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Policing in the United States. The latest on the killing of Rayshard Brooks as officers are being charged. What is the administration, Democrats and the GOP proposing on policing in the United States? What are the implications of their proposals? We also discuss the revelations in John Bolton's blockbuster book on the Trump administration, as well as the recent Supreme Court decisions. Also, for our weekly Earth Watch, neighborhoods poisoned by weapons of war.

Our guests are Chris Phillips, Laura Carlsen and Jackie Goldberg.

Christopher Phillips is a filmmaker, community servant, and strategist forming Maverick Media Group, a media production company that focuses on film, television, and branding with creative content. The self-taught filmmaker used his gifts to transform audiences and ignite social change by creating the riveting short documentary film Ferguson 365, which appeared in 12 festivals across the globe winning five-awards. Having worked for major entities such as Sony Pictures Entertainment and in collaboration with Coca-Cola and Essence Magazine, his diverse clientele has also included Verizon, the Associated Press, CNN, Magnolia Films, and even having his cinematography work featured in the Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. Christopher has contributed his searing voice to the BBC, the Berkeley Journal of Sociology, Grammy-nominated artist J. Cole's documentary 4 Your Eyez Only which premiered on HBO, and has been profiled by The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and CBS News.

Jackie Goldberg is a governing board member for the Los Angeles School Board - District 5. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. Goldberg had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on, and was later president of, the Los Angeles School Board.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program and works with Just Associated, an international feminist organization. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, CounterPunch and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on globalization, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Policing in the United States. The latest on the killing of Rayshard Brooks as officers are being charged. What is the administration, Democrats and the GOP proposing on policing in the United States? What are the implications of their proposals? We also discuss the revelations in John Bolton's blockbuster book on the Trump administration, as well as the recent Supreme Court decisions. Also, for our weekly Earth Watch, neighborhoods poisoned by weapons of war.

Our guests are Chris Phillips, Laura Carlsen and Jackie Goldberg.

Christopher Phillips is a filmmaker, community servant, and strategist forming Maverick Media Group, a media production company that focuses on film, television, and branding with creative content. The self-taught filmmaker used his gifts to transform audiences and ignite social change by creating the riveting short documentary film Ferguson 365, which appeared in 12 festivals across the globe winning five-awards. Having worked for major entities such as Sony Pictures Entertainment and in collaboration with Coca-Cola and Essence Magazine, his diverse clientele has also included Verizon, the Associated Press, CNN, Magnolia Films, and even having his cinematography work featured in the Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. Christopher has contributed his searing voice to the BBC, the Berkeley Journal of Sociology, Grammy-nominated artist J. Cole's documentary 4 Your Eyez Only which premiered on HBO, and has been profiled by The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and CBS News.

Jackie Goldberg is a governing board member for the Los Angeles School Board - District 5. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. Goldberg had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on, and was later president of, the Los Angeles School Board.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program and works with Just Associated, an international feminist organization. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, CounterPunch and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on globalization, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Policing in the United States. The latest on the killing of Rayshard Brooks as officers are being charged. What is the administration, Democrats and the GOP proposing on policing in the United States? What are the implications of their proposals? We also discuss the revelations in John Bolton's blockbuster book on the Trump administration, as well as the recent Supreme Court decisions. Also, for our weekly Earth Watch, neighborhoods poisoned by weapons of war.

Our guests are Chris Phillips, Laura Carlsen and Jackie Goldberg.

Christopher Phillips is a filmmaker, community servant, and strategist forming Maverick Media Group, a media production company that focuses on film, television, and branding with creative content. The self-taught filmmaker used his gifts to transform audiences and ignite social change by creating the riveting short documentary film Ferguson 365, which appeared in 12 festivals across the globe winning five-awards. Having worked for major entities such as Sony Pictures Entertainment and in collaboration with Coca-Cola and Essence Magazine, his diverse clientele has also included Verizon, the Associated Press, CNN, Magnolia Films, and even having his cinematography work featured in the Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. Christopher has contributed his searing voice to the BBC, the Berkeley Journal of Sociology, Grammy-nominated artist J. Cole's documentary 4 Your Eyez Only which premiered on HBO, and has been profiled by The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and CBS News.

