The Project Censored Show

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Leonardo Flores joins the show again to talk about the fallout from the double earthquake in Venezuela. Leo outlines some of the recent US media propaganda attempting to smear Venezuela when, in fact, it is the US paralyzing Venezuela’s disaster response through… The post Venezuela’s Earthquake Aftermath: Recovery Amid Sanctions and Propaganda appeared first on Project Censored.

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield sit down Kels Menchaca, an organizer with the DFW Support Committee to talk about the Prairieland case. With combined sentences of 562 years, the defendants represent the latest intensification in the US government’s violent assault on free speech, freedom of… The post The Prairieland Case and the US Government’s Assault on Constitutional Rights appeared first on Project Censored.

This week on the program, a special full show with Palestinian author, historian, and academic Dr. Ramzy Baroud about his latest book Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir Across Three Generations of Colonial Invasion, Occupation, and War in Palestine. Dr. Baroud takes us through longue duree, a history that has not been amputated and distorted by colonial narrative. He explains the failings of corporate media, of political discourse, and the need for oppressed peoples to tell their own stories, without countering, without arguing the points of the oppressor. Because dignity cannot be divided. Freedom cannot be sectionalized. The post Colonial Distortion of Palestine’s History appeared first on Project Censored.

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of the news that did make the news but was wrong. They highlight the need for critical media literacy, especially when we’re confronted with something that pings our confirmation bias. They also dive into some history, the US at 250, the framing of our nationalistic ideals, the society of the spectacle, Idiocracy, and finding our way to solidarity. The post The News That Did Make the News – But Was Wrong appeared first on Project Censored.

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff sits down with public health researcher and journalist Lily Minh Wass to talk about the sycophancy machine. Lily outlines the subtle and disturbing quirks of AI’s large language models, amplifying our human desire to be agreed with, which supersedes the desire to be factual. Lily highlights our cognitive offloading onto AI, breaks down how these systems operate, and more. The post The Sycophancy Machine: How AI Rewards Confirmation Over Accuracy appeared first on Project Censored.

Meta’s censorship of LGBTQ voices brings together digital activists, legal experts, and LGBTQ communities to combat invisibilization. We discuss the problematic dependency on social media platforms, how this can spur the creation of alternative comms and organizing methods, digital legal frameworks in the EU vs the US, and more. Caspar… The post LGBTQ Organizing Beyond Meta’s Censorship appeared first on Project Censored.

