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Summary: Mickey Huff is co-host of the Project Censored Show with former Project Censored director Dr. Peter Phillips. It airs on the progressiveradionetwork.com out of New York City
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This week's show presents speeches and conversation from Project Censored's 2018 Media Freedom Summit 2.0 The first 2/3 of the show is from the keynote panel, then we hear part of the "News Abuse" discussion. The panelists heard on the program are Abby Martin, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Eleanor Goldfield, John Collins, Nicole Eigbrett, and Steve Peraza. They address topics ranging from Palestine to Black leadership to the corporate press' misleading portrayals of who the "Trump voters" were. Notes: The Media Freedom Summit took place in late October 2018. The Project Censored Show of November 19, 2018 presented audio from other speakers at the Summit.
In the aftermath of the Facebook/Twitter purge of hundreds of pages, artist/journalist Eleanor Goldfield explains the need for an alternative to those sites. Then Bill Ottman describes his new social-media site, Minds.com, and how it differs from the giants. Notes: Web sites mention on this week's program:www.artkillingapathy.com www.minds.com www.mintpressnews.com
Long-time investigative reporter Dave Lindorff explores the Pentagon's financial mysteries, including massive unaccounted-for spending and decades of non-compliance with audit law. Later in the program, a look at the real record of the late President George H.W. Bush. Notes: Dave Lindorff is a widely-published independent journalist. His article on financial stonewalling at the Pentagon appears in the December 10 issue of The Nation, and at www.thenation.com. More of Lindorff's work is available at www.thiscantbehappening.net
This week's program presents excerpts from two of the panels at Project Censored's recent "Media Freedom 2.0" conference. First, a look at corporate media's misleading stereotypes of working-class Americans, with Steve Macek and Robin Andersen. Then Kashmiri journalist Ifat Gazia relates some of the atrocities committed by Indian occupation troops in Kashmir, and calls on the world to pay attention. Notes: Steve Macek teaches at North Central College in Chicago; Robin Andersen teaches at Fordham University in NYC. Ifat Gazia is a Kashmiri freelance reporter. Tara Dorabji is an author and radio journalist who has twice reported from Kashmir.
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 ending the conflict in Syria.
Mickey, Chase and their guests analyze the October 11-12 mass deletion of pages or accounts by Facebook and Twitter. The two social-media giants eliminated over 800 pages, many of them from independent-journalism or anti-establishment-politics sites. Notes: PM "Patti" Beers is social media manager for theantimedia.com; her organization's page was among the many deleted by Facebook.Mnar Muhawish is editor-in-chief at Mint Press News, and is concerned that Mint Press might be targeted in a future purge. the Project Censored Show: Hosts: Mickey Huff & Chase Palmieri Producers: Anthony Fest & Dennis Murphy Archives at www.projectcensored.org/category/radio
9/11 activists Jenna Orkin and Jon Gold are Mickey's guests for the hour. Rather than considering who the perpetrators might've been, these 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 World Trade Center. Jon Gold also calls out some of the lies told by politicians (both federal and local) about 9/11, as well as the failures of the 9/11 Commission. Notes: This is a rebroadcast of the Project Censored Show of July 16, 2018 Jenna Orkin has written four books, the most recent being "Ground Zero Wars." She focuses on the public health impacts of the 9/11 disaster. At the time of the attacks, her son attended high school four blocks from the WTC. Jon Gold has been investigating 9/11 for over ten years. His latest work is "We Were Lied To About 9/11," a digital collection of transcripts from interviews with journalists, whistleblowers, peace activists, relatives of victims, and others who've worked to uncover the story. Web sites mentioned on this week's show: www.wewereliedtoabout911.com www.wtceo.org www.declassify911.org www.historycommons.org
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 of Project Censored, and co-editor of Censored 2019 (with Mickey Huff). He holds a PhD in Sociology from UCLA and teaches in the Seattle area. Steve Macek teaches at North Central College in Illinois, and is the author of "Urban Nightmares," a study of the negative depictions of cities in US media. Eleanor Goldfield is a journalist, musician, and multimedia artist. Music-break info: 1) song: Lunar Sea artist: Camelalbum: Lunar Sea label: Decca2) song: Phoenix artist: Wishbone Ashalbum: Wishbone Ash label: Decca3) song: Ride Across the River Artist: Dire Straits album: Brothers in Arms label: Warner Bros.
