Sojourner Truth Radio
1,518 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 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: September 21, 2021
September 21, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 6.52 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Envir...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 21, 2021 - Haitian Migrants, COP26, Barney Bush
September 21, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Envir...
Remembering Barney Bush: A Tribute
September 21, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Envir...
Nana Gyamfi On Deportation Of Haitian Migrants
September 21, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Envir...
News Headlines: September 17, 2021
September 17, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The fight for the future of U.S. domestic policy. The Build Back Better Act. Bernie Sanders is not backing down from his push for spending $3.5 trillion. President Biden says the U.S. is at an inflection point and this investment is needed now. But Senator Manchin is in the way. So is the filibuster. Senator Manchin wants to cut the proposed Build Back Better Act figure in ha...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 17, 2021 - Roundtable Discussion
September 17, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The fight for the future of U.S. domestic policy. The Build Back Better Act. Bernie Sanders is not backing down from his push for spending $3.5 trillion. President Biden says the U.S. is at an inflection point and this investment is needed now. But Senator Manchin is in the way. So is the filibuster. Senator Manchin wants to cut the proposed Build Back Better Act figure in ha...
Voting Rights & Freedom to Vote Act With Barbara Arnwine
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Voting rights campaigners have been frustrated by a lack of action by Congress to restore voter rights, which have been undermined since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that stripped the historic Voting Rights Act won during the Civil Rights Era. Civil Rights leaders have been pressuring President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take urgent action. This, as voter suppression laws are spreading across the United States. The most recent law, a very restrictive on...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 16, 2021 - Voting Rights, Migrant Crisis, Fairy Creek
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Voting rights campaigners have been frustrated by a lack of action by Congress to restore voter rights, which have been undermined since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that stripped the historic Voting Rights Act won during the Civil Rights Era. Civil Rights leaders have been pressuring President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take urgent action. This, as voter suppression laws are spreading across the United States. The most recent law, a very restrictive on...
News Headlines: September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Voting rights campaigners have been frustrated by a lack of action by Congress to restore voter rights, which have been undermined since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that stripped the historic Voting Rights Act won during the Civil Rights Era. Civil Rights leaders have been pressuring President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take urgent action. This, as voter suppression laws are spreading across the United States. The most recent law, a very restrictive on...
Earth Watch: Fairy Creek Defense With Rainbow Eyes
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.18 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Voting rights campaigners have been frustrated by a lack of action by Congress to restore voter rights, which have been undermined since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that stripped the historic Voting Rights Act won during the Civil Rights Era. Civil Rights leaders have been pressuring President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take urgent action. This, as voter suppression laws are spreading across the United States. The most recent law, a very restrictive on...
Migrant Asylum Cases With Alba Jaramillo
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Voting rights campaigners have been frustrated by a lack of action by Congress to restore voter rights, which have been undermined since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that stripped the historic Voting Rights Act won during the Civil Rights Era. Civil Rights leaders have been pressuring President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take urgent action. This, as voter suppression laws are spreading across the United States. The most recent law, a very restrictive on...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 15, 2021 - Build Back Better, Newsom Victory, Basic Income
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
Earth Minute: Attacks On Land & Environmental Defenders
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.27 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
John Ma On The Movement For Universal Guaranteed Income
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
Bill Gallegos On Governor Gavin Newsom's Recall Election Victory
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.79 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
News Headlines: September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
Chuck Collins On Biden's Build Back Better Plan & Taxes
September 15, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Gavin Newsom beat Trumpster Larry Elder in the California gubernatorial recall election. What are the lessons learned and the broader implications? Bill Gallegos joins us to break all of this down. Bill is a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. Tax hikes and GOP resistance to President Biden's care economy agenda, as reflected in his Build Back Better plan. A bill is now under consideration in the House. What are the numbers? How are Demo...
Child Tax Credit With Anna Aurilio
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Election Day in California. Voters will decide whether to keep Democrat Gavin Newsom in office, or go with Trumpster Larry Elder as Governor. What's at stake for California, as well as the nation? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. A critical vote is coming up on the child tax credit payments, which have gone out to 39 million families. Will the House vo...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 14, 2021 - California Election, Child Tax Credit, Black Farmers
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Election Day in California. Voters will decide whether to keep Democrat Gavin Newsom in office, or go with Trumpster Larry Elder as Governor. What's at stake for California, as well as the nation? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. A critical vote is coming up on the child tax credit payments, which have gone out to 39 million families. Will the House vo...
California Recall Election With Dr. Gerald Horne
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Election Day in California. Voters will decide whether to keep Democrat Gavin Newsom in office, or go with Trumpster Larry Elder as Governor. What's at stake for California, as well as the nation? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. A critical vote is coming up on the child tax credit payments, which have gone out to 39 million families. Will the House vo...
Black Farmers & Debt Relief With Lorette Picciano
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.68 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Election Day in California. Voters will decide whether to keep Democrat Gavin Newsom in office, or go with Trumpster Larry Elder as Governor. What's at stake for California, as well as the nation? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. A critical vote is coming up on the child tax credit payments, which have gone out to 39 million families. Will the House vo...
News Headlines: September 14, 2021
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Election Day in California. Voters will decide whether to keep Democrat Gavin Newsom in office, or go with Trumpster Larry Elder as Governor. What's at stake for California, as well as the nation? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. A critical vote is coming up on the child tax credit payments, which have gone out to 39 million families. Will the House vo...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 9, 2021 - COVID Update, GE Trees, Reproductive Rights
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive d...