On this episode of the Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with professor Abboud Hamayel to discuss the misuse of history, in particular archaeology as a tool of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Abboud also deconstructs the performative solidarity of pity, the entangled histories that make Palestine a lens through… The post The Misuse of History: Archaeology in Palestine appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with media analyst Nolan Higdon to dig into big tech's hold on higher ed - namely, their aims to surveil, extract, and breach. Nolan digs into a recent hacking scandal, how big tech aligns with the likes of Epstein, and a dark history of eugenics, big tech propaganda, and authentic resistance. Next up, Dr. Austin Kocher comes back on the program to dig into some recent news that didn't make the news vis-à-vis immigration, from overcrowding court hearings to expedited deportation to handpicking so-called deportation judges, the cruelty is the point. But there are some glimmers in this world full of triggers, and as always, a lot of it has to do with communities fighting back. The post Big Tech’s Campus Takeover, ICE’s Expanding Reach appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Professor Dave explains. Science communicator Dave Farina joins the show to talk about the emergence of science communicators at a time when science denial is reaching ever soaring heights. Dave discusses the lure and prevalence of erroneous scientific claims and how science literacy and media literacy necessarily overlap and require continued practice and engagement to combat dangerous mis and disinformation. The post News That Didn’t Make the News: Science Communicators and AI Data Centers appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Dr. Gerald Horne joins the show to ring in 250 years of the US project - how is that going? Dr. Horne sets the record straight not only about what’s missing in our ever censored history books but how that affects our understanding of issues and struggles today. As James Baldwin noted, history is not past, after all. We discuss the selective teaching and pedestaling of state-sanctioned violence, the moving target of whiteness, and more. The post History is Not Past: 250 Years of the US Project and Examining HondurasGate appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Wanda Bertram from the Prison Policy Initiative joins the show to talk about what we don’t know and what we think we know about mass incarceration. Wanda shares some stats and facts that you’ll never hear on corporate media, and debunks myths that betray our propagandized thinking. The post Reframing Mass Incarceration, Antiracism, and Abolition appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, researcher and editor Michelle Eid joins the show to talk about literal framing when it comes to photojournalism, and how extractive dehumanizing journalism turns people’s pain and suffering into career-boosting material, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and bolstering the dangerous disconnect that allows atrocities to continue. Michelle highlights the importance of relationship building and archival work, but that how this work is done is critical. Next up, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield sit down to dissect some recent news that didn’t make the news, contextualize what press freedom looks like from the US to Sweden, and why AI should never be in charge of telling us what news is. The post Framing Atrocity: Photojournalism and Press Freedom appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with investigative reporter Logan M. Davis to talk about his exclusive reporting on ICE hold rooms, these unofficial black sites that serve as torturous liminal spaces in the larger network of kidnappings, forced disappearances, and deportations. Logan explains how these bus stops with cell doors are acquired, used, and hidden from public view, that the cruelty and terror are the point, and how folks can organize in their local communities to stop them. The post ICE Black Sites and Press Freedom Decline appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first segment, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with author Nicola Griffith to talk about her recent book release, She is Here. Nicola digs into her work on understanding history as stories, not hard, immovable facts, and that history depends on who tells it. She discusses writing history as an embodied experience, extracting ourselves from binaries and embracing nuance, how the lack of disabled perspectives in literature shapes our ableism, and more. Next up, Eleanor Goldfield sit down with journalist Liam Syed and organizer Nikki Morse to talk about how Israel's latest quasi-visa program targets foreign activists, more than a handful of whom are Jews, saying they're either a security threat or immigrating illegally, a funny concept for an ethno-state built on illegal immigration, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. The post Narratives of History and Israel’s Policing of Activists appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Zachary Levenson to talk about the war on sociology and what happens when the academic governing body deems all existing sociology textbooks illegal to teach in the state of Florida. Zach highlights the purposefully vague verbiage of new policies, the anti-intellectualism fueling them, and why educators must never self-censor or comply in advance. Next up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with Nolan Higdon to talk about his latest book, MAGAcademy, on how corporatism paved the way for the hostile takeover of Higher Ed. Nolan discusses the neoliberalization of academia, the purposeful devaluing of professors, and the treatment of students as customers that all predate the current attacks on higher ed. Nolan also warns of the dangers of compliance in advance and the smooth rhetoric of corporate takeovers wrapped in social justice ideologies. The post The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education appeared first on Project Censored.

This week on the program, we celebrate Independent Media and press freedom with Izzy Fest 2026 and the 18th annual Izzy Award named after the legendary muckraker, I.F. Stone. First up, we have documentary filmmaker Abby Martin of Empire Files who is sharing the Izzy Award this year for her documentary Earths Greatest Enemy about how the Pentagon is the worlds greatest polluter and why we must all act to reverse the global damage caused by US military. Next up Izzy judge and professor Victor Pickard discusses the state of our free press, the challenges journalists face from the current administration, and how independent media can light the way to a more informed and just world. The post Muckrakers & Media Freedom: Celebrating the Izzy Award appeared first on Project Censored.

