"Islamic Terrorism" and the Media with Mehdi Najari, radio host of The Hidden News, CFUV
February 13, 7 - 9:30 pm
UVic, MacLaurin Bldg D116
We will analyze "Islamic terrorism" and western media narratives. Is there an alternative narrative?
Free Admission
Sponsored by Victoria Peace Coalition and UVic Social Justice Studies.
For directions to MacLaurin Building see the map on our website
http://victoriapeacecoalition.org/ D116 is in the wing across the
breezeway.
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.
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
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.
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
This week: Loretta Napoleoni, is an expert on finance, best-selling author, and advisor to governments around the world. She says the nature of finance has radically changed over the last decade, seeing a growing interdependence between states, criminals, and terrorists that reaches to the very heart of the global economy.
Napoleoni warns; since 9/11 that interdependence has, quote: "[E]xtended the bounderies of a shadow world that threatens to replace our own if we do not break away from the legacy of the war on terror."
Loretta Napoleoni, and following the money in The Global War on Terror in the first half.
And; Soumya Natarajan is a recent resident of this beautiful west coast, and she's a new contributor to CFUV's public affairs broadcasts. She's just completed a documentary on the collaboration of two local Victoria organizations to promote the concept of Zero Waste.
Soumya Natarajan and refusing to surrender our pristine pacific to garbage and the odious effluent of corporate and government propaganda in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft at the bottom of the hour to bring us the latest newz from the city's streets and beyond. But first, Loretta Napoleoni bringing to bear the focus on the true cause of the War on Terror, and following its lifeline; the money.
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:
Esteemed radio man, David Barsamian came out for a CFUV Radio fundraiser at the University of Victoria's David Lam Auditorium tonight, speaking with passion and eloquence on a range of topics spanning the globe and his thirty years of political and intellectual engangement.
He appeared earlier this week on Gorilla Radio, where I introduced him thusly.
David Barsamian is the multi-award winning director of Alternative Radio, which airs weekly across North America and beyond, (including right here at CFUV every Wednesday afternoon at 1:00pm pacific time) and remains an entirely independent voice of reason and humanity, an island of sanity in a toss'd sea of shlock jocks, puerile morning "mad men," and aspiring dime store mass media demagogues.
That interview is here:
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/7360-gorilla-radio-with-chris-cook-david-barsamian-janine-bandcroft-nov-15-2010.html
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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