Sojourner Truth Radio
1,518 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 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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News Headlines: January 8, 2019
January 08, 2019 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Los Angeles is facing its first teachers strike since 1989. If negotiations continue to fail, the strike will start on Thursday, January 10. The teachers movement is part of a national movement known as Red for Ed. The Los Angeles action will follow successful teachers strikes in mainly GOP-majority states, known as red states, that swept the nation in 2018 including in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and parts of Washington Stat...
Assumpta Oturu On Congo Elections
January 08, 2019 00:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Los Angeles is facing its first teachers strike since 1989. If negotiations continue to fail, the strike will start on Thursday, January 10. The teachers movement is part of a national movement known as Red for Ed. The Los Angeles action will follow successful teachers strikes in mainly GOP-majority states, known as red states, that swept the nation in 2018 including in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and parts of Washington Stat...
Josh Ruebner Explains Attacks On Israel Critics
January 08, 2019 00:00 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Los Angeles is facing its first teachers strike since 1989. If negotiations continue to fail, the strike will start on Thursday, January 10. The teachers movement is part of a national movement known as Red for Ed. The Los Angeles action will follow successful teachers strikes in mainly GOP-majority states, known as red states, that swept the nation in 2018 including in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and parts of Washington Stat...
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 4, 2019 - Roundtable Discussion
January 04, 2019 16:59 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, I am back in studio and want to take a moment to wish you all good things for the coming year. I appreciate you, the listener, our top priority. I also want to thank you for your support and encouragement, which has made Sojourner Truth a top show on this station. We know you can switch the dial when Sojourner Truth comes on, but so many of you do not. On behalf of the Sojourner Truth team, we thank you. Even in these scary and divisive times, I am hopeful that we ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: January 3, 2019 - Impact of Homelessness on Women and Children
January 03, 2019 17:22 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBOn Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, hundreds of people attended the Poor People's Hearing on the Impact of Homelessness on Women and Children in Skid Row in Los Angeles, California. Skid Row is a famous community of unhoused people who have been organizing around housing justice and other issues. The event, co-hosted by the California Poor Peoples Campaign and the Los Angeles Community Action Network (known as LA CAN), was one of many in a series of Poor Peoples Hearings. The Poor Peoples Campaign: A...
Rev. William Barber On Poor People's Campaign Part 2
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you t...
News Headlines: January 2, 2019
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you t...
Rev. William Barber On Poor People's Campaign Part 1
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you t...
SNCC Music Special Part 2, Track 1
January 01, 2019 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.39 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.
News Headlines: January 1, 2019
January 01, 2019 00:00 - 4 minutes - 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.
SNCC Music Special Part 2, Track 2
January 01, 2019 00:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 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 - 58 minutesToday 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...
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 27, 2018 - Sex Worker Roundtable
December 27, 2018 17:12 - 59 minutesToday on Sojourner Truth: A new in-depth discussion on the national and international movement for the rights of sex workers, including for decriminalization. Our guests are Liz Hilton, Niki Adams and Rachel West. Based in Thailand, Hilton is with Empower. They have a project in the ASEAN countries to strengthen links and share power and expertise with sex workers in a number of countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and others. Internationally known for her work on behalf of ...
Dick Gregory & SNCC Track 1
December 26, 2018 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MBToday, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC, focusing on the late civil rights activist, comedian, and social critic Dick Gregory. During this episode, you will hear a speech at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference by Gregory, who died at 84 in August of 2017. Gregory used his comedic abilities to communicate the need for civil-rights activism as well as in his efforts of direct action, such as an attempt to integrate a Mississippi re...
News Headlines: December 26, 2018
December 26, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBToday, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC, focusing on the late civil rights activist, comedian, and social critic Dick Gregory. During this episode, you will hear a speech at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference by Gregory, who died at 84 in August of 2017. Gregory used his comedic abilities to communicate the need for civil-rights activism as well as in his efforts of direct action, such as an attempt to integrate a Mississippi re...
Dick Gregory & SNCC Track 2
December 26, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBToday, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC, focusing on the late civil rights activist, comedian, and social critic Dick Gregory. During this episode, you will hear a speech at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference by Gregory, who died at 84 in August of 2017. Gregory used his comedic abilities to communicate the need for civil-rights activism as well as in his efforts of direct action, such as an attempt to integrate a Mississippi re...
SNCC Music Special Part 1, Track 1
December 25, 2018 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.03 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...
News Headlines: December 25, 2018
December 25, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 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...
SNCC Music Special Part 1, Track 2
December 25, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 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 21, 2018 - Harry Belafonte & SNCC
December 21, 2018 16:59 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC, focusing on musician, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. During this episode, Part 4 of our series, you will hear a speech delivered by Belafonte at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference. A child of Jamaican immigrants, Belafonte depicted the struggles of Black people in the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa through his Calypso music. Inspired by acti...
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 20, 2018 - Women in SNCC Part 3
December 20, 2018 17:16 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee known as SNCC, focusing on civil rights activist and singer Bernice Johnson Reagon. Johnson Reagon is the founder of the Harambee Singers and the all-woman acappella group Sweet Honey and the Rock. She uses her powerful singing to allow others to study the African American oral tradition in radio, film, and concerts across the country. During this episode, Part 3 of our series, you wi...