Jackie Goldberg is a governing board member for the Los Angeles School Board - District 5. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. Goldberg had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on, and was later president of, the Los Angeles School Board.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program and works with Just Associated, an international feminist organization. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, CounterPunch and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on globalization, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Policing in the United States. The latest on the killing of Rayshard Brooks as officers are being charged. What is the administration, Democrats and the GOP proposing on policing in the United States? What are the implications of their proposals? We also discuss the revelations in John Bolton's blockbuster book on the Trump administration, as well as the recent Supreme Court decisions. Also, for our weekly Earth Watch, neighborhoods poisoned by weapons of war.

Our guests are Chris Phillips, Laura Carlsen and Jackie Goldberg.

Christopher Phillips is a filmmaker, community servant, and strategist forming Maverick Media Group, a media production company that focuses on film, television, and branding with creative content. The self-taught filmmaker used his gifts to transform audiences and ignite social change by creating the riveting short documentary film Ferguson 365, which appeared in 12 festivals across the globe winning five-awards. Having worked for major entities such as Sony Pictures Entertainment and in collaboration with Coca-Cola and Essence Magazine, his diverse clientele has also included Verizon, the Associated Press, CNN, Magnolia Films, and even having his cinematography work featured in the Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. Christopher has contributed his searing voice to the BBC, the Berkeley Journal of Sociology, Grammy-nominated artist J. Cole's documentary 4 Your Eyez Only which premiered on HBO, and has been profiled by The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and CBS News.

Jackie Goldberg is a governing board member for the Los Angeles School Board - District 5. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. Goldberg had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on, and was later president of, the Los Angeles School Board.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program and works with Just Associated, an international feminist organization. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, CounterPunch and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on globalization, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We focus on the two Black men who were found hung in public spaces in Southern California. One close to a City Hall, the other outside of a public library. What's going on? Our guest is Jeremiah Gordon, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center working to build Black worker power. Gordon began his organizing journey as a student leader at the University of California, Riverside. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California.

An update on the continued protests happening across the country. More specifically, an update on the uprising in Louisville, Kentucky, with environmentalist and anti-racist campaigner Stephen Bartlett. Mr Bartlett is the Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which aims to create a joyous, diverse, and sustainable community of well-nourished people and well-compensated farmers and food workers. Stephen is also a member of Louisvillians Showing Up For Racial Justice LSURJ.

Also, the Supreme Court made a spate of recent decisions, including action on LGBTQ rights. The debate also continues over what Donald Trump and the U.S. legislature will do about ongoing demands to defund the police. Our guest is Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We focus on the two Black men who were found hung in public spaces in Southern California. One close to a City Hall, the other outside of a public library. What's going on? Our guest is Jeremiah Gordon, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center working to build Black worker power. Gordon began his organizing journey as a student leader at the University of California, Riverside. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California.

An update on the continued protests happening across the country. More specifically, an update on the uprising in Louisville, Kentucky, with environmentalist and anti-racist campaigner Stephen Bartlett. Mr Bartlett is the Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which aims to create a joyous, diverse, and sustainable community of well-nourished people and well-compensated farmers and food workers. Stephen is also a member of Louisvillians Showing Up For Racial Justice LSURJ.

Also, the Supreme Court made a spate of recent decisions, including action on LGBTQ rights. The debate also continues over what Donald Trump and the U.S. legislature will do about ongoing demands to defund the police. Our guest is Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We focus on the two Black men who were found hung in public spaces in Southern California. One close to a City Hall, the other outside of a public library. What's going on? Our guest is Jeremiah Gordon, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center working to build Black worker power. Gordon began his organizing journey as a student leader at the University of California, Riverside. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California.

An update on the continued protests happening across the country. More specifically, an update on the uprising in Louisville, Kentucky, with environmentalist and anti-racist campaigner Stephen Bartlett. Mr Bartlett is the Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which aims to create a joyous, diverse, and sustainable community of well-nourished people and well-compensated farmers and food workers. Stephen is also a member of Louisvillians Showing Up For Racial Justice LSURJ.

