The Project Censored Show

Mickey Huff and Chase Palmieri are joined by several of the contributors to “Censored 2019,” the latest edition, just-published, of Project Censored’s annual compilations of censored stories and media analysis. They discuss some of the “Top 25” censored stories, as well as new developments in media. Notes: Andy Lee Roth is associate director… The post The Top 25...

In observance of Banned Books Week 2018, Mickey speaks with three guests, all involved in different facets of defending Americans’ right to read. Betsy Gomez is coordinator of Banned Books Week, Charles Brownstein is executive director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and Abena Hutchful leads the Youth Free Expression Program at the… The post Banned Books Week with Betsy Gomez, Ch...

This week on The Project Censored Show we present some of the speeches from the 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival. Speakers at this year’s event addressed issues from immigration to housing to climate change and nuclear disarmament. The post Speeches from the 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival appeared first on Project Censored .

On this Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff and Chase Palmieri continue their discussion regarding efforts to censor voices critical of the US empire from journalists to veterans and whistleblowers. They’re rejoined by Abby Martin of The Empire Files about online censorship and recent attacks of her work on TeleSUR; followed… The post Abby Martin, Mike Prysner, and Kevin Gosztola appear...

On this Project Censored show Mickey, Chase and their guests discuss how Internet titans like Facebook and Youtube are censoring what users can post, and what the response to such censorship might be. David Pakman is the host of the David Pakman Show, available on Free Speech TV, Youtube, and radio. Andrew… The post The Censorship of Youtube and Facebook with David Pakman and Andrew Austin a...

On today’s program, we look at the state of the media as we hear updates from Craig Aaron, CEO and president of FreePress.net about their latest campaigns fighting big media consolidation at the FCC, including on matters of net neutrality, and spearheading initiatives to revive local journalism. In the second… The post Free Press with Craig Aaron appeared first on Project Censored .

Peter Phillips returns to the Project Censored Show, this time as a guest, to discuss his new book, Giants: The Global Power Elite. The product of years of research, Giants identifies the members of the ‘transnational capitalist class,’ which includes the institutions and individuals that control trillions of dollars of the world’s wealth, and wield… The post Peter Phillips Retur...

Historian Peter Kuznick returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss the forthcoming update to his book The Untold History of the United States. The new material will cover the period from 2012 to 2018. In the interview on this week’s show, Kuznick addresses issues ranging from Trump and Russia, to the prospects for… The post Historian Peter Kuznick and The Untold History of the Uni...

9/11 activists Jenna Orkin and Jon Gold are Mickey’s guests for the hour. Rather than considering who the perpetrators might’ve been,the guests discuss the public health disaster that followed the attacks, when thousands of emergency workers and area residents became ill from the toxins spread by the fires and collapse of… The post Jenna Orkin and Jon Gold on 9/11 Activism appear...

Longtime investigative reporter Peter Byrne shares what he learned from numerous interviews with academic and military analysts involved in the “war on terror,” and why they told him that the war must end. Byrne explains what he’s learned about why people become terrorists, and he also shares his research into another… The post Peter Byrne on the War on Terror appeared first on Project...

On this week’s program we hear a recent speech by author and peace organizer Medea Benjamin. She discusses her newly-published book “Inside Iran,” and explains why the anti-Iran words and actions of the Trump administration will actually strengthen the hand of hardliners in Iran, making reform more difficult. Medea Benjamin… The post Medea Benjamin Speaks at the Hillside Cl...

This week on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff welcomes new co-host Chase Palmieri as they welcome back world-renowned educator, author, and public intellectual, Professor Henry Giroux. They discuss Giroux’s latest book from City Lights Books Open Media Series, American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism. Henry A. Giroux is… The post Henry Giroux appeared first on Project Censore...

Journalist Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files on teleSUR, makes a return visit to the program and speaks with Mickey about how corporate media obfuscates the truth to serve US power and its allies, in Palestine, Yemen, Venezuela and elsewhere. In the second half of the show, Chase Palmieri… The post Abby Martin and Chase Palmieri appeared first on Project Censored .

On this Project Censored Show we discuss African American social and political issues with Audrena Redmond of Beautiful Struggle and then youth radio broadcasting for social justice with Jessica Forrester. The post African American Social and Political Issues with Audrena Redmond appeared first on Project Censored .

Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co-host this Project Censored Show as they discuss international journalism in Russia and Latin America with Dan Kovalik. They then interview California State University, East Bay student Chelsea Corby about her work on a new Media Freedom Foundation Documentary. The post International Journalism in Russia and Latin America with Dan Kovalik appeare...

On this Project Censored Show Susan Rahman hosts the first half of the show and speaks with three students researching the history of Palestine and the brutality of today’s Israeli occupation. Then Mickey Huff interviews Heidi Kramer, whose new book –“Media Monsters” — documents the unprecedented levels of violence in modern… The post Israeli Brutality, Heidi Kr...

Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co- host this edition of the Project Censored Show. They first discuss civil rights, protest, and media education with Dr. Tom Gardner of Westfield State University in Westfield, MA. They then discuss Black futurism with Dr. Lonny Avi Brooks. The post Civil Rights, Protests and Media Education appeared first on Project Censored .

Project Censored’s annual “top 25 most censored stories” are gleaned from hundreds of stories nominated by students and faculty at participating campuses. On this week’s show, four students from San Francisco State University discuss stories they’ve discovered and documented in their research; these stories involve issues ranging from clean energy… The post Rese...

Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey co-host this edition of the Project Censored Show. They discuss Gender, Race, and Class in Media with two of its editors: Dr. Bill Yousman and Dr. Lori Bindig-Yousman from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. They then interview University of San Francisco student… The post Gender, Race, and Class in Media with Dr. Bill Yousman and Dr. Lor...

This week’s show features a recent talk by Peter Phillips at Sonoma State University titled “Giants – The Global Power Elite.” Extending the ideas of C. Wright Mills, Peter Phillips contends that a few hundred corporate managers and billionaires now control the majority of the world’s wealth, and thus are today’s… The post Giants – The Global Power E...

In this week’s program, we hear a speech given in March by Mickey Huff as part of the annual Social Justice Week lecture series at Sonoma State University in northern California. Mickey’s topic was “Fake News and the Truth Emergency.” In his speech, he takes note of the deep historical… The post Fake News and the Truth Emergency – A Speech by Mickey Huff appeare...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, hosts Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III,and Aimee Casey discuss critical white studies and the Trump voter with legendary sociologist and author of Strangers in Their Own Land, Arlie Houschild. They then discuss empowerment through writing and facial equality with Ariel Henley. Lastly,… The post Critical White Studies and the Trump Voter appeared...

On this week’s program we hear a recent speech by the legendary political activist and consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader. Nader outlines some of the most critical problems facing Americans including exorbitant military spending, out-of-control corporations, deaths in the workplace, and lack of health care coverage. He then names some individuals… The post Ralph Nader – Out of...

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, hosts Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, and Aimee Casey discuss sanctuary cities in African American communities as well as motherhood with Desiree McSwain. In addition, the hosts discuss a new Media Freedom Foundation documentary on fake news with Diablo Valley College student… The post Sanctuary Cities in African American Communities appeared f...

Michael Sukhov and Peter Phillips explore the importance of radical sociology with three social scientists: Michael Thompson, Frances Fox Piven, and William Robinson. Michael Thompson teaches in the Political Science Department at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Frances Fox Piven is Professor Emerita at the City University of New… The post Radical Sociology with Michael Thompson,...