The Project Censored Show

Raza Rumi, director of the Park Institute for Independent Media at Ithaca College in NY, joins Mickey for a wide-ranging conversation about the importance of non-corporate media and media literacy. Rumi notes that in most of the important social movements in US history, journalists played important roles within the movements,… The post The Importance of Independent Media and Critical Media L...

In light of the recent Fourth-of-July holiday, Eleanor’s first guest – historian Gerald Horne – shares his analysis of a likely motive for independence on the part of colonial America’s white elite: the desire to preserve slavery in the colonies, despite the rise of abolitionism in Britain. He also looks… The post The Colonial Origins of the Concept of “Whiteness” / How Bis...

On the latest Project Censored Show, Mickey talks with independent journalist and author Norman Solomon about his new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine. They discuss the great costs of the so-called War on Terror after two decades and how little most Americans… The post The so-called “War on Terror” Featuring Norman Solomon / Lee C...

On this Project Censored Show Eleanor Goldfield interviews Venezuelan political analyst Leonardo Flores, who gives updates on the ongoing illegal imprisonment of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab by the United States. His crime? Seeking food and medicine for the Venezuelan people struggling under US sanctions. Flores also shares insight on these… The post The US’ Illegal War on Venezuela / Is Fr...

Kevin Gosztola returns to Project Censored to explain the latest developments in the Julian Assange extradition case, including the recent ruling from the UK’s High Court of Justice. He also comments on the Espionage Act charges brought against former president Donald Trump. Then, to honor the June 16 passing of… The post Latest Developments in the Julian Assange Extradition Case / Hon...

On this Project Censored Show Mickey and former Project Censored intern Reagan Haynie speak with Alan MacLeod, senior staff writer for MintPress News. He’s just written about a new phenomenon in US military recruitment: social media posts from “e-girls,” designed to catch the attention of young recruits. Also joining the… The post E-girls and Truth in Military Recruitment p...

In the first half of this week’s show, Mickey speaks with three students campaigning against censorship in Texas, including Banned Books Week’s Youth Honorary Chair, Cameron Samuels. They’re associated with a group called SEAT (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas) and give updates on recent developments there aimed at more book… The post Censorship and Book Banning in Texas…and G...

On this week’s Project Censored show, Eleanor speaks with journalist and activist Morgan Artyukhina for a powerful and vital analysis of the vicious attack on trans rights. Morgan highlights how trans existence is resistance – to the patriarchal capitalist system, and why that necessitates such an extreme backlash from the… The post Trans Rights Activist Morgan Artyukhina, and Communit...

On this week’s Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield recently spoke attorney Steven Donziger – the man caught in the crosshairs of one of the largest corporations in the world, Chevron – to discuss updates in his ongoing struggle to demand accountability for the people of the Amazon in Ecuador, and… The post Demanding Accountability From Chevron with Steven Donziger and the St...

Program Summary: In the first half of this week’s show, Mickey and Project Censored intern Reagan Haynie speak with investigative reporter Alan MacLeod of MintPress News. MacLeod explains that a number of former high-ranking US military and security officials are now executives or board members in the video-game industry, notably… The post National Security State Propaganda, the Fourth...

On the latest program, we celebrate Daniel Ellsberg Week (April 24-30), co-sponsored by The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy & and RootsAction Education Fund, as we honor whistleblowers in support of a truly free press from Dan Ellsberg to Julian Assange. First, Mickey talks with journalist Kevin Gosztola, author of Guilty of… The post Celebrating Daniel Ellsberg Week: A Speci...

Mickey hosts the first segment of the show. His guest Kenn Burrows describes an upcoming conference “From Polarization to Integration,” to be held April 21 on the San Francisco State University campus. The event will address strategies for overcoming issues of censorship around important but controversial matters. Also joining Mickey… The post Media Matters: Polarization and Prop...

