| For over two decades, Mark Purdey has been fighting a single-handed war against the UK government's official stance on ' mad cow disease' and other neuro- degenerative conditions in both animals and humans. While agreeing that these conditions are caused by a 'rogue' prion protein, Mark has produced his own compelling science to show that the corruption of the protein is caused by complex, human induced environmental factors, including the use of organo-phosphate pesticides, and is not a quasi- naturally occurring phenomenon, as the government continues to assert. |
| Penny Turner is a British environmental journalist and campaigner, winner of the prestigious BBC Wildlife Writing Award and prodigious horsewoman, who has lived in Greece for the past 25 years. In addition to her acclaimed writing and campaigning, she has also embarked on several demanding, long-distance horse treks through the remotest regions of Greece, including one particularly gruelling, 1.600- kilometer ride! Here she voices her dismay at the ravaging of Greece’s once-magnificent natural |
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| Decades of the presence of Multinational Oil in the Niger Delta has led not only to the widespread environmental degradation of this environmentally sensitive region, but has also left in its wake a legacy of inter-communal violence and rampant local political corruption - cynically concocted, alleges veteran Nigerian environmental / human rights campaigner DONNY OHIA, by the oil multinationals present in the region as a matter of corporate policy. In the wake of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Donny also found himself under considerable personal threat (a fellow campaigner was murdered), so fled to Germany where he sought political asylum. There he continued his political struggle, establishing the organisation Concerned Nigerians for Democracy and even occupying, with fellow campaigners, the offices of Die Gruenen (The Greens) in Cologne during the G7 summit in the city, despite the fact that this might prejudice his asylum application. In this interview, Donny Ohia describes the environmental / human rights situation (he forcefully dismisses the argument, trumpeted by 'western' governments, that Nigeria is now a "Democracy") in the Niger Delta , and the abysmal treatment he has received at the hands of the German authorities. |
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| The Bialowieza Forest in eastern Poland is Europe's very last piece of extensive ancient, temperate primeval forest and home to some of Europe's last wolves, lynx, bears and European Bison. Professor Wesotowski of Krakow University is the forest's foremost authority and staunchest defender, and is unreservedly scathing in his criticism of the modern 'industrial' forestry, commercial interests and government duplicity that now threaten the Bialowieza forest. This interview is essential listening for anyone interested in ecology in general, and forestry in particular. |
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The fact that the US is the only country in the "democratic" world to maintain the death penalty is disturbing enough, but the racially skewed character of US ' justice' in its implementation of capital punishment is a further factor of concern for which their is generally too little awareness, either within or outside the US. The infamous US death penalty is not merely an abomination in itself, argues Chee-Meng Bartel, it is also blatantly racist in its disproportionate 'targeting' of black Americans. |
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| Two articles on Donny Ohia, by Vox Populi editor, Mark Pickard: Green Events, Aug. 2003 Sunday Herald, Sept. 2003 |
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self-ruling, hierarchical organisation,
like the military. It is impossible for
anyone from the outside to interfere,
because they close ranks immediately."
self-ruling, hierarchical organisation,
like the military. It is impossible for
anyone from the outside to interfere,
because they close ranks immediately."
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| "His cattle manage to survive and be productive without a massive input of concentrates, and a massive output of methane". |
| For an article on Greece's woeful environmental record, by Vox Populi editor Mark Pickard, click here: Green Events, February 2002 |
| "The red-neck electorate knew what they wanted...the latter-day equivalent of the southern 'nigger lynching'... and George Bush delivered the goods!" |
PHOTOS: TOP; excecution of "Tiny" Davis,
Florida, July 8 1999 by electrocution, by
order of Governor "Jeb" Bush.
LEFT; Old Sparky" electric chair, Florida,
reconstructed in 1998 using 1923 original
electrical apparatus, still in use.
RIGHT; Gurney used for lethal injection.
Florida, July 8 1999 by electrocution, by
order of Governor "Jeb" Bush.
LEFT; Old Sparky" electric chair, Florida,
reconstructed in 1998 using 1923 original
electrical apparatus, still in use.
RIGHT; Gurney used for lethal injection.
environment, modern agribusiness and a wholly eco-indifferent government.
VOX POP 1
| VOX POP # 3 We take a look at the infamous "friendly fire"in which one British soldier was killed and several wounded after being attacked by US pilots - including audio of flight deck to ground controllers' damning communications. |
We also review the appalling
East Timor Massacre
perpetrated by the US- backed
Indonesian government, as
experienced and reported by
East Timor Massacre
perpetrated by the US- backed
Indonesian government, as
experienced and reported by
legendary journalist, Amy Goodman
including 'Spike's' inspiring
piece on the Working Class
Movement Library in Salford.
piece on the Working Class
Movement Library in Salford.
| VOX POP # 1 FREE-STATE CHRISTIANIA: A report from the world's most famous hippy commune, still going strong after more than 30 years. BUSH BULLSHIT?: Bush pledges himself to breaking US dependence on oil through the development of alternative fuels - still to the advantage of his corporate buddies, of course! Check out our ROUNDTABLE DEBATE. Also, MUSICIAN WITH A MISSION: Radical songwriter / musician Aidan Jolly , whose compelling and articulate songs focus squarely on social justice, and SKEWED JUSTICE: Chee-Meng |
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| Bartel outlines the facts behind the racially twisted character of the US DEATH PENALTY. |
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and some other stuff...
| "...[Blair's] election campaign was largely funded by Monsanto; therefore he has had to sing for his supper" |
| VOX POP # 5 In this, the first of our new 0ne-hour format shows, we talk to Jill Robinson, founder of the animal welfare NGO, Animals Asia, about the barbaric practice of bear bile farming in which 'moon bears' are kept |
| in coffin-like cages barely bigger than themselves, and their bile exracted through crude catheters. We also talk to Greece- based environmental |
| recent spate of forest fires - most of them started deliberately for 'speculative' reasons - that have blighted that country. |
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| VOX POP # 2 In this, our second Vox Pop podcast, we feature some of the best of Indymedia, including Amy Goodman on the legacy of slavery, the Iraq war, wealth and power in the US. We also feature our INTERVIEW with Israeli CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, Yael Drier and journalist RALPH BERNEY on the topic of CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION in Israel and Turkey. We also feature material created by listeners, |
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| kissing Shell's arse, so we also take a look at Ireland's current political culture |
"special natural interest. The "powers-that-be" - surprise,
surprise, - are largely bent on
surprise, - are largely bent on
| natural gas under 144 bar pressure right through one of Ireland's most spectacularly beautiful and environmentally sensitive landscapes - including areas designated as areas of |
| VOX POP # 4 "IRELAND SPECIAL" "On tour " in Ireland, we interview activists at the Rossport Solidarity Camp, who are actively resisting the Shell Oil corporation's odious Corrib Gas Project, which would involve the piping of raw, untreated |
| VOX POP # 6 "NEW YEAR SPECIAL In this show we feature some of the most interesting stuff from previous VPs, including "performance poet" Ani di Franco's seminal "Self-Evident", acerbic writer and political commentator, Tim Wise on race, and Greece-based environmental journalist and activist, Penny Turner, on the environmental hell visited on a remote |Greek community by the state power corporation, DEH. We also feature some interesting material we recorded, but did not make it into previous shows, including Mark Purdey of 'Mad Cow Disease' fame andNiger |
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| Delta activist, Donny Ohia, who campaigned alongside Ken Saro-Wiwa |