This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This week: Ken O'Keefe is an ecology and human rights defender, environmental
entrepreneur, and dedicated direct activist. Ken is a former member of the
United States Marine Corps, who renounced his American citizenship in
protest of his country's policies.
He was also aboard the Mavi Marmara
when it was attacked in the pre-dawn hours of May 31st, 2010. Ken was
arrested, along with the roughly seven hundred human rights activists on
the Mavi Marmara, charged, incarcerated, and brutalized while in
Israeli custody.
Ken O'Keefe in the first half.
British Columbia and Ontario awoke Canada Day with the government's
hand sunk deeper into their pockets. Yes, the Harmonized Sales Tax, or
HST, went into effect July 1st. It's a tax hike for the majority of us,
even as government services decline, or are cut entirely.
Erik Andersen
is retired economist who has remained active in his retirement watching
the squander of our money perpetrated by the government of Canada's
shadowy tax Czars.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine
Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz from
Victoria's street and beyond.
All this and more today; but first Ken
O'Keefe and maintaining pressure on Israel's illegal siege of Gaza.
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.
Just over a month ago, the Israeli military shocked the world when it deployed commandos to intercept the six ship Free Gaza Flotilla. Nine people aboard the Turkish cruise ship, Mavi Marmara were shot dead, and dozens more wounded. Israel insisted then, their actions were a justifiable case of self-defense. It is a position Israel maintains today.
Ken O'Keefe is an ecology and human rights defender, environmental entrepreneur, and dedicated direct activist. Ken is a former member of the United States Marine Corps, who renounced his American citizenship in protest of his country's policies. He was also aboard the Mavi Marmara when it was attacked in the pre-dawn hours of May 31st, 2010. Ken was arrested, along with the roughly seven hundred human rights activists on the Mavi Marmara, charged, incarcerated, and brutalized while in Israeli custody.
Ken O'Keefe in the first half.
And; last weekend's disgusting display of lawlessness by Canadian police in the service of the "international communicty" at the G20 meetings in Toronto was a stark reminder of the thin line seperating governance from tyranny. Taxation is another. Besides the brute force visited upon demonstators in Hog Town, Canadians in two of the country's biggest provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, awoke Canada Day with the government's hand sunk deeper into their pockets. Yes, the Harmonized Sales Tax, or HST, went into effect July 1st. It's a tax hike for the majority of us, even as government services decline, or are cut entirely. Erik Andersen is retired economist who has remained active in his retirement watching the squander of our money perpetrated by the government of Canada's shadowy tax Czars.
Erik Andersen and fighting Canada's new era of taxation without representation in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring uz newz from Victoria's street and beyond. All this and more today; but first Ken O'Keefe and maintaining pressure on Israel's illegal siege of Gaza.
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Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, Mark and Rhoda Berenson, William Blum,
Luciana Bohne, William Bowles, Mordecai Briemberg, James J. Brittain,
Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky,
Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David Cromwell, Ezili Danto, Murray Dobbin,
Jon Elmer, Yves Engler, 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, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Naomi
Klein, Brewster Kneen, Betty Krawczyk, 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,
Riki Ott, Greg Palast, Mike Palecek, Michael Parenti, Robert Parry, John
Pilger, Kevin Pina, William Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Lila Rajiva,
Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton, Paul Craig Roberts, David Robb, Paul de
Rooij, John Ross, David Rovics, Danny Schechter, David Schindler,
Vandana Shiva, Norman Solomon, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Harvey
Wasserman, Paul Watson, Bernard Weiner, Mickey Z., Howard Zinn and many
others.
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