The Project Censored Show

On this Project Censored Show, host Mickey Huff dedicates the hour to Banned Books Week 2022 (Sept. 18-24). Now in its 40th year, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating and promoting the freedom to read, and resisting efforts to ban books from library shelves, especially in school settings.… The post Banned in the USA: Banned Books Week Celebrates its 40th Anniversary as Book Bans and Challenges to Academic Freedom Surge appeared first on Project Censored.

The latest Project Censored Show features a recording of a panel discussion from this summer’s Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, held in Washington DC. Mickey and Project Censored’s Associate Director, Andy Lee Roth, moderated a discussion with journalist Kevin Gosztola and Rebecca Vincent of Reporters Without Borders. This panel, “Guilty… The post Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival and an Update on Julian Assange appeared first on Project Censored.

On the first half of this week’s show Eleanor speaks with musician, producer, and songwriter Samantha Blanchard – talking to her about the exploitation of artists in today’s often cookie cutter market, the sad trope of paying dues, and the harsh clash between capitalism and art – which is in… The post Music, The Clash Between Capitalism and Art, and Solutions to the Student Loan Debt Crises appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the show, Mickey talks with attorney and author Heidi Boghosian and Project Censored associate director Andy Lee Roth about the confluence of surveillance and censorship, and how that impacts journalism. Many people believe they have nothing to hide online, but that myth is dispelled by… The post The Confluence of Surveillance and Censorship and Violence Against Journalists appeared first on Project Censored.

For the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield looks into unionizing workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Minneapolis and what issues they are facing. She speaks with organizer Sarah Beth Ryther about the efforts as part of growing nationwide movement of organized workers. Then we hear a rebroadcast… The post Trader Joe’s Employees Unionize Featuring Sarah Beth Ryther appeared first on Project Censored.

This week on the Project Censored Show, Eleanor and Mickey begin the hour in conversation with esteemed historian Dr. David Goldfield, who is a long-time academic and author who has just recently been asked by publishers to censor some of the shocking and uncomfortable aspects of his work so as… The post Censoring How We Teach the Past Threatens our Present and Future; and Understanding Food Waste and Climate Change in a Global System appeared first on Project Censored.

Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s show. This past May, the US Supreme Court narrowed the protection of the Sixth Amendment, by ruling that a person convicted of a crime cannot cite ineffective legal representation in state court as grounds for appeal to the federal courts. In the first half of… The post Protections of the Sixth Amendment and Third Party Ballot Issues appeared first on Project Censored.

For the first half of this week’s show, Mickey brings on co-organizers and participants of the upcoming 2022 Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival in Washington, DC, including Marcel Reid, Michael McCray, and Marsha Warfiled. They make the case for a broader public understanding of what whistleblowing is, and why those… The post Whistleblower Summit and the Recent Election Results in Colombia appeared first on Project Censored.

This week’s program begins with an update from Kevin Gosztola on the Julian Assange legal case in the UK, including the recent ruling by the Home Secretary authorizing Assange’s extradition to the U.S. Gosztola explains why Assange didn’t receive an impartial hearing from the UK authorities and what this portends… The post Julian Assange Case and Press Freedoms; Politics of Abortion Rights and the Democratic Party; Cable News Fail appeared first on Project Censored.

This week on the Project Censored radio show, we sit down with Fiore Longo of Survival International to discuss the colonialist and racist realities of so-called conservation, not least of all in the case of our own country’s beloved national parks. Highlighting the current forced eviction of the Maasai from… The post The Realities of So-Called Conservation, and the Importance of Community Preparedness for Extreme Weather appeared first on Project Censored.

This week’s program focuses on whistleblowers — their contributions to society, the retaliation they often endure, and the legal protections they need. Mickey’s guests for the hour include Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization that supports whistleblowers, and three historic whistleblowers who dared speak… The post Whistleblowers appeared first on Project Censored.

  This week on the Project Censored Radio Show, Eleanor Goldfield dives into Pride: talking about some of the misconceptions of pride, the corporatization of pride, the radical roots of pride – from this past century and indeed beyond – and the myriad intersections of pride that are glossed over… The post The Misconceptions, Corporatization, and Radical Roots of Pride appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey’s guests for the hour are the creators of a forthcoming graphic book that explores the far-reaching consequences of replacing classroom teaching with remote instruction and increased technology during the coronavirus pandemic. Author Adam Bessie and illustrator Peter Glanting collaborated on Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey. The book is also… The post Going Remote appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey’s guest for the first half of the program is the theologian and philosopher John Cobb; their topic is the Living Earth Movement. Cobb explains the need for humanity to change its behavior so as to live in harmony with all other life on the planet. Addressing U.S. politics, Cobb… The post Special Guests John Cobb and Lisa Wells appeared first on Project Censored.

