Pacific Free Press was launched in March 2007 by Dutch-Canadian Richard
Kastelein of V.O.F. Expathos, in the Netherlands along with Chris Cook- CFUV radio journalist and Editor in Chief of Pacific Free Press. Cook is based in , Victoria, British Columbia.
The mission of Pacific Free Press is simple: to dig out nuggets of truth from
the slag-heap of lies, ignorance and witless diversion that has buried
public discourse today. Pacific Free Press provides a new venue for
disseminating hard news and insightful, fact-based analysis of the
harsh realities too often ignored or distorted by the mainstream press.
This week on GR; Bruce Wallace of VIPIRG and Victoria's seasonal cruise ship blues; Shawn Hlookoff Standing for Peace; and Janine Bandcroft brings us up to speed with some of the good things we can get up to in and around Victoria this week.
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 . And, you can check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
Last week saw the first sea-going leviathan berth here in humble
little Victoria. Yes, it's Cruise Season again! Massive ships, carrying
thousands of passengers and crew are due to settle, for a short time,
in our city commencing now until the Fall. And while these cities of
steel stay they will spew fumes continuously into our air, while
drawing untold thousands of gallons of water from our reserves. And,
what does it get us? Bruce Wallace is Research Coordinator for the
Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group, and a contributing
author to the VIPIRG study of the local impacts of the cruise ship
industry, 'Ripple Effect,' Bruce Wallace in the first half.
And, if you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything! War,
and rumours of it are all abounding us these last last terrible years.
But what does it mean? Shawn Hlookoff is a Canadian musician, carrying
his message of peace to those hailed as the reasons "we" fight, the
little children. Shawn will be in town next week, on tour to promote
the peace; Shawn Hlookoff in the second half.
And, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring
us up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the
coming week; but first, Bruce Wallace and finding shelter from the
tourista storm.
G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment,
community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in
the corporate media.
Some past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan,
Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, Rhoda Berenson, William Blum, Luciana
Bohne, William Bowles, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky,
Michel Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David Cromwell, Murray
Dobbin, Jon Elmer, Reese Erlich, Anthony Fenton, Jim Fetzer, Laura
Flanders, Chris Floyd, Connie Fogal, Glen Ford, Susan George, Stan
Goff, Amy Goodman, Robert Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges,
Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly Hill, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Diana
Johnstone, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore
Lappe, Jason Leopold, Jeff Leys, Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Jennifer
Loewenstein, Wayne Madsen, Stephen Marshall, Linda McQuaig, George
Monbiot, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo, David Orchard,
Greg Palast, Mike Palecek, Michael Parenti, Robert Parry, Kevin Pina,
William Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton, Paul
Craig Roberts, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, Danny Schechter, Vandana
Shiva, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Paul Watson, Bernard
Weiner, Mickey Z., Dave Zirin, and many others.
And, if you don't stand for something, you will
fall for anything! War, and rumours of it are all abounding us these
last last terrible years. But what does it mean? Shawn Hlookoff is a
Canadian musician, carrying his message of peace to those hailed as the
reasons "we" fight, the little children. Shawn will be in town next
week, on tour to promote the peace; Shawn Hlookoff in the second half.
And,
Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us up
to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the
coming week; but first, Bruce Wallace and finding shelter from the
tourista storm.
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 .
And, you can 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.
Some
past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan, Maude
Barlow, David Barsamian, Rhoda Berenson, William Blum, Luciana Bohne,
William Bowles, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Michel
Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David Cromwell, Murray
Dobbin, Jon Elmer, Reese Erlich, Anthony Fenton, Jim Fetzer, Laura
Flanders, Chris Floyd, Connie Fogal, Glen Ford, Susan George, Stan
Goff, Amy Goodman, Robert Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges,
Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly Hill, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Diana
Johnstone, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore
Lappe, Jason Leopold, Jeff Leys, Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Jennifer
Loewenstein, Wayne Madsen, Stephen Marshall, Linda McQuaig, George
Monbiot, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo, David Orchard,
Greg Palast, Mike Palecek, Michael Parenti, Robert Parry, Kevin Pina,
William Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton, Paul
Craig Roberts, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, Danny Schechter, Vandana
Shiva, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Paul Watson, Bernard
Weiner, Mickey Z., Dave Zirin, and many others.