This week: It's a story that may well have been lost. History instructor and award-winning author, Larry Hannant discovered the nearly forgotten manuscript for 'Champagne and Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist,' a compendium of journalist Bert Whyte's articles, letters, and remembrances over the most politically turbulent decades of the 20th Century, bringing to light a unique angle on a period of this country's history that resonates with an eerily familiar ring today.  

Larry Hannant in the first half.

 

And; Gilad Atzmon's new book, 'The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics' has received raves and rages.

 

Listen. Hear.

 

Its publisher says 'The Wandering Who?' raises; "[S]ome of the most difficult and contentious issues of today..." examining; "[T]ribal aspects embedded in Jewish secular discourse, both Zionist and anti Zionist; the 'holocaust religion'; the meaning of 'history' and 'time' within the Jewish political discourse; the anti-Gentile ideologies entangled within different forms of secular Jewish political discourse and even with the Jewish left."

 

It's a book, international jurist and UN Special Rapporteur for Occupied Palestinian Territories, Professor Richard Falk calls; "A transformative story told with unflinching integrity that all (especially Jews) who care about real peace, as well as their own identity, should not only read, but reflect upon and discuss widely."

Gilad Atzmon and 'The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics' in 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 newz from the city's streets and beyond. But first Larry Hannant and the memoir of political activist extraordinaire, Bert Whyte, 'Champagne and Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist.'

 

 

A world on the verge of war; a jingoistic government, captured by war profiteers, violently repressing political dissent at home, while moving Canada closer to a potentially disastrous conflagration abroad. It could all be coming from today's headlines, but this was the milieu of Bert Whyte, journalist, underground political organizer, raconteur, and Canadian communist. Bert Whyte's amazing life story is recounted in 'Champagne and Meatballs: Adventures of a Canadian Communist.'

 

And, it's a story that may well have been lost. History instructor and award-winning author, Larry Hannant discovered the nearly forgotten manuscript, a compendium of Whyte's articles, letters, and remembrances over the most politically turbulent decades of the 20th Century, bringing to light a unique angle on a period of this country's history that resonates with an eerily familiar ring today.     

Larry Hannant is author of 'The Infernal Machine: Investigating the Loyalty of Canada's Citizens,' and editor of the Robert S. Kenny Prize in Left/Labour Studies winning, 'The Politics of Passion: Norman Bethune's Writing and Art.' 

 

Larry also researched and co-wrote the feature-length documentary film on the Doukhobors, 'The Spirit Wrestlers,' and was research director of "Explosion on the Kettle Valley Line: The Death of Peter Verigin" and "Death of a Diplomat: Herbert Norman and the Cold War," both sections of The Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History website.

Larry Hannant in the first half.

And; Gilad Atzmon's new book, The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics has received raves and rages.

 

Its publisher says 'The Wandering Who?' raises; "[S]ome of the most difficult and contentious issues of today..." examining; "[T]ribal aspects embedded in Jewish secular discourse, both Zionist and anti Zionist; the 'holocaust religion'; the meaning of 'history' and 'time' within the Jewish political discourse; the anti-Gentile ideologies entangled within different forms of secular Jewish political discourse and even with the Jewish left."

 

It's a book, international jurist and UN Special Rapporteur for Occupied Palestinian Territories, Professor Richard Falk calls; "A transformative story told with unflinching integrity that all (especially Jews) who care about real peace, as well as their own identity, should not only read, but reflect upon and discuss widely."

Gilad Atzmon and 'The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics' in 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 newz from the city's streets and beyond.

 

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