Project Censored – 10.05.21

Program Summary: On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action, Project Censored and other organizations held an online seminar on the worldwide toll of the US “War On Terror,” and strategies for resisting militarism in the years to come. This week’s Project Censored Show presents excerpts from some of the speeches at that event. …

Project Censored – 09.29.21

Program Summary: This week is Banned-Books Week 2021, an annual affirmation of Americans’ right to read. In the first half of the program, Mickey and his guests look at some recent efforts to restrict students’ choice of books in Ohio and Texas. September 2021 is also the tenth anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street. Author Michael Levitin joins …

Project Censored – 09.21.21

Program Summary: On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Code Pink, Massachusetts Peace Action, Project Censored and other organizations held an online seminar on the worldwide toll of the US “War On Terror,” and strategies for resisting militarism in the years to come. This week’s Project Censored Show presents excerpts from some of the speeches at that event. …

Project Censored – 09.07.21

Program Summary:   For the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Mickey and his guests examine some still-unanswered questions about the attacks and the events that preceded them, notably why several already-identified terror suspects were not taken into custody by US authorities. Peter Dale Scott is the author of dozens of books of poetry and prose, including Coming to …

Project Censored – 09.14.21

Program Summary: As the nation marks 20 years since the Sept 11 attacks, Mickey interviews Ray McGinnis, the author of a new book that looks at numerous questions that remain unanswered by official authorities, and were not even asked by the 9/11 Commission. Then long-time 9/11 researcher Ken Jenkins explains why activists must be on the lookout for logical fallacies …

Project Censored – 08.24.21

Program Summary:   Former Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is Mickey’s first guest; he’s written a new book (The Division of Light and Power) about a lonely battle he waged to preserve public power in Cleveland during his term as mayor. In the second half of the show, poet Lisa Wells speaks about her new book Believers: Making a Life at …

Project Censored – 08.17.21

The first guest on this week’s program is Kevin Gosztola of www.Shadowproof.com  . He and Mickey speak about notable whistleblowers who’ve been in the news recently, including Julian Assange, Daniel Hale, and Reality Winner. In the second half of the show, a look at the fallout from a 2020 Congressional election, when Shahid Buttar ran again House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in …

Project Censored – 08.10.21

Mickey’s guests for the hour are Susan Zakin and Steve Erickson. Zakin created the online journal www.JournalOfThePlagueYears.ink as a place for new literature and new kinds of literature, especially work examining life in the pandemic. Novelist Steve Erickson is a contributing editor to the site.   Susan Zakin is an environmental journalist, and the founder of Journal of the Plague Years. …

Project Censored – 08.04.21

Mickey’s first guest is long-time media activist and “culture jammer” Kalle Lasn, the founder of Adbusters magazine. He summarizes the history of Adbusters, and explains some recent developments, including the decision by Canada’s dominant drug-store chain to cease selling the magazine. In the second half, Chase Palmieri returns to the program to explain the project he founded, www.credder.com, the web site …

Project Censored – 07.28.21

Mickey’s guest for the hour is political scientist Aaron Good. Good recently completed writing a critique of the latest BBC documentary from Adam Curtis (“Can’t Get You Out of My Head”), ultimately concluding that the work is intended to distract and hide rather than reveal. His conversation with Mickey covers issues from the JFK assassination to changes in the world …