This week: Dispossession, arbitrary detention, beatings, and death at the hands of Israeli authorities, or Zionist mobs is an ever-present threat for Palestinians living in the remnant West Bank. This past week, as every week preceding it, has witnesses an array of all of these crimes against the people of Palestine and more. Jon Elmer is a Canadian freelance journalist who has frequently lived in and reported from Palestine. He's also the single-most frequently appearing guest on this show, and joins us again today; Jon Elmer, live from Occupied Palestine in the first half.
Unlike last week's singularly destructive natural calamity, the cruelty and injustice Haitians must endure is a daily reality, designed and enforced by the same "international community" that now fashions itself as Saviour to the afflicted. Kevin Pina is an indepedent journalist and filmmaker who is no stranger to Haiti's suffering. His latest film, 'We Must Kill the Bandits' chronicles the abuse of Haitian democracy at the hands of the United Nations and its American, Canadian, and French sponsors, the same powers behind the 2004 Coup D'Etat that sent populist priest and president Aristide into exile. Kevin Pina and Haiti's shaky foundations in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to keep us current with the dire need existing still on Victoria's streets. But first, Jon Elmer and keeping an eye on Palestine while the world looks away.
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
This week, American journalist and 'We Must Kill the Bandits!' film maker, Kevin Pina on Haiti's dubious senatorial election results; activist and Rotarian, Rachel Williams on the documentary film, 'View from a Grain of Sand' and the women's struggle in Afghanistan; and Victoria Street Newz publisher and broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft keeping us current on events on Victoria's streets.
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
In 2004, Canada and the rest of the world's great defenders of democracy stood silent when Jean Bertrand Aristide, the duly-elected president of Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, was over-thrown in a bloodless coup d'Etat. As a candidate, vying for a third comeback term as the country's chief executive, the former priest Aristide committed the cardinal crime: He promised to represent and serve the people, and this betrayal of corporate and elite interests could not be allowed to pass.
On February 28th, in the dead of night, American and Canadian commandos stole into the presidential palace and made off with the only hope of salvation for Haiti's miserably impoverished majority. Aristide was bundled off to house arrest in the Central African Republic and replaced with a more pliable, puppet regime. In a publicity stunt meant to blunt criticism of the blatant regime change, an internationally recognized crime against the peace, the perpetrators loosed NGO's, national aid entities, and United Nations "peacekeepers" to ensure justice for the captive population. That promise has not been met. Last week, reports of unchecked starvation in Haiti embarrassed the basket-case nation's minders.
Kevin Pina is an American journalist and film maker who has live in and reported from Haiti. His documentary film titles include: 'El Salvador: In the Name of Democracy,' Berkely in the Sixties,' Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest,' 'Haiti: The UNtold Story,' and his latest, 'HAITI: We Must Kill the Bandits.' Kevin Pina in the first segment.
And; Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with some of the good going-ons in and around the south island in the coming week,and she'll report the latest in her continuing feature: State of the Shelter Emergency in Victoria and beyond. And I'll have a few comments about the state of Canada as the year winds down. But first up, Kevin Pina and Haitian promises of justice wearing thin.
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the mainstream media. Gorilla Radio airs live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 102FM, 104.3 cable, and on the in
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