On May 2, 2022, a rare leak from the US Supreme Court revealed that the court was likely to reverse its historic 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, which established a legal right to abortion. On this week’s Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield spends the hour addressing abortion and abortion rights,… The post Roe vs. Wade, and the “Pro-Choice” State of California appeared first on Project Censored.

Eleanor Goldfield recently spoke with former leader of the Feminist Initiative party in Sweden, Farida al-Abani. They discussed the supposedly “neutral” country’s militaristic tendencies– from the push to join NATO to being one of the world’s largest weapons exporters. Farida al-Abani also shares her personal experiences with NATO as a… The post Swedish “Neutrality,” Issues With NATO, and Oil Politics Featuring Farida al-Abani and Charlotte Dennett appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey is joined for the hour by former co-host Peter Phillips and University of California, Santa Barbara sociologist William I. Robinson. They discuss Robinson’s new book “Global Civil War: Capitalism Post Pandemic” out from PM Press. Robinson says that the many types of digital technologies created, enhanced or expanded in… The post Global Civil War: Capitalism Post Pandemic appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey’s first guest is Alan MacLeod, senior writer for MintPress News, speaks about PayPal’s sudden cutoff of service to MintPress, Consortium News, and other journalism sites that publish antiwar opinions and analysis; Mickey and Alan also discuss the recent trend of individuals from the US/NATO security establishment being given influential… The post PayPal, US/NATO, Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board, Roe vs. Wade, and More – Featuring Guests Alan MacLeod, Steve Macek, and Shealeigh Voitl appeared first on Project Censored.

This week’s show is excerpted from a recent online panel discussion for the Sonoma County Library and Lumacon! in Northern California about efforts to ban certain books, keeping them from children or youth by removing them from libraries and schools. The panelists explore the possible motives for book bans, and… The post Book Banning on the Rise in the US appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half-hour of this week’s program, Mickey’s talks to author and professor Valena Beety and veteran investigative journalist Geoff Davidian about the widespread problem of wrongful criminal convictions and the obstacles that both legal investigators and journalists encounter when they try to uncover information. Then in the second… The post Special Guests Valena Beety, Geoff Davidian, and Dr. Margaret Flowers appeared first on Project Censored.

Uruguan poet and political analyst Eduardo Galeano once wrote, “Every time the US ‘saves’ a country, it converts it into either an insane asylum or a cemetery.” And this week on the Project Censored show, we look at the reality behind Uncle Sam’s particular brand of saviorism – talking US… The post Special Guests Leonardo Flores and Jacquie Luqman Discuss US Economic Warfare appeared first on Project Censored.

Censorship by proxy continues in the US with the latest wave of Big Tech censorship and deplatforming spurred by increased Russiaphobia that lead to the cancellation RT America. This week, Mickey talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges about the matter noting how Roku and DirecTV pulled the… The post Big Tech Censorship With Special Guests Chris Hedges and Kevin Gosztola appeared first on Project Censored.

This week on the Project Censored show, we share audio from Code Pink’s recent panel on Media Censorship of Voices for Peace with Abby Martin, Lee Camp and Chris Hedges. Code Pink’s Jodie Evans talks to them about how they came to speak truth to power, their personal experiences with… The post Code Pink’s Panel on Media Censorship of Voices for Peace Featuring Abby Martin, Lee Camp and Chris Hedges appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first segment of this week’s show, Eleanor speaks with a member of Defend the Atlanta Forest. They discuss the group’s purpose and motivation. In the second half of the show, Eleanor and Mickey discuss how corporate media have under-reported and mis-reported stories involving the global climate crisis, which further… The post Special Guest “Coyote” From “Defend the Atlanta Forest” and Under-Reported Climate Crisis Stories appeared first on Project Censored.

Looking ahead to the upcoming annual conference of the Alliance for Community Media West, Mickey speaks with two long-time activists in the community-media movement- Sue Buske and Tracy Rosenberg; they discuss the future of public-access cable channels, associated public/local media, and the role community media centers can play centering marginalized… The post Special Guests Tracy Rosenberg, Sue Buske, and Simki Kuznick appeared first on Project Censored.

