The Project Censored Show

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...

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 a...

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&#82...

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 Cens...

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,...

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 Ec...

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...

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...

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 “...

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...

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...

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 Mc...

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...

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 &#8...

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 Mat...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Updat...

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 Stor...

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 Muckrake...

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 Cri...