While corporate media focuses on the 24-hour wartime news cycle, a lot falls through the cracks, entire continents actually.First up this week, we welcome back to the program journalist Jose Luis Granados Ceja to talk about the Greater America plan, and Operation Total Extermination, the latest US policy initiatives for… The post US Militarism in Latin America and Corporate Colonialism in Honduras appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, journalist Afeef Nessouli joins the show to talk about the situation in Lebanon, and how corporate media deliberately flattens and dehumanizes in service of US-Israeli regional goals. Afeef explains the complex and interconnected networks of resistance and solidarity on the ground, the tangled web of imperialism, and how Lebanese journalists are, like their Palestinian counterparts, working together in impossible conditions to get the truth out about their situation in spite of compounding and violent censorship. Next up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with former Director of Student Media at Indiana University Jim Rodenbush to talk about his termination. Jim had the audacity to stand up for the renowned student newspaper the Indiana Daily Student when the powers that be didnt feel it should actually report the news anymore. Jim shares his story and warns of the implications this has on everyones access to a free press, from colleges to professional newsrooms. The post Networks of Resistance: From Lebanon to College Newsrooms appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with educator and author Allison Butler to talk about her latest book: The Judgment of Gender: How Women are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture. Allison dissects this seeming contradiction of both centering and silencing women. We dive into some history to orient us in the present, consider the intersections of womanhood, the women in service to patriarchy, and more. Next up, Dr. Shir Hever comes back on the show this time to give a perspective on the war on Iran that you won’t likely hear, even in alternative and independent media. Shir prompts us to consider what the actual goals of the war are through understanding modern warfare, the US/Israeli relationship, and the paradoxical stability of totalitarianism staring at us from this current apocalyptic war. The post Paradox of Power: Judgment of Gender and Modern Warfare appeared first on Project Censored.

First up on the show, Christian Nationalism, Evangelicalism - some might say that its whats destroying our nation, but are we actually ready to sit with how much it actually defines our nation? Jared Stacy, a former Evangelical Pastor and author of the newly released book, Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis, joins the show to talk about the history and the present of this entwined relationship between the US and Evangelicalism, how conspiracy theories become gospel, and how if we want to address the fallout from this tangle, theological intervention is necessary. The post Evangelicalism, Conspiracy & the First Amendment appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of today’s show, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Michael and Em from Project Saltbox to discuss their work of data gathering and analysis vis a vis DHS. They discuss their ICE Warehouse Tracker tool, and how ill-prepared these sites are to house tens of thousands of people. Michael and Em also discuss what the effects would be on communities surrounding these warehouses, and how we can use data to better understand the massive planned network of disappearing people, and thereby act to stop it. The post Tracking ICE’s Detention Machine & Opposing the Cuba Blockade appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, journalist Stephanie Koithan joins the show to discuss Dilley, a concentration camp predominantly for children. Stephanie discusses some of the horrific stories she’s uncovered through her investigative reporting including instances of gross medical neglect and how difficult it is to do that reporting from what she calls a black site of information, and the retaliation by guards against the children for speaking with press. Next up, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of the news that didn’t make the news with a focus on the US/Israeli illegal and unprovoked attacks on Iran. They discuss the nuance and multitude of facts that corporate media always miss or omit, the importance of historical context, the regional repercussions of these attacks, and more. The post What Corporate Media Won’t Tell You: Children in Dilley & Attacks on Iran appeared first on Project Censored.

