THE PROJECT CENSORED NEWSLETTER October 2022
In-Person Events with Chris Hedges and the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center On September 26, Project Censored director Mickey Huff hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges at an event…
Has Media Literacy Week Been Co-Opted?
On this Project Censored Show we discuss Media Literacy Week and more specifically Critical Media Literacy. We then discern the different approaches to media literacy which have been co-opted including……
What if Journalism Disappeared?
By Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff In 1995, early in the development of the global internet, sociologist Michael Schudson imagined how people might process information if journalism were to……
The Potential for a Class I Railroad Strike
In this episode of the Project Censored Show Eleanor Goldfield looks at the potential for a Class I railroad strike. This struggle exemplifies the power of workers and how much……
The Importance of Academic Freedom in a Cancel Culture Obsessed with Curtailing Curricula and Banning Books
On this week’s program we hear a panel discussion held in observation of Constitution Day (mid September) at Diablo Valley College, where Mickey teaches. Three expert panelists examined the state……
The Military Industrial Complex Wants You To Be More Media (l)literate!
By Nolan Higdon A September 2022 report from Tessa Jolls, president of the Center for Media Literacy, titled “Building Resiliency: Media Literacy as a Strategic Defense Strategy for the Transatlantic,”……
Entering the Resistance Phase of the Surveillance Education Cycle: Finding Ways to Protect Privacy in Schools
In August, 2022, two important acts of resistance hinted at a sea change in attitudes toward invasive surveillance technologies. First, New York University’s Brennan Center sued the Department of Homeland……
The Past and Present of Mining
This week, Eleanor Goldfield digs into mining – past and present. First, author and organizer Mitch Troutman discusses his latest book, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners who Seized…
THE PROJECT CENSORED NEWSLETTER – September 2022
Celebrating Banned Books Week, September 18-24 This September marks the 40th anniversary of Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the right to read. Book challenges and bans are at…
The Many Costs of War and the Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev
For the first segment of this week’s show, Mickey talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges shares some of the stories from his newest book, The Greatest Evil Is……
Banned in the USA
By Mickey Huff In her best-selling novel Speak, young adult author Laurie Halse Anderson wrote, “Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” Since the American Library……
Banned in the USA: Banned Books Week Celebrates its 40th Anniversary as Book Bans and Challenges to Academic Freedom Surge
On this Project Censored Show, host Mickey Huff dedicates the hour to Banned Books Week 2022 (Sept. 18-24). Now in its 40th year, Banned Books Week is an annual event……
Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival and an Update on Julian Assange
The latest Project Censored Show features a recording of a panel discussion from this summer’s Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, held in Washington DC. Mickey and Project Censored’s Associate Director,……
Music, The Clash Between Capitalism and Art, and Solutions to the Student Loan Debt Crises
On the first half of this week’s show Eleanor speaks with musician, producer, and songwriter Samantha Blanchard – talking to her about the exploitation of artists in today’s often cookie……
Corporate Media Has Failed to Report Accurately on the Threats to Women’s Reproductive Rights
By Kathleen Minelli and Steve Macek In the weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the corporate media has been saturated with analyses and reports about the implications……
The Confluence of Surveillance and Censorship and Violence Against Journalists
In the first half of the show, Mickey talks with attorney and author Heidi Boghosian and Project Censored associate director Andy Lee Roth about the confluence of surveillance and censorship,……
The Alex Jones Playbook
By Nolan Higdon In August 2022, a Texas jury ruled that internet personality Alex Jones pay $49 million for defaming the parents of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook……
THE PROJECT CENSORED NEWSLETTER
Back to School The Summer of 2022 seems to have flown past and a new school year is already imminent. We at Project Censored couldn’t be more excited, because the……
The Deadly Business of Reporting Truth
By Andy Lee Roth Violence is the most basic and blunt form of press censorship. To kill or imprison a journalist is to silence the public’s source of news. To……
Sleeping at the Wheel: The Uber Files, the Media, and the Coup Against Labor Rights
The recent reporting on the Uber Files—a series of 124,000 communications, dated from 2013 until 2017, that Mark McGann, one of Uber’s top lobbyists, leaked to The Guardian—has shed light……
Trader Joe’s Employees Unionize Featuring Sarah Beth Ryther
For the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield looks into unionizing workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Minneapolis and what issues they are facing. She speaks with organizer……
Elite Lapdogs Always Welcome in the Corporate Media
By Nolan Higdon The return of Chris Cuomo to television is the latest reminder that there is little accountability to speak of in corporate news media. Chris was ousted at……
Censoring How We Teach the Past Threatens our Present and Future; and Understanding Food Waste and Climate Change in a Global System
This week on the Project Censored Show, Eleanor and Mickey begin the hour in conversation with esteemed historian Dr. David Goldfield, who is a long-time academic and author who has……
Protections of the Sixth Amendment and Third Party Ballot Issues
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s show. This past May, the US Supreme Court narrowed the protection of the Sixth Amendment, by ruling that a person convicted of a crime cannot……