On this week’s program, we hear an array of ideas about the condition of American journalism and the state of our so-called free press: red flags about the decline of local reporting and news deserts, and the rise in censorship by Big Tech, but also encouraging signs in the growth… The post The State of Our So-Called Free Press: A Panel Discussion from St. Mary’s College appeared...

Eleanor Goldfield hosts the program this week— Across France, millions of people are taking to the streets and blocking them in a rapidly escalating show of defiance and disdain for President Macron and his oppressive neoliberal policies. Kim, an organizer from Rennes in France, joins the show to talk about… The post Resistance to Neoliberalism in France and the Political Economy of the US E...

Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s program, and in her first segment, she speaks with the Program Director of the National Priorities Project, Lindsay Koshgarian. They examine the Biden Administration’s proposed Pentagon budget, which — at $886 billion — would set a new record for annual military spending while the US… The post The US Addiction to War and Militarism...

Over the weekend, demonstrations took place in several US cities to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and to demand that the US and NATO stop escalating the Russia-Ukraine war. On this week’s Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield and Mickey Huff discuss both those conflicts.… The post Prospects of a US Led Peace Movement in Ukraine and Looking Back at The US...

Mickey‘s guest for the first half-hour is Mnar Adley, CEO and editor-in-chief of MintPress News. She explains Israel’s everyday brutality against Palestinians and how most Western media fail to cover it. She also points out the powerful interests that aim to discredit and defund independent media like MintPress for their… The post The Importance of Independent Media when Reportin...

On this week’s program, two critical media literacy scholars join Mickey to examine a range of current events. First, Allison Butler addresses the notorious “past her prime” comments by CNN’s Don Lemon, his non-apology apology, and level of sexism and ageism in news media. Butler also discusses the book, Empire… The post Analyzing Current Events Through a Critical Med...

As we come to the end of Black History Month, Eleanor Goldfield recently talked with Pan-African theorist, organizer, and author Max Rameau about community control over policing – that’s not community policing. He highlights the importance of shifting power vs reforming institutions, organizing to take power, not ask for it,… The post Community Control Over Policing and the Crises in P...

This week’s program focuses on the ongoing case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In the first half of the program, Mickey speaks with Gabriel and John Shipton, brother and father of Assange, about the forthcoming documentary, “Ithaka.” This film approaches the Assange case from the perspective of family members trying… The post Guilty of Journalism: New Documentary Film...

In the first half of the program, Shealeigh Voitl and Steve Macek look at how corporate-media coverage has failed over the course of years to adequately inform the public of corporate interference in matters of environment and human health in a segment dedicated to Project Censored’s Déjà Vu news research.… The post Censored Déjà Vu: Corporate Media’s Ongoing Failure to Cover Key Issue...

This week, Eleanor Goldfield addresses two radical frontline fights thousands of miles apart but deeply connected through their visions and struggles for a livable and just future. Eleanor sits down with Sasha Lorenz from the Lützerath Lebt movement to discuss the recent literal bulldozing of people’s lives for the sake… The post Germany’s Dirty Push for More Coal Mining and the Recent Murde...

On this week’s program, Mickey welcomes back author and media critic Alan MacLeod for the hour. MacLeod describes the close ties between the major Silicon Valley technology companies and the US military/security establishment. Among the examples he cites lucrative government contracts given to some of Elon Musk’s companies (Starlink); the… The post Silicon Valley’s Censorship by...

It was recently Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and some may have noticed the US empire and its racist, capitalist, and imperialist cheerleaders were also cheerleading for Dr. King. If this made you angry, confused, or just curious as to what Dr. King’s legacy actually is in the context of… The post Dr. King’s Real Legacy and the Biden Administration’s “Updates” to Immigration Policy appeared fi...

Kevin Gosztola returns to the program to explain the latest developments in the Julian Assange extradition case. Although Assange remains in a UK prison, there have been political developments elsewhere in the world that may influence the outcome of the case, including in Assange’s home country, Australia. He and Mickey… The post The Importance of Whistleblowers and Independent Journalists i...