of their book, ‘Other: An API Prisoners’ Anthology.’ He’s currently in production of the film, ‘Breathin’ The Eddy Zheng Story.’

Ben Wang and Eddy Zheng, “one of the most visible Asian American leaders to emerge from the prison system” in the first half.

Occupy Oakland Sounds of an Attack

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Audio from RT of police riot in Oakland October 24, 2011 at the Occupy Oakland camp 5am

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jon Elmer, Mike, Janine Bandcroft Oct. 24, 2011

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Last week, Israeli prisoner of war, Gilad Shalit was released in exchange for more than a thousand Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Shalit was an army sergeant captured over five years ago in a night raid of a Gaza outpost.

Jon Elmer is a Canadian journalist/photographer living in and reporting from Occupied Palestine. Elmer has spent the better part of the last decade filing for the Inter Press Service, Al Jazeera English, and various online publications. He’s also the author of the website, JonElmer.ca.

Jon Elmer from Bethlehem in the first half.

And; the People’s Assembly convergence last week at Victoria’s Centennial Square has continued in the form of a tented encampment in the heart of the city. I went down there yesterday and spoke with Mike, a volunteer at the Media liaison tent to get a feel for what’s happening, and what the movement’s manifestation here means.

Mike and messages from Victoria’s frontline of the growing global movement for economic and social justice in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFVU broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to keep us current with some of the goings on going on on our city’s streets and beyond. But first, Jon Elmer and the prisoners released in the Middle East.

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at:http://cfuv.uvic.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

Ape Goes to the Peoples Assembly Camp Oct. 22, 2011

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The People’s Assembly is Victoria BC’s contribution to the now global people’s movements attempting to address the usurpation of the economy by the narrow segment of society often known as “the elite,” or as is put in the growing U.S. movement, the “1%.”

Following last weekend’s rally and march in solidarity, 48 tenters are now living within the city’s Centennial Square, in the shadow of City Hall.

I spoke to Mike, who happened to be at the Media tent when I arrived.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Linda Taffs, Katherine Hughes, Joshua Blakeney, Janine Bandcroft Oct. 17, 2011

This week: How can we describe to the ages the circumstance, wherein a good man, a humble man, a medical man, can be sent headlong into the maw of America's prison system, now internationally recognized for its systemic sadism, for the crime of aiding the sick, hungry, and dispossessed? But just so is the case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir, condemned to a life of purposefully inflicted pain and privation, with little hope of deliverance.

Katherine Hughes is an artist/potter who attended most every day of Rafil Dhafir's three and a half month trial, bearing witness to the abrogation of justice by lawyers, witnesses, and the judges of his case. She has, in the long interim since his 2003 kangaroo court trial worked diligently to educate the public about Dr. Dhafir's fate.

And; Linda Taffs is a Victoria-based peace and justice activist. She is a founding member of the Campaign to End the Sanctions Against the People of Iraq, and traveled to that country with the Canadian Peace Team in the lead up to what became 'Operation Iraqi Liberation.'

Katherine Hughes and Linda Taffs in the first half.

And; just how did we get here, and what underpins the continuance of what was originally sold to us as the Global War on Terror, or GWOT? Joshua Blakeney is a Calgary-based freelance journalist and activist. Blakeney's research became national news after being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship to study the Origins of the Global War on Terror.

Joshua Blakeney in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with some of the goings on going on on our city's streets over the past tumultuous week, and to brief us on the Vancouver observation of the weekend's continent-wide demonstrations for systemic change.

But first, Katherine Hughes and Linda Taffs on the cause and costs of defending humanity in modern day America.

Ape Goes to Victoria’s People’s Assembly Oct. 15, 2011

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I went down to the demonstration of Victoria’s People’s Assembly, an expression of both solidarity with the ‘Occupation’ movements across the U.S. and throughout the Arab world, and a determined effort by Canadians in cities across the country to communicate their dissatisfaction with the direction the governments in this country are going regarding rights, justice, environmental protection, war, and a plethora of social issues left off the agenda.

About two thousand citizens of Victoria turned out for a truly inspirational event.

Ape Goes to Canada's Communities Are Not For Sale – CETA with Maude Barlow, Marianne Alto, Barry O'Neil Oct. 13, 2011

Went down to the University to catch Maude and the Council of Canadians' traveling campaign to stop the CETA trade deal. Here's their poster. ape

A cross-Canada CETA tour organized by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Union of Public Employees

Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow and CUPE president Paul Moist are speaking across the country highlighting the dangers of this proposed deal and to say that Canadian communities are not for sale.

Vancouver, British Columbia: Wednesday, October 12
7 p.m. Auditorium, Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street

Victoria, British Columbia: Thursday, October 13
7 p.m. David Lam Auditorium (MacLaurin Building), University of Victoria, A144 MacLaurin Building, Ring Rd

Ottawa, Ontario: Wednesday, October 19
7 p.m. Saint Paul University, Auditorium 203, Guigues Hall, 223 Main Street

See details and download posters and handbills at www.canadians.org/tradetour.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Amira Hass, Janine Bandcroft Oct. 10, 2011

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This week: Israeli journalist extraordinaire, Amira Hass. Hass has reported for Ha’aretz for more than twenty years, specializing in the long-standing question of Palestinian and Israeli coexistence. She lived in Gaza for four years, the only Israeli journalist to have ever done so, and regularly raises the hackles of the powerful within her home country.

Amira Hass appeared here at UVic on September 27th on the first stop of her trans-Canada lecture tour, ‘Israel: Fear of the Future.’ Her stop here was sponsored by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, and KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.

Amira Hass in the first segment.

And; the Occupy movement is spreading across the United States, and now into Canada. It is an effort to address the economic inequity, and government corruption that has very nearly brought the world’s economic system down. At this moment, demonstrators in the renamed ‘Freedom Square’ in Washington, D.C. are defying the conditions of the limited permit they received over the weekend, saying their permit is the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which distinctly allows the right of the people to assemble and address peaceably their grievances to government.

Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV broadcasterJanine Bandcroft has contacts in Freedom Square, and she’ll join us to update the situation there, and bring us her usual reports of the goings on going on in and around our city in the second segment.

But first; Amira Hass and Israel: Fear of the Future recorded here at UVic September 27th, 2011.

Gorilla Radio Kathleen Cooper, Saul Landau, Janine Bandcroft Oct. 3, 2011

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This week: Kathleen Cooper is Senior Researcher with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, or CELA.

Cooper is the lead author of the report, ‘Early Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals/Pollution and Associations with Chronic Disease: A Scoping Review.’

Kathleen Cooper in the first half.

Saul Landau has produced more than 40 films in his career, most concerning human rights.

Landau will be in Victoria later this week, screening his latest film, ‘Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,’ which, quote: “Chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations by telling the story of the Cuban Five, intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now serving long prison sentences.”

Saul Landau in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with some of the things going on within the city’s streets and beyond. But first, Kathleen Cooper and a scoping review of our collective exposure to hazardous chemicals and pollution, and their associations in chronic disease.