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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jon Elmer, Janine Bandcroft, Oct. 22 Defend Our Coast Oct. 22, 2012

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Over the weekend, the Finnish-flagged M/S Estelle attempted to ferry aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, and like previous attempts was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters, its crew and passengers taken into port at Ashdod and imprisoned.

As of Sunday October 21st, there is little word of the conditions of captivity for former Canadian MP Jim Manley, though a release from organizers of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms: Some of the Estelle’s crew has been deported to Greece and Italy.

Reports from Israeli activists on the ship claim passengers were “tasered” by the Israeli boarding party. For its part, Israeli authorities lied about the cargo on board the Estelle, maintaining the ship contained “no humanitarian aid.”

The Estelle’s attempt to break the years-old blockade of Gaza comes on the heels of last week’s publication of Israeli documents confirming that state’s practice of a calorie counting regimen restricting the amount of food allowed into the Gaza enclave based on an estimated minimal caloric intake per person necessary to avoid wide-spread starvation. Also known as the “Gaza Diet,” the revelation is not news to Palestinians, or most Israelis, but does present an international embarrassment to the government, which has always denied such a policy existed.

Jon Elmer is a Canadian photo-journalist who has reported from the Occupied Territories for more than a decade. Jon’s work has taken him to some of the region’s, and the world’s, most troubled areas, filing reports for the Inter Press Service, Al Jazeera English, The Progressive, and Le Monde Diplomatique among others. His work can also be found at his website, JonElmer.ca. Jon Elmer in the first half.

And; the long-awaited October 22 manifestation is happening even now in downtown Victoria. The event, in part organized by the newly formed, Defend Our Coast coalition, and supported by a variety of international Environmental Non-Government Organizations hoped to rally British Columbians and others concerned about the Enbridge Gateway project, a massive pipeline proposal to sluice Tar Sands condensate-soaked bitumen to the port of Kitimat on its way to a trans-pacific voyage to the Asian market.

The format and nature of this demonstration is unique in my experience, and it has sparked some heated debate within the environmental community. I went down there this morning to record my impressions and those of the participants. Defending Our Coast in the second segment.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us her take on Defend Our Coast and other manifestations in and around our city. But first, Jon Elmer on blockades and other doings in and around Occupied Palestine.

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 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.ca/

G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the corporate media.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, April McNeil, Saje Fitzgerald, Ezili Danto, Janine Bandcroft Nov. 22, 2010

This Week: April McNeil has been working with local African organizations like: Camosun College's African Awareness Committee, the UVic-based, African Partnerships Network, and now Congo Rising, and Saje Fitgerald is a Master's Candidate for Interdisciplinary Studies – University of Victoria Women's Studies, International Law and Human Rights, and she is founder of Shaker Jewel Film Productions.

April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald and Congo Rising in the first half.

And; Ezili Danto is a Haitian-American playwright, performance poet, and author. She's also a social and political activist and commentator, and human rights attorney. She is the founder and president of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network and serves as managing editor of the on-line journal, Haitian Perspectives. She also publishes the Ezili Danto Newsletter.

Ezili Danto and Haiti's time of cholera in the second half.

And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to recap some of the stories emanating Victoria's streetz and beyond at the bottom of the hour. But first, April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Nick Versteeg, Cosmo Meens, J9, Apr. 13, 2009

This week: Television producer and film maker, Nick Versteeg and ‘Island on the Edge;’ Victoria restauranteur and businessman, Cosmo Meens and bringing the Family Market to the Harris Green; Victoria Street Newz publisher and broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft keeps us current on the newz from Victoria’s streetz.

