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Project Censored – 01/29/13

Today’s program-  Building a People’s News Media in the 21st Century.  We’ll talk about corporate media hegemony, top down managed news propaganda, and grassroots resistance with Prof. Robert Hackett of Simon Fraser University and Tracy Rosenberg of Media Alliance for most of the show today.  Near the end of the hour we’ll check in …

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Vandana Shiva — Independent science in jeopardy

If citizens don’t have the right to know and scientists don’t have the freedom to speak the truth, we are creating societies that are dangerous — for democratic freedom and for biosafety Science is considered science when it is independent, when it has integrity and when it speaks the truth …

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Gaza Still Boils

Pillar of Cloud settled nothing. Little changed for 1.7 million Gazans. Suffocating siege continues. Israel provoked two border incidents. One Palestinian was shot and killed. Others were wounded. They threatened no one. These type incidents are commonplace. They won’t end. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. Daily life continues as before. …

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Chris Hedges — Once Again—Death of the Liberal Class

The presidential election exposed the liberal class as a corpse. It fights for nothing. It stands for nothing. It is a useless appendage to the corporate state. It exists not to make possible incremental or piecemeal reform, as it originally did in a functional capitalist democracy; instead it has devolved …

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Stephen Lendman — Ship to Gaza Activists Brutalized

On October 22, GazaArk.org headlined “Release: Estelle crew beaten during (Israel’s) attack. (Participants) were beaten during the attack and by interrogators.” Former Canadian legislator “Jim Manly still in detention.”   More on this below.   Israeli policy includes repeated crimes of war and against humanity. Occupied Palestinians suffer most. Humanitarian activists are …

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Your Life, Your Relationships – Math of the Heart – 10/24/12

How to avoid being a jerk w/ 3 simple questions; Sheva Carr of Heartmath on the heart’s intelligence; Halloween party; sleeping with my ex; I’M .always late! How propaganda works; Best way to make a decision? Does the look on someone’s face affect you? Related articles Love heals! Your Life, Your Relationships – Navigating Mid-Life …

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Evelyn Schlatter — 14 Most Extreme Candidates

It’s well known that in recent years, this country has seen its electoral politics polarized to an extent that has only rarely been paralleled in American history. But that polarization in many cases goes far beyond anything resembling mainstream discourse, extending to men and women who are linked to hate …

Progressive Radio News Hour – John McMurtry – 10/14/12

  McMurtry is an internationally recognized moral and political philosopher who is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Ontario.   His volumes on Philosophy and World Problems for UNESCO are globally published, and his widely translated works include …

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Stephen Lendman — Inciting Unrest in Venezuela

Last month, Duke University’s Patrick Duddy published a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) paper titled “Political Unrest in Venezuela.”   From August 2007 – July 2010, he was Washington’s Venezuelan ambassador. He represents imperial, not popular interests.   In September 2008, Venezuela declared him persona non grata. At issue were solidarity issues …