News Headlines: September 9, 2021
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive d...
COVID-19 Update With Dr. David Himmelstein
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive d...
Earth Watch: Genetically Engineered Trees With Anne Petermann
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive d...
Legal Threats to Reproductive Rights With Marjorie Cohn
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.51 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive d...
Robert Taylor On Hurricane Ida & Louisiana Pollution
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Earth Minute: Campaign To Stop GE Trees
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 2.71 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
News Headlines: September 8, 2021
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Pat Flanagan On Desert Conservation & Environmentalism
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 6.13 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Bill Gallegos On California Governor Recall Election
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Remembering Michael K. Williams
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 8, 2021 - California Election, Hurricane Ida, Desert Conservation
September 08, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The California Gubernatorial election. Some say the outcome will determine whether California shifts to Trump-style policies and politics, or maintains the progressive reputation it now has. There is a lot at stake. Our guest is Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano Liberation and Environmental Justice activist. The impact of Hurricane Ida on St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. We speak with Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John. We update our...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 7, 2021 - Poetry for Haiti
September 07, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 75.4 MBWelcome to Sojourner Truth. Thank you for staying with us. This is your host, Margaret Prescod. Today: Poetry for Haiti, the worlds first Black republic, which is struggling to overcome neo-colonialism, imposed poverty, state violence, and natural disasters produced by climate change. In the early morning hours of August 14, 2021, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing at least 2,200 people and injuring over 12,000 others, according to France 24. These figures, ho...
News Headlines: September 7, 2021
September 07, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.63 MBWelcome to Sojourner Truth. Thank you for staying with us. This is your host, Margaret Prescod. Today: Poetry for Haiti, the worlds first Black republic, which is struggling to overcome neo-colonialism, imposed poverty, state violence, and natural disasters produced by climate change. In the early morning hours of August 14, 2021, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing at least 2,200 people and injuring over 12,000 others, according to France 24. These figures, ho...
News Headlines: September 3, 2021
September 03, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 6.95 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. From the devastation of Hurricane Idea leaving a swath of suffering from Louisiana and sweeping across the nation to the East Coast, and with wildfires continuing in California and across the West Coast, climate change is upon us. Is the nation prepared? What is the responsibility of government to protect the planet? Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is in Louisiana. But how ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 3, 2021 - Roundtable Discussion
September 03, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. From the devastation of Hurricane Idea leaving a swath of suffering from Louisiana and sweeping across the nation to the East Coast, and with wildfires continuing in California and across the West Coast, climate change is upon us. Is the nation prepared? What is the responsibility of government to protect the planet? Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is in Louisiana. But how ...
News Headlines: September 2, 2021
September 02, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.18 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our annual Labor Day special. We honor all workers, those who are waged, as well as those who are unwaged. This year, we uplift the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition, with whom we have partnered over the years for our Labor Day Special. This year will mark their 42nd annual Labor Day event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coalition is unable to march the streets hand in hand with their union sisters and brothers, community, friends, and supporters. Fur...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 2, 2021 - Labor Day Special
September 02, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our annual Labor Day special. We honor all workers, those who are waged, as well as those who are unwaged. This year, we uplift the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition, with whom we have partnered over the years for our Labor Day Special. This year will mark their 42nd annual Labor Day event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coalition is unable to march the streets hand in hand with their union sisters and brothers, community, friends, and supporters. Fur...
Carl Hamad-Lipscombe On Biden's Immigration Policies
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Hurricane Ida and its impact on Louisiana. Our guest is Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research, education, community and student engagement support, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Also, immigration policies under the government of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We discuss how these po...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 1, 2021 - Hurricane Ida & Immigration
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Hurricane Ida and its impact on Louisiana. Our guest is Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research, education, community and student engagement support, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Also, immigration policies under the government of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We discuss how these po...
News Headlines: September 1, 2021
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 6.49 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Hurricane Ida and its impact on Louisiana. Our guest is Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research, education, community and student engagement support, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Also, immigration policies under the government of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We discuss how these po...
Monique Harden On Hurricane Ida & Environmental Devastation
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Hurricane Ida and its impact on Louisiana. Our guest is Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research, education, community and student engagement support, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Also, immigration policies under the government of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We discuss how these po...
Earth Minute: Wildfires Strike Western United States
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.69 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The latest on Hurricane Ida and its impact on Louisiana. Our guest is Monique Harden, Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research, education, community and student engagement support, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Also, immigration policies under the government of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We discuss how these po...
News Headlines: July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBOn Sunday, July 25, 2021, the world lost one of the greatest icons of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Bob Moses. Bob passed away at the age of 86 at his home in Hollywood, Florida. Today, we pay homage to his life and legacy as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the Algebra Project. In 1960, Bob became field secretary for SNCC and later director of the SNCC's Mississippi Project in 1961. He traveled to Pike County and Amit...
Sojourner Truth Radio: July 27, 2021 - Bob Moses Tribute
July 27, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBOn Sunday, July 25, 2021, the world lost one of the greatest icons of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Bob Moses. Bob passed away at the age of 86 at his home in Hollywood, Florida. Today, we pay homage to his life and legacy as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the Algebra Project. In 1960, Bob became field secretary for SNCC and later director of the SNCC's Mississippi Project in 1961. He traveled to Pike County and Amit...
News Headlines: July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.17 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: July 15, 2021 - Environmental Activists & Non-Violent Moral Action
July 15, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in ...
Earth Watch: Francisca Stuardo On Land & Water Defenders In Chile & Honduras
July 15, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in ...