Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 19th, 2025
One of the most disheartening things about the atrocities we've witnessed visited upon the civilians of Gaza, the West Bank, and southern Lebanon this past nearly year and a half is that the carnage has been allowed continue by the so-called "international community". More even than that, the liberal democracies of Europe and the Anglo-American Axis countries have profited the slaughter, selling billions of dollars and pounds and euros worth of bombs and bullets, bandages and assorted materiel to scofflaw Israel in aid of its genocide. But it doesn't surprise; or shouldn't do. We've spent the entirety of this century and much of the last idly watching the destruction of millions of lives with hardly a murmur of protest; and sometimes not watched at all.
Judi Rever is a Montreal journalist and author. Her book, 'In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front' is a clear-eyed re-examination of the Rwandan genocide of the last century and subsequent flourishing of its perpetrator, President Paul Kagame. Rever's recent article at Canadian Dimension, 'Paul Kagame's Foray in Eastern Congo Leaves Thousands Dead and Sparks Fears of a Broader War' could have been written almost any time in the last thirty years, but what she reveals is happening right now.
Judi Rever in the first half.
And; the Canadian government is concerned; worried that what we citizens see or don't see in the media could damage the nation. It seems in this post-Legacy press age a contagion threatens the health of our body politic, and even the survival of our democratic system. Problem is where once everything we read, heard, or watched was pre-digested and packaged for us by a safe pair, foreign hands now flavour the news; possibly carrying with it too strange and potentially dangerous ideas. But there's a commission for that.
Last week, the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions released in seven volumes its "Final Report on Foreign Interference".
Marc Edge is a Canadian journalist, author, and academic. Much awarded, Edge's eight books span a quarter of a century, and include: 'THE NEWS WE DESERVE: The Transformation of Canada's Media Landscape', 'THE POSTMEDIA EFFECT: How Vulture Capitalism is Wrecking Our News', and his most recent, 'TOMORROW'S NEWS: How to Fix Canada's Media'. His latest article at Canadian Dimension is, ‘Here’s One Easy Trick to Combat Foreign Political Interference in Our Media’.
Marc Edge and fixing foreign interference in Canadian media in the second half.
But first, Judi Rever and turning a blind-eye before, during, and after the Rwandan genocide.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/ and on Telegram at: https://t.me/gorillaradio2024
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