Special Holiday Fund Drive Programming
Today’s show is preempted by a special holiday fund drive broadcast. Project Censored will resume its usual schedule on December 22, 2023.
Project Censored
1:00 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.
Julian Assange and Press Freedoms
On this special fund drive show, we celebrate the importance of a truly free press by looking at the case of Julian Assange. Mickey shares excerpts of his conversation with Assange’s father and brother as they traveled to the United States for the premiere of the documentary Ithaka. He also shares excerpts from the film … Continued
Israeli Involvement in Undermining U.S. Advocacy in Support of Palestinians
On today’s show, Eleanor and Mickey speak with two veteran investigative journalists, both on the issue of Israeli influence in U.S. media and society. In the first segment, James Bamford speaks about Project Butterfly, a multimillion-dollar campaign begun in 2015 to undermine pro-Palestinian advocacy in the U.S., especially on campuses. He asks why U.S. law … Continued
Claudio Saunt: The Mass Expulsion of Native American Indians From the Southern US
On this week’s Project Censored Show: History Matters. Historian and author Claudio Saunt addresses the mass expulsion of Native American Indians from the Southern US in the 19th Century, an event that would be described as the “Trail of Tears.” Professor Saunt refers to this so-called “removal” as a deportation and extermination policy in his … Continued
Colonialism Today: From The Crisis in Congo to Capsizing Boats in the Mediterranean
Be it in the Mediterranean or the heart of Africa in Congo, colonialism isn’t past, it’s a modern day disaster. In the first half of the show, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear brings us information on the so-called silent holocaust taking place in the Congo, where some 6 million people have died as nations across … Continued
Context, Connections & Cracks in the Facade of Propaganda: A Deeper Look at Israel/Palestine
Our understanding of every issue suffers without context, and perhaps most glaringly today – the issue of what’s happening in Israel/Palestine. In the first half of the show, Jacquie Luqman joins the show again to contextualize Israel as a settler colonialist project, how that links to the pan-African internationalist struggle and why, once again for … Continued
Israel, Gaza and the media
This week’s Project Censored Show focuses on the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, the one-sided coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict by corporate media, and Big Tech actions to suppress Palestinian perspectives. Mickey Huff and his guests discuss how the media bias and lack of historical context in turn sways US public opinion, and actually … Continued
A Look At Assange From Inside the CIA, State Department & US Military
You may have heard of Julian Assange, but chances are that you haven’t heard about him from inside the CIA, State Department and US military. In this special episode, Eleanor first talks with former CIA counterterrorism officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou about what Assange would face if extradited to the United States, as Kiriakou himself … Continued
Roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict / Media slants on gun violence & writers’ strike / Dangerous “EARN-IT” Act
Eleanor Goldfield opens the program with a conversation about Gaza; her guest, Nora Barrows-Friedman, rebuts common Israeli / US talking points, and identifies Zionism as the actual obstacle to peace. Then Shealeigh Voitl tells Mickey about some of her recent research and writing. She finds fundamental differences in how corporate media and community media cover … Continued
Let Freedom Read: Banned Books Week for 2023 – Project Censored – October 13, 2023
Mickey dedicates this week’s show to Banned Books Week 2023 (Oct. 1-7), www.bannedbooksweek.org. Now in its 41st year, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating and promoting the freedom to read, and opposing efforts to ban certain books from library shelves, especially in school settings. Mickey’s guests bring a variety of perspectives to the … Continued