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This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This week on GR: Historian Howard Zinn and a People's History of American Empire; Vancouver-based peace and justice activist Mordecai Briemberg and facing down the corporate media Goliath; Janine Bandcroft brings up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the coming 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. Check out the GR
blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
History is ended the orators for America's new century extolled
upon George W. Bush's assumption of the throne in January 2001. In some
ways the notion has proved correct; history will of course continue
'til comeuppance day, but the nature of the nation is changed. Today,
America represents not a bastion of individual freedoms and expression,
the protector and purveyor of Democracy, but a rapacious agent of
corporate greed and criminality around the planet, a law unto itself:
An empire.
Howard Zinn is an American historian, educator, playwright,
activist and author. Among his more than twenty books published are:
'Artists in Times of War,' 'The Cold War and the University,'
'Declarations of Indepedence,' 'Disobedience and Democracy,' the
best-selling 'A People's History of the United States,' and his
autobiography, 'You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train,' (also adapted
as a documentary film).
 Zinn is the recipient of numerous awards,
citations, and accolades for his decades-long dedication to the
People's cause, including: the Courage of Conscience Award, the Thomas
Merton, Eugene Debs, and Upton Sinclair Awards, the American Historical
Association's Beveridge Prize for best English-language book on
American History for his debut title, 'La Guardia in Congress,' and the
Haven's Center Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship.
His theatrical works include: 'Daughter of Venus,' 'Emma,' and 'Marx in
Soho.'
Howard Zinn's newest book release is, 'A People's History of
American Empire.' Howard Zinn in the first half.
And; last summer
media activists in Vancouver ran a mock version of CanWest Global
organ, The Vancouver Sun. The phony front page was secreted into
legitimate mail boxes around the city, and slipped into newstands
stacks and onto public meeting info. tables. It's the second hijacking
of the Sun's masthead, a previous crew pulling off the stunt in 2002
without consequence, but this time around CanWest is determined to see
this matter in court.
The national media Goliath filed suits against a
group it believes responsible for the faux edition, (and for good
measure, they filed too against the small printing house allegedly used
to run off the offending copies).
Chiefly named is long-time Vancouver
peace and justice activist, radio producer, author, and critic of
Israeli policy in Palestine and the Middle East, Mordecai Briemberg.
Mordecai Briemberg and getting serious about free speech in Canada 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, Howard Zinn and what the
classroom fails to teach you about American Empire.
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, Scott Horton, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Chalmers Johnson, 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, John Pilger, Kevin Pina, William Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton, Paul Craig Roberts, David Robb, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, Danny Schechter, Vandana Shiva, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Paul Watson, Bernard Weiner, Mickey Z., and many others.
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