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On this week’s program, Mickey Huff and his guests examine how Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to hide, “deplatform” or otherwise undermine news and opinions critical of US government policies, and thus reestablish the dominance of establishment-friendly corporate media. Emil Marmot is a doctoral student at the University of Toronto, and the co-author of a chapter in Censored 2020. …
On this week’s show, we hear a talk given by Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon. They spoke about their new book, “United States of Distraction,” a look at the five decades of corrosive political and media changes which made it possible for a candidate like Donald Trump to capture the presidency. They spoke at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, California …
Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi is the first guest on this week’s show; his new book, “Hate, Inc.” explains how today’s corporate media, especially television, profits by pitting Americans against one another. Then independent journalist Abby Martin returns to the program; on this segment, she describes the making of her new documentary Gaza Fights For Freedom, and the distortions and omission …
Facebook recently announced, “Facebook News,” a partnership between the social-media giant and established corporate-media outlets, including the New York Times. Does this arrangement suggest an enhanced effort to keep independent journalism and nonconforming opinions out of social media? Notes: Andy Lee Roth is co-editor (with Mickey) of Project Censored’s annual “Censored” books. He also oversees the ‘validated independent news’ …
What will be the consequences of a capitalist crisis of overproduction in the 21st century, when nations and political institutions are dominated by a single transnational capitalist class? Sociologists Peter Phillips and William I. Robinson explore these questions and more on this week’s show. Notes: Peter Phillips teaches Sociology at Sonoma State University; his latest book is “Giants: the Global …
This week, we present a speech delivered by Mickey Huff at Southern Oregon University (Ashland, Oregon) in April 2019, titled “Resist the Media.” Mickey Huff is the host of the Project Censored Show, the director of Project Censored, and Professor of History at Diablo Valley College in northern California. Notes: Music-break information: “Polygon Dust” by Porter Robinson the Project Censored Show: …
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. …
Project Censored’s co-director Andy Lee Roth is Mickey’s guest, and their topic is the new edition of Project Censored’s annual book, “Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass” The annual Censored books are best know for their lists of “top 25 censored stories,” but include many other features as well. Download Here
Timed to coincide with the 17th annual Oakland International Film Festival, this week’s Project Censored show explores the cultural value of film, and offers brief descriptions of some of this year’s OIFF offerings. Also on the show, a conversation on the California roots of thrash-metal music, with the creator of a new documentary about the genre, a documentary that will be shown at the …
In observance of Banned-Books Week (Sept 22 – 28) Mickey and his guests discuss some of the obstacles placed in the way of Americans’ freedom to read and learn, notably conservatives’ efforts to keep unfavored books out of school libraries, or even to cancel authors’ speaking engagements. Notes: For more information, visit www.bannedbooksweek.org Music-break information: 1) “Embryonic Journey” 2) …
