While New York City, and the rest of America's eastern seaboard digs out from Hurricane Sandy, and electricity is returned to the "city that never sleeps," little media coverage is being devoted to the primary victims of the "Super Storm" in Haiti.
Nearly three years past the massive earthquake that destroyed much of the capital, Haitians struggling to get back on their feet have had to cope with serial tropical storms and hurricanes, wide-spread governmental corruption and mismanagement, an imported cholera epidemic, drought, and now Sandy.
Early reports put Sandy's death toll at 52 souls, but what is really worrying is the reemergence of cholera among the hundreds of thousands still living in crowded, poorly serviced, unsanitary, and exposed tent cities.
Roger Annis is a Vancouver-based trade unionist and social activist; a member of Vancouver's Stopwar.ca coalition, Roger has also been involved with the Canada Haiti Action Network and runs the website, A Socialist in Canada.
Roger Annis in the first half.
And; long-serving Victoria MP, Denise Savioe stepped down in August, surrendering her seat for health reasons. Savioe held the seat through six years and three election campaigns, following her community service in Victoria as a city councillor. The Victoria seat had, until Denise's first victory in 2006 had virtually belonged to Liberals through the aegis of former cabinet minister, David Anderson.
Now, by-elections have been called for three ridings, including Victoria for November 26th. Victoria's Liberal hopeful is Dr. Paul Summerville, currently an adjunct professor here at UVic in the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. Summerville worked previously for Deutsche Bank, Jardine Fleming, and Lehman Brothers. I spoke with Paul in March on energy policy in Canada.
Paul Summerville and our energy future in the second half.
And; Victoria Street News publisher and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz from our city's streets and beyond.
But first, Roger Annis and Haiti, island in the heart of the storm.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 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.ca/
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the corporate media.
Went down to see journalist and author, Jeb Sprague on his book, Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti' at the University of Victoria Saturday.
Local community activist dynamo Paul Phillips passed away a few months back. He was remembered today in a lively send off and walk through the Fernwood neighbourhood he loved and made such a lasting impression upon.
Last week, on June 5th, 2012, the government of Jean Charest revealed to the citizenry of Quebec that "the true north, strong and free" refers not to the freedom or strength of the people, but to the strong arm of law enforcement and its freedom to beat and trammel Canadians with impunity.
As a measure of Charest's determination to bring to heel the people, his gendarmes arrested Amir Khadir, sole member of the Quebec Solidaire party in the National Assembly, and a particularly vocal political opponent, among seventy other peaceful demonstrators. But more than this, Charest's enforcers, for good measure, raided the Khadir household Thursday, taking his teenage daughter, Yalda Machouf-Khadir away.
Roger Annis is a Vancouver-based trade unionist and social activist; a member of Vancouver's Stopwar.ca coalition, Roger has also been involved with the Canada Haiti Action Network and runs the website, A Socialist in Canada.
Roger Annis in the first half.
And; across Canada, and in capitals the world over, pots and pans are being brought into the streets to clang; not only in solidarity with Quebec's students, but also to chime a chorus for a change in the crashing capitalist paradigm. And Victoria is no exception to the Casseroles movement; over the weekend, for a third week, the kitchen ware got air - this time downtown with the Soldarite! Block Party for Quebec Students. I went down to check it out.
Banging pots and pans with the Block Party in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster in her own right, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from the city's streets and beyond. But first, Roger Annis and turning a corner in the Quebec student movement.
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
Charles Marohn is a Professional Engineer, Civil Engineer, Certified Planner, and holds a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the U. of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute. He is also the Executive Director of Strong Towns, a non-profit organization advocating for, quote: "changes in our pattern of development, and a complete understanding of the full costs of our methods of growth."
Charles Marohn and conserving the strength of America's towns in the first half.
And; it's been more than a year and half since the unprecedented 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti. Roger Annis is a coordinator with the Canada Haiti Action Network, and he's just returned from a fact finding delegation mission to Haiti.
Roger Annis and benighted Haiti's dark days continuing in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to brings us up to speed with current goings on going on on Victoria's streets, and news from beyond there. But first, Charles Marohn and finding strength in times of trouble for America's towns.
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
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in corporate and state media. Gorilla Radio airs live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 102FM, 104.3 cable, and on t
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