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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.

Project Censored - Guantánamo - 01/15/13

Today we address the 11^thanniversary of Guantánamo—an anniversary of "tragedy, pain, and torment" in the words of one former detainee. We'll hear from Deepa Kumar, author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; Pardiss Kebriaei (Keb-re-aye), attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which continues to seek accountability for torture and arbitrary detention at Guantánamo; and Toby Blomé of Code Pink, which is co-organizing a Guantanamo vigil on the Golden Gate Bridge this Sunday. In today's concluding segment, Sarah Van Gelder of YES! Magazine joins us to discuss nine stories that will change your world in 2013.

Project Censored - On Cuba - 11/27/12

Mickey Huff  and Peter Phillips talk about US Cuba relations, societial differences between US and Cuba, and the Cuban Five with Ricardo Alarcon President of the National Assembly in Cuba, Martin Garbus US attorney for the Cuban Five, and Gloria La Riva coordinator of the national committee to free the Cuban Five. Ricardo Alarcón has been Cuba’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) for nearly 30 years and has served since 1993 as President of the National Assembly of People’s Power the legislative parliament of theRepublic of Cuba. The parliament has over 600 members elected from single-member electoral districts for a term of five years. Gloria La Riva is a labor, community and socialist activist. She is coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, and has worked for decades to end U.S. hostility toward Cuba. Martin Garbus (www.martingarbus.co) is one of the country’s leading trial lawyers. In early June Garbus and Supreme Court specialist, Thomas Goldstein, together with long-time Cuban Five lawyer Richard Klugh, filed a motion in U.S. Southern District Court, seeking an evidentiary hearing and the right to discovery on behalf of Gerardo Hernández, in his Habeas Corpus appeal. This motion relates specifically to the issue of U.S. government payments to members of the Miami media during the trial of the Five, journalists whose coverage helped to add to the already poisonous atmosphere in Miami against the Five.

Project Censored - 11/13/12

Today we will interview film producer Kristina Leigh Copeland and lawyer Wes Christian about the SF Bay Premere of their new film the Wall Street Conspiracy. Then we will hear from Richard Becker author of the publication the Rule of the Banks.  During the second half of the show we will interview Jocelyn Boreta—Program Director of Global Exchange Fair Trade Stores and speaker at this weekend Green Festival. We round out the show with Brian DeShazor, Director, Pacifica Radio Archives.

Project Censored - The Fukushma-Daiichi Disaster and Continuing Concerns - 10/23/12

Our first interview is with Yastel Yamada, President, Skilled Veterans Corps of Fukushima; and Cecile Pineda, author of the the new book Devil’s Tango. During the second half of the show we will interview Dan Sythe CEO, International Medcom, currently working with Japan to monitor the spreading fukushima radiation; and Brian Covert author of chapter 14 in Censored  2013 “On the Road to Fukushima—the Unreported Story."