In the first half-hour, we welcome back Leonardo Flores, to talk about the US’ most recent escalation against Venezuela. Leo debunks the absurd US claims of drug trafficking, contextualizing them in a longer history of using drugs as a cover for violent escalation against nations in Latin America. Leo also talks about the remarkable critical media literacy of the Venezuelan people – something that the government has nurtured for almost 30 years via a varied and healthy media landscape that promotes independent and local media rather than a centralized corporate system. Next, Nolan Higdon comes back on the show to examine Artificial Intelligence through the lens of critical media literacy. Nolan highlights the importance of not leaning on AI for foundational skills such as reading comprehension and critical media literacy, notes that AI is not some superior intellect but rather a system built by vehemently anti-democratic and indeed anti-human minds. Leonardo Flores is a co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. He previously worked as an organizer with Code Pink and as an analyst with the Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S. Leonardo was born in Venezuela and maintains close ties to the social movements that have transformed the country over the past twenty-six years. Nolan Higdon is an author, a lecturer in the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a frequent guest on the Project Censored Show. Among his recent books is Surveillance Education.   The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The post The US Vendetta Against Venezuela / Demystifying AI appeared first on KPFA.