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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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9.2.22 Sojourner Truth Friday Roundtable

September 02, 2022 16:50 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our Friday panel round table discussion is back featuring international journalist and Director of the Americas Program Laura Carlsen, historian and Moores Professor of History & African American Studies, Dr. Gerald Horne and Los Angeles school board member Jackie Goldberg, joining host Margaret Prescod to discuss Biden's state of the union speech, the ongoing Department of Justice investigation involving former President Trump, left wing politics in South America, ...

9.1.22.Sojourner Truth Labor Day 2022 Program

September 01, 2022 16:36 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you our annual Labor Day show honoring workers across the nation and and across the globe fighting for fair wages, working conditions and benefits. Our guests are Chairman of the LA Long Beach Labor Coalition Larry Barragan, National and CA organizer with Workers United, Evelyn Zepeda and Tyler Keeling, a Starbucks worker at one of the only unionized Starbucks in Southern CA who will share his experience during the recent workers’ strike protesting unfair lab...

Sojourner Truth presents: Memorializing Nichelle Nichols + the 355 mile March for Farmworkers Rights

August 04, 2022 17:01 - 56 minutes - 76.8 MB

Nichelle Nichols died of heart failure on Saturday July 30th in Silver City NM. She was 89 years old. Nichelle Nichols first appeared on Star Trek on Sept 8, 1966 as Lt. Nyota Uhura. She was one of the first Black women to have a leading role on TV according to the NYT. Star Trek was on TV from 1966 to 1969, but the show remains popular and iconic and Nichelles Uhura remains beloved by fans all over the world. Nichelle appeared in 66 episodes of Star Trek. According to the NYT, In 1977 she be...

Sojourner Truth Black August special on George Jackson

August 03, 2022 17:07 - 57 minutes - 79 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you our Black August Special featuring George Jackson. George Jackson was born in Chicago Illinois. He was one of five children. He was arrested in Northern California 1961 when he was 19 years old for allegedly attempting to rob a gas station at gun point for $600. He was sentenced to 1 year to life in prison and he spent the next 11 years in prison, most of those years were in solitary confinement. While in prison George became a revolutionary, an or...

Sojourner Truth presents: Hoodwinked Part 4: Greenwashing Disaster Capital

August 02, 2022 16:21 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, we are bringing you a special broadcast on the environment: Part 4 of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse series: Greenwashing Disaster Capital. This is the fourth panel of a series that builds on the momentum created by the most recent report titled: HOODWINKED IN THE HOTHOUSE (THIRD EDITION): RESIST FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Moderated by Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network and co-organized by the Hoodwinked Collaborative and The New School. As ...

Sojurner Truth: Africa & LatinAmerica Update

July 28, 2022 17:20 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the possibilities and limitations of radical social change under progressive governments with Mexico City-based-journalist and Sojourner Truth regular Laura Carlsen. We focus on: Columbia, Chile, Honduras and Mexico for the first half of the hour. Our second guest is also a regular guest, Dr. Gerald Horne fills us in on key developments in Africa. This, as the continent is increasingly a target of influence by Russia, China and Western powers. The reality...

Sojourner Truth presents Myanmar Military Not In Fashion

July 27, 2022 16:29 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MB

Today we bring you an update on the crisis of the violent military occupation of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Earlier this week the military occupiers of Myanmar executed four human rights campaigners. They were found guilty in secret trials. There was a military coup in Myanmar carried out on Feb 1, 2021. People responded with peaceful protests, with garment workers, the majority of whom are women at the forefront of the protests. The military responded by killing thousands, and ...

Sojourner Truth presents: Pacifica Radio celebrates 63 years

July 26, 2022 17:15 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth as we celebrate the 63rd birthday of one of Pacifica Radio's stations, KPFK in California, delving into the rich history of the PRA archives and its ties to our listener sponsored radio station model, the first of its kind. Host Margaret Prescod guides the listener through Pacifica radio history playing excerpts from an exclusive Sojourner Truth interview with Toni Morrison as well as Pacifica archival audio including the voices of Lena Horne, Patty Hearst and severa...

