Malalai Joya is the first woman elected to the Afghani parliament, and the first woman to be booted out of that suspect body. She's survived several attempts on her life, and continues to condemn the farce of democracy in her homeland. She is currently touring Canada with the co-author of her auto-biography, Derrick O'Keefe. Malalai Joya appeared in Victoria, B.C. November 15th, 2009.
Malalai Joya is the first woman elected to the Afghani parliament, and the first woman to be booted out of that suspect body. She's survived several attempts on her life, and continues to condemn the farce of democracy in her homeland. She is currently touring Canada with the co-author of her auto-biography, Derrick O'Keefe.
Malalai Joya appeared in Victoria, B.C. November 15th, 2009. The second portion of her engangment follows.
This week on GR; Derrick O'Keefe is a Canadian writer and activist, and he's the editor of the progressive news web site, rabble.ca. He co-wrote A Woman Among Warlords with Joya, and joins us here in the first half.
Jon Elmer is a Vancouver-based photojournalist and writer who has lived in and reported from Palestine. He is the creator of the websites, From Occupied Palestine.org and Jon Elmer.ca. Jon appeared earlier this year with a series of reports from Egypt and Palestine, and he'll be here in the second half from Amman, Jordan.
Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will bring us up to speed with the newz from Victoria's streets at the bottom of the hour. But first, Derrick O'Keefe and Malalai Joya among the warlords.
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, www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
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