First up this week, Mexico City-based journalist José Luis Granados Ceja joins the show to talk about the recent Mexican operation that captured and killed a notorious cartel kingpin, and how US corporate media is twisting this story to not only give the US undue credit but to further the dangerous and dehumanizing rhetoric of Mexicans as villains. José Luis also digs into Mexico / US relations and how regional solidarity is needed in order to address the violent grandstanding by the US. Next up, Mickey sits down again with media analyst Nolan Higdon to dig into the latest in the Epstein files including the disturbing lack of accountability, the spectacle of the slow release of information, deconstructing propaganda around the files, and more. The post Narratives of Power: Cartel Media Spin and Epstein Cover Stories appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Medea Benjamin joins the show to debunk a whole lotta US propaganda about Cuba. Having just returned from the island nation, Medea explains the terroristic domino effect that the US fuel blockade is having on the Cuban people, how the US weaponizes aid from Gaza to Havana, and… The post Cuba Under Siege & How the South Shapes the Nation appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program Eleanor sits down with Martha Dimitratou, founder and Executive Director of Repro Uncensored to talk about the battles to bring reproductive health and sexual education information to the people in a time of escalating digital and indeed analog censorship. Martha talks about how incorrect information is often platformed while science-backed and nuanced information is stifled - and what this means for the physical, mental, and emotional health of those seeking reproductive health information and access. She also outlines tactics to sidestep this censorship, online and off. Next up, Mickey sits down with Norman Stockwell, publisher of The Progressive magazine and indie media veteran to talk about the current state of the media, some history of independent media and why that matters, the importance of becoming the media ourselves, and framing the news outside of the 24/7 extractive cycle. Norm and Mickey also dig into the nuance of attacks on corporate media, and why a truly free press means more, not fewer voices. The post Access Emergency: Reproductive Health Education and Independent Media appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, Mickey and Eleanor dive into some critical media literacy, including AI-generated videos and images that ping our confirmation biases, making it all the more important to stay vigilant in analyzing content, regardless of whether or not we want it to be true. We also look at patterns of mis and disinformation, tools and tips for media consumers and creators, and more. Next up, Katie Jones from Fractracker joins the show to talk about the shadowy connection between data centers and fracking. Katie talks about how data centers are in many ways the new fracking boom, and are using many of the same The post Fact-Checking the Future: AI, Fracking, and Data Center Propaganda appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with professor of communications Dr. Steve Macek to talk about Trumps war on epistemic institutions. Dr. Macek shares specific examples of attacks on vital research that leaves millions of Americans without the necessary knowledge to address basic needs such as hunger and thirst. Mickey and Steve also dissect some Déjà Vu News - the where are they now for stories previously uplifted by Project Censored and ignored by corporate media. Such analysis not only tracks trends in corporate media but also highlights the importance of thinking of news less as a fleeting headline but rather as continuously developing stories that require attention on a rolling rather than 24-hour blip basis. Next up, cohost Eleanor Goldfield sits down with researcher and associate director at the Eisenhower Media Network Christian Sorensen to talk about how the military is a tool of corporate capture, how the military industrial complex hurts the working class here at home, media's bedazzling of military life, and how the US empires greed actually in the long term hurts its own hegemonic objectives. The post Déjà Vu News: Corporate Media Repeats Its Failures While Empire Marches On appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program we welcome back political and legal geographer Dr. Austin Kocher to talk about the immigration news that never makes the news. Dr. Kocher talks about overcrowded and deadly detention centers, the 287g clause that transforms your local law enforcement into ICE officers, the fundamental flaw in the US immigration legal system, and how we shouldn’t think of borders as a matter of what they are, but rather what they do in service of the state. Next up, my cohost Mickey Huff sits down with frequent guest and political analyst Nolan Higdon to dissect some recent news, focusing especially on AI: what can history tell us about the unintelligence of artificial intelligence, how deep fakes are crowbarring the political divide even further and deeper, the corporate capture of the classroom, and more. The post Manufactured Borders, Manufactured Intelligence appeared first on Project Censored.

This week, were covering two things youll never hear about on corporate media - or if you do, theyll be demonized: whistleblowers, and targeted boycott movements. First up, were joined by a Capital One whistleblower who talks about how the companys internal dealings with Israeli weapons manufacturers chafes against the companys external PR campaign of progressive and diversity politics. The whistleblower outlines the so-called proper channels they attempted to utilize in addressing their concerns, and what organizing work theyre doing now to hold Capital One accountable to not only their clients but to international law. Next up, were joined by two organizers with the Eject Elbit campaign focused on decoupling the Israeli weapons manufacturer from the financial institutions it relies on. Scotty and Liza share the BDS precedent for their work, recent wins, and upcoming goals. They talk about the medias framing of their work, not least of all using and twisting their Jewishness while continuing to silence and obscure Palestinian voices and calls for justice. The post Corporate Complicity: A Whistleblower and the Eject Elbit Campaign appeared first on Project Censored.

First up, we welcome back to the program analyst and organizer Leonardo Flores to talk to us about what’s really going on on the ground in Venezuela, contextualizing the push for oil, the drug fiasco that now even the DOJ admits as farce, and cutting through the thick sludge of… The post Venezuela, War Crimes, and the Media’s Dirty Work appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program we welcome back Dr. Shir Hever to talk about what’s really going on behind the media veil of an infallible Israel. Dr. Hever debunks Israel’s claims that they can become militarily independent, and the effect of both military embargoes and continued BDS pressure.… The post Ghosts in the Machine: Israel’s Military Myths and the Private Equity State appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the show Italian philosopher and author Federico Campagna joins the show to discuss his most recent book, Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons on Escaping History. Federico outlines the role of imagination in shaping our reality, the censored histories of those who refused an oppressive reality not because they denied its existence but because they denied its acceptability, and built worlds to shield, shelter, survive and in some cases thrive in some of history's most difficult times. Federico also discusses how myths and nostalgia work for and against us, the nuance missing in an ever-narrowing world view which buries and censors the possibilities of both the past and the present. Next up, Mickey sits down with media professor and author Bill Yousman to talk about disinformation, looking back on his essay for the State of the Free Press 2025 to contextualize where we are now, and where we could be headed with some prescriptive actions. Bill outlines the importance of not falling back on the lazy but easy path of censorship in combating disinformation, and the importance of well-funded public media and education in bolstering ourselves against the tsunamis of nonsense. The post History, Myth, and Media in an Age of Disinformation appeared first on Project Censored.

This week, a special roundtable discussion with your Project Censored cohosts and the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Director of Advocacy Seth Stern and Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy Lauren Harper come back on the show to dive into the viscous morass of rights violations, including those of ICE, and the complicit courts and judges that could do more to rein them in, SLAPP suits as a weapon to silence truth-tellers, the issue of over-classification that serves to paper over the publics right to know what our government is doing in our name, and much more. The post A Viscous Morass: SLAPP Suits, Secrecy, and Complicit Courts appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the show, we welcome back the editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents Arielle Angel to talk about the need for new Jewish institutions that reflect not only antizionist Judaism but the myriad traditions of Judaism which zionism has always tried to negate and erase. Arielle also highlights the connections between zionism and American exceptionalism, ideologies that fuel and feed off one another, the power of a grassroots leftist Jewish memory culture, and the pitfalls of self-denial on the Jewish left. Next up, editor for Workday Magazine, Sarah Lazare comes on the show to discuss the purposefully obfuscated connection between labor organizing and immigrants rights. Sarah outlines ways in which workers are building solidarity in the face of violent raids and harassment, and how shallow and extractive corporate media practices perpetuate misinformation and violence. The post Antizionist Futures and Immigrant Rights in Labor Organizing appeared first on Project Censored.

This week we are rejoined by media scholar Nolan Higdon to discuss his latest work, “Unmasking Epstein: Power, Blackmail, and the Press’s Failures.” We also delve into the increasingly problematic world of Artificial Intelligence, the challenges and threats AI poses, and the importance of critical AI literacy. Next, Mickey speaks to Brown University first year student James Libresco about his latest Dispatch on Media and Politics for Project Censored titled, “A Direct Attack on Freedom of Speech: Trump Takes on Higher Ed.” Libresco addresses media freedom and the student press, as well as the massive pushback to Trump’s so-called “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education,” which actually poses major threats to academic freedom. The post Scrutinizing Power: Epstein Coverage, AI Threats, and Higher Ed Under Pressure appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, Palestinian-American journalist, translator, photographer, and media analyst Laura Albast joins the show to discuss journalism as memory work, and the narrative as a battlefield upon which ever more advanced technology takes aim at Palestinian voices and lived experiences. Laura frames journalism as a commitment - to people and their stories, and talks about how the chasing of headlines and by-lines in the 24-hour news cycle leads to extractive journalism, and how and why movement media can be the antidote. Next up, Economics PHD students Shakked Noy and Aakaash Rao discuss their recent report: The Business of the Culture War which links the contemporary “culture wars” to changes in media technologies as well as economic incentives for cable news. Shakked and Aakaash discuss how their research shows that the economic drive for viewership has incentivized corporate media to turn away from actual political news and towards sensational infotainment, and how the commodification of legitimate rage leaves us dumber and more divided than ever before. The post Memory Work & Culture Wars: From Palestine to Corporate Media appeared first on Project Censored.