Sojourner Truth : Police & Detention Center Accountability

July 22, 2022 17:50 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth with guest host, Nana Gyamfi we bring you our coverage of How Cops Get Off, the new national groundbreaking campaign led by the Advancement Project National Office made more critical in light of the recent cases of police killings in the nation. After the George Floyd/Breanna Taylor summer uprisings, why is it still hard to hold Cops accountable? We will also discuss new complaints of atrocities at Stewart ICE Detention Center in Georgia where more women and femmes k...

Sojourner Truth : Part 4: 2022 Poor People's Campaign Assembly Coverage

July 15, 2022 17:45 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, you will hear Part 4, the final episode of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, that took place in Washington D.C. on June 18, 2022. The Poor People's Campaign is demanding that the 140 million poor and low-income people in our nation from every race, creed, color, sexuality and place are no longer ignored, dismissed or pushed to the margins of this country's political and socia...

Sojourner Truth: Part 3: 2022 Poor People's Campaign Assembly Coverage

July 14, 2022 16:52 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you Part 3 of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, you will hear from a variety of speakers including: Reverend William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign, writer Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, immigration reform and prison reform organizers, faith leaders, and the testimonies from poor and low income people from across the U.S. detailing their first-hand ...

Sojourner Truth: Part 2: 2022 Poor People's Campaign Assembly Coverage

July 12, 2022 18:19 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you Part 2 of our coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls that was organized by the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The Poor People's Campaign is demanding that the 140 million poor and low-income people in our nation " from every race, creed, color, sexuality and place " are no longer ignored, dismissed or pushed to the margins of this country's political and ...

Sojourner Truth Part 1: Pacifica Radio Live Coverage of Poor People's Campaign Assembly

July 07, 2022 17:31 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MB

There are 140 million poor and low-income people in the U.S., internationally there are many many more. Every day, poverty takes an enormous toll on all who experience it. The economic and social costs of poverty and the injustices of systemic racism, militarism and ecological devastation are unsustainable. Yet billions of dollars continue to be allocated to U.S. involvement in foreign wars and destabilization abroad. The U.S. has the wealth to end these interlocking issues so why isn't endin...

6.2.22 - ST- Haiti update special

June 02, 2022 16:24 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you a special hour on Haiti. The New York Times recently published an expose on Haiti making it the first time a mainstream media outlet covers the 2004 coup of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide as U.S.-led with the complicity of France and Canada, carried out after Aristide demanded restitution from France for the funds where the descendants of enslaved people paid reparations (“independence debt”) to the descendants of their masters — for generatio...

6.2.22 - Sojourner Truth: Haiti update special

June 02, 2022 16:24 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you a special hour on Haiti. The New York Times recently published an expose on Haiti making it the first time a mainstream media outlet covers the 2004 coup of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide as U.S.-led with the complicity of France and Canada, carried out after Aristide demanded restitution from France for the funds where the descendants of enslaved people paid reparations (“independence debt”) to the descendants of their masters — for generatio...

ST-Earth Watch: Matt Simmons on the Jackson Forest Victory

June 01, 2022 19:40 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MB

Attorney Matt Simmons is our weekly Earth Watch segment guest who will be updating us on the recent victory in Fort Bragg, CA Jackson Forest. The Save Jackson Coalition was pleased to learn that three controversial timber harvest plans located in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) had been withdrawn. The plans constitute a total of 1479 acres (over 2 square miles) of forest now taken off the chopping block.

Sojourner Truth: Dr. Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz on the History of Guns

June 01, 2022 19:38 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MB

Our guest is historian and author Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz providing insightful historical context on America's gun obsession, racialized policing, its roots in the wars vs Indigenous nations and slave patrols, leading up to the power of the NRA and inability of Congress to take real action vs. gun control in the U.S.

ST-Dr.RoxanneDunbarOrtiz.historyofguns

June 01, 2022 19:38 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MB

Our guest is historian and author Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz providing insightful historical context on America's gun obsession, racialized policing, its roots in the wars vs Indigenous nations and slave patrols, leading up to the power of the NRA and inability of Congress to take real action vs. gun control in the U.S.

6.1.22.Wed -ST-BAJI MEETS L.A. MAYORAL CANDIDATES, SAVE THE FOREST VICTORY AND THE HISTORY OF GUNS

June 01, 2022 16:24 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Attorney and Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Nana Gyamfi joins us to discuss the recent Los Angeles mayoral candidate forum sponsored by BAJI, why has Karen Bass been the only responsive candidate? And Attorney Matt Simmons joins us for our weekly Earth Watch segment guest who will be updating us on the recent victory in Fort Bragg, CA Jackson Forest. The Save Jackson Coalition was pleased to learn that three controversial timber...

