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Sojourner Truth Radio

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Sojourner 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.

If you're in Los Angeles, or Southern CA, tune in at 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 93.7 FM North San Diego, 99.5 FM Ridgecrest-China Lake, or www.kpfk.org.

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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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Kevin Pina On Haiti Protests Against Jovenel Moise

June 12, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Haiti is yet again in revolt with tens of thousands of protesters across hitting the streets on Sunday, June 9,, followed by general strikes on Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11. Several protesters were killed and many others injured. Protesters are continuing their demand that the U.S.-backed President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, step down. His government, along with the two previous administrations, have been implicated in an official report about the disappearan...

Khalid Mustafa Medani On Sudan Talks

June 12, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Haiti is yet again in revolt with tens of thousands of protesters across hitting the streets on Sunday, June 9,, followed by general strikes on Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11. Several protesters were killed and many others injured. Protesters are continuing their demand that the U.S.-backed President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, step down. His government, along with the two previous administrations, have been implicated in an official report about the disappearan...

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 11, 2019 - Pasha Vorbe On Haiti's Movement for Democracy

June 11, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to our in-depth coverage of the ongoing crisis in Haiti. An official report issued last week implicated Haiti's U.S.-backed president, Jovenel Moise, as participating in the disappearance of billions of PetroCaribe money from Venezuela, meant for use for the Haitian people. Since he became president, resulting from questionable elections reported to be fraudulent, the movement for democracy in Haiti has been pressing in massive nationwide protests for Mo...

News Headlines: June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.48 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to our in-depth coverage of the ongoing crisis in Haiti. An official report issued last week implicated Haiti's U.S.-backed president, Jovenel Moise, as participating in the disappearance of billions of PetroCaribe money from Venezuela, meant for use for the Haitian people. Since he became president, resulting from questionable elections reported to be fraudulent, the movement for democracy in Haiti has been pressing in massive nationwide protests for Mo...

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 7, 2019 - Remembering Andaiye, A Guyanese Freedom Fighter

June 07, 2019 16:58 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We remember a key figure, woman and human rights campaigner in the Caribbean region, Andaiye. She was a collaborator and comrade of Walter Rodney. Rodney is known in the United States and around the world for his groundbreaking book, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." Andaiye died on May 31, 2019. Today, we dig into the history of struggles in the region, their interrelationship to the struggles in which she was involved in, and struggles in the United States, the...

Nefta Freeman On Cuba & U.S. Travel Restrictions

June 06, 2019 00:00 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the movement for democracy in Sudan and the forces they are up against. Sudanese protest organizers say the death toll has reached 108, with at least 509 others wounded. On Wednesday, June 5, more than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum. Our guest is Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali, a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through h...

Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali On Sudan Protests

June 06, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the movement for democracy in Sudan and the forces they are up against. Sudanese protest organizers say the death toll has reached 108, with at least 509 others wounded. On Wednesday, June 5, more than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum. Our guest is Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali, a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through h...

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 6, 2019 - Sudan Protests, Cuba Blockade, Unist'ot'en Land Protection

June 06, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the movement for democracy in Sudan and the forces they are up against. Sudanese protest organizers say the death toll has reached 108, with at least 509 others wounded. On Wednesday, June 5, more than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum. Our guest is Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali, a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through h...

News Headlines: June 6, 2019

June 06, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.44 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the movement for democracy in Sudan and the forces they are up against. Sudanese protest organizers say the death toll has reached 108, with at least 509 others wounded. On Wednesday, June 5, more than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum. Our guest is Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali, a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through h...

Earth Watch: Molly Jane On Unist'ot'en Land Protection

June 06, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on the movement for democracy in Sudan and the forces they are up against. Sudanese protest organizers say the death toll has reached 108, with at least 509 others wounded. On Wednesday, June 5, more than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum. Our guest is Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali, a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through h...

Rachel West On Movements To Decriminalize Sex Work

June 05, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump intends to impose tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, despite opposition from the GOP caucus. Meanwhile, bowing to demands from Trump, Mexico is already cracking down on migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala before they reach the U.S. border. Also, Trump is redefining what a humanitarian crisis means, referring now to a humanitarian crisis at the border, while ignoring the real humanitarian crisis of human suffering. This includes child...

Dr. Melina Abdullah On The California Act to Save Lives(AB 392)

June 05, 2019 00:00 - 8 minutes - 8.17 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump intends to impose tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, despite opposition from the GOP caucus. Meanwhile, bowing to demands from Trump, Mexico is already cracking down on migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala before they reach the U.S. border. Also, Trump is redefining what a humanitarian crisis means, referring now to a humanitarian crisis at the border, while ignoring the real humanitarian crisis of human suffering. This includes child...

News Headlines: June 5, 2019

June 05, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.21 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump intends to impose tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, despite opposition from the GOP caucus. Meanwhile, bowing to demands from Trump, Mexico is already cracking down on migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala before they reach the U.S. border. Also, Trump is redefining what a humanitarian crisis means, referring now to a humanitarian crisis at the border, while ignoring the real humanitarian crisis of human suffering. This includes child...

José Luis Granados Ceja On Mexico Tariffs & Central American Migrants

June 05, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump intends to impose tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, despite opposition from the GOP caucus. Meanwhile, bowing to demands from Trump, Mexico is already cracking down on migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala before they reach the U.S. border. Also, Trump is redefining what a humanitarian crisis means, referring now to a humanitarian crisis at the border, while ignoring the real humanitarian crisis of human suffering. This includes child...

