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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.
Peter Phillips interviews Nick Turse, who speaks about the largely unseen role US forces are playing in Africa, with a special focus on the civil war in South Sudan. Then Dana Frank and Mark Sullivan discuss the US-backed Honduran government’s program of free-market “model cities” (ZEDEs), in which corporate control will supersede the rights of … Continued
Co-hosts Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff speak with four guests taking part in the “What’s Possibl” conference in San Francisco the weekend of May 30-31.Steven Jay is the organizer of the conference, Barry Dyke is the author of “Pirates of Manhattan.” Sarah van Gelder is editor-in-chief of Yes Magazine; Ken Burrows teaches Holistic Health at … Continued
Noted author and historian Michael Parenti joins Peter and Mickey in the studio to discuss his latest book, “Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies.” Later in the program, we hear excerpts from a 2012 Parenti speech on “The One Percent Pathology and the Myths of Capitalism”
Historian Peter Kuznick joins the program to speak about vital historical information that often isn’t taught in US schools, such as the massive death toll of the Vietnam War, or the predominant role of the USSR in the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. Peter Kuznick teaches history at American University; he’s … Continued
Project Censored educates the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government by exposing and opposing news censorship and promoting independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking.
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Project Censored educates the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government by exposing and opposing news censorship and promoting independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking.
Project Censored educates the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government by exposing and opposing news censorship and promoting independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking.
Educates students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government. We expose and oppose news censorship and we promote independent investigative journalism, media literacy, and critical thinking. Archives for the past three and half years are on line at: http://www.projectcensored.org/category/radio/
This week’s Project Censored Show focuses on police violence and the prison industrial complex. The program begins with Carl Dix examining the fatal shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina. Then Jeff Mackler gives an update on the medical condition of Pennsylvania inmate Mumia abu Jamal, and we hear abu Jamal’s latest recorded commentary. In … Continued
Bipartisan anger over the Iraqi torture and abuse scandal as a house committee votes by voice vote to bar the Justice Department from providing legal justifications for the of torture. International outrage over the Iraqi prisoner scandal prompts the Bush Administration to withdraw its attempt to win United Nations support to renew a measure shielding … Continued
