Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols.

We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us.

For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth.

Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols.

We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us.

For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth.

Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols.

We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us.

For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth.

Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols.

We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us.

For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth.

Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our special honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Monday, January 20, millions of people across the United States marked Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is observed on the third Monday of January each year. It took a hard-fought grassroots campaign to win the establish of Dr. King's birthday as a holiday. The movement for Dr. King's birthday as a national holiday was met with great resistance, but the first MLK National Holiday was finally won and marked in 1986.

Today, there continue to be efforts to sanitize Dr. King and hide the revolutionary who he was. It was ironic that the White Supremacist-in-Chief in the White House and his vice president were obliged to visit the MLK Memorial yesterday. This, after leading the way for rolling back rights won in the Civil Rights, Black, Brown and environmental movements.

What is often hidden is that Dr. King put forward democratic socialism and that he called for a general strike. When he came out against the War in Vietnam in 1967, he was vilified in mainstream media and denounced by Civil Rights leaders. Funding for his movement was pulled, but Dr. King didn't step back. He put together his fight against racism with being anti-war and called for a Poor People's Campaign. It was at that point that he was assassinated. His ability to bring people together across the divides of race and issues was considered dangerous by the FBI, which made efforts to discredit Dr. King, including by threatening him. By April 1968, just months after he called for the Poor People's Campaign, he was assassinated.

Today, we focus on what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for and how his legacy and demands are being carried out today and by whom.

Our guests are Dr. Peniel E. Joseph and Bettie Mae Fikes. Dr. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book, "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.," will be published by Basic Books on April 7, 2020. Bettie Mae is a civil rights icon who was known as "The Voice of Selma." She joined the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama, as a young teenager and her singing voice riveted a movement. It was known to inspire those preparing to be arrested along with Dr. King.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our special honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Monday, January 20, millions of people across the United States marked Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is observed on the third Monday of January each year. It took a hard-fought grassroots campaign to win the establish of Dr. King's birthday as a holiday. The movement for Dr. King's birthday as a national holiday was met with great resistance, but the first MLK National Holiday was finally won and marked in 1986.

Today, there continue to be efforts to sanitize Dr. King and hide the revolutionary who he was. It was ironic that the White Supremacist-in-Chief in the White House and his vice president were obliged to visit the MLK Memorial yesterday. This, after leading the way for rolling back rights won in the Civil Rights, Black, Brown and environmental movements.

What is often hidden is that Dr. King put forward democratic socialism and that he called for a general strike. When he came out against the War in Vietnam in 1967, he was vilified in mainstream media and denounced by Civil Rights leaders. Funding for his movement was pulled, but Dr. King didn't step back. He put together his fight against racism with being anti-war and called for a Poor People's Campaign. It was at that point that he was assassinated. His ability to bring people together across the divides of race and issues was considered dangerous by the FBI, which made efforts to discredit Dr. King, including by threatening him. By April 1968, just months after he called for the Poor People's Campaign, he was assassinated.

Today, we focus on what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for and how his legacy and demands are being carried out today and by whom.

Our guests are Dr. Peniel E. Joseph and Bettie Mae Fikes. Dr. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book, "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.," will be published by Basic Books on April 7, 2020. Bettie Mae is a civil rights icon who was known as "The Voice of Selma." She joined the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama, as a young teenager and her singing voice riveted a movement. It was known to inspire those preparing to be arrested along with Dr. King.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.

We discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new bombshell evidence related to the case against Trump, and the limiting of media access to senators throughout this process. We also discuss the last Democratic Debate, including the apparent split between the two progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Also, the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Trump's story keeps shifting as to why the U.S. assassinated general Qassem Soleimani. Meanwhile, in Iran, tens of thousands heard from their Supreme Leader, who called the U.S. strike an act of terror. Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Dr. Gerald Horne and Laura Carlsen.

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.

Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Fortune, Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on NAFTA, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.

We discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new bombshell evidence related to the case against Trump, and the limiting of media access to senators throughout this process. We also discuss the last Democratic Debate, including the apparent split between the two progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Also, the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Trump's story keeps shifting as to why the U.S. assassinated general Qassem Soleimani. Meanwhile, in Iran, tens of thousands heard from their Supreme Leader, who called the U.S. strike an act of terror. Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Dr. Gerald Horne and Laura Carlsen.

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.

Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Fortune, Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on NAFTA, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.

We discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new bombshell evidence related to the case against Trump, and the limiting of media access to senators throughout this process. We also discuss the last Democratic Debate, including the apparent split between the two progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Also, the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Trump's story keeps shifting as to why the U.S. assassinated general Qassem Soleimani. Meanwhile, in Iran, tens of thousands heard from their Supreme Leader, who called the U.S. strike an act of terror. Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Dr. Gerald Horne and Laura Carlsen.

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.

Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Fortune, Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on NAFTA, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.

We discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new bombshell evidence related to the case against Trump, and the limiting of media access to senators throughout this process. We also discuss the last Democratic Debate, including the apparent split between the two progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Also, the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Trump's story keeps shifting as to why the U.S. assassinated general Qassem Soleimani. Meanwhile, in Iran, tens of thousands heard from their Supreme Leader, who called the U.S. strike an act of terror. Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Dr. Gerald Horne and Laura Carlsen.

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.

Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Fortune, Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on NAFTA, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.