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 5, 2019 - Mexico Tariffs, Sex Workers, California Act to Save Lives

June 05, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Trump intends to impose tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, despite opposition from the GOP caucus. Meanwhile, bowing to demands from Trump, Mexico is already cracking down on migrants coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala before they reach the U.S. border. Also, Trump is redefining what a humanitarian crisis means, referring now to a humanitarian crisis at the border, while ignoring the real humanitarian crisis of human suffering. This includes child...

Dr. Gerald Horne On China Tariffs & U.S. Trade Wars

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

Victor Wallis On The Arctic's Environmental Destruction & Its Implications

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 8 minutes - 8.19 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 4, 2019 - Palestine, China Tariffs, Arctic Environment

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

How To Vote On Measure EE In Los Angeles

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.65 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

Rest In Peace, Andaiye Williams

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 59 seconds - 921 KB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

News Headlines: June 4, 2019

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.13 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

Ziad Abbas On Palestine, Israeli Occupation & Trump's 'Deal Of The Century'

June 04, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Trump administration's proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian "peace plan." The "Clash of Civilizations" backdrop to the economic war between China and the United States. And, Mike Pompeo ignores global warming and touts melting sea ice as a "boom" to the U.S. economy. Our guests are Ziad Abbas, Associate Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and Vict...

Sojourner Truth - Aquil Basheer - Thursday, May 2, 2019

May 02, 2019 15:50 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

Sojourner Truth - Aquil Basheer - Thursday, May 2, 2019 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

April 30, 2019 16:27 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB

Breaking news out of Venezuela, US backed Juan Guaido the man who declared himself President of Vz though unelected, has been joined by a small group of Vz military defectors and have announced that today’s action, backed by the US is the beginning of the end of the Maduro government. Joining him is Leopoldo Lopez who apparently was freed by forces loyal to Guaido. We are joined by journalist Paul Dobson who is on the ground in Caracas. Also breaking news, gun shots were fired at the US Em...

Sojourner Truth: Antisemitism & false allegations of antisemitism by critics of Israel

April 26, 2019 16:31 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been yet again under attack by the Trump team and other Trump believers. This time, for a comment she made at the Fourth Annual Council of American Islamic Relations - Los Angeles banquet. A comment that was taken out of context. Trump published a Tweet with the World Trade Center burning in the background, along with a video featuring a clip from Congresswoman Omars speech at the banquet. The implications are serious. The congresswoman was called un-American and ...

Sojourner Truth - Continued coverage of the story of tortures and massacres in La Saline.

April 25, 2019 18:11 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our team was recently on the ground in Haiti. Today, we continue our series of coverage. We will bring you the story of tortures and massacres in La Saline. A story reported to be about gang warfare. But, as you will hear in today's report, that is far from the reality of what's going on in La Saline. What we witnessed and recorded and are reporting on this exclusive today is an extreme humanitarian and human rights crisis and tragedy little known to the world. I...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 24, 2019 - Voices From Poor People's Campaign Tour in California

April 24, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be rele...

News Headlines: April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.45 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be rele...

News Headlines: April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 16:47 - 5 minutes - 6.96 MB

News Headlines: April 23, 2019 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 23, 2019 - Kevin Pina On Haiti's History & Current Events

April 23, 2019 16:40 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: An in-depth discussion with Haiti expert Kevin Pina, independent journalist, filmmaker and founder of the Haiti Information Project. He's also the special correspondent for Flash Points, a show on Pacifica's KPFA. We have a wide-ranging discussion about Haiti's history and current events, including why the U.S., France and Canada have made it a priority to keep the nation impoverished.

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 19, 2019 - Roundtable Discussion On Mueller Report

April 19, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

News Headlines: April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Roundtable Discussion: What Was In The Mueller Report?

April 19, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Roundtable Discussion: International Implications Of Mueller Report

April 19, 2019 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Roundtable Discussion: Reactions To William Barr's Summary

April 19, 2019 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.75 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. The Mueller report has national and international implications as well as new developments in North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. On Thursday, April 18, William Barr (Trump's Attorney General) released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. During a press conference held an hour and a half before even Congress or the public were able to see the heavily-redacted re...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 18, 2019 - Brazil's Environment, Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

April 18, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On Environmental Justice Issues In Brazil

April 18, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

April 18, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

News Headlines: April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environm...

Dr. Melina Abdullah On AB 392

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 17, 2019 - AB 392, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Bernie Sanders 2020

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Peter Schey On Dr. Mutulu Shakur & Political Prisoners

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Norman Solomon & Diane May On Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential Run

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Earth Minute: Melican Resignation

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.67 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

News Headlines: April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.08 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Bernie Sanders wowed the nation in a controversial Town Hall on Fox News. Along with fundraising, hes also ahead in the polls. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Democratic Party is seemingly in denial about Bernie being the frontrunner in the early race for President. The establishment is hoping for a more centrist candidate reflecting what is seen to be a rift in the Party between progressive and centrist members of Congress. Does Bernie stand a chance agains...

Africa Watch: Dr. Gerald Horne On Libya, Sudan & Algeria Protests

April 16, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Sojourner Truth Radio: April 16, 2019 - Africa Watch, US & European Progressivism, Migrant Children

April 16, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Peter Schey On Migrant Children & Sanctuary Cities

April 16, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

Alan Minsky On US & European Progressive Movements Forging Links

April 16, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...

News Headlines: April 16, 2019

April 16, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.53 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to what is happening to migrant asylum seekers. The latest threat to the Flores agreement and The Donald threatening to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. Our guest is Peter Schey, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Also, for our Sojourner Truth Africa Watch, the 30-year leader of Sudan was deposed by the military following a general uprising in the country with protesters demanding an end to austerit...