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Project Censored - 07.07.15

The Project Censored Show week of July11 on Pacifica Radio: Cohosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips discuss the Importance of Whistleblowing and Whistleblower Protection. They speak with attorney Jesselyn Radack, National Security & Human Rights Director at the Government Accountability Project, about her work around clients such as Edward Snowden, Thomas Andrews Drake, and John Kiriakou, among others, and the state of Whistleblower protection in the US and around the world. To wrap up the program, Peter discusses his research about the .0001% Transnational Capitalist Class and those who attend the annual gathering at the Bohemian Grove in Northern California this week.

Project Censored - 07.07.15

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips discuss American Exceptionalism: Myths and Realities. Their first guest is Aaron Good​, a  doctoral student at Temple University and author of the article "American Exception: Hegemony and the Dissimulation of the State," among their topics are Good's concept of a 'Tripartite State.’

For the second half of the program, the guest is Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the womens' peace group Code Pink. Speaking from Washington, DC, Medea Benjamin discusses issues from drone warfare to the recent fast track trade vote.

Project Censored - 06.30.15

In light of the historic California drought and a global water crisis, Peter and Mickey devote this week's program to a look at water issues. First, investigative journalists Katharine Mieskowski and Lance Willliams explain how some water usage data is being kept away from journalists and the public. Then spoken-word artist Nick George offers a poem about water, power and money. In the second half of the program, Project Censored researcher Steven Feher shares what he's uncovered about ground water contamination from fracking. Finally, author Kirk Hylan explores the possible benefits of advanced desalination technology.

Project Censored - 06.23.15

Following a nonfatal outbreak of measles that began at Disneyland, the California Legislature is debating a bill (SB 277) to outlaw parental choice about childhood vaccinations. The bill would include the measles vaccine, as well as nine others. 

Today's guests support vaccinations, but oppose making them compulsory; they discuss the issues involved from a variety of perspectives, including law, civil rights, and medical ethics. Caitlyn Obolsky and Robert Krakow are attorneys; Elliot Cohen teaches ethics at Florida State University Medical School; Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist; Lori Martin Gregory is editor of the Mom Street Journal.

Project Censored - 06.16.15

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips present a theme on the Risks of Global War— US State Department Propaganda and the US/NATO agenda: They interview Author/activist Steve Lendman about his book Flashpoints in Ukraine and how the US Drive for Hegemony risks World Wart III .  Additionally, they talk with Eric Draitser regarding the how the civil war in Syria is now turning into a much larger regional war.  Eric Draitser teaches at Hunter College, and is the founder of www.stopimperialism.org

Project Censored - 06.09.15

Peter Phillips interviews Nick Turse, who speaks about the largely unseen role US forces are playing in Africa, with a special focus on the civil war in South Sudan. Then Dana Frank and Mark Sullivan discuss the US-backed Honduran government's program of free-market "model cities" (ZEDEs), in which corporate control will supersede the rights of Honduran citizens.

Nick Turse is the author of "Tomorrow's Battlefield: US Proxy Wars and Special Ops in Africa." Dana Frank teaches history at the University of California. Mark Sullivan is an environmental attorney and human rights advocate. 

Project Censored - 06.02.15

Co-hosts Peter Phillips  and Mickey Huff speak with four guests taking part in the "What's Possibl" conference in San Francisco the weekend of May 30-31.Steven Jay is the organizer of the conference, Barry Dyke is the author of "Pirates of Manhattan." Sarah van Gelder is editor-in-chief of Yes Magazine; Ken Burrows teaches Holistic Health at San Francisco State University. 

The conference web site is www.possibl4.us

Project Censored - 05.26.15

Noted author and historian Michael Parenti joins Peter and Mickey in the studio to discuss his latest book, "Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies." Later in the program, we hear excerpts from a 2012 Parenti speech on "The One Percent Pathology and the Myths of Capitalism”

Project Censored - 05.19.15

Historian Peter Kuznick joins the program to speak about vital historical information that often isn't taught in US schools, such as the massive death toll of the Vietnam War, or the predominant role of the USSR in the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II.   Peter Kuznick teaches history at American University; he's co-author of "Untold History of the United States," and co-producer (with Oliver Stone) of the Untold History cable-TV series. The program concludes with audio excerpts from the Untold History TV series.

Project Censored - Ralph Nader Live on his new Book Return to Sender - 05.12.15

Consumer advocate and political reformer Ralph Nader speaks with Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff about his latest book 

"Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President 2001-2015;" the conversation covers topics from trade treaties and 

Democratic presidential candidates, to Gaza, Israel and AIPAC. In the second half of the program, we hear excerpts from 

a 2014 Nader speech, where he explored the idea of a left-right alliance against the corporate domination of government.