We start this week off with news that didn’t make the news from Sudan. Researcher and analyst Mosaab Baba joins us to contextualize the recent atrocities in El-Fasher, Sudan, highlighting decades-long power struggles not only inside the country but internationally as well. Mosaab explains the goals of these new imperialists and their genocidal beneficiaries, the importance of Sudan’s rich mineral and agricultural assets, and how the guns and money always lead to the familiar players of the UAE, Egypt, the US, and Israel. Next up, John Collins of Weave News comes back on the program to discuss news abuse, using a specific example in upstate New York to highlight how even regional media that did previously stand up to power falls in line behind the fallacy conflating antizioinism with antisemitism. John also discusses the Palestinization of the globe, and prescriptions for both media and media consumers on how to stay critically media literate in these critical times. The post News that Didn’t Make the News: Atrocities in Sudan and Regional New Abuse appeared first on Project Censored.

Today on this special episode of the Project Censored show, we look back at 50 years of the Project with a roundtable conversation about the forthcoming State of the Free Press 2026. Joined by associate director Shealeigh Voitl and editor-at-large Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of that 50 year history, the echoes of systemic problems within our media and also therefore within our society. They discuss and dissect what critical media literacy really is, solutions and citizen journalism, journalistic ethics and what a press of and for by the people really means, and why we need it now more than ever. The post Fifty Years of Project Censored: The Fight for a Free Press appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Dr. Abdalhadi Alijila to talk about his forthcoming book Fearful in Gaza, an autobiographical work that details the lived realities, emotions, connections and contradictions of growing up in Gaza. Dr. Alijila remarks on the changing of academia, once the vanguard of progressive thought and action becoming ever more muted and intellectually impoverished. He speaks on the unending question of humanity, including how social media distorts our view, and the problem of dehumanizing by pedestaling what the occupation has buried beneath subhuman propaganda. The post The Weight of Humanity: Gaza, Academia, and Acts of Solidarity appeared first on Project Censored.

This week, we welcome back the esteemed historian, professor at American University, and co-author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the United States, Peter Kuznick. Mickey Huff recently had a chance to catch up with one of America’s most in-demand historians around the world to discuss the state of the Sate under Trump 2.0. They talk about ongoing tensions from the Middle East to Russia, and rising authoritarianism right here at home. This week, for the full hour, history matters as context for the present, with Peter Kuznick. The post The State of the State: A Historical Lens on Trump 2.0 appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Maurice Carney, co-founder and Executive Director of Friends of the Congo for this year’s Congo Week. Maurice talks about the situation in the DRC, a vastly  underreported human rights crisis perpetrated by Rwanda that incorporates junk food news, media framing, mis and disinformation, and the power of entertaining propaganda to shift the focus from war crimes to basketball, concerts, and even green energy. Maurice highlights the interconnected webs of propaganda from Israel to Rwanda, the billionaire push for Congo’s minerals, and more. Next up, Campaign and Communications Director at the National Homelessness Law Center Jesse Rabinowitz joins the show to discuss the escalating attacks on the unhoused. Jesse points out that homelessness is the result of many failed systems, and how the targeting of the unhoused, much like the targeting of incarcerated, is a test - how much pain and suffering can the system mete out on those who have the least political power? Jesse also notes the dearth of coverage on the criminalization of homelessness, an issue that not only harms everyone in society but could BE anyone in a society where everything from food to housing to healthcare is largely unaffordable. The post Crisis without Coverage: Rwanda, the Congo, and the Unhoused appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, cohost Eleanor Goldfield welcomes back to the show US marine veteran Matthew Hoh to talk about the realities vs. the stories of the US military. How much does the oath to defend the Constitution really mean in practice? They look at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s recent performance and how this relates to the hierarchy of complicity within the higher ranking military brass. Matt and Eleanor also give some historical context to the use of the US military as a domestic police force, and how Hollywood and the stories we consume as Americans bolster these ideas of a top-down restorative violence, affecting how we think about the idea of the world’s largest military taking over our streets.  Next up, author Danny Goldberg joins the show to talk about his most recent book, Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles. Danny discusses how this history can serve us in the present, how building coalitions with those we disagree with is critical work, and how using the media - even legacy media - can support our grassroots goals. The post US Military Power, Media Messaging, and Grassroots Strategies appeared first on Project Censored.

