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For any who doubted “democratic regime change” an oxymoronic euphemism for totalitarian takeover, just take a look at what’s going down in Bolivia.
Less than a week into the overthrow of Latin America’s most popular president, there’s blood in the streets. And, the “new elections” Western governments, environmental NGO’s, and even lefty US presidential campaign front-runner Elizabeth Warren are calling for won’t include Evo Morales’ Movement for Socialism party. That according to democracy champion and self-proclaimed interim Bolivian president, Jeanine Áñez.
Dr. Alan MacLeod is an educator, essayist, and author whose research interests include media theory, propaganda, social media and South American politics.
MacLeod’s first book is, ‘Bad News From Venezuela, 20 Years of Fake News and Misreporting‘, and he served as editor of ‘Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent‘, described as “a collaborative volume which updates Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model for the twenty-first-century media landscape”. Alan’s articles too appear at CounterPunch.org and FAIR.org, where his latest is, ‘The Bolivian Coup Is Not a Coup—Because US Wanted It to Happen‘.
Alan MacLeod in the first half.
And; racism and resource exploitation are also at the heart of British Columbia’s fracked gas industry. As well as running roughshod over First Nations’ rights and despoiling the lands and fresh water of the province, LNG transhipments also pose an unmitigable threat to marine life. ‘The Whale and the Raven‘ is a newly released documentary film screening next week, November 27th and 28th at UVic’s Cinecenta cinema. The film features the spectacular ecology of the Salish Sea and the people desperate to protect and preserve it.
Andrew Williamson is an award-winning, BC-based film producer and director and founder of Off Island and Crazy8’s. Andrew shared production duties on the Canadian/German co-production through Cedar Island Films.
Andrew Williamson and The Whale and the Raven, a “story of humans and non-humans, united by a deep connection to the sea, separated by conflicting plans for its future” in the second half.
And; Victoria-based activist and long-time Gorilla Radio contributor, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour with the Left Coast Events Bulletin of some of the good things to be gotten up to in and around our town in the coming week. But first, Alan MacLeod and the continuing coup that wasn’t in Bolivia.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.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/
