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Project Censored - 4th of July Special show on American Free Thought - 07/08/14

For the July 4 Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio,  Mickey Huff and  Peter Phillips pre-recorded a special program in honor of the 4th of July and American Independence. They examine the history of American Free Thought and the importance of Freedom of Inquiry to American Society.  Their guests include: Roderick Bradford producer of the four-hour documentary American Freethought, covering the history of censorship and secularism in the US. Joining them also is Tom Flynn executive director of the Council of Secular Humanism, and editor of Free Inquiry magazine. 

Project Censored - 9/11, Forbidden Bookshelf, Homeland Security - 07/01/14

Mickey Huff with Peter Phillips discuss the importance of challenging dominant establishment narratives in the US-  Hidden History, the Forbidden Bookshelf, and the war on journalism continues at the Dept. of Homeland Security. We begin the conversation with activist and author Jon Gold about the importance of revisiting the history and politics behind the 9/11 Commission and other related issues the corporate and even some independent media won’t discuss; NYU Professor Mark Crispin Miller joins us to discuss his new series of publications, Forbidden Bookshelf, which makes available groundbreaking, but out of print books (from I.F. Stone, Dan Moldea, and others)…Miller will tell us why these works are still very relevant today. We round out the hour with independent journalist Dave Lindorff who tells us about how the Dept. of Homeland Security labeled his collective, ThisCan’tBeHappening, a national security threat.

Project Censored - National Fight for $15 & Living Wage Movement - 06/24/14

Peter Phillips with guest host Marty Bennett Co-Chair, North Bay Jobs with Justice, examine the significance of the $15 an hour city-wide minimum wage recently approved by the City of Seattle and we will discuss the minimum wage and living wage campaigns across the SF Bay Area that are part of the national "Fight for $15" campaign. Our guests include: Jahmese Myres, Policy Associate and Organizer, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, Gordon Mar is Executive Director of SF Jobs with Justice, Derecka Mehrens, Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA (Santa Clara County) and Paul K. Sonn, General Counsel & Program Director National Employment Law Project

Project Censored - Reclaiming Father's Day - 06/17/14

On the Reclaiming Father’s Day show Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips interview author and professor Tomas Moniz, editor of Rad Dad and founder of Rad Dad zine, and professor Craig Elliot, also assistant vice president of Samuel Merritt University, a frequent contributor to Rad Dad who writes about fathers and feminism; at the bottom of the hour they are joined by Ariel Gore, author, activist and founder of Hip Mama magazine. They round out the program  with Kai Newkirk founder and organizer of 99-rise about their 400 mile walk for democracy in the heat of California’s Central Valley.

Project Censored - Flashpoint in the Ukraine - 06/10/14

On the June 6, the Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips discuss the ongoing situation in the Ukraine by looking at a new book by Clarity Press edited by Stephen Lendman, “Flashpoint Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WWIII.” They are joined by three of the book's contributors including the noted political scientist and author Dr. Michael Parenti for the hour, and interview segments with  Prof. Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research (Centre for Research on Globalization), and former Congresswomen and Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Peter Phillips and  Mickey Huff, along with Nolan Higdon, also contributed to the volume with a chapter entitled: Ukraine Another Step in Capitalism's Global Dominance: Strategies and Power Inside the Transnational Corporate Class and US-NATO Global Empire. 

Project Censored - 06/03/14

 On the Project Censored show Mickey Huff with Peter Phillips interview author and scholar Allison Weir regarding her new book Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the United States was used to create Israel. Few Americans today are aware that U.S. support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that U.S. politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts.  For the second half of the show they discuss the recent developments regarding Edward Snowden and the corporate media and political establishment propaganda attempts to frame leakers and journalists as traitors; and they end the show in discussion with Aaron Good, Ph.D. student at Temple University, about academic freedom and the controversial dismissal of African American Studies Associate Professor Anthony Monteiro.

Project Censored - 05/27/14

This Project Censored show features Mickey Huff in Studio with Peter Phillips interviewing Dr. Thomas Moore, the author of the new book “A Religion of One’s Own.”  Thomas Moore was monk for twelve years, and also an university professor, musician and psychotherapist.He has written several books including the best seller “Care of the Soul.” He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University.

Project Censored - Untold History of the United States - 05/20/14

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips look at the Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kusnick. Deeply researched by an American University team of historians, the twelve-hour documentary series and accompanying book provide a provocative challenge to the status quo of American historical interpretation in the tradition of the late Howard Zinn.

Project Censored - 05/13/14

Mickey Huff with Peter Phillips look at the national security state, free speech, and censorship in a post 9/11 world. They play excerpts from the award-winning documentary Project Censored the Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News; and we’ll speak with Christopher M. Finan, editor of the new book National Security and Free Speech: The Debate Since 9/11, winner of the 2014 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award.

Project Censored - Deep Politics and Dark Events - 05/06/14

On the Project Censored show, with Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips, we listen to a lecture on Deep Politics and Dark Events by Dr. Peter Dale Scott which he delivered March 19, at the Hillside Club, Berkeley California. Peter Dale Scott discloses how the Continuity of Government communications systems were likely used by government officials during 9/11 and the JFK assassination. And how both events and many more show patterns of deep state involvements by US intelligence agencies. Show includes discussion and analysis by the hosts.