This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This Week: Damien Gillis is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker,
environment defender, indefatigable investigator, and a deep thorn in
the side of any who would threaten the survival of his native Pacific
coast. Damien has just released his latest film, ' Oil in Eden: The
Battle to Protect Canada's Pacific Coast.' Common Sense Canadian, Damien
Gillis in the first half.
Ken O'Keefe was here in Victoria speaking of his vision for a just resolution to
the Israeli occupation of Gaza, and of his experience aboard the
Turkish flagged cruise ship, the Mavi Marmara which was stormed by
Israeli commandos May 31st of this year. That unprovoked attack resulted
in the murder of nine peace activists, at least four of them executed
as they lay wounded on the decks of the ill-fated ship. Ken O'Keefe and a
survivor's tale in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine
Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz of
Victoria's street community giving thanks, and more. But first, Damien
Gillis and 'Oil in Eden: The Battle to Protect Canada's Pacific Coast.'
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.
Half a billion barrels a day surging through mainline veins of pipelines run across thousands of kilometers of B.C. wilderness to the ports of the pacific, where massive tankers wait to navigate the perilous fjords and inland seas of the wild west coast on their way to China and California and other foreign destinations; that's the Shieks' of the Tar Sands plan.
It's a plan not promising, but guaranteeing disaster, if not tomorrow then a day soon after. And it will be a final disaster for millions of sea creatures and the avian and terrestrial species depending on them for survival. It will be an environmental holocaust with no hope of recovery within a single generation; perhaps no hope of recovery at all. And, it has already begun.
Damien Gillis is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, environment defender, indefatigable investigator, and a deep thorn in the side of any who would threaten the survival of his native Pacific coast. Damien has just released his latest film, 'Oil in Eden: The Battle to Protect Canada's Pacific Coast.' Common Sense Canadian, Damien Gillis in the first half.
And; last week I featured another environment and human rights defender, Ken O'Keefe. Ken was here in Victoria speaking of his vision for a just resolution to the Israeli occupation of Gaza, and of his experience aboard the Turkish flagged cruise ship, the Mavi Marmara which was stormed by Israeli commandos May 31st of this year. That unprovoked attack resulted in the murder of nine peace activists, at least four of them executed as they lay wounded on the decks of the ill-fated ship. Ken O'Keefe and a survivor's tale in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz of Victoria's street community giving thanks, and more. But first, Damien Gillis and 'Oil in Eden: The Battle to Protect Canada's Pacific Coast.'
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Some past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan,
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, Ken O'Keefe, 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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