ST.Friday 5.27.22.Roundtable

May 27, 2022 16:26 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our Friday roundtable is back with journalist Laura Carlsen, school board member Jackie Goldberg and Professor Gerald Horne. We unpack the recent mass shootings and the present state of gun violence in this country. What is its impact on countries like Haiti and Mexico? How do we move forward with actual solutions vs. political rhetoric? And on the international front: the growing misinformation in Haiti, to the point that the representatives invited to the upcomi...

Sojourner Truth: Earth Minute Thur.5.26.22

May 26, 2022 17:29 - 1 minute - 1.72 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our weekly Earth Minute covers the latest updates regarding pollution.

5.24.22 -Tue-ST-Americas.Thailand

May 26, 2022 17:06 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss why some Latin American countries are threatening to boycott the upcoming Summit of the Americas to take place in the U.S., with our guest Guillaume Long. Our guest for the second half of the hour Liz Hilton, will give us an update on the Draft Act in Thailand. What is it? And if it passes how will the state have the power to shut down grassroot organizations?

5.24.22-Sojourner Truth- Latin Americas update & Thailand Draft Act

May 26, 2022 17:06 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss why some Latin American countries are threatening to boycott the upcoming Summit of the Americas to take place in the U.S., with our guest Guillaume Long. Our guest for the second half of the hour Liz Hilton, will give us an update on the Draft Act in Thailand. What is it? And if it passes how will the state have the power to shut down grassroot organizations?

5.26.22 - ST - GeorgeFloyd.panel

May 26, 2022 16:56 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: On this 2nd anniversary of the death of George Floyd we explore what has and has not changed to address police brutality of black lives, in Minnesota and nationwide. President Biden has just signed an executive order to address police misconduct but does it really have any impact on abusive police actions? We discuss this with our panelists Tristan Taylor, co-founder of the Minnesota-based organization Detroit Will Breath, an integrated, youth-led, militant organiza...

5.26.22-Sojourner Truth- George Floyd Panel

May 26, 2022 16:56 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: On this 2nd anniversary of the death of George Floyd we explore what has and has not changed to address police brutality of black lives, in Minnesota and nationwide. President Biden has just signed an executive order to address police misconduct but does it really have any impact on abusive police actions? We discuss this with our panelists Tristan Taylor, co-founder of the Minnesota-based organization Detroit Will Breath, an integrated, youth-led, militant organiza...

5.20.22 - Friday Roundtable

May 20, 2022 17:18 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth our Weekly Round Table is back! We tackle the white supremacist murder of ten Black people in Buffalo NY, the present day and historical context of these types of attacks; the great replacement theory; the broader national and international political implications. White supremacy is imbedded deeply in the US but it goes beyond US borders, indeed it is global, here is what the public safety official in Canada had to say. Also, we discuss the latest news from the war i...

5.19.22 - Thur -Sojourner Truth: It's MalcolmX Bday+Buffalo NY Update

May 19, 2022 16:59 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we honor Malcolm X on his birthday with a special show featuring archival clips of his speeches, joining us to discuss Malcolm X and his social justice stance is author of "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," Dr. Peniel Joseph. Dr. Joseph contextualizes the white supremacist shooting in Buffalo NY rooted in Malcolm X's era. And Black Lives Matter LA held a vigil for the stolen lives in Buffalo, we end our sh...

5.19.22 - Thur - ST - MalcolmXBday.Buffalo

May 19, 2022 16:59 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we honor Malcolm X on his birthday with a special show featuring archival clips of his speeches, joining us to discuss Malcolm X and his social justice stance is author of "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," Dr. Peniel Joseph. Dr. Joseph contextualizes the white supremacist shooting in Buffalo NY rooted in Malcolm X's era. And Black Lives Matter LA held a vigil for the stolen lives in Buffalo, we end our sh...