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 National Coalition Against Censorship. Web sites mentioned on this week's show:www.bannedbooksweek.org www.cbldf.org www.ncac.org Notes: Host: Mickey HuffProducers: Anthony Fest & Dennis MurphyMusic-break info:1) song: Phoenix artist: Wishbone Ashalbum: Wishbone Ash label: Decca2) song: Lunar Sea artist: Camelalbum: Lunar Sea label: Decca3) song = the Resistance artist = 2 Cellos album = 2 Cellos label = Sony Masterworks
This week, the Project Censored Show presents 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. Notes: The music on today's show is from the group LoCura, performing at the festival. the Project Censored Show: Host: Mickey Huff Producers: Anthony Fest, Dennis Murphy & Rob Tomaszewski
Abby Martin explains how web giants like Facebook and Google are working with the US government to block anti-establishment voices from online platforms. Next is Mike Pryzner, co-creator of an antiwar podcast for people already in the US military. Finally, Kevin Gosztola summarizes the Reality Winner case, and why the legal system is rigged against Espionage Act defendants. Notes: Abby Martin is host of "the Empire Files" on Telesur. Mike Pryzner is an Iraq veteran, peace activist, and media producer. Kevin Gosztola is an independent journalist who specializes in whistleblower cases. Web sites mentioned on this program:thempirefiles.tvsoundcloud.com/eyesleftshadowproof.com Music information: Jacob George, "Soldier's Heart" Creative Commons licenseOdetta, "Masters of War" from "Odetta Sings Dylan", RCA Victor Records
On this week's program, we hear a speech by the legedary 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, and thousands of annual deaths in the workplace, or from lack of health care coverage. But then he names some individuals who've made a difference in recent U.S. history, explains what students can accomplish on campus, and how voters can hold legislators accountable. Nader spoke on March 5, 2018 at Sonoma State University in northern California, as part of the campus's annual Social Justice Week Lecture Series. Notes: This is a rebroadcast of the Project Censored Show of April 9, 2018. Web site mentioned on this program:www.nader.org
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 radio, TV and Youtube. Andrew Austin teaches at the University of Wisconsin. Nolan Higdon teaches at multiple campuses in the San Francisco Bay area. Notes: Music-break song info:1) "Water Song" by Hot Tuna. album = Burgers, label = Grunt2) "Mann's Fate" by Hot Tunaalbum = Hot Tuna, label = Grunt3) "Embryonic Journey" by Hot Tunaalbum = Live at Sweetwater, label = Relix
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 corporate class:' the institutions and individuals that control trillions of dollars of the world's wealth, and wield the political power that these riches confer. Notes: Peter Phillips is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University in California. He's also the retired director of Project Censored, and cofounder of the Project Censored radio show. "Giants" is his 18th book, and is published by Seven Stories Press. Web sites mentioned on this week's program:www.projectcensored.orgwww.sevenstoriespress.com
The first guest, documentary producer Robbie Leppzer, discusses his latest work, Power Struggle. It's an account of the grassroots campaign to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, and the problems that remain after the plant's closure. Next, nuclear-power critics Arnie and Maggie Gunderson return to Project Censored to explain some of the continuing hazards facing Fukushima, Japan, years after the meltdown there. Finally, Poets Reading the News make a second appearance on the show. Notes: This is an edited rebroadcast of a Project Censored Show that originally aired in November 2017. Robbie Leppzer is a film producer with over 30 documentaries to his credit. Arnie and Maggie Gunderson left careers in the nuclear power industry to devote themselves to educating the public about nuclear power's hazards. Elle Aviv Newton and Jenna Spagnolo are the co-editors of Poets Reading the News.Web sites mentioned on this week's program:www.turningtide.comwww.powerstrugglemovie.comwww.fairewinds.org www.poetsreadingthenews.org