Project Censored

On this week's program, we hear a speech by the legedary political activist and consumer-rights advocate 

Ralph Nader. Nader outlines some of the most critical problems facing Americans, including exorbitant military spending, 

out-of-control corporations, and thousands of annual deaths in the workplace, or from lack of health care coverage. 

But then he names some individuals who've made a difference in recent U.S. history, explains what students 

can accomplish on campus, and how voters can hold legislators accountable. Nader spoke on March 5, 2018 at 

Sonoma State University in northern California, as part of the campus's annual Social Justice Week Lecture Series.

Notes: 

 

This is a rebroadcast of the Project Censored Show of April 9, 2018.

 

Web site mentioned on this program:
www.nader.org 

Mickey, Chase and their guests discuss how internet titans like Facebook and Youtube are censoring what users can post, 

and what the response to such censorship might be.  David Pakman is the host of the David Pakman Show, available on radio, 

TV and Youtube. Andrew Austin teaches at the University of Wisconsin. Nolan Higdon teaches at multiple campuses in the San Francisco Bay area.

 

 

Notes:

Music-break song info:
1) "Water Song" by Hot Tuna. 
album = Burgers, label = Grunt
2) "Mann's Fate" by Hot Tuna
album = Hot Tuna, label = Grunt
3) "Embryonic Journey" by Hot Tuna
album = Live at Sweetwater, label = Relix

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.

 

Notes:

 

Peter Phillips is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University in California.

He's also the retired director of Project Censored, and cofounder of the Project Censored radio show. 

"Giants" is his 18th book, and is published by Seven Stories Press.

 

Web sites mentioned on this week's program:
www.projectcensored.org
www.sevenstoriespress.com

 

The first guest, documentary producer Robbie Leppzer, discusses his latest work, Power Struggle. 

It's an account of the grassroots campaign to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, 

and the problems that remain after the plant's closure. Next, nuclear-power critics Arnie and 

Maggie Gunderson return to Project Censored to explain some of the continuing hazards facing 

Fukushima, Japan, years after the meltdown there. Finally, Poets Reading the News make 

a second appearance on the show.

 

Notes:

This is an edited rebroadcast of a Project Censored Show that originally aired in November 2017.

 

Robbie Leppzer is a film producer with over 30 documentaries to his credit.

Arnie and Maggie Gunderson left careers in the nuclear power industry to 

devote themselves to educating the public about nuclear power's hazards.

Elle Aviv Newton and Jenna Spagnolo are the co-editors of Poets Reading the News.

Web sites mentioned on this week's program:
www.turningtide.com
www.powerstrugglemovie.com
www.fairewinds.org

www.poetsreadingthenews.org