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 the corporate media.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Alanna Mitchell, Mark Leiren-Young, Janine Bandcroft Apr. 6, 2009

This week: environmental journalist and author, Alanna Mitchell and her new book, 'Sea Sick: The Global Ocean Crisis'; filmmaker, journalist, script writer, Mark Leiren-Young on his film 'The Green Chain,' his book, "Never Shoot a Stampede Queen,' and more; Street Newz newspaper publisher, broadcaster, journalist, and activist, Janine Bandcroft on Victoria's streetz.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ramzy Baroud, J9 Mar 30, 2009

This week: A day with Liberal party leader of the loyal opposition, Michael Ignatieff as he addresses Victoria's hoi polloi; An evening with Palestinian journalist and author, Ramzy Baroud on Gaza's untold stories; Victoria Street Newz publisher, Janine Bandcroft on Victoria's unaddressed 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. You can check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jen Moore, Mary Foster, J9 Mar. 23, 2009

This week: journalist Jen Moore and the evil Canada's mining corporations do in Latin America; Mary Foster of the People's Commission Network and the strange case of Abousfian Abdelrazik; and, Victoria Street Newz publisher Janine Bandcroft on the city's continuing shelter crisis.

Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Carmen Mills, Sandra Finley, J9 Mar 9, 09

This week: The biggest project you've hardly heard of is underway in Vancouver. Houses have been expropriated, and the bulldozers are moving in, but not everyone is willing to be rolled over by the massive Gateway Project. Carmen Mills is with Gateway Sucks, a coalition of environmental and housing activists determined to turn Gateway around; Sandra Findley is a Saskatchewan activist who refused to be counted by Canadian census contractor, Lockheed Martin. The mega-weapons corporation is mining information on Canadians, all to be made available upon request to America's Homeland Security; publisher and broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft keeps us up to speed with Victoria's unaddressed shelter crisis.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Pratap Chatterjee, Richard Boyce, J9 Mar. 2, 2009

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.

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Marc Loiselle, Jacques Fresco, Jan. 28, 2002

Monday, January 28th, 2002

As Canada’s monetary and political independence sink slowly into history; as our leaders sell our sovereignty, erasing our most dearly held institutions; as Canadian soldiers depart for foreign wars, led by foreign masters, we may take a winter’s moment to ponder the legacy of our great acquiescence to corporate rule. Ontario has become a toxic dumping ground, B.C. the new haven for pipelines and offshore oil derricks, the North withering under climate change, and the Atlantic fished out. And, on the great prairie, our oceans of wheat are threatened by a spill more destructive than anything Exxon could muster. On the first half of today’s show, organic farmer and member of the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, Marc Loiselle on the fight against genetic pollution in Canada’s heartland.
And, can we change our culture? No-one can doubt, our present course is disastrous for the environment, human health, and holds no hope of achieving either justice or peace. But what to do? In the second half of the program, inventor, author, futurist, and co-founder of The Venus Project, Jacques Fresco will be here with his vision of an alternative, sustainable, new world civilization…But first, Marc Loiselle fighting genetic pollution.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jon Elmer, Steve Anderson, Janine Bandcroft Feb. 16, 2009

'The Lancet' released the preliminary findings of two clinicians exploring the weapons used against the civilian population of Gaza during Israel's 23 day military assault there. Jon Elmer and the Wounds of Gaza in the first segment; Janine Bandcroft and Victoria's continuously unaddressed shelter crisis and local events; and, defending Canada's net access with Steve Andersen from the SaveOurNet.ca crew.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Paul Manly, J9, Riki Ott, Zoe Blunt Feb. 9, 09

This week: Nanaimo filmmaker Paul Manly asking, "What have you heard about the SPP?"; Victoria Street Newz publisher, Janine Bandcroft watching Victoria's shelter crisis; Salmon fisher, marine biologist, environmental defender, and author, Riki Ott on the long fight for justice in the wake of the Exxon Valdez disaster and the introduction of the 28th amendment to the constitution of the United States: the separation of corporation and state; and Victoria-based activist and writer, Zoe Blunt on this week's 'The Joy of Dissent and Speaking Truth to Power' event.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Will Horter, J9, featuring Riki Ott Feb. 2, 09

This Week: Marine scientist, fisherma'am, and author, Riki Ott on the 28th Amendment, the separation of corporation and state in the United States of America, and her newly released book, Not One Drop; Will Horter of the Dogwood Initiative and the launch of the 'Tankers Are Loonie' campaign to maintain the oil tanker moratoria off British Columbia's coast; activist, broadcaster, and publisher, Janine Bandcroft covering the ongoing shelter crisis in Victoria and beyond.