This week, Eleanor Goldfield hosts both segments of the show. Her first guest is Lee Camp, comedian and political writer, whose TV program (Redacted Tonight) ended with the recent shutdown of the Russia-funded RT America network. They discuss working on RT, and compare the journalistic latitude it allowed, versus that… The post Censorship of Russian Media Featuring Lee Camp and Chris Garaffa appeared first on Project Censored.

To open this week’s show, Mickey speaks with pathbreaking reporter Danielle McLean about the perilous state of US journalism, as conglomerate-owned newspapers shed reporters or devalue substantive local coverage in favor of entertainment. Then co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Nolan Higdon and Mickey about their new textbook, “Let’s Agree to… The post Guests Danielle McLean on the State of US Journalism and Nolan Higdon on Solving Political Divisiveness appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey and his guests examine the Russian invasion of Ukraine. First, author and activist Harvey Wasserman warns of the dangers of catastrophic radioactive contamination if one of Ukraine’s decrepit nuclear power plants is damaged in combat, or abandoned by its crews (not to mention Russia’s nuclear arsenal). Then historian Peter… The post Examining the Russian Invasion of Ukraine with Harvey Wasserman and Peter Kuznick appeared first on Project Censored.

This week, the Project Censored Show’s new co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks first with Benjamin Norton to learn how President Biden is “out-Trumping Trump” on immigration. Norton also offers an update on political conditions in Latin America. In the second half of the show, Eleanor talks with Eugene Puryear who explains… The post Special Guests Benjamin Norton on How Biden is “out-Trumping Trump” on Immigration and Eugene Puryear on Racism’s Deep Roots in US appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey spends the hour with American University historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the United States. They discuss the current U.S. and NATO confrontation with Russia over Ukraine; summarize the recent history of Ukraine and U.S. relations, while placing current affairs in Cold War context; and emphasize the urgency of settling… The post History Matters: Peter Kuznick on US/NATO Tensions, Russia/Ukraine, and Avoiding Catastrophic War appeared first on Project Censored.

After several visits as a guest, Eleanor Goldfield joins the program as co-host with Mickey Huff. In the first segment of this week’s show, Kevin Gosztola delivers a brief update about Julian Assange’s case. Then Jayeesha Dutta speaks with Eleanor about a possible future for the Gulf of Mexico that… The post Update on Julian Assange Case, Future of Gulf of Mexico Drilling, and is Graphika Really a Fake News Watchdog? appeared first on Project Censored.

Journalist and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield returns to the program to address several topics in media and world events, including the ongoing scandal of Julian Assange’s imprisonment, the folly of the US and NATO threatening Russia, and the shallowness of commercial media. Then media scholar Nolan Higdon revisits the program to… The post Eleanor Goldfield and Nolan Higdon Return to the Program appeared first on Project Censored.

Last year, Chinese producers released The Battle at Lake Changjin, a big-budget war movie celebrating a 1950 Chinese victory against US forces in the Korean War. The New York Times criticized the movie as a militaristic intervention by Chinese authorities into popular entertainment for propaganda purposes. However, media scholar Robin… The post Hollywood’s Pentagon Propaganda and News Abuse with Robin Andersen; and a New Book on Decolonizing Podcasters with Nicholas Baham III and Nolan Higdon appeared first on Project Censored.

Mickey presents a discussion between political scientist Aaron Good and author David Talbot on the subject of the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy. This conversation is excerpted from a recent interview Aaron Good did for his new podcast series, “American Exception.” Talbot explains why “Bobby was the original conspiracy… The post American Exception: Empire and the Deep State with Aaron Good and David Talbot appeared first on Project Censored.

How can the arts play a role in addressing the global climate crisis? A December 2021 exhibit at the Ceres Gallery in Manhattan, Earth on the Edge, curated by M. Annenberg, featured the works of 12 artists on the subjects of climate change and mass extinction. In the first half… The post Earth on the Edge appeared first on Project Censored.

Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof.com returns to the program to deliver another update about the Julian Assange extradition case in the UK, and its disturbing implications for press freedom. Then we hear a rebroadcast of an interview from earlier this year with Project Censored’s Andy Lee Roth where he spoke about the New Gatekeepers in our… The post A Julian Assange Update Featuring Kevin Gosztola appeared first on Project Censored.