Israel.Palestine Update

May 18, 2022 17:48 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict including: the assassination of Palestinian Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the largest disposition of Palestinians since 1999 with Phyllis Bennis director of the New Internationalism Project at The Institute for Policy Studies, focusing on U.S. Middle East and war policy. Phyllis also serves on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Israel | Palestine Update

May 18, 2022 17:48 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict including: the assassination of Palestinian Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the largest disposition of Palestinians since 1999 with Phyllis Bennis director of the New Internationalism Project at The Institute for Policy Studies, focusing on U.S. Middle East and war policy. Phyllis also serves on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Fri - 4.29.22.ST - Friday Roundtable

April 29, 2022 15:59 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: Our Friday Roundtable is back with panelists: peace activist and school board member Jackie Goldberg, Mexico-based journalist Laura Carlsen and Professor Gerald Horne. Each of our panelists have chosen topics they will be discussing including: COVID-19 profiteering and the current state of infections, the recent bombings in Occupied Palestine and Israel's role, climate change, the January 6th attack on the capital and much more.

Wed - ST - 4.27.22 -Selma James and Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

April 28, 2022 16:47 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you a conversation with Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Black feminist theorist and theoretical physicist and Selma James, long-time feminist activist and Wages for Housework co-founder, to discuss, "Our Time is Now," an anthology by Selma James and the legacies of inter-generational feminism. Selma James is a women's rights and anti racist campaigner and author. From 1958 to 1962 she worked with C.L.R. James in the movement for West Indian federation a...

Th.4.28.22 - ST

April 28, 2022 16:34 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you updates on the Child Tax Credit in the U.S. with our guest Anna Aurilio, the Federal Campaign Director of Economic Security Project Action. We will also speak with Nell Myhand, Quad Chair of the California PPC and member of the Bay Area Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Steering Committee who will share details about their forthcoming action and the latest on their work locally and nationally to amplify the voices of low/no wealth...

Th.4.28.22 - Sojourner Truth: Child Tax Credit Update, Latest in Haiti + CA Poor People's Campaign

April 28, 2022 16:34 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you updates on the Child Tax Credit in the U.S. with our guest Anna Aurilio, the Federal Campaign Director of Economic Security Project Action. We will also speak with Nell Myhand, Quad Chair of the California PPC and member of the Bay Area Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Steering Committee who will share details about their forthcoming action and the latest on their work locally and nationally to amplify the voices of low/no wealth...

Fri - 4.22.22 - ST - Hoodwinked3.WouldBuildBackBetterBurnBillionsmp3

April 22, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Today, as we culminate Earth Week, we are bringing you a special broadcast on the environment: Part 3 of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Would Build Back Better Burn Billions? This is the third panel of a series that builds on the momentum created by the most recent report on the impact of climate change on indigenous and frontline communities titled, HOODWINKED IN THE HOTHOUSE (THIRD EDITION): RESIST FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. As part of President Biden’s infrastructure plan, fede...

Fri - 4.22.22 - ST - Hoodwinked Pt.3: Would Build Back Better Burn Billions?

April 22, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Today, as we culminate Earth Week, we are bringing you a special broadcast on the environment: Part 3 of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Would Build Back Better Burn Billions? This is the third panel of a series that builds on the momentum created by the most recent report on the impact of climate change on indigenous and frontline communities titled, HOODWINKED IN THE HOTHOUSE (THIRD EDITION): RESIST FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. As part of President Biden’s infrastructure plan, fede...

April is National Poetry Month ST presents Poet Ron Baca

April 21, 2022 17:11 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, as the month of April wraps up, we honor national poetry month with Boyle Heights-based poet Ron Baca, who will share some of his poems and discuss his connection with Homeboy Industries.

Th.4.21.22 -Sojourner Truth: EarthWatch guest: Desmond D'sa

April 21, 2022 17:08 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MB

A recent rain bomb struck South Africa, killing and injuring thousands. We discuss this climate change catastrophe with ecologist and organizer Desmond D'Sa, for our weekly Earth Watch segment in partnership with the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Th.4.21.22 - EarthWatch guest Desmond D'sa

April 21, 2022 17:08 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MB

A recent rain bomb struck South Africa, killing and injuring thousands. We discuss this climate change catastrophe with ecologist and organizer Desmond D'Sa, for our weekly Earth Watch segment in partnership with the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Th.4.21.22.EarthMinute: U.S. approves oil & gas drilling

April 21, 2022 17:06 - 1 minute - 1.66 MB

Today on our weekly Earth Minute segment in partnership with the Global Justice Ecology Project, we will hear about the recent decision by the President Biden administration to resume oil and gas drilling on public lands, being condemned as a reckless failure of climate leadership.

