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Our Banned Books Week staff picks list is here! For Banned Books Week, Project Censored spotlights books that challenge power and encourage critical thinking. Tap the link below to explore the list: bookshop.org/lists/banned...

It's #BannedBooksWeek! This Banned Books Week, Project Censored stands with the Banned Books Week Coalition to resist censorship and defend the public’s right to access diverse ideas. Learn more here: www.projectcensored.org/banned-books...

Professor Richard Wolff of Democracy at Work explains how culture wars distract from the deeper economic crisis in the U.S:

Professor Richard Wolff (profwolff.bsky.social) returns to the show to discuss the state of our economy, as Americans struggle to afford necessities. He also points out how inequality, ICE raids, and anti-immigrant violence fuel economic anxiety. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfKU...

TERMS OF SERVITUDE documents how digital platforms and technology companies based in the United States support the Israeli settler-colonial project through censorship. @omarzahzah.bsky.social's groundbreaking new book is now available from @projectcensored.bsky.social and Seven Stories Press.

New episode: Thea Abu al-Haj discusses how the Harvard Educational Review pulled the plug on an entire issue on Palestine—an unprecedented act of academic censorship striking at the core mission of higher education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3DS...

You can pre-order, "Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle", here: www.project-censored.org/shop/p/terms...

New episode! Omar Zahzah discusses his book, Terms of Servitude (out Sept 23). The book explains how Silicon Valley aids Zionist settler colonialism, how Palestine exposes systems of digital censorship, and how corporate media enforces dehumanization. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyIS...

Always great to chat with Mickey Huff on Project Censored! 🎙️ We unpacked AI, media literacy, and why understanding technology matters more than ever. Link in the comments 👇 @projectcensored.bsky.social #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MediaLiteracy #TechEthics #DigitalLiteracy #Disinformation #AIEthics

“We’re talking about millions of devices all over the world that are supposedly sending information into some kind of centralized point in the military-industrial apparatus from which they can control everything,” Peter Byrne of @projectcensored.bsky.social tells us. “That is their plan.”

Flores on the U.S.’s drug war claims: " The argument from the US totally falls apart because Venezuela happens to be a country that produces zero cocaine, it grows zero coca leaf, and it's somehow now being blamed for this spread of cocaine throughout the hemisphere."

What’s really going on in Venezuela? This week on the show, Leonardo Flores explains the U.S.’s dangerous and unjustified escalation—and how Venezuelan independent media have shaped critical media literacy across the region for decades. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQc...

What does Trump’s authoritarian takeover of DC mean for democracy? Tune in tonight at 7 PM EST on WPFW (Washington DC’s Pacifica station) as Eleanor Goldfield and organizer Natacha Knapper unpack the situation on the Project Censored Show: wpfwfm.org/radio/

This week on the show, journalist Dr. Ramzy Baroud of The Palestine Chronicle unpacks how cultural hegemony works as a colonial tool, how Palestinians resist it, why Israel escalates its violence in Gaza, and how frontline journalists are reshaping the narrative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbHF...

New dispatch! How the Trump administration’s cuts to public broadcasting threaten independent journalism, silence dissent, and accelerate the collapse of local news across the U.S. www.projectcensored.org/trump-admin-...

This week on the show, Mickey talks with award-winning investigative reporter Will Potter about his new book Little Red Barns. Potter exposes how industrial agriculture hides its harms, fuels the climate crisis, and links to the global rise of fascism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTji...

New episode! Recently on the show, guest host Mischa Geracoulis talks with Heidi Boghosian about her new book Cyber Citizens, exploring how digital literacy can protect privacy, security, and democracy in the electronic age. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XWi...

Listen to @willpotter.bsky.social on @projectcensored.bsky.social radio discussing his new book LITTLE RED BARNS, just published by City Lights! www.projectcensored.org/factory-farm...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Heidi Boghosian did a great interview with @projectcensored.bsky.social discussing digital literacy in an age of connectivity and her book CYBER CITIZENS: SAVING DEMOCRACY WITH DIGITAL LITERACY. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XWi...

From @projectcensored.bsky.social From Factory Farms to Firewalls: Resisting Corporate Power: Featuring Will Potter and Heidi Boghosian / August 11, 2025 www.projectcensored.org/factory-farm...

On this week’s Project Censored Show, Dr. Shir Hever breaks down Israel’s disinformation economy and propaganda machine, the growing strength of BDS, and how politicians are using Palestine as a pawn for personal gain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZvo...

On the latest Project Censored Show, Mickey Huff & Eleanor Goldfield unpack what corporate media won’t say about the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the dark legacy behind Project Esther, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya10...

Media critic Jeff Cohen joins Mickey to discuss the legacy of Bill Moyers—his fearless journalism, support for independent media, and why his passing underscores the enduring need for voices like his. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jdC...

On the latest Project Censored Show, journalist and policy expert Chip Gibbons breaks down the legal maze surrounding free speech—and how blacklists, court battles, and historical repression shape today’s First Amendment fights. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fi...

New Project Censored Show episode! Psychiatrist Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq explores how social media erodes empathy, encourages avoidance, and fuels rising rates of anxiety, depression, and isolation. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt-v...