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 19, 2018 - Women in SNCC Part 2
December 19, 2018 17:43 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC. During Part 2 of the series, you will hear more voices of some of the women who organized with SNCC, including Mary King, who worked in SNCCs Communications Department in the 1960s, pressing for more media coverage of racist violence in the United States. We also hear from historian Cynthia Fleming, who discusses the life and work of SNCC organizer Ruby Doris Smith-Robinso...
Sojourner Truth Radio: December 18, 2018 - Women In SNCC Part 1
December 18, 2018 16:53 - 1 hour - 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 - 59 minutes - 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.
Roundtable Discussion: What's Going On With The Migrant Caravan?
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBToday on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable: The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies. Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation. Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trum...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 30, 2018 - Roundtable On G20, Mueller Investigation, Migrant Caravan
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBToday on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable: The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies. Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation. Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trum...
Roundtable Discussion: G20 Summit & Global Implications
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable: The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies. Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation. Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trum...
Roundtable Discussion: Mueller Investigation & Trump's Response
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBToday on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable: The G20 meeting has begun in Argentina. It is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies. Also, is Trump a "mob" president? The plea of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, the possibility of a pardon for Paul Manafort and the latest on the Mueller investigation. Lastly, the criminizalization of asylum seekers. The tear gassing of the migrant caravan, including children, and Trum...
Nicolai Petro On Russia-Ukraine Tensions
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 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 - 9 minutes - 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...
Earth Watch: Christian Poirier On Deforestation In Brazil
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.95 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...
Maru Mora Villalpando On Detention Center Death
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 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...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 29, 2018 - Deforestation, Ukraine, Homelessness, Detention Center
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 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...
Aislinn Pulley On Emantic Bradford Jr. Mall Shooting In Alabama
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on Yemen as Senator Bernie Sanders is now leading an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Our guest is Jehan Hakim, chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, which is working with other groups including Just Foreign Policy and Action Corps to end the war. The killing of a 21-year-old Black man (Emantic Bradford Jr.) on Thanksgiving night at a mall in Alabama. Our guest is Aislinn Pulley, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Chicago. ...
Susan Burton On A New Way Of Life's 20th Anniversary
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on Yemen as Senator Bernie Sanders is now leading an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Our guest is Jehan Hakim, chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, which is working with other groups including Just Foreign Policy and Action Corps to end the war. The killing of a 21-year-old Black man (Emantic Bradford Jr.) on Thanksgiving night at a mall in Alabama. Our guest is Aislinn Pulley, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Chicago. ...
Jehan Hakim On Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis & War Powers Resolution
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on Yemen as Senator Bernie Sanders is now leading an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Our guest is Jehan Hakim, chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, which is working with other groups including Just Foreign Policy and Action Corps to end the war. The killing of a 21-year-old Black man (Emantic Bradford Jr.) on Thanksgiving night at a mall in Alabama. Our guest is Aislinn Pulley, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Chicago. ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 28, 2018 - Yemen, Alabama Mall Shooting, A New Way of Life
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on Yemen as Senator Bernie Sanders is now leading an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Our guest is Jehan Hakim, chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, which is working with other groups including Just Foreign Policy and Action Corps to end the war. The killing of a 21-year-old Black man (Emantic Bradford Jr.) on Thanksgiving night at a mall in Alabama. Our guest is Aislinn Pulley, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Chicago. ...
David Abud & Pedro Rios on Mexico Border Repression
November 27, 2018 18:12 - 22 minutes - 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...
Pierre Labosierre on Haiti Protests
November 27, 2018 18:07 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBAn uprising continues in Haiti as protesters hit the streets calling for the ouster of US-selected and backed President Jovenel Moise as well as calling for accountability for the disappearance of over $3 billion dollars in PetroCaribe. PetroCaribe is money from Venezuela to assist the Haitian people. Our guest is Pierre LaBossiere of the Haiti Action Committee.
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 27, 2018 - U.S.-Mexico Border Repression, Haiti Protests
November 27, 2018 17:33 - 55 minutes - 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...
Jasmin Tobar On The Migrant Caravan & Issues At The Mexico Border
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 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...
Melissa Bumstead & Dr. Robert Gould On California Fires & The Santa Susana Field Laboratory
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 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...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 20, 2018 - APEC, Migrant Caravan, California Fires
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 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...
Dr. Gerald Horne On The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
November 20, 2018 00:00 - 11 minutes - 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...
Laura Carlsen On Migrant Caravan, Women's Struggles & Latin America
November 16, 2018 17:20 - 58 minutes - 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...
Jeff Cohen On Trump's Media Attacks
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 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 15, 2018 - Trump Attacks Media, War On Yemen, Palm Oil
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 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...
Robert Naiman Explains The War On Yemen
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 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...
Earth Watch: Jeff Conant On The Weaponization Of Palm Oil
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.54 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 14, 2018 - Gaza, Georgia Race, Antonio Gonzalez
November 14, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Tensions between Israel and Palestinians are once again on the rise, following a botched Israeli commando raid in Gaza. Our guest is Ali Abunimah, Director of Electronic Intifada, an independent online news publication focusing on Palestine. Also, our weekly Campaigners for Black Lives segment. We turn our attention back to Georgia's Governor's race following congressional elections. The Democratic candidate, Stacey Abrams, still hopes to become the first Black wom...