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Project Censored - 04/16/13

Today on the program we look at why people in the US continue to pay more for health care that any other industrialized county. Annually tens of thousands die from lack of care and Obama is now proposing cuts in Medicare. We first interview Dr. David Himmelstein is professor in the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. During the second half of the show we will talk to Dr. Margaret Flowers is a pediatrician from Baltimore who served as congressional fellow for PNHP

Project Censored - 04/09/13

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips  interview Northern California journalists John Jensen and Elizabeth Larson who recently won a law suit against a Lake Country sheriff after he attempted to manipulate and censor their news reports about his activities. Near the bottom of the hour we speak with David Cobb of Move to Amend with an update on how big media censor challenges to corproate personhood; and we finish the hour speaking with Acacia O’Connor of the National Coalition Against Censorship about a recent case of book banning in Chicago Schools.

Project Censored - 04/02/13

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips  interview Northern California journalists John Jensen and Elizabeth Larson who recently won a law suit against a Lake Country sheriff after he attempted to manipulate and censor their news reports about his activities. Near the bottom of the hour we speak with David Cobb of Move to Amend with an update on how big media censor challenges to corproate personhood; and we finish the hour speaking with Acacia O’Connor of the National Coalition Against Censorship about a recent case of book banning in Chicago Schools.

Project Censored - Iraq Frequences: 10 Years - 03/26/13

Project Censored presents special program produced by Nora Barrows-Friedman, Iraqi Frequences:  10 Years.  This radio program is part of a wider initiative to create a resource kit for community organizers, activists, and all people affected by the occupation of Iraq to forge out responses and disseminate information as a means of making sure that this is not just another anniversary that passes us by.  For much more information and more incredible features on arts, culture and politics, check out ShakomakoNET: http://shakomako.net/ Today's show includes the voices of:

Dahr Jamail, journalist and author of “Beyond the Green Zone Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq” and “The Will to Resist: Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan”

Dr. Sabah Alnasseri, political science professor at York U

Liisa Schofield, activist and anti-poverty organizer

Ali Issa, activist and organizer with War Resisters’ League and journalist with Jadaliyya

Sundus Abdul Hadi, multimedia artist

Rijin Sahakian, artist and co-founder of Sada, a non-profit project supporting new and emerging arts practices through education initiatives in Iraq and public programs internationally

Ahmed Habib, writer, journalist, and part of the editorial team at shakomako(dot)NET

Project Censored - 03/19/13

Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips interview Martin Sanchez, former San Francisco Venezuelan Consul General on the legacy of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. At the bottom of the hour they talk with Food Not Bombs founder Keith McHenry about his recent trip to Indonesia and the global food crisis. And they end the show with Lisa Ling from Iraq Veterans Against the War as we approach the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

Project Censored - 03/12/13

Mickey Huff  and Peter Phillips interview Tukufu Zuberi professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Brian Murphy a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Niagara University on contemporary issues misunderstandings regarding Africa today.  They also host Kate Raphael of Women's Magazine who talks with members of the women's vocal ensemble Kitka, who are holding a special international women's day concert.   They  end the show with an interview with Inder Grewal an sociology major student activist from SF City College who fighting accreditation issues and a threaten closure of the campus.

Project Censored - 02/12/13

Today we spend the hour with Kenn Burrows and special guests on the Gandhi-King Season for Non-Violence (Jan. 30 - April 4): a 64-day educational and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to transform, and empower our lives.  We also welcome to the show Mitch Hall, a children’s rights advocate, yoga teacher and peace scholar, who will address Why Gun Control is Not Enough — Underlying Causes & Remedies for Direct Violence. During the 2^nd half of the show we will interviewRenee Soule’ who teachs Non-Violent Communications at San Quentin State Prison; and we speak with two San Franciso State University students, Nic Rogoff and Vonique Strickland.

Project Censored - 02/04/13

Today’s program- Exposing the War on Whistleblowers- Supporting the Freedom of Information. Join us as we pull back the curtain on government censors as they continue to try to shoot the messengers of the free press— in the first segment we’ll speak with bestselling muckraker Greg Palast and we talk to Christian Stork of WhoWhatWhy.com; at the bottom of the hour we’re joined by Professor of Law Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, Faculty Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology about the Aaron Swartz case and beyond…But first the KPFA news headlines. Please stay with us.

Project Censored - 01/29/13

Today’s program-  Building a People’s News Media in the 21^st Century.  We’ll talk about corporate media hegemony, top down managed news propaganda, and grassroots resistance with Prof. Robert Hackett of Simon Fraser University and Tracy Rosenberg of Media Alliance for most of the show today.  Near the end of the hour we’ll check in with Sunsara Taylor who is on the streets in Washington, D.C., participating in events marking the 40^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and talk to her about media framing and propaganda of the patriarchy 40 years on…

Project Censored - 01/22/13

Higher Education and Academic Freedom Under Attack.  We look at the corporate attack on pubic education via the Trojan Horse of the so-called “Reform” Movement and we examine the state academic freedom in the US as we speak with a professor who has challenged the status quo on official narratives in recent history.  We'll hear from Prof. Adam Bessie on GERM Warfare; Kenn Burrows from San Francisco State University talks about new paths in education. At the bottom of the hour we’ll turn our focus to academic freedom and how the corporate media frame and shape public perception on issues from education to controversial current events.  We’ll speak with communications professor Dr. James Tracy about his recent writings on the Newtown shootings and the role of a free press; and attorney Robert Shibley of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, on broader issues addressing academic freedom and the First Amendment.