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Today we look at the ongoing implications of drone warfare; at the bottom of the hour we will hear from Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio; and we round out today’s show with the latest developments in the Occupy Movement as we hear about the Occupy Caravan to Philadelphia for summer 2012

Join Mickey Huff in studio with Peter Phillip as they interview Maria Lya Ramos and Sizaltina Cutaia, activists working with the Open Society Foundation in Angola who were at the Chevron stockholders meeting this week in San Ramon, CA and will be giving an update. At the bottom of the hour it's Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio with the labor calendar.  Later in the show, the dangers of encroaching technologies from Smart Meters to Cell Phones and what we can do about them, also this weekend is the 12th annual conspiracy conference in Santa Clara, CA, for this segment we talk to Deborah Talvares and Prof. Kenn Burrows of San Francisco State University.  http://kpfa.or

The May 4th Kent State Shootings 42 Years Later:  Justice Still Not Served. We hear from Congressman Dennis Kucinich commenting about the DOJ's recent denial in reopening the case even after new evidence has been revealed citing several shots fired (possibly by an FBI informant Terry Norman) before the National Guard opened fire on students and others assembled at KSU; Dr. Elaine Wellin, an eyewitness to the events, speaks out for the first time about what she saw that day and discusses agent provocateurs; we’ll hear testimony from investigator and forensic expert Stuart Allen about his analysis of the audio tapes from May 4th that reveal orders to fire after several earlier audible shots that the government has denied to this day; and we hear from Kent State Truth Tribunal activist Laurel Krause, the sister of slain student Allison, about her efforts to get justice for the victims of Kent State and her recent letter to President Obama

Today's show: We begin with a brief segment on the housing crisis and recent controversy over the awarding of an honorary doctorate to the former head of Citigroup at Sonoma State University-- we speak with Sarah Van Gilder, of Yes Magazine, about their upcoming issue focusing on housing; and we cover the Day of Shame at Sonoma State University, Melanie Sanders graduating senior and Janet Hess, SSU Faculty in the Hutchins School will tell us why they oppose giving an honorary doctorate to former Citi Group Billionaire Sandy Weill. We then turn our focus for the bulk of the program to an Update on 9/11 research and activism.  Richard Gage, AIA, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth will be talking about the final version of their film, Explosive Evidence: The Experts Speak Out.  Dr. Paul Rea will deconstruct the so-called War on Terror and discuss his recent book Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation into 9/11; and we’ll hear from longtime peace activist Carol Brouillet throughout the hour talking about her decade of seeking justice and truth surrounding the events of September the 11th

BP:  Blatant Propaganda and the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster on Health Two Years On.  We speak with two of today’s most hard-hitting independent journalists to bring you the truth about what’s going on in the Gulf of Mexico…First, an interview with investigative journalist Dahr Jamail on his recent reports on BP and the oily ecocide that continues to unfold; at the bottom of the hour, it's Steve Zeltzer with Work Week Radio; and we conclude today’s broadcast in discussion with investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz about her most recent reporting published in the Nation Magazine, “Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers

Today’s show: the continuing crisis in higher education. First, we interview Harrison Wills President of the Associated Students at Santa Monica College, where students just successfully resisted an attempt by the College trustees to establish a two-tiered fee system. And We will hear from Robert Wilkins CEO of the East Bay YMCA on National Healthy Kids Day. At the bottom of the hour, it’s Steve Zeltzer with Work Week Radio; we’ll conclude the show with an inteview with Jennifer Eagan President of the California Faculty Association chapter at CSU East Bay specifically dealing with the Strike Vote now being held at the CSU campuses statewide

Today on the Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio, join Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips as they discuss "The dangers of global war and social costs of the US Military budget." Guests include political scientist Dr. Jeremy Cloward (for the hour), author most recently of the article The State, Class, and False Consciousness within the American Working Class; also, in the first segment Project Censored Award winner Bruce Gagnon joins in, who serves as Secretary/Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons 8 Nuclear Power in Space. At the bottom of the hour, Steve Zeltzer and Work Week Radio. The program concludes with Jo Comerford, Executive Director at the National Priorities Project, looking at the opportunity costs of US global war.

Fukushima and the Cascading Impact of Nuclear Power on the Planet. We'll begin the program today talking about recent news stories surrounding the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan; we’ll play a prerecorded interview with Prof. Akira Murakami, professor of North American culture and media literacy at Akita University, who was recently in the SF Bay area at the behest of the Ecological Options Network; at the bottom of the hour, it's Steve Zeltzer with Work Week Radio; we'll conclude the show specifically dealing with The Nuclear Industry and Health as we engage in conversation with Joseph J. Mangano and Janette D. Sherman, authors of “An Unexpected Mortality Increase in the United States Follows Arrival of the Radioactive Plume from Fukushima- Is there a Correlation?” recently published in the International Journal of Health Services.

We'll hear first from Dr. Nicki Cole, a sociologist whose research on the production, marketing, and consumption of coffee raises deep questions about ethical consumerism in a global age. In our second segment, Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio will interview molecular biologist and injured Phizer scientist Becky McClain and David Bell, an injured worker at Agragquest where pesticides were being genetically engineered.   We'll focus on the risks of synthetic biology and the corporate interests behind it. We'll conclude the show with a living legend:  For seven decades, Selma James has been a champion for women's rights and a critic of racism and capitalism.  Her latest book is titled Sex, Race and Class—The Perspective of Winning

This week on the Project Censored Show - Join Mickey Huff with Peter Phillips as we will be looking at Propaganda, Media Spin, and the Drive to War with Iran. We talk with Ann Wright peace activists and retired  Army Colonel who worked with the State Department for 16 years; at the bottom of the hour we hear from Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio; and in the second half of the hour we talk with Sam Keen co-producer of an award winning PBS documentary, Faces of the Enemy

For today's show we will be looking at Human Rights in Palestine-Israel. We will interview four participants in the Sabeel Conference happening this weekend in Sacramento, indluding Huwaida Arraf co-founder of the International Socidarity movement, Laila El-Haddad author of Gaza Mom, Rev. Don Wagner with Friends of Sabeel, and Anna Balzter with U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation At the bottom of the hour we hear from Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio and the labor calendar.

Dispatches from the Media Revolution: Media Censorship and the New Social Movements. We begin by looking at media censorship with guests from the News Enlightenment Project in Breman, Germany. At the bottom of the hour we hear from Steve Zeltzer of Work Week Radio with the labor calendar; and for the second half of the program we interview Michael Levitin of the Occupy Wall Street Journal and Chris Ponzi from Rebellious Truths.