This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This Week: April McNeil has been working with local African organizations like:
Camosun College's African Awareness Committee, the UVic-based, African
Partnerships Network, and now Congo Rising, and Saje Fitgerald is a
Master's Candidate for Interdisciplinary Studies - University of
Victoria Women's Studies, International Law and Human Rights, and she is
founder of Shaker Jewel Film Productions.
Listen. Hear.
April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald and Congo Rising in the first half.
And; Ezili Danto is a Haitian-American playwright, performance poet, and
author. She's also a social and political activist and commentator, and
human rights attorney. She is the founder and president of the Haitian
Lawyers Leadership Network and serves as managing editor of the on-line
journal, Haitian Perspectives. She also publishes the Ezili Danto
Newsletter.
Ezili Danto and Haiti's time of cholera in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine
Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to recap some of the
stories emanating Victoria's streetz and beyond at the bottom of the
hour. But first, April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald.
Canada is known worldwide for its generosity and fair-mindedness, (that is, outside those countries where The New Canadian Government of Stephen Harper practices its new-found military muscularity). But in countries whose only knowledge of Canada is gleaned from the behaviour of corporations flying the Maple Leaf it's a different story. Among those industries who despoil the people and landscapes of foreign nations for the profit of their amoral boards of directors and uncaring investors, mining stands out as a runaway leader in depravity and malfeasance; and, in no other area of the world is the outrage against nature and humanity more keenly felt than in Africa.
 Congo Rising is an organization that [quote] "...helps bring the voices of Congolese women to Canadians through outreach activities like speaking tours, documentary film and participatory action research..." and is "...proud of [their] partnership with SFVS (Synergie des femmes pour les victimes des violences sexuelles), that provides direct support to thousands of survivors of sexual violence." [unquote].
They are particularly concerned with the negative effects foreign business activities are having on the Democratic Republic of Congo, and most especially on the women of that nation.
April McNeil has been working with local African organizations like: Camosun College's African Awareness Committee, the UVic-based, African Partnerships Network, and now Congo Rising, and Saje Fitgerald is a Master's Candidate for Interdisciplinary Studies - University of Victoria Women's Studies, International Law and Human Rights, and she is founder of Shaker Jewel Film Productions.
April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald in the first half.
 And; cholera is taking hold now among the sheet and shanty towns of Haiti. Nearing a year since the devastating January earthquake there, thousands are still without proper shelter and services. Last week, frustrated and frightened Haitians took to the streets, demanding an end to the United Nations occupation of the country, and redress for the International Community's unilateral usurpation of the civil functions of their country to disastrous effect.
Ezili Danto is a Haitian-American playwright, performance poet, and author. She's also a social and political activist and commentator, and human rights attorney. She is the founder and president of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network and serves as managing editor of the on-line journal, Haitian Perspectives. She also publishes the Ezili Danto Newsletter.
Ezili Danto and Haiti's time of cholera in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to recap some of the stories emanating Victoria's streetz and beyond at the bottom of the hour. But first, April McNeil and Saje Fitzgerald on Congo Rising.
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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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