Project Censored

Peter and Mickey spend most of the hour in conversation with attorney Caitlin Henry and sociologist Laleh Behbehanian;

their topic is the rise in state legislative efforts to suppress or punish political protest.

 

At the end of the program, we hear an update about the Golden Rule, a historic sailboat used in anti-nuclear and pro-peace actions;

crew members Helen Jaccard and Jerry Condon will explain their upcoming voyages.

 

 

Caitlin Henry is an attorney in Oakland, CA and a member of the National Lawyers Guild.

Laleh Behbehanian teaches Sociology at the University of California Berkeley campus.

 

Notes:

 

Web sites mentioned on this week's program:

www.antirepressionbayarea.com

www.defendj20resistance.org

www.nlg.org

www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org

The three hosts discuss among themselves issues of sexism in US society, focusing on the health care system and the media.

Later in the program, Julie Frechette of Worchester State University joins the conversation about sexism and sexual harrassment

within media organizations, especially Fox News.

 

 

Julie Frechette is Chair of the Department of Communications at Worcester State University in Massachusetts.

 

the Project Censored Show:

  

Hosts: Nolan Higdon, Desiree McSwain, Nicholas Baham

Originates at KPFA, 94.1 FM, Berkeley CA, Fridays 1-2 PM Pacific Time

Archives at 

www.projectcensored.org/category/radio

This week's program is a panel discussion among the three hosts, examining some recent news stories.

They begin with the death of musician Chris Cornell, and how corporate media frames individuals' drug problems.

Then, for the majority of the hour, they consider the multiple grounds for the impeachment of Donald Trump.

What role can civil disobedience play in the stuggle for social change? 

Peter explores this question with two guests: first, environmental organizer 

Tim DeChristopher recounts his experience delaying a federal oil and gas 

leasing process, and how the legal doctrine of "necessity" could be used in environmental campaigns. 

Then Sunsara Taylor discusses the right-wing effort to supress womens' option of abortion,

and the countercampaign to preserve reproductive choice.

Tim DeChristopher founded two climate-action organizations. He spent 21 months in prison 

for submitting a false bid at a federal oil and gas auction in Utah in 2008. (www.timdechristopher.org)

Sunsara Taylor is with StopPatriarchy.org, and also is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party

(www.revcom.us.)  

 

 

This week, we present a speech delivered in April by the Project Censored Show's co-host Mickey Huff.

His topic was 'fake news,' and how to resist it. He spoke at Sonoma State University, as part of the campus's annual Social Justice Week.

Mickey Huff is director of Project Censored, co-host of the Project Censored radio program, and co-chair of the History department at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay area.

The program begins with a discussion of how TV depicts female inmates; is "Orange Is The New Black" a step forward in public understanding?

Next, what's happened to media coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement since Donald Trump took office?  Finally on the program,

three Project Censored student researchers at San Francisco State University describe their projects, as well as a concept called "constructive media literacy."  

 

 

Nolan, Nicholas, and Desiree begin the program with a roundtable critique of the corporate-media's coverage of

recent domestic-spying revelations, as well as the issue of whether or not Donald Trump is a political aberration;

then Alicia Huartado provides updates on work in progress at Project Censored.

For the remainder of the program, the hosts interview two guests on the topic of critical media literacy;

first, Allison Butler discusses the need for media literacy in the context of the "post-truth" Trump administration.

Then Bill Yousman explains the unique MA program in media literacy offered at his campus.

 

Allison Butler is a lecturer in Communications at the University of Massachusetts, and the Director of

the media-literacy education organization Mass Media Literacy. Bill Yousman directs the graduate

program in Media Literacy and Digital Culture at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut; he's also

the author of "The Spike Lee Enigma."

Nolan, Nicholas and Desiree take a look at the state of Hip-Hop music in 2017. with guests Shaida Akbarian and Grand Skeme.

Later in the program, a roundtable critique of recent topics in corporate media, followed by updates on Project Censored stories with Alicia Huartado.

 

Shaida Akbarian is a lecturer in Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay.

Grand Skeme is a Hip-Hop recording artist based in San Jose.

In the first half of the program, Shahid Buttar discusses the chapter he wrote for Censored 2017, "Ike's Dystopian Dream," 

where he examines the many ways that President Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex has proven correct. For the second half of the program, Mickey and Peter survey some of the other chapters of Censored 2017, particularly Peter's chapter, "Selling Empire, War and Capitalism," a look at the advertising / public relations industry, and how its influence extends far beyond peddling consumer products.

Authors Peter Dale Scott and David Talbot join Mickey for a discussion of the now-popular phrase "deep state," and its implications.

They also share their thoughts on the best way forward for the left in the Trump era.

Peter Dale Scott is a retired diplomat and a prolific author on politics and history; among his books are "Deep Politics and the Death of JFK,"

and "Drugs, Oil and War." David Talbot is the founder of Salon.com, and now a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle; his most recent book

is "The Devil's Chessboard."