[OPIRG-EVENTS] Barrie Zwicker interview: CPAC TV: Sept 11 Foreknowledge

[Richard Sanders <ad207@freenet.carleton.ca>]

An Interview with Barrie Zwicker 
(journalist, media critic, host of VISION TV's MediaFile show) 

on issues related to the US government foreknowledge of terrorist attacks of September 11 

will appear on the Ken Rockburn's show on the Canadian Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) 

TONIGHT  (Thursday April 25) at 9 pm (Eastern Time)

... and it will be REPEATED ...

TOMORROW morning (April 26) at 1 am and 7 am (Eastern Time)

The show airs simultaneously across Canada.  
So, whatever time it is in your area -- when it's any of the above mentioned times here in Ottawa -- that's when to tune in!

Check your TV GUIDE for details about the channel number for CPAC in your area.

Barrie is in Ottawa to speak at two events organized by COAT and NOWAR/PAIX
Here are the details, in case you are in Ottawa or in case you want to forward this to anyone in Ottawa:
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Event #1:
             WORKSHOP with BARRIE ZWICKER
          (long-time journalist and media critic)
               on Activist-Media Relations:

"Are the Mainstream/Corporate Media a Lost Cause for Activists?"

           Friday, April 26, 2002,  7:30 pm.
           Ottawa Public Library (Main Branch)
           120 Metcalfe St. (at Laurier)

About the WORKSHOP:
Barrie Zwicker's workshop on the relationships between activists and the media (both mainstream and alternative) will focus on key areas of concern for those interested in, and involved with peace, human rights and environmental campaigns.  Barrie will use video clips to illustrate some of his points.  There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. 


Event #2:
Title:      SEPTEMBER 11:  A PRETEXT for WAR

When: 	     Saturday, April 27,  7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

What:       PRESENTATIONS by: Michel Chossudovsky and Barrie Zwicker
            Barrie and Michel will discuss how the terrorist attacks of September 11 have been used as a pretext to unleash the so-called "War on Terrorism" whose real purpose is to project U.S. military, political and economic control over Central Asia and elsewhere.

            VIDEO: "The Great Deception" (about 30 minutes)
            Barrie's controversial new video will also be shown on April 27.

Where:	     Room 203, Montpetit Hall, 
	     125 University Ave.
	     University of Ottawa.   See campus map: http://www.uottawa.ca/map/
            (One block west of King Edward Ave., between Osgoode St., aka Thomas-More & Somerset St. E., aka Marie-Curie)

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: 

   *  MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY
An internationally acclaimed scholar, Michel Chossudovsky writes extensively on the civilian toll of globalization, the IMF, World Bank, NATO, US foreign policy and most recently, the wars against Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.  He is co-editor of the new magazine "Global Outlook."  The premiere issue, called "Stop the War," focuses on the hidden agenda behind the so-called 'War on Terrorism.'
More info: 
http://www.globalresearch.ca/
http://www.transnational.org/tff/people/m_chossudovsky.html

   *  BARRIE ZWICKER
A long-time journalist and media critic, Barrie Zwicker hosts Vision TV's weekly "Insight Media File" which recently broadcast a controversial series of his illustrated commentaries, called "The Great Deception." In these commentaries, Barrie dares to question the official version of what really happened on September 11.
More info:
http://hamilton.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=972&group=webcast
http://www.visiontv.ca/programs/insight/insight.htm

This event is being organized by: 
  * Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) 
  * NOWAR/PAIX (Network to Oppose War and Racism/
    Pacte contre l'agression, l'intolérance et la xénophobie) 
  * Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Ottawa 

Endorsed by:
  * Centre for Research on Globalisation
  * Global Outlook
  * Global Democracy Ottawa
  * Muslim Students' Association
  * Muslim Students' Federation
  * Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton
  * Peace and Environment Resource Centre
  * Women's International League for Peace & Freedom / Canada

For more information, contact us at: 
  613-523-1077
  nowar_paix@flora.org   (NOWAR/PAIX)
  ad207@ncf.ca           (COAT)













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