Also, the Supreme Court made a spate of recent decisions, including action on LGBTQ rights. The debate also continues over what Donald Trump and the U.S. legislature will do about ongoing demands to defund the police. Our guest is Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We focus on the two Black men who were found hung in public spaces in Southern California. One close to a City Hall, the other outside of a public library. What's going on? Our guest is Jeremiah Gordon, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center working to build Black worker power. Gordon began his organizing journey as a student leader at the University of California, Riverside. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California.

An update on the continued protests happening across the country. More specifically, an update on the uprising in Louisville, Kentucky, with environmentalist and anti-racist campaigner Stephen Bartlett. Mr Bartlett is the Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which aims to create a joyous, diverse, and sustainable community of well-nourished people and well-compensated farmers and food workers. Stephen is also a member of Louisvillians Showing Up For Racial Justice LSURJ.

Also, the Supreme Court made a spate of recent decisions, including action on LGBTQ rights. The debate also continues over what Donald Trump and the U.S. legislature will do about ongoing demands to defund the police. Our guest is Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We focus on the two Black men who were found hung in public spaces in Southern California. One close to a City Hall, the other outside of a public library. What's going on? Our guest is Jeremiah Gordon, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center working to build Black worker power. Gordon began his organizing journey as a student leader at the University of California, Riverside. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California.

An update on the continued protests happening across the country. More specifically, an update on the uprising in Louisville, Kentucky, with environmentalist and anti-racist campaigner Stephen Bartlett. Mr Bartlett is the Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which aims to create a joyous, diverse, and sustainable community of well-nourished people and well-compensated farmers and food workers. Stephen is also a member of Louisvillians Showing Up For Racial Justice LSURJ.

Also, the Supreme Court made a spate of recent decisions, including action on LGBTQ rights. The debate also continues over what Donald Trump and the U.S. legislature will do about ongoing demands to defund the police. Our guest is Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught for 25 years. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar and political analyst who writes books and articles, and lectures throughout the world about human rights, US foreign policy, and the contradiction between the two.

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In addition to the on-going protests against racism and police violence, following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, new protests broke out this past weekend after the June 12 police killing of unarmed Black man 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Brooks was a father of four and had just celebrated his daughters birthday hours before being murdered. And, over the weekend it emerged that on Wednesday, June 10, the body of a 24-year-old Black man Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to City Hall in Palmdale, California. Furthermore, news is only now beginning to emerge about the body of 38-year-old Malcolm Harsch, another Black man, was found hanging from a tree close to a public library in nearby Victorville, California. Mr. Harsch was 38 years old. Both hangings took place in cities in Southern California. All of this comes amid more racist maneuvers by Donald Trump. To add insult to injury Donald Trump announced that he will hold a rally in Tulsa Oklahoma, where a white riot on May 31 and June 1, 1921 left 300 Black people dead and the entire Black area, businesses, churches, homes burned to the ground. Trump had first announced that the rally would be held on Friday, June 19, the very day that marked the end of slaver in the U.S., and is known as Freedom Day among Black communities across the country. Amid widespread opposition, Trump was forced to delay the event to Saturday June 20, but that is the very day that the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will hold its long planned Virtual Poor Peoples Mass March and Rally.

And there is more. Trump announced that he is moving the Republican Presidential Convention from Charlotte NC to Jacksonville Florida, this coincides with the 60th anniversary of the city's KKK race riot. Referred to as Ax Handle Saturday, on August 27, 1960, KKK members in the hundreds chased and viciously beat Black people with ax handles and baseball bats. This is where and when Donald Trump chose to give his acceptance speech for what he hopes will be another 4 years in office.

As part of our ongoing coverage of this critical time in US history, we bring you a recent webinar held by Haymarket Books entitled, The Fire This Time: The New Uprising Against Racism and Police Violence. The discussion, moderated by E. Tammy Kim, features Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. She is author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, which won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book in 2016. She is also editor of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, which won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBQT nonfiction in 2018. Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is currently the host of BET News and a political contributor for CNN. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Dr. Hill is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. Both will speak about the history, present and future of the fight for a world where Black Lives Matter.