This week: Jon Elmer is a Canadian journalist and photojournalist who has lived in and reported independently from Palestine for more than a decade. He reports now for Al Jazeera and the InterPress News Service and joins us tonight live from Bethlehem. Jon Elmer in the first half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher, CFUV broadcaster, and reporter at large, Janine Bandcroft spent the weekend in Vancouver at the 20th (and final) Under the Volcano Festival. This year's event boasted author, journalist, and filmmaker Naomi Klein and Secwepemc Nation activist Arthur Manuel in a panel discussion on 'Paying our Debts at Home and Abroad' featuring journalist, filmmaker and former CBC broadcaster, Avi Lewis acting as moderator.
Janine Bandcroft reporting from Under the Volcano in the second half. But first, Jon Elmer and the global temperature rise against Israel's policies in Occupied Palestine.
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; Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker and co-creator of the new environmental and social justice website, TheCanadian.org. He's spent the last several years campaigning to put an end to the Atlantic Salmon fish farming enterprises widely believed to be behind the disappearance of wild Pacific Salmon on the coast.
Damien Gillis in the first half.
Gilad Atzmon is an accomplished jazz and pop musician, whose music has been internationally recognized, earning him among other honours, the BBC album of the year for his release, 'Exile.' His latest album is, 'In Loving Memory of America.’ Gilad is also a writer of fiction, and a political and philosophical essayist. His novels, 'Guide to the Perplexed' and 'My One And Only Love' have been translated into 24 languages. Atzmon is an ex-patriot Israeli, and veteran IDF soldier, whose writing about the ongoing occupation of Palestine, and the nature of the forces behind that occupation has earned him both praise and condemnation.
Gilad Atzmon and revisioning our past for a future peace 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 keep us apprised of events from Victoria's streetz and beyond. But first, Damien Gillis recruiting for a second War in the Woods in Clayoquot Sound.
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
Victoria-based human-rights activist, Kevin Neish has set sail with the Free Gaza Flotilla, a collection of ships and activists from around the world trying to impress on Israel and the rest of the planet the unacceptable destruction that nation wrecks on the peoples of Palestine in the form of bullets and one of the longest blockades in modern history. Kevin is in the Mediterranean now, and we'll talk to him as he readies for the trip Israel has already warned it will not let pass.
This week: The BCCLA has filed a submission with the Legislature urging Bill 20 be dropped. Micheal Vonn is Policy Director at the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and an Advisory Board Member for Privacy International. She is a former Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia and currently serves as Adjunct Professor at UBC's School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies. Micheal Vonn in the first half.
Ontario's premier, Dalton McGuinty says he will visit Israel later this month, while Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu is slated to to make the first visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to Canada in more than sixteen years. Jon Elmer is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist and photo-journalist who has lived in and reported from the West Bank for more than a decade. He is currently in Bethlehem, one of premier McGuinty's scheduled stops, and joins us in the second half with the latest news from the occupation.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with the goings-on amongst Victoria's burgeoning street community. But first, Michael Vonn and the Liberal proposition of Big Brother for B.C.'s new school hall monitor.
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: Jon Elmer is a Canadian freelance journalist and photojournalist who has lived in and reported from Palestine on numerous occasions since the beginning of the Second Intifada there. He is the author of the websites, From Occupied Palestine.org and JonElmer.ca. Jon is recently returned to Canada from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and he joins us today from Toronto.
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And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here in the second half to bring us newz from Victoria's street community. But first, Jon Elmer, out of Occupied Palestine for the holidays.
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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