Today on the program, we celebrate Banned Books Week: Censorship Is So 1984, Read For Your Rights! Today we’ll speak with several people involved in Banned Books Week, starting with this year’s Youth Honorary Chair for the Banned Books Week Coalition, Iris Mogul. Later in the show we’ll be joined by the president of the American Library Association, Sam Helmick. And we’ll conclude the hour by speaking with the Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, Lee Rowland. Today on the Project Censored Show, we’ll spend the hour celebrating the right to read and the right to know. It’s Banned Books Week! The post Banned Books Week: Censorship Is So 1984, Read For Your Rights! appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the program, cohost Mickey Huff welcomes back to the show journalist and author Kevin Gosztola to talk about several stories threatening free speech and a free press, from the local to the global. Kevin discusses the dearth of local independent media in this country and how his efforts to fill that gap in his community have resulted in escalated threats to his free press and free speech rights. Kevin also highlights a new policy at the Pentagon that essentially demands reporters not be reporters if they want to report from the Pentagon, and how one reporter in Atlanta is facing deportation for being a journalist. Next up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh to talk about his film, Saffron Kingdom. Arfat discusses the myriad threats from the Indian government aimed at Kashmir’s storytellers. He talks about the framing of Bollywood to always portray Kashmiris as terrorists and why Kashmiris need to reclaim the narrative in telling their own stories, in his case tapping into the power of film to humanize the dehumanized. The post Journalism and Free Expression from the US to Kashmir appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first half of the show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks with Professor Richard Wolff about the state of our economy as a record number of Americans polled cant pay for everyday necessities, speaking to a rising and chronic crisis-level economic anxiety. Professor Wolff outlines the extreme economic inequality, how ICE raids and anti-immigrant violence only fuel the economic downward spiral, and how a healthy dose of imagination and knowledge of history could cure what ails us. Next, cohosts Eleanor Goldfield and Mickey Huff dig into some of the weeks latest news with a critical media literacy lens, dissecting political violence, free speech, the co-opting of language and more. The post Economic Inequality, Immigration, and Media Spin appeared first on Project Censored.

