Saturday, November 6th marked Media Democracy Day 2010 in Vancouver. A variety of speakers gathered at the architecturally resplendent Vancouver Public Library. The lecture panel featured here was 'Spinning the Environment, Greenwashing the Message' with Ken Wu of the Ancient Forest Alliance, independent environment and alternative energy journalist Colleen Kimmet, and author Richard Littlemore.
Reporting from the 20th and possibly final Under the Volcano Festival
for Social Justice in North Vancouver's Cates Park, J9 spoke with
advocates about 9/11 Truth, the need for an all ages music venue,
Prison Justice, StopWar.ca, and Liberation BC animal rights.
http://volcano.resist.ca/
http://previous.ncra.ca/exchange/dspProgramDetail.cfm?programID=101877
This week, Pratap Chatterjee of CorpWatch.org on his new book, 'Halliburton's Army: How a Well Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War'; Richard Boyce of Island Lens on the plunder of Vancouver Island's ecosystem by greed head private equity firm, Island Timberlands, now logging into the Nanaimo region watershed; and, Janine Bandcroft keeps us current on Victoria's ongoing shelter crisis.
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 here. Listen below.
History is ended the orators for America's new century extolled upon George W. Bush's assumption of the throne in January 2001. In some ways the notion has proved correct; history will of course continue 'til comeuppance day, but the nature of the nation is changed. Today, America represents not a bastion of individual freedoms and expression, the protector and purveyor of Democracy, but a rapacious agent of corporate greed and criminality around the planet, a law unto itself: An empire.
Howard Zinn is an American historian, educator, playwright, activist and author. Among his more than twenty books published are: 'Artists in Times of War,' 'The Cold War and the University,' 'Declarations of Indepedence,' 'Disobedience and Democracy,' the best-selling 'A People's History of the United States,' and his autobiography, 'You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train,' (also adapted as a documentary film).
Zinn is the recipient of numerous awards, citations, and accolades for his decades-long dedication to the People's cause, including: the Courage of Conscience Award, the Thomas Merton, Eugene Debs, and Upton Sinclair Awards, the American Historical Association's Beveridge Prize for best English-language book on American History for his debut title, 'La Guardia in Congress,' and the Haven's Center Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship. His theatrical works include: 'Daughter of Venus,' 'Emma,' and 'Marx in Soho.'
Howard Zinn's newest book release is, 'A People's History of American Empire.' Howard Zinn in the first half.
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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