This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 Brad Slade is a long-time, Victoria-based labour activist who thought
his skills could be useful mobilizing opposition to the HST. He's now
the Victoria organizer for FightHST.com and played a principal role
organizing last week's first Victoria protest against the proposed tax.
Brad Slade in the first half.
And; what connects we here in out of the way Victoria with the police
rioters in Pennsylvania, or the imperial guards of the garrisons in
Afghanistan, and Iraq? What happens to us individually and collectively
when we allow military conquest be the agency of our promised
prosperity? The death of democracy in three short acts in the second
half.
And Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine
Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour for a view of what's
new on your city's streets.
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
It's well known, empires and civilizations rise and fall. in between that inevitable ebb and flow, societies go through several identifiable stages. One of those stages, one near civilization's end, is the age of corruption, deceit, and treachery. One of the hallmarks of the end days is tyranny; the rich pray upon the poor, government turns on the citizenry, and the armies of empire return home to practice the brutality perfected abroad on the people who sent them. If any of this sounds like something limited to antiquity, you must have missed the footage of the police riots attending the G20 summit in Pittsburgh over the weekend. If you think the age of tyranny is something limited to the United States, you missed the last eight years of Gordon Campbell's destructive reign in B.C. The latest outrage the B.C. Liberals plan for the hard-bitten citizens is the sudden adoption of the HST, an unrepresentative and regressive tax hike against all who spend money, coming at a time when there is markedly less money to spend.
Brad Slade is a long-time, Victoria-based labour activist who thought his skills could be useful mobilizing opposition to the HST. He's now the Victoria organizer for FightHST.com and played a principal role organizing last week's first Victoria protest against the proposed tax. Brad Slade in the first half.
And; what connects we here in out of the way Victoria with the police rioters in Pennsylvania, or the imperial guards of the garrisons in Afghanistan, and Iraq? What happens to us individually and collectively when we allow military conquest be the agency of our promised prosperity? The death of democracy in three short acts in the second half.
And Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour for a view of what's new on your city's streets. But first, Brad Slade and singing out of tune with Gordo and Stephen's harmonized tax grab.
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