This week we’re talking about getting comfortable with uncomfortable ideas. First up, Thea Abu al-Haj joins the program to discuss the unprecedented censorship she and other academic authors experienced when the Harvard Educational Review pulled the plug on an entire issue of their journal dedicated to Palestine. Thea discusses this new level of censorship as a deep and targeted blow to the very core mission of places of higher education: namely to be places of open debate, open minds and where we can all confront uncomfortable ideas with curiosity, reflection, and exploration. Next up, Dr. Robert Talisse joins the show to talk about what he calls civic solitude - the need, indeed the responsibility to remove ourselves from the ever widening divisions in US politics for the sake of our collective benefit. Robert and Eleanor tease out how this relates to a loneliness endemic to the United States, the need to engage with people and ideas that are unknown and even uncomfortable to us, and the problems of an overly mediated world that interrupts our ability to reflect even when we are physically alone. The post Palestine, Censorship, and the Responsibility to Reflect appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, Mickey Huff sits down with author and professor Omar Zahzah to talk about his upcoming book: Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. Omar discusses the impetus for the book which predates October 7th and how the book grew not only to encompass the current genocide but indeed to look at how Palestine and Palestinian resistance serves as a window into a broad system and practice of digital censorship globally. Omar outlines his struggles in refusing the language of silence, and talks about how corporate media enforces censorship, dehumanization and the overall actions of the military industrial complex despite public dissent. In the second half of the program, Eleanor Goldfield welcomes back to the show organizer, lawyer, and author Kamau Franklin to talk about the book he co-edited called No Cop City, No Cop World. Kamau discusses the diversity of tactics used by the diverse movement to stop cop city, the derision by local politicians and indeed media, highlighting the important fact that a local media isn’t enough - it’s got to be local AND independent media. Kamau talks about the importance of the people creating their own narrative for these fights for justice, as well as the importance of reframing the fight against cop city as one of global proportions that isn’t over, it’s just entered a new phase. The post Resisting Silence: From Palestine to Cop City appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, we welcome back to the show Leonardo Flores, co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network, to talk about the US’ dangerous and honestly stupid escalation against Venezuela. Leo debunks the US’ absurd claims of drug trafficking, contextualizing them in a longer history of using drugs as a cover for violent escalation against nations in Latin America. Leo also talks about the remarkable critical media literacy of the Venezuelan people - something that the government has nurtured for almost 30 years via a varied and healthy media landscape that promotes independent and local media rather than a centralized corporate system. Next up, Nolan Higdon comes back on the show to talk about AI through the lens of critical media literacy. Nolan highlights the importance of not leaning on AI for foundational skills such as reading comprehension and critical media literacy, that AI is not some superior intellect but rather a system built by vehemently anti-democratic and indeed anti-human minds. Nolan explains that while the point isn’t to be afraid of technology, we must understand what the technology really is, what it can do for us and perhaps more importantly what it can do to us. The post Venezuela, Propaganda, and the Promise (and Peril) of AI appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, DC organizer Natacia Knapper joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss Trump’s takeover of DC, what makes DC particularly vulnerable to such federal overreach, and what the situation is really like on the ground. Natacia highlights the problematic ways in which corporate media have framed the situation, and why people outside of DC need to be hyper-aware and vigilant because this overreach will not stop in DC. Next up, Mickey Huff sits down with one of Project Censored’s summer interns Jayden Henry to talk about his recent dispatch: Blood, Sweat, and Stitches: How Overconsumption Pushes Garment Workers to the Brink. Jayden discusses his research on this rarely covered topic and draws connections between the consumerist paradigm in the so-called imperial core and the extreme exploitation of workers in so-called periphery nations. The post Power & Exploitation: DC Overreach & Global Labor Injustice appeared first on Project Censored.

In the first part of the program, we’re joined by Dr. Ramzy Baroud, a journalist, author, and editor of the Palestine Chronicle. Dr. Baroud discusses cultural hegemony, the insidious tool of colonization that distorts an Indigenous people into submission. Dr. Baroud explains how the Palestinians have resisted this tactic which is why Israel has been forced to leverage ever more horrific violence, particularly in Gaza. Dr. Baroud also outlines the myriad problems in how corporate media portrays Palestinians, and how journalists in Gaza have changed the global understanding of where truth comes from - that truth isn’t shared unless those on the frontlines are also producers of the media. Next up, activist and educator Nikki Morse comes back on the show, this time to talk about their time in the West Bank with the International Solidarity Movement. Nikki describes the accelerated pace of ethnic cleansing, explaining the often intersecting web of oppression vis a vis settlers, police, the army, and Israel’s legal system. Nikki also talks about the importance of how we discuss and frame the West Bank, uplifting voices on the ground, and bringing more people to the frontlines to be in solidarity with Palestinians. The post From the Frontlines: Media, Colonization, and Resistance in Palestine appeared first on Project Censored.