In the first half-hour, we welcome back Leonardo Flores, to talk about the US’ most recent escalation against Venezuela. Leo debunks the absurd US claims of drug trafficking, contextualizing them in a longer history of using drugs as a cover for violent escalation against nations in Latin America. Leo also talks about the remarkable critical media literacy of the Venezuelan people – something that the government has nurtured for almost 30 years via a varied and healthy media landscape that promotes independent and local media rather than a centralized corporate system.

Leonardo Flores is a co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. He previously worked as an organizer with Code Pink and as an analyst with the Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S. Leonardo was born in Venezuela and maintains close ties to the social movements that have transformed the country over the past twenty-six years.

Nolan Higdon is an author, a lecturer in the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a frequent guest on the Project Censored Show. Among his recent books is Surveillance Education.

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Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield co-host this week’s program.

For the first half-hour, Eleanor looks at Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington, DC, and his attempt to take over the District’s local police department. Eleanor’s guest is long-time DC community organizer Natacia Kanpper.

[Note: their interview about this rapidly-changing story was recorded on August 18.]

Then, how Western fashion generates sweatshop conditions and extreme working hours at clothing factories in China, Bangladesh, and the other low-wage nations where manufacturers locate. Mickey speaks with Project Censored intern Jayden Henry, who did a report on this issue.

Natacia Knapper has 15 years experience in community organizing in the District of Columbia, and is currently working with Ward 1 Mutual Aid, the Migrant Families’ Collective, and other organizations.

Jayden Henry is a student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, studying history and political science. He also hosts a talk show (“I Want to Tell You Something”) on the campus radio station, WRVU. His report on working conditions at overseas garment factories is at: www.projectcensored.org/stitches-overconsumption-garment-workers

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Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s program, and dedicates the full hour to a discussion of Palestine.

Her first guest, Ramzy Baroud, describes the essential role of cultural hegemony in subduing a colonized people, why Israel has failed to culturally colonize the people of Gaza, and has therefore resorted to horrific violence. He also explains how reporting by Gazans has changed the global perception of what accurate journalism really is.

Next, Nikki Morse, recently returned from the West Bank, describes conditions there, notably the rising levels of harassment and attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, and how solidarity allies work to reinforce nonviolent resistance.

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Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, and the editor of the Palestine Chronicle (www.palestinechronicle.com), and is the author of six books. His personal web site is www.ramzybaroud.net.

Nikki Morse is a volunteer with the International Solidary Movement (www.palsolidarity.org), and with Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org)

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Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s show. Her first guest, Shir Hever, explains what he describes as Israelis “zombie economy”,

and its media establishment that isn’t telling Israelis the truth about the genocide being perpetrated in nearby Gaza.

Then Margaret Flowers returns to the program to discuss the astonishing death toll exacted by US/EU economic warfare

against nations they deem hostile, from Venezuela to Iran.

A recent study published in the Lancet medical journal estimated that these unilateral “sanctions” have claimed more than

500,000 lives worldwide each year, from malnutrition, increased infant mortality, unobtainable medical care, and other causes.

Music-break information:

“No Rest for the Weary” by the Blue Scholars

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Mickey Huff and Eleanor co-host this week’s Project Censored Show.

In the first half of the program, Esra’a Al Shafei tells Eleanor about the now-pervasive surveillance systems governments use to spy on their populations and target dissidents; she warns that, “We cannot resist what we do not know.”

Then Mickey Huff and Peter Byrne discuss the militarization of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including the the corporations profiting from Pentagon AI procurement, and the sinister individuals at the top of some of those firms.

Note: this is a rebroadcast of a program that originally aired in April 2025. Esra’a Al Shafei is a Bahraini civil rights activist and free-speech advocate, and the founder of the web site surveillancewatch.io, a site that monitors the global surveillance industry. Peter Byrne is a veteran investigative reporter who has written on topics ranging from breast cancer to wildlife conservation to corruption at the Postal Service. His personal web site is www.peterbyrne.info. Together with Project Censored, he’s launching a ten-part series on the militarization of AI: www.projectcensored.org/military-ai-watch

Music-break information: “Plug In Baby” by Muse

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Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield co-host this week’s program.

In the first half-hour, Mickey speaks with Jeff Cohen about the life and achievements of the late Bill Moyers (1934-2025), taking special notice of Moyers’ sometimes behind-the-scenes support of independent media.

Then Mickey and Eleanor share their thoughts on some recent news that wasn’t covered, or not fully covered, by corporate media, including the massive toll that Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will exact on low-income Americans, the Heritage Foundation’s sinister Project Esther, and other stories. Jeff Cohen is the founder of the media-watch group Fairness& Accuracy in Reporting (www.FAIR.org), as well as the founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media.

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Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s Project Censored Show.

Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq is a psychiatrist and writer based in Texas .

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Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s program, which consists of audio excerpts from the 2025 “Izzy” Awards. Named after the famous muckraking reporter / publisher I.F. “Izzy” Stone, the annual awards honor outstanding work in independent journalism. More information on the award recipients can be found at www.parkindymedia.org/izzy-award-2025. Mickey Huff hosted the awards ceremony, which took place this past spring at Ithaca College. In this Project Censored Show, we hear the words of some of the award recipients, award judges, guest presenters, and other allies of independent media.

Victor Pickard teaches media studies at the University of Pennsylvania

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