Ben Wang is an Oakland-based documentary filmmaker who co-directed and produced AOKI, the film chronicling the life of Black Panther Party founding member, Richard Aoki. Wang is also a co-chair of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, and co-editor of their book, 'Other: An API Prisoners' Anthology.' He's currently in production of the film, 'Breathin' The Eddy Zheng Story.'
Ben Wang and Eddy Zheng, "one of the most visible Asian American leaders to emerge from the prison system" in the first 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, Ben Wang Breathin' the Eddy Zheng story.
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
Justin Piché is the publisher of the blog 'Tracking Crime and Punishment in Canada,' and is co-managing editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, or JPP.org. He is a PhD candidate in the ABD department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. He is the author of numerous papers dealing with prison policy in Canada, and the imprisonment of Canadians. His Master's dissertation questioning restorative justice was awarded the Commission on Graduate Studies in Humanities Prize from the U. of Ottawa.
Justin Piché in the first half.
And; as the beach head community for hundreds of annual moorings, James Bay bears the brunt of environmental effects caused by titanic cruise ships, and the burden of massively increased traffic flow through its mainly residential streets. Dr. Brian Scarf is professor of Economics here at the University of Victoria, and is the lead author of a 70-plus page report facilitated by the James Bay Neighbourhood Association, titled, 'Victoria as a Port-of-Call: the Costs and Benefits of Cruise Ship Visits.'
Dr. Brian Scarf 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 the streets of the city and beyond. But first, Justin Piché and tracking crime and punishment in Canada now, and projecting it's possible future trajectories.
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
Local human rights and social justice activist, Terry Wolfwood attended an Algerian conference on Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli captivity. Terry has travelled to the West Bank and Jordan to participate in meetings and actions to further Palestinian dignity and national self-actualization on numerous occasions, bringing news of their struggle back to Victoria. Terry Wolfwood in the first half.
And; all signs point to a spring election in B.C., where the economy, and sudden introduction of the so-called, Harmonized Sales Tax promises to be a big issue. But there's more going on in the province, and within the two leading parties, than just the HST.
Mehdi Najari is an on again off again member of the NDP, who ran against Carole James for the party's leadership in 1988 because, he says he was "fed up with [the] corporate lackeys and impostors" controlling the NDP. Mehdi Najari and the NDP's latest chance to get it right n the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with the latest newz from the city's streets and beyond. but first, Terry Wolfwood and internationalizing the plight of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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
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: Stephen Harper, the twisted progeny of Trickle Down governance theory is now determined to follow the lead of his Republican brethren in America and make of this Canada a slave state, replete with corporate prisons, rolling over the rim with marijuana inmates and three strike, mandatory minimum sentence losers. One of the more troubling events evidencing this is the Conservative effort to destroy the prison farm programs, a signally successful model of rehabilitory incarceration.
Dianne Dowling is with the Save Our Prison Farms coalition, and she's a member of the National Farmers Union. Dianne Dowling in the first half.
And; "Inspired by a passion for justice, a defiant libertarian ethos, a desire for autonomy, or for purposes of artistic expression." Marian van der Zon is one of three dedicated pirates who put together the anthology of tales from across the spectrum of the country's illicit radio dials, Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada. Radio pyrates, snubbing the edicts of broadcasting with Marian van der Zon in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to preview the newz from our city's streetz you may or may not hear from the corporate stream in the coming weeks. But first, Dianne Dowling and saving the nation's prison farms.
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
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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