Th.4.21.22 - ST - Rainbomb.Frenchelections.poetry

April 21, 2022 17:02 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth the French Presidential Election will take place this Sunday. In response, on Monday, several dozen undocumented migrants, known as sans-papiers, and their supporters took over unoccupied apartments in the 9th arrondissement section of Paris to demand rights for all, citing the right to adequate housing and the plight of the undocumented migrant as two issues that have been absent in the French Presidential campaign. Protestors from the collective Chapel du vous, are ...

Wed.4.20.22ST-Shawnee.Roundtable

April 20, 2022 17:28 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MB

Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest— which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Fores...

Sojourner Truth presents: Hoodwinked in the Hothouse Part 2

April 19, 2022 18:13 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we begin our Earth week coverage with Hoodwinked in the Hothouse Part 2: Frontline Voices of Indigenous Resistance beyond Climate False Solutions. This panel features Indigenous organizers from frontline communities that are disproportionately impacted by false solutions to the climate crisis. From Anishnabeg communities in Canada fighting the contamination of water to Diné communities in Southwest Turtle Island, climate false solutions such as nuclear power, megadams...

Fri.4.15.22 - ST - Roundtable

April 15, 2022 15:54 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, journalist Laura Carlsen, peace activist and school board member Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, are back for this Friday's roundtable edition. Discussing the recent police killing of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids Michigan, the latest on the Presidential election in France and the looming danger of a possible win by the far right. Could this win escalate the war in ...

ST - 4.14.22 - Thur - Jasmine Smith

April 14, 2022 16:57 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, April is national poetry month, and we are joined by Oklahoma-born/Seattle-based poet Jasmine Elizabeth Smith who will share some of her work. Jasmine Elizabeth’s poetic work is invested in the Diaspora of Black Americans in various historical contexts and eras. Jasmine received her MFA in Poetry from the University of California in Riverside. Jasmine Elizabeth Smith currently works as an associate guest editor for the Black Earth Institute’s: About Place Journal wh...

Thur.4.14.22. Ukraine. Dr. Gerald Horne

April 14, 2022 16:53 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine Russia war with Dr. Gerald Horne. Dr. Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, he has written more than 30 books. His most recently published book is “The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing.” He is also the author of “The Dawning of the Apocalypse:The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capita...

Thur.4.14.22 - Earth Minute: Climate Change Report

April 14, 2022 16:47 - 1 minute - 1.67 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly Earth Minute discusses the latest findings in a report on the impacts of climate change, and how a group of scientists are taking action.

Thur.4.14.22 - Earth Watch - Dr. Gary Wockner

April 14, 2022 16:45 - 7 minutes - 9.85 MB

Our weekly Earth Watch guest is Dr. Gary Wockner. Dr. Gary Wockner is a Global Environmental Activist, Scientist, Writer specializing in river and water protection and climate change. Noted by publications as a “Eco-Rockstar Impacting the Planet,” and a “River Hero”, Gary is author of numerous magazine articles and newspaper columns as well as the 2016 book, “River Warrior: Fighting to Protect the World’s Rivers”. Gary founded and directs three river protection organizations, the biggest of ...

ST - Thur.4.14.22 - Ukraine.Rivers.Poems

April 14, 2022 16:36 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the latest developments on the Ukraine Russia war with Dr. Gerald Horne. Our weekly Earth Minute relays the latest findings in a report on the impacts of climate change. Our Earth Watch guest is Dr. Gary Wockner, arch defender of the Colorado River who will share how the fight for clean water is unfolding and what we can do about it. Finally, April is national poetry month, we conclude with Oklahoma- born/Seattle-based poet Jasmine Smith who will sha...

4.7.22 - Thur -ST-D.A.Bullock

April 08, 2022 18:12 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MB

Today on Sojourner Truth Today on Sojourner Truth Minneapolis prosecutors announce they will not charge the police officer who shot and killed 22 yr-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in February. We speak to Minneapolis-based activist and organizer with Reclaim the Block, D.A. Bullock on this decision.