[LAAMN] Top 25 Most Censored Stories of 2012-2013 Online Now!

of the Project to include affiliate faculty and students from campuses across the country and around the world—initiated several years ago as outgoing director Peter Phillips passed the reins to current director Mickey Huff—has made the Project even more diverse and robust. During this year’s cycle

[LAAMN] Financial Core of the Transnational Capitalist Class

The Financial Core of the Transnational Capitalist Class By Peter Phillips and Brady Osborne Estimates are that the total world’s wealth is close to $200 trillion, with the US and European elites holding approximately 63 percent of that total; meanwhile, the poorest half of the global

[LAAMN] Shadows of Liberty Opening—June 20, 7:00 PM Berkeley, Sponsored by Project Censored and KPFA

Shadows of Liberty Comes to the California Theatre Internationally acclaimed documentary reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control. CONTACT: Debra Brown at 720-917-4900 or debra.br...@mobilizeus.com Website address:

[LAAMN] Enrollments needed in Sociology of Conspiracies by May 13 or Class may Cancel

Reader The Course will include Guest lectures, Films and Discussion on this very important topic for Democracy. Instructor: Peter Phillips Credit: 4 units Fee: $1280 Peter Phillips Ph.D is a Professor in the Sociology Department at SSU. Phillips has written and lectured extensively

[LAAMN] Book Review: Project Censored 2013

Issues One of most substantive of these is “The Global 1 Percent Ruling Class Exposed” by Dr. Peter Phillips and Kimberly Soeiro of Sonoma State University. This chapter doesn’t talk about the 1% in the abstract, however; it names names. In the mining industry, the lens focuses on the pin

[LAAMN] Tomorrow! Please tune in and support the Project Censored Show as part of the Morning Mix on KPFA, Pacifica Free Speech Radio for their 100th Show!

of the Pearl Harbor attacks that triggered US entrance into WWII. Join Mickey Huff in studio with Peter Phillips. The show's theme-- Uncensoring our Unhistory by looking at some of our many Untold Histories from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond. We’ll speak with Dr. Paul Buhle and Dr. James

[LAAMN] Special Interview from KPFA Project Censored Show with Ricardo Alarcon President of the National Assembly in Cuba

thereafter 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

[LAAMN] Elite Class Folly in Sonoma County California

Elite Class Folly in Sonoma County California By Peter Phillips The September 29, 2012 opening of the Green Music Center (GMC) at Sonoma State University (SSU) was nothing less than a grand celebration of wealth and privilege. Beaded dresses, tuxedos, and political elites blended

[LAAMN] Kent State: Was it about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters? By Laurel Krause with Mickey Huff

Kent State: Was it about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters? By Laurel Krause with Mickey Huff http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/kent-state-was-it-about-civil-rights-or-%E2%80%A8murdering-student-protesters/ This article is from our forthcoming book Censored

[LAAMN] The Global 1%: Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class

The Global 1%: Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class by Peter Phillips and Kimberly Soeiro This study asks Who are the the world’s 1 percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits for the 99 percent? We examine a sample of the 1

[LAAMN] Live coverage of Occupy Bohemian Grove this Saturday July 14

: 707-795-1044 Peter Phillips: Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored: 707-874-2695 Mary Moore, Bohemian Grove Action Network: 707-874-2248 Information at: occupybohemiangrove.com Open Letter to San Francisco Bohemian Club July 4, 2012 Mr. Robert J. Boesch President San Francisco Bohemian

[LAAMN] Desperate Times Demand Revolutionary Measures

Desperate Times Demand Revolutionary Measures By Peter Phillips “Don't waste any more time or energy on the presidential election than it takes to get to your polling station and pull a lever for a third- party candidate-—just enough to register your obstruction and defiance— and then get

[LAAMN] Cuba Sets a Global Example for the Achievements of Socialism

Cuba Sets a Global Example for the Achievements of Socialism By Peter Phillips In an all day conference, February 10, 2012, some 120 authors, professors, and journalists, from dozens of Caribbean, American and African countries, met with Fidel Castro. Those attending were invited participants

[LAAMN] Book Review of Project Censored's Censored 2012 volume, by Paul W. Rea.

as a pretext to suspend the Constitution, declare martial law, and herd “dissidents” into mass holding camps (p. 85). Both the book and the process that produces it are highly educational: as former director Peter Phillips observes, the democratized and educational nature of Project Censored

[LAAMN] The One Percent: Power and Corruption with Freeport McMoRan

The One Percent: Power and Corruption with Freeport McMoRan By Peter Phillips and Kimberly Soeiro As the Occupy Movement emerges across the US and around the world, a prime example of greed and exploitation is occurring with very little coverage in the global corporate media. Members

[LAAMN] KPFA Special The Costs of War, Thursday August 11, 12-3:30 PM

KPFA Special The Costs of War, Thursday August 11, 12-3:30 PM Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips Co-hosts of Project Censored Show on Pacifica at KPFA will host a live three and half hour special on the Costs of War for the summer fund drive. The show can be heard live on 94.1 FM in the San

[LAAMN] Understanding KPFA Issues: Part II

Understanding KPFA Issues: Part II By Carol Spooner For the past 6 months the people behind KPFAWorker/SaveKPFA have run a relentless, dishonest and destructive PR campaign - both on and off the air - against KPFA and Pacifica over the layoff last November of two KPFA staff members - Brian

[LAAMN] Beyond Boston and Media Reform for 2012: Supposed “End of Times” Should Marshal a New Beginning for Media Democracy in Action

Emergency Meets Media Reform” by Peter Phillips, Mickey Huff, et al, in chapter 11 of Peter Phillips and Andrew Roth, eds, Censored 2009, NY, Seven Stories Press, 2008, pp. 281-295. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed

[LAAMN] Press Release for Morning Show at KPFA

radio with KMEL-FM in 1985 and served up music and stimulating topics for twelve years at KBLX-FM in San Francisco 3. Dr. Peter Phillips, professor of sociology at Sonoma State University, President of the Media Freedom Foundation and long-time director of Project Censored, a unique investigative

[LAAMN] The Fair Sharing of the Common Heritage Award —$5000 in Prize Money

Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored Announces The Fair Sharing of the Common Heritage Award Nominations are being accepted for the Fair Sharing of the Common Heritage Award. These submissions can be published or unpublished articles, or works in progress that express the ideas behind

[LAAMN] Project Censored Release the Most Important Censored News stories of 2009-1

Project Censored Release on-line the Most Important Censored News stories of 2009-10 http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/category/top-stories/top-25-of-2011/page/2/ Thirty-three Colleges and Universities Participated in the Selection of the 2011 yearbook story list. 10. US

[LAAMN] Censored News Stories Highlighted by Academic Research Group

Censored News Stories Highlighted by Academic Research Group By Peter Phillips Media Accountability Day, October 1, is the annual release of the news stories that were not covered by the corporate-mainstream media in the US. The list, just announced by Project Censored at Sonoma State

[LAAMN] U.S. Perpetuates Mass Killings In Iraq

U.S. Perpetuates Mass Killings In Iraq By Peter Phillips The United States is directly responsible for over one million Iraqi deaths since the invasion five and half years ago. In a January 2008 report, a British polling group Opinion Research Business (ORB) reports that, “survey work

[LAAMN] Project Censored Seeks University/College Affiliates for Annual Censored Selection Process

information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Faculty Name, University/College, Class Title, and Contact information. Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org/ [Non-text

[LAAMN] US Corporate Media Deliberately Censors the News

US Corporate Media Deliberately Censors the News By Peter Phillips The corporate media in the US likes to think of themselves as the official most accurate news reporting of the day. The New York Times motto of “all the news that’s fit to print” is a clear example of this perspective

[LAAMN] Project Censored Media Accountability Conference Highlights Top Investigative Reporting October 26-27 at SSU

Project Censored Media Accountability Conference Highlights Top Investigative Reporting October 26-27 at SSU Thom Hartmann, Jeremy Scahill and a host of independent investigative journalists are coming to Project Censored's second annual Media Accountability Conference and Awards Ceremony on

[LAAMN] New Study on National Health Care Issues Released

Why the US Lacks Full Health Care By Peter Phillips and Bridget Thornton A new research study completed at Sonoma State university shows how health and disability insurance companies are systematically cheating the American public. http://www.projectcensored.org/HCDI_1007.pdf Michael Moore

[LAAMN] Corporate Media Entertains but Fails to Inform

Corporate Media Entertains but Fails to Inform By Peter Phillips and Kate Sims “Paris Hilton's Symptoms Said to be from Prescription Drug Withdrawal,” was the headline news on Fox News Network on June 13, 2007. This was the 56th headline on Paris Hilton covered by Fox in the previous 30

[LAAMN] Immigrants Used to Justify a Homeland Security Police State

Immigrants Used to Justify a Homeland Security Police State By Peter Phillips Threats of terrorism and twelve million “illegal” immigrants are being used to justify new police-state measures in the United States. Coordinated mass arrests, big brother spy blimps, expanded detention centers

[LAAMN] 26 National Groups Push Public Impeachment Events

and informed public. Peter Phillips, co-editor of Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney, exclaimed, The American people voted against the war in November. Opinion polls show two-thirds oppose the war, and over half support impeachment. We have the individual choice of being

[LAAMN] Project Censored Announces On-Line Voting for Junk Food and News Abuse Stories of the Year

Project Censored announces our annual internet voting for Junk Food News and News Abuse Stories of the year. Anyone can vote by selecting your top ten Junk Food Stories and top five News Abuse stories and sending your votes by e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last Day to Vote: April 13, 2007

[LAAMN] Impeachment Is Not Off the Table

Impeachment Is Not Off the Table By Peter Phillips Nancy Pelosi declared on national television “impeachment is off the table.” Impeachment, it seems, is too divisive for a 2008-oriented Democratic Party leadership and will interfere with the business of Congress over the next two years

[LAAMN] Project Censored Real News February 2007

Real News February 2007 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person” Researched by Julie Bickel With the approval of Congress and no outcry from corporate media, the Military Commissions Act (MCA), signed by Bush on October 17, 2006, ushers in military tribunal law for US citizens and

[LAAMN] National Shopping Boycott to End the War and Impeach Bush and Cheney

and download a support kit. National Committee: Impeach for Peace Peter Phillips, Dennis Loo, Dahr Jamail, Larry Everest, Mary Lia, Lew Brown, Bridget Thornton, Mickey Huff, Michael Nagler, Andy Roth, Camelia Gannon, Liane Casten, Myrna Goodman, Lenore Foerstel, Susan Guest Please forward this e

[LAAMN] Al Jazeera interview with Project Censored

Sociology Professors Andrew Roth and Peter Phillips from Project Censored were interviewed by Riz Kahn on Al Jazeera English Jan. 1 2007. The interview is available on YouTube at the link below. http://youtube.com/watch?v=V6bV5XQcxFc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed

[LAAMN] Project Censored Releases New Study on Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights

US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights By Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton Project Censored Releases a New study on the History of US Intelligence Community Human Rights Violations and Continuing Research in Electromagnetic Weapons Full Study at: http

[LAAMN] Human Rights Denial Deserves Impeachment

Human Rights Denial Deserves Impeachment by Peter Phillips Human Rights belong to people collectively. To believe in rights for some and not others is a denial of the humanness of people worldwide. Yet, denial is exactly what Congress and George W. Bush did with the signing of the Military

[LAAMN] Media Accountability Conference Nov. 3-4 Sonoma State University: including 9/11 Truth Scholar Steven E. Jones and Comedian Will Durst

The Media Accountability Conference and Real News Awards November 3-4 at Sonoma State University Celebrating Project Censored’s 30-year Anniversary and the release of the Censored 2007 yearbook Featured presenters include: • Comedian Will Durst Real News Awards Party with Music by Blane

[LAAMN] New Poll Shows TV News Watchers Share Widespread Misinformation

For Immediate Release: October 11, 2006 Contact: Marc Sapir, MD, MPH Executive Director, Retro Poll [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.retropoll.org 510-848-3826 Retro Poll Report Shows Ignorance Linked to Opinion Patterns Innovative Methodology Illuminates Widespread Misinformation Berkeley, CA

[LAAMN] Impeach the President Fund Raising Opportunity for Non-profit Activist Groups

Dear Community Activists, In their new book Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney, Dennis Loo and Project Censored’s Peter Phillips write, “Governments do not fall of their own weight; they must be driven out.” The call for impeachment is gaining momentum, with many

[LAAMN] Project Censored Real News -August

August posting US Oil's Human Rights Violations Continue in Niger Delta Reviewed by Kristine Medeiros Ten years after the execution of writer and human rights activist Ken Sarowiwa and eight fellow activists, new evidence shows that the peoples of the oil-producing Niger Delta continue to

[LAAMN] News Bias in the Associated Press

News Bias in the Associated Press By Peter Phillips A new study conducted at Sonoma State University shows widespread bias in Associate Press (AP) news reports favoring US government positions. On October 25, 2005 the American Civil Liberties (ACLU) posted to their website 44 autopsy

[LAAMN] Inflated Terrorism - Propaganda Lies

Inflated Terrorism - Propaganda Lies By Peter Phillips The Bush administration is paltering to the American public with exaggerated misconceptions of worldwide terrorism to frighten us into supporting a global police state. With seven hundred military bases and a budget bigger than the rest

[LAAMN] Real News From Project Censored

, Gary Evans MD, Andy Roth, Ben Frymer, Wingham Liddell, April Hurley MD and Karilee Shames Help keep Project Censored going. Donate on line at: http://www.projectcensored.org/ -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Professor Sociology/Director Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave

[LAAMN] National Impeachment Movement Ignored by Corporate Media

National Impeachment Movement Ignored by Corporate Media By Peter Phillips If a national movement calling for the impeachment of the President is rapidly emerging and the corporate media are not covering it, is there really a national movement for the impeachment of the President

[LAAMN] Project Censored's 30th Anniversary Party

-- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed

[LAAMN] Real News from Project Censored

, Patricia Kim-Rajal, Philip Beard, Rashmi Singh, Rick Luttmann, Ronald Lopez, Stephanie Dyer, Thom Lough, Tim Wandling, Tony White, Gary Evans MD, Andy Roth, Ben Frymer, Wingham Liddell, April Hurley MD and Karilee Shames -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State

[LAAMN] Real News from Project Censored

://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2005/10/flightrisk.html http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2005/10/flightrisk2.html -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org/ [Non-text portions

[LAAMN] Hard Evidence of US Torturing Prisoners to Death Ignored by Corporate Media

Hard Evidence of US Torturing Prisoners to Death Ignored by Corporate Media By Peter Phillips Military autopsy reports provide indisputable proof that detainees are being tortured to death while in US military custody. Yet the US corporate media are covering it with the seriousness of a garage

[LAAMN] Real News from Project Censored

/emailsignup_form.html Unsubscribe http://www.projectcensored.org/contact/emailremoval_form.html -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org/ [Non-text portions

[LAAMN] Real News from Project Censored

., Philip Beard Ph.D., Rashmi Singh Ph.D., Rick Luttmann Ph.D., Ronald Lopez Ph.D., Stephanie Dyer Ph.D., Thom Lough Ph.D., Tim Wandling Ph.D., Tony White Ph.D., Gary Evans MD, Andy Roth Ph.D., Ben Frymer Ph.D., Peter Phillips Ph.D. -- -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed

[LAAMN] Election Fraud Continues in the US

Election Fraud Continues in the US New Data Shows Widespread Vote Manipulations in 2004 By Peter Phillips In the fall of 2001, after an eight-month review of 175,000 Florida ballots never counted in the 2000 election, an analysis by the National Opinion Research Center confirmed that Al Gore

[LAAMN] Project Censored Director to Speak in Orange Co. July 14

PRESS RELEASE Contact Jan Meslin, 949-716-5995 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Place: Unitarian Universalist Church of South County, Mission Viejo, CA Web site address: www.uucsc.org Headline What: The New American Censorship, a presentation by Peter Phillips, Director of Project Censored

[LAAMN] The Third Annual UPPIE Awards The 2005 Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Awards May 15, 2005 / 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Kucinich, Dr. Michio Kaku, John Ross and Dr. Peter Phillips will be at the Warner Grand Theatre at 5:00 PM for: The Third Annual UPPIE Awards The 2005 Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Awards May 15, 2005 / 5:00 - 7:00 PM Honoring Dennis Kucinich Dr. Michio Kaku John Ross and Special Awards

[LAAMN] Public Opinion on Torture, the Iraq War, and Civil Liberties

Public Opinion on Torture, the Iraq War, and Civil Liberties New findings from Retro Poll: May 6, 2005 Berkeley - In a series of polls by Retro Poll 72-89 percent of the American public consistently opposed the use of torture by the U.S. government. A recent poll by the Gallup organization

[LAAMN] ACADEMIC BRAIN TRUST Session Held in Advance of the 2nd National Conference for Media Reform (May 13-15)

.) The deadline to qualify for these travel grants is Monday April 4 by 6PM eastern time. Click here to learn more and apply: http://academicbraintrust.org/ -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http

[LAAMN] Threshold Fears and Unanswered Questions about 9/11

Threshold Fears and Unanswered Questions about 9/11 By Peter Phillips For many Americans, there is a deep psychological desire for the 9/11 tragedy to be over. The shock of the day is well remembered and terrorist alerts from Homeland Security serve to maintain lasting tensions and fears

[LAAMN] Hearst Newspapers Push Monopoly Control

Davidian can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 414-964-8871 A special thanks to Washington, D.C. researcher and FOIA expert Michael Ravnitzky for his guidance. Originally Publication in Censored 2005, Seven Stories Press 2004 -- Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma

[LAAMN] Internet Radio Discussion on DU munitions with Peter Phillips Project Censored and Bob Nichols Author

Internet Radio! Tune In! Here's how: http://www.massmess.blogspot.com/www.massmess.blogspot.com Friday, Jan. 21 - 5 p.m. Pacific time Peter Phillips / Bob Nichols Peter Phillips (Project Censored) and Bob Nichols, a speaker from WritersWarriors Speakers in Oklahoma talk about the impacts

[LAAMN] Democracy and the New American Censorship

Democracy and the New American Censorship By Peter Phillips Election 2004 was a serious test of democracy in the US. Perhaps we failed the test. At no other time since the 1930s have we been so dangerously close to institutionalized totalitarianism. No-fly lists, prison torture, domestic

[LAAMN] Tsunami Disaster Highlights Corporate Media Hypocrisy

Tsunami Disaster Highlights Corporate Media Hypocrisy By Peter Phillips The terrible earthquake/tsunami disaster, along coastlines of the Indian Ocean, left tens of thousands dead and many times more people homeless and weakened. Front pages news stories swept the US corporate media -12,000