Assange extradition trial / Banned Books Week _on Project Censored
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Assange extradition trial / Banned Books Week
Mickey’s guest for the first half of the program is Kevin Gosztola, who is covering the UK extradition trial of
Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange. The Trump Administration wants to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act;
what does his case mean for whistleblowers, and for journalism?
In the second half of the show, with Banned Books Week 2020 beginning on Sept 27 (www.bannedbooksweek.org),
Mickey and his guests explore the latest developments in the ongoing struggle for the right to read.
Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of the news website www.shadowproof.com; one of his beats is whistleblower cases.
Deborah Caldwell-Stone is director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association, www.ala.org
Jackie Farmer is outreach officer at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education www.thefire.org
Featured speakers: Kevin Gosztola, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Jackie Farmer
Host: Mickey Huff
Producers: Anthony Fest & Dennis Murphy
Music-break information:
1) “Blasting Cap” by Preston Reed
2) “The Resistance” by 2 Cellos
3) “Pipeline” by the Alan Parsons Project
This show was broadcast on September 22, 2020.
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