Project Censored’s new annual volume, “State of the Free Press 2022,” has just been released from The Censored Press. It includes the well-known ‘Top 25’ censored stories of the preceding year (which are found freely at their website), as well as many more chapters of media analysis. Andy Lee Roth… The post Andy Lee Roth and Steve Macek Discuss the Under-Reported Stories of the Year appeared first on Project Censored.

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Chris Hedges also teaches college-level courses through Rutgers University for the New Jersey state prison system. His latest book, “Our Class,” explains what happened when Hedges taught a dramatic-literature course to inmates, then helped them write a play of their own – “Caged” – based… The post Chris Hedges appeared first on Project Censored.

Should a political lobbyist and real estate investor also be the owner of a major regional newspaper that happens to have bought up the most of the competition? Northern California’s Sonoma County provides a case study: lobbyist/investor Darius Anderson is also a principal owner of the county’s largest and primary… The post Local Journalism Matters: Democracy Needs ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buckrakers’ (as Project Censored founder Carl Jensen used to say) appeared first on Project Censored.

Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola returns to the program to deliver an update about the Julian Assange extradition case in the UK, and its disturbing impacts for press freedom in the US and around the world. Then in the second half, journalist and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield discusses the remarkable range of… The post Whistleblowing Matters: Why the Julian Assange Extradition Case is Critical for Press Freedoms Around the World appeared first on Project Censored.

With British courts nearing a possible decision on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., Jeff Mackler speaks to Mickey about the campaign to free Assange (founder of Wikileaks). Then we hear a conversation with online journalist Kevin Gosztola about the Assange case, as well as cases of several… The post Jeff Mackler and Kevin Gosztola Discuss Julian Assange appeared first on Project Censored.

September 17, 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street. Journalist and author Michael Levitin was there at its beginning, and, among other roles, co-founded and edited The Occupied Wall Street Journal. His new book Generation Occupy: Reawakening American Democracy, chronicles the history of the Occupy… The post Occupy Wall Street With Author Michael Levitin appeared first on Project Censored.

In the aftermath of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony to Congress, Mickey and his guests look at the ongoing issues of social media’s social responsibility, or lack thereof. Given many of Haugen’s disclosures were already known to those who have been paying attention, what actions should be taken to reduce… The post Anti-Social Media: Can Our Already Volatile Political Culture Transcend a Facebook World? appeared first on Project Censored.

This is Part 2 On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizations, including Project Censored, held an online seminar on the worldwide toll of the US “War On Terror,” and strategies for resisting militarism in the years to come.… The post Part 2 – Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror – Excerpts From the Online Event appeared first on Project Censored.

This week is Banned Books Week, an annual affirmation of Americans’ right to read, founded by librarians and concerned booksellers in 1982 to combat efforts to ban books in US schools and libraries. In the first half of the program Mickey and his guests look at some recent efforts to… The post Banned Books Week and Author/journalist Michael Levitin On the Impact of The Occupy Wall Street Movement appeared first on Project Censored.

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action and several other co-sponsoring organizations, including Project Censored, held an online seminar on the worldwide toll of the US “War On Terror,” and strategies for resisting militarism in the years to come. This week’s Project Censored… The post Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror – Excerpts From the Online Event appeared first on Project Censored.

As the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 attacks, Mickey interviews Ray McGinnis, the author of a new book that looks at numerous questions that remain unanswered by official authorities. This new book further explores questions not even addressed by the 9/11 Commission despite being submitted by the… The post Ray McGinnis and Ken Jenkins appeared first on Project Censored.

The US Empire and 9/11 in Historical Context For the twentieth anniversary and commemoration of the September 11th attacks, Mickey and his expert guests examine some still-unanswered questions about the attacks and the events that preceded them, notably why several already-identified terror suspects were not taken into custody by US… The post Still-Unanswered Questions About the 9/11 Attacks Featuring Peter Dale Scott, Ben Howard, and Aaron Good appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first segment, journalist Dave Lindorff shares the little-known story of Ted Hall (1925-1999), a teenage science prodigy who worked on the WWII Manhattan Project, then shared his atomic secrets with the USSR, to ensure that the US wouldn’t be the world’s only possessor of nuclear weapons. Lindorff is… The post Dave Lindorff and Dan O’Connell appeared first on Project Censored.

Former Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich joins the program to discuss his recently published a memoir (The Division of Light and Power) about a lonely battle he waged to preserve public power in Cleveland during his term as mayor in the late 1970s. It’s a David and Goliath tale of… The post Dennis Kucinich and Lisa Wells appeared first on Project Censored.