I just ran across this video from a talk I gave eight years ago at the studios of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network about media, political power and activism. @rootsaction.org @projectcensored.bsky.social

New dispatch! Nolan Higdon (@nolanhigdon.bsky.social) and Sydney Sullivan reveal how NATO uses media literacy as a tool for political control, promoting surveillance and conformity under the guise of fighting misinformation. www.projectcensored.org/military-wea...

“True media literacy must begin with transparency about who and what is behind the curriculum.” – Sydney Sullivan and I, writing for @projectcensored.bsky.social 📖 Read it here: www.projectcensored.org/military-wea...

Corporate media have enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza by spreading disinformation and omitting key context. Emil Marmol shows how this, alongside U.S. support, has allowed Israel to kill over 100,000 Palestinians and decimate civilian infrastructure. www.projectcensored.org/holocaust-ga...

Independent media needs you. Project Censored is nearing 50 years of fighting censorship. Press freedom is under threat — your support matters. We're halfway to our $3K/month goal. Join us: www.project-censored.org/support

Bill Moyers was no ordinary commentator; he mentored a generation of journalists, scholars, and public intellectuals — not through grand declarations but by showing, day after day, what it means to speak truth to power with grace and conviction.

New from Military AI Watch: Peter Byrne exposes how Pentagon-backed Scale AI is turning Silicon Valley into a command center for AI-driven warfare. Its systems—funded by Meta and Amazon—are already selecting nuclear targets in U.S. war games. www.projectcensored.org/the-problem-...

Check out this must read resource from @projectcensored.bsky.social and more...

Huge thanks to Mickey Huff and the incredible team at Project Censored for having me back on the show! 🙏 🎙️💥 Check it out and let me know what you think! #ProjectCensored #DisinfoDetox #GaslightGazette #MediaLiteracy @projectcensored.bsky.social #JoeBiden #JakeTapper www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWRA...

Highly recommend this @projectcensored.bsky.social article unpacking the billionaire obsession with Mars and showing why this techno-salvationist delusion is a threat to us all. Written by the brilliant Zara Zimbardo who is also my collaborator on the neologism #marsification. 1/2

Production is an important tool in teaching critical media literacy - infographics are an accessible form of short form content for students to produce - check out @projectcensored.bsky.social for list of indie media sources to use #udc2025

New episode! Mickey speaks with Nolan Higdon (@nolanhigdon.bsky.social) about his new podcast Disinfo Detox and recurring special feature “The Gaslight Gazette” that analyzes media coverage of current events through a critical media literacy lens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWRA...

New episode! Eleanor and Mickey return with “Is This the Best We Can Do?”—critiquing whether top government appointees are actually qualified for their roles, including leaders at FEMA, DHS, and the State Department. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6JG...

This episode tells a terrifying story. And is so important for this moment we're in. In it, we talk w/ award-winning investigative journalist Peter Byrne about his groundbreaking 10-part exposé in @projectcensored.bsky.social on the militarization of artificial intelligence. Check it out!

New dispatch! Zara Zimbardo exposes how Elon Musk and other billionaires push Mars colonization as an escape from Earth’s crises—avoiding real solutions that threaten their power in favor of a techno-fantasy on a lifeless planet. www.projectcensored.org/marketing-ma...

~NEW EPISODE~ In our latest, we talk w/ investigative journalist Peter Byrne about his groundbreaking 10-part exposé on the dangerous militarization of artificial intelligence—and the profiteering that drives it on @projectcensored.bsky.social. 🎙️: bit.ly/4dPUdYv

New episode! Eleanor (@eleanorg.bsky.social y.social‬) checks in with Chelsea White-Hoglen on the crises in Western NC post–Hurricane Helene. Chelsea calls out FEMA’s denial of aid and why this fight is communities vs. corporations—not left vs. right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ceu5oiwHFE

Last week, Seth Stern, @freedom.press’ advocacy director, and Lauren Harper, Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy, joined @projectcensored.bsky.social to discuss press freedom and recent FOIA findings. Listen:

New episode! Lauren Harper & Seth Stern from @freedomofpress.bsky.social join the show to discuss FOIA findings on Trump-era crackdowns, the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, and growing attacks on nonprofits and the press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7x...

New Military AI Watch! In part three of Military AI Watch, Peter Byrne reveals how Trump’s $542B “Golden Dome” revives Reagan’s Star Wars—now with AI, 5G, and nukes. The result? A fragile, high-tech arms race with no off switch. www.projectcensored.org/ai-battlespa...

Independent media needs your support. As Project Censored nears 50 years of challenging censorship, Trump’s latest orders show why fearless journalism is more crucial than ever. We’re halfway to our $3K/month goal. Help keep the press free and the public informed. www.project-censored.org/support

Here are four major stories from the past week that corporate media distorted, buried, or ignored entirely 🧵🧵:

Violence against Indigenous ppls is myriad, not least of all for Indigiqueer folks. @jendeerinwater.bsky.social discusses these intersections & importance of Indigenous telling their own stories in emergent & creative ways. New @projectcensored.bsky.social on all pod platforms!

Our Founding Executive Director, @jendeerinwater.bsky.social, joined @projectcensored.bsky.social show to talk about Indigiqueer identities, and uplift the upcoming #DBIWP25, a global event celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous creativity in D.C. #TwoSpirit #Indigenous www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHZ...