Sojourner Truth Radio
1,128 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a news & public affairs program that airs Tuesday through Friday on KPFK Radio from 7 to 8 AM (PST), and nationwide on Pacifica Radio networks.
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Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national & international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us most impacted -women, communities of color and other communities are responding. We also discuss the inter-relationship between art and politics.
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Roundtable Discussion: The Mueller Report
March 29, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Our roundtable reacts to the Mueller Report and the wider implications of the report for politics in the U.S., including checks and balances between the Executive Branch and Congress, the 2020 Presidential race and views on the way forward, including demands for the report to be made public. We discuss the gift of the Mueller Report to Donald Trump. Plus, stepped-up attacks on socialism against Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) provide us with a gli...
Laura Carlsen On Politics South of the Border
March 28, 2019 17:56Laura Carlsen On Politics South of the Border by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
Sojourner Truth Radio: March 28, 2019 - Climate Tour, South of the Border, U.S. & Europe Politics
March 28, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: We take a look at South of the Border, what has shifted in Mexico since the election of center-left President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO; the impact of the Trump of South of the Border, Jair Bolsonaro; the ongoing U.S. backed attempts at regime change in Venezuela, while the Trump administration has the broader goal of discrediting socialism, useful for him in the 2020 elections as a tactic against Bernie Sanders and what some fear others hope for a...
Earth Watch: Dorothee Haeussermann On 'Scaling Up the Resistance' Climate Tour
March 28, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: We take a look at South of the Border, what has shifted in Mexico since the election of center-left President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO; the impact of the Trump of South of the Border, Jair Bolsonaro; the ongoing U.S. backed attempts at regime change in Venezuela, while the Trump administration has the broader goal of discrediting socialism, useful for him in the 2020 elections as a tactic against Bernie Sanders and what some fear others hope for a...
News Headlines: March 28, 2019
March 28, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: We take a look at South of the Border, what has shifted in Mexico since the election of center-left President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO; the impact of the Trump of South of the Border, Jair Bolsonaro; the ongoing U.S. backed attempts at regime change in Venezuela, while the Trump administration has the broader goal of discrediting socialism, useful for him in the 2020 elections as a tactic against Bernie Sanders and what some fear others hope for a...
Earth Minute: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100
March 27, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) just wrapped up its annual conference. Speakers included Mike Pence, Elliott Abrams, Ted Cruz and Nancy Pelosi. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left early due to a crisis of rocket fire between Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza, but he addressed the conference via Skype. In his address, he joined Republicans in criticizing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, claiming that criticism of Israel is anti-se...
News Headlines: March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Controversy over U.S. freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Our guests are Marwa Rifahie, the Civil Rights Managing Attorney with the Council of Islamic American Relations Los Angeles office, and Estee Chandler, a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace Board of Directors. Today is the International Day of Forests, which has been commemorated annually by the United Nations since 2012. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Brenda Jo McManama, who has been involved wit...
Paul Dobson On Venezuela
March 21, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Controversy over U.S. freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Our guests are Marwa Rifahie, the Civil Rights Managing Attorney with the Council of Islamic American Relations Los Angeles office, and Estee Chandler, a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace Board of Directors. Today is the International Day of Forests, which has been commemorated annually by the United Nations since 2012. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Brenda Jo McManama, who has been involved wit...
News Headlines: March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: In Christchurch, New Zealand, families have begun to bury their dead. This, after the March 15 attack on two mosques that left 50 men, women and children dead. Twenty-nine people remain in the hospital, eight of whom are in critical condition. The suspect who was arrested is a white supremacist. He left behind a manifesto; a racist rant in which he said Donald Trump was good for white nationalists, though he also criticized Trump on policy issues. The Al Noor Mosque...
Earth Minute: Protecting The Wilderness
March 20, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: In Christchurch, New Zealand, families have begun to bury their dead. This, after the March 15 attack on two mosques that left 50 men, women and children dead. Twenty-nine people remain in the hospital, eight of whom are in critical condition. The suspect who was arrested is a white supremacist. He left behind a manifesto; a racist rant in which he said Donald Trump was good for white nationalists, though he also criticized Trump on policy issues. The Al Noor Mosque...
Elizabeth Blaney On Venezuela & Situation On The Ground
March 20, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: In Christchurch, New Zealand, families have begun to bury their dead. This, after the March 15 attack on two mosques that left 50 men, women and children dead. Twenty-nine people remain in the hospital, eight of whom are in critical condition. The suspect who was arrested is a white supremacist. He left behind a manifesto; a racist rant in which he said Donald Trump was good for white nationalists, though he also criticized Trump on policy issues. The Al Noor Mosque...
Sojourner Truth: February 5, 2019 - Ralph Northam, Dr. Melina Abdullah, Pan-African Film, Venezuela
February 05, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the continued U.S.-backed coup attempt against the elected government of Venezuela, as well as the economic and political situation on the ground. Our guests are author and professor Miguel Tinker Salas, an expert on political issues facing Mexico and Latin America, and Paul Dobson, a journalist who is on the ground in Venezuela. For our Black History Month coverage, our guest is Dr. Charles Davis III, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern ...
Ayuko Babu On The Los Angeles Pan-African Film Festival
February 05, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the continued U.S.-backed coup attempt against the elected government of Venezuela, as well as the economic and political situation on the ground. Our guests are author and professor Miguel Tinker Salas, an expert on political issues facing Mexico and Latin America, and Paul Dobson, a journalist who is on the ground in Venezuela. For our Black History Month coverage, our guest is Dr. Charles Davis III, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern ...
Stephen Zunes On Kamala Harris' Presidential Bid & Her Controversial Background
January 31, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Environmental damage caused by the government shutdown. Experts are saying in some instances, it will take the environment 300 years to recover. Our weekly Earth Watch guest is Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Democratic Party is pushing out Kamala Harris " a Black woman, two-term U.S. Senator " as a lead candidate in the run for President. Prior to being in the Senate, Harris was the Attorney General of...
Paul Dobson On Venezuela & Conditions On The Ground
January 31, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Environmental damage caused by the government shutdown. Experts are saying in some instances, it will take the environment 300 years to recover. Our weekly Earth Watch guest is Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Democratic Party is pushing out Kamala Harris " a Black woman, two-term U.S. Senator " as a lead candidate in the run for President. Prior to being in the Senate, Harris was the Attorney General of...
Sam Weinstein Explains Brexit
January 31, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Environmental damage caused by the government shutdown. Experts are saying in some instances, it will take the environment 300 years to recover. Our weekly Earth Watch guest is Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Democratic Party is pushing out Kamala Harris " a Black woman, two-term U.S. Senator " as a lead candidate in the run for President. Prior to being in the Senate, Harris was the Attorney General of...
Remembering Grace Lynis
January 31, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Environmental damage caused by the government shutdown. Experts are saying in some instances, it will take the environment 300 years to recover. Our weekly Earth Watch guest is Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Democratic Party is pushing out Kamala Harris " a Black woman, two-term U.S. Senator " as a lead candidate in the run for President. Prior to being in the Senate, Harris was the Attorney General of...
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 30, 2019 - Venezuela, CARICOM, Haiti & Racist Policing
January 30, 2019 17:36Sojourner Truth Radio: January 30, 2019 - Venezuela, CARICOM, Haiti & Racist Policing by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
News Headlines: January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti...
Roundtable Discussion: Tensions In The Middle East
January 25, 2019 19:07Roundtable Discussion: Tensions In The Middle East by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
News Headlines: January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019 18:01News Headlines: January 23, 2019 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
Stacey Joy On Los Angeles Teachers Strike
January 22, 2019 18:53Stacey Joy On Los Angeles Teachers Strike by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 18, 2019 - Rev. Dr. William Barber II On Palestine
January 18, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth, we are delighted to bring to you a keynote speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, who is a joint coordinator of the Poor Peoples Campaign. This is a speech he gave at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, at their national conference held on September 28, 2018, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
News Headlines: January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth, we are delighted to bring to you a keynote speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, who is a joint coordinator of the Poor Peoples Campaign. This is a speech he gave at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, at their national conference held on September 28, 2018, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 17, 2019 - LA Teachers Strike, US Water Problems, Women's March
January 17, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the massive Los Angeles teachers strike, now in its fourth day. Previous days have seen massive rallies of tens of thousands of teachers and supporters and pickets at the 900 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools that are impacted. There are 30,000 teachers out on strike. Now, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), the union representing the teachers, say they are going back to the bargaining table. Our guest is Arlene Inouy...
Earth Minute: Forest Health & Biotechnology
January 16, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Attorney Marjorie Cohn shares her views on William Barr, Trumps nominee for U.S. Attorney General. Cohn is professor emerita at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she has taught for 25 years. More on the Los Angeles teachers strike! Our guest is LAUSD teacher Deborah Rafael. Rafael has been an LAUSD teacher for almost 20 years and has taught thousands of students, from kindergarten to eighth grade. Also, our Campaigners for Black Lives segment focuses on in...
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 15, 2019 - LA Teachers Strike, Yellow Vests, Progressive Dems
January 15, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth: Following a spate of teachers strikes in conservative red states, the Red for Ed movement is growing across the United States. Teachers are now at the forefront of labor actions across the country. Now, a massive teachers strike is underway in Los Angeles. Roughly 30,000 teachers in the city are on strike, impacting 600,000 students. Their demands include wage increases, reduced classroom sizes and more nurses and support staff in schools to serve the students. Our ...
News Headlines: January 11, 2019
January 11, 2019 00:00Today on Sojourner Truth, we return to our weekly roundtable. We discuss: - The shutdown of the U.S. government. The standoff between Donald Trump and the Democrats over building the border wall. Trumps threat of a state of emergency as well as his growing legal problems. - The state of education in the United States and how teachers are fighting back. Teachers are now at the forefront of labor actions. - Also, the economy. The impact of the trade war between the U.S. and China on both count...
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 9, 2019 - Border/Migrant Crisis, Cyntoia Brown, Gavin Newsom
January 09, 2019 00:00 - 52 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The U.S. government remains shut down over Donald Trumps border wall. Last night, Trump, in a prime time nationally-televised address, used racism, fear, divisiveness and lies to make his case for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The Democrats are saying Trumps war is immoral. But what is the reality? What is happening to migrants at the border? What is the explanation for the deaths of two migrant children, with the latest taking place on Christmas Eve? Our gues...
News Headlines: January 1, 2019
January 01, 2019 00:00 - 4.26 MBToday, we hear Part 2 of music from the The Freedom Singers performed live during the 50th anniversary conference of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2010. Join us as we travel back in time and listen to the songs that mobilized millions of people across the country and around the world for peace and equality.
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 28, 2018 - Haiti Special
December 28, 2018 16:38 - 53.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we focus our attention on Haiti: the first free Black republic in the world and now the Western Hemispheres poorest country. We hear speeches by Dr. Gerald Horne and Pierre Labossiere from a recent event at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles about Haiti, the legacy of the Haitian Revolution and issues facing the country today. Dr. Horne is the Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston and is the author of Confron...
SNCC Music Special Part 1, Track 2
December 25, 2018 00:00 - 47.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we hear Part 1 of music from the The Freedom Singers performed live during the 50th anniversary conference of SNCC in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2010. Join us as we travel back in time and listen to the songs that mobilized millions of people across the country and around the world for peace and equality. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, music played an integral role in the inspiration and mobilization of Black and white people across the Unite...
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 18, 2018 - Women In SNCC Part 1
December 18, 2018 16:53 - 55.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we begin a 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC. SNCC was founded in 1960 at a meeting for student civil rights activists held at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The meeting was called by Black civil rights campaigner, Ms. Ella Baker, who was then with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC. Ms. Baker convinced SCLC that such a gathering was needed, and with a grant of just $800, the gathering took ...
Dr. Clifford Trafzer On Native American Land & Culture Conservation
December 12, 2018 18:57 - 54.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour special with Dr. Clifford Trafzer on Native American land and cultural conservation in Southern California. Dr. Trafzer is a Distinguished Professor of History, Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, and in 2018, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Indian Historians at the Western History Conference.
Maru Mora Villalpando On Detention Center Death
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 5.32 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Ukraine as things are heating up between Russia and the United States-backed Ukrainian government. Tensions still simmer from the vote people in the Crimea took to be annexed to Russia, with whom it has a long historical and cultural relationship. A vote that Western powers never recognized and accused Russia of illegally annexing Crimea from Ukraine. Now, both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are in Argentina for the G20 Summit. They were expected to h...
Angela James On Homelessness In Los Angeles
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 8.47 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Ukraine as things are heating up between Russia and the United States-backed Ukrainian government. Tensions still simmer from the vote people in the Crimea took to be annexed to Russia, with whom it has a long historical and cultural relationship. A vote that Western powers never recognized and accused Russia of illegally annexing Crimea from Ukraine. Now, both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are in Argentina for the G20 Summit. They were expected to h...
David Abud & Pedro Rios on Mexico Border Repression
November 27, 2018 18:12 - 20.5 MBOn Sunday, November 25th, US officials fired tear gas at migrants, including women and children attempting to breach the US/Mexico border. Gas canisters and pepper balls were also used, leaving children gasping for breath and traumatized. Trump strongly defended the use of the gas; indeed he lied, saying several border patrol agents were badly injured by the migrants. Tear gas is considered a chemical weapon under international law. Our guests are David Abud with Pueblos Sin Fronteras, wh...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 27, 2018 - U.S.-Mexico Border Repression, Haiti Protests
November 27, 2018 17:33 - 50.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, an update on attacks on migrants at the US/Mexico border. On Sunday, November 25th, US officials fired tear gas at migrants, including women and children attempting to breech the US/Mexico border. Gas canisters and pepper balls were also used, leaving children gasping for breath and traumatized. Trump strongly defended the use of the gas, indeed he lied saying several border patrol agents were badly injured by the migrants. Tear gas is considered a chemical weapon...
Dr. Gerald Horne On The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 10.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, an update on the migrant caravan and a judge rules against Trump's latest move against asylum seekers. Our guest is Jasmin Tobar, an Los Angeles-based activist with the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund. And the APEC summit recently held in impoverished Papua New Guinea ended without a joint communique. Trump did not attend as past U.S. Presidents have, but instead sent Mike Pence who openly attacked China and warned Pacific countries against deal...
Jasmin Tobar On The Migrant Caravan & Issues At The Mexico Border
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 11.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, an update on the migrant caravan and a judge rules against Trump's latest move against asylum seekers. Our guest is Jasmin Tobar, an Los Angeles-based activist with the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund. And the APEC summit recently held in impoverished Papua New Guinea ended without a joint communique. Trump did not attend as past U.S. Presidents have, but instead sent Mike Pence who openly attacked China and warned Pacific countries against deal...
Laura Carlsen On Migrant Caravan, Women's Struggles & Latin America
November 16, 2018 17:20 - 53.3 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour special with activist and journalist Laura Carlsen, who is based in Mexico City. An in-depth look at how women migrants in Central America, mothers in search of their children lost along the migrant trail, have organized themselves and now have joined with mothers from the continent of Africa and other countries to form a global movement of mothers of the disappeared. We look into the history of the mothers of the disappeared in Argentina and their glob...
Robert Naiman Explains The War On Yemen
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 17.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Republicans in the House of Representatives successfully blocked a bipartisan resolution that would have ended U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Tens of thousands have been killed and up to a million people are under threat of starvation. 113,000 children have already died from hunger. The cholera epidemic in Yemen, which is spreading as a result of the Saudi blockade, is already the worst in modern history with close to a million people affected. Mean...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 9, 2018 - Roundtable On Elections, Sessions, Mueller & Violence
November 09, 2018 00:00 - 53.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The Democrats have regained the House, Republicans still have control of the Senate. What are the wider national and international implications? The race for Governor in Georgia and Florida, both Black candidates seems headed for a runoff. Both Stacy Abrams and Andrew Gillum candidates in those races are Black, both were bombarded with racist attacks by their opponents and by Donald Trump. While many are saying that the midterm elections were not about its the eco...
Roundtable Discussion: Sessions & Mueller Developments
November 09, 2018 00:00 - 14.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The Democrats have regained the House, Republicans still have control of the Senate. What are the wider national and international implications? The race for Governor in Georgia and Florida, both Black candidates seems headed for a runoff. Both Stacy Abrams and Andrew Gillum candidates in those races are Black, both were bombarded with racist attacks by their opponents and by Donald Trump. While many are saying that the midterm elections were not about its the eco...
Earth Minute: Elections Are Over, Time To Tackle Climate Change!
November 08, 2018 18:19 - 2.67 MBEarth Minute: Elections Are Over, Time To Tackle Climate Change! by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi On Humanitarian Crisis In Yemen
November 08, 2018 00:00 - 11.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Yet another mass shooting in the United States - this time, it occured not too far from Pacifica Radio's KPFK studios, in Thousand Oaks, California, at the Borderline Bar and Grill. This happened just last night, Wednesday, November 7. Media are reporting that 12 are dead. The shooter, Ian David Long, is dead. At least one of the people killed, Sgt. Ron Helus, was a first responder. Yesterday, Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jefferson Sessions amid Trump's conc...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 8, 2018 - California Shooting, Sessions Firing, Yemen, Biofuels
November 08, 2018 00:00 - 53.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Yet another mass shooting in the United States - this time, it occured not too far from Pacifica Radio's KPFK studios, in Thousand Oaks, California, at the Borderline Bar and Grill. This happened just last night, Wednesday, November 7. Media are reporting that 12 are dead. The shooter, Ian David Long, is dead. At least one of the people killed, Sgt. Ron Helus, was a first responder. Yesterday, Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jefferson Sessions amid Trump's conc...
Rachel Smolker On Biofuels & Their Environmental Impact
November 08, 2018 00:00 - 8.04 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Yet another mass shooting in the United States - this time, it occured not too far from Pacifica Radio's KPFK studios, in Thousand Oaks, California, at the Borderline Bar and Grill. This happened just last night, Wednesday, November 7. Media are reporting that 12 are dead. The shooter, Ian David Long, is dead. At least one of the people killed, Sgt. Ron Helus, was a first responder. Yesterday, Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jefferson Sessions amid Trump's conc...
Andrea Miller On Voter Suppression
November 06, 2018 00:00 - 5.46 MBToday is Election Day! And it promises to be one of the most important elections, some say, in their lifetime. The outcome of todays vote will determine the direction the country will take for generations to come. It will either be a solidification of Trumpism, racism and other divisions or a repudiation of Trumps agenda. Democratic voters will have to turn out in large numbers to overcome voter suppression and other dirty tricks. Youth will have to turn out. People of color will have to turn...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 2, 2018 - Roundtable Discussion On National & International Trumpism
November 02, 2018 00:00 - 53.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod, our weekly roundtable is back! Congressional elections, known as the midterms. States are just days away and the future of the country, if not the world, remains at stake. The elections are about race, with Donald Trump seemly happy in his role as white supremacist in chief. Indeed, he is hoping to bring home the elections for the GOP by running racist ads, calling for 15,000 troops at the border to protect the U.S. from the migrant caravan, wh...