Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable!

On the international front, we discuss: the Global Climate Strike, the Israeli election, the drone attack on Saudi Arabia and the push for war with Iran.

Is the system of checks and balances to avoid abuse of power of any of the three branches of the U.S. government entirely broken? The recent abuse of Congress by Trump devotee Cory Lewandowski in his combative and disrespectful appearance before the House Judiciary Committee is one example. The other, the breaking news that Trump made a promise to a foreign leader that so alarmed a member of the intelligence community that it was reported and dubbed a matter of urgent concern. What can be done as Trump continues to thumb his nose at the established checks and balances?

Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable!

On the international front, we discuss: the Global Climate Strike, the Israeli election, the drone attack on Saudi Arabia and the push for war with Iran.

Is the system of checks and balances to avoid abuse of power of any of the three branches of the U.S. government entirely broken? The recent abuse of Congress by Trump devotee Cory Lewandowski in his combative and disrespectful appearance before the House Judiciary Committee is one example. The other, the breaking news that Trump made a promise to a foreign leader that so alarmed a member of the intelligence community that it was reported and dubbed a matter of urgent concern. What can be done as Trump continues to thumb his nose at the established checks and balances?

Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable!

On the international front, we discuss: the Global Climate Strike, the Israeli election, the drone attack on Saudi Arabia and the push for war with Iran.

Is the system of checks and balances to avoid abuse of power of any of the three branches of the U.S. government entirely broken? The recent abuse of Congress by Trump devotee Cory Lewandowski in his combative and disrespectful appearance before the House Judiciary Committee is one example. The other, the breaking news that Trump made a promise to a foreign leader that so alarmed a member of the intelligence community that it was reported and dubbed a matter of urgent concern. What can be done as Trump continues to thumb his nose at the established checks and balances?

Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable!

On the international front, we discuss: the Global Climate Strike, the Israeli election, the drone attack on Saudi Arabia and the push for war with Iran.

Is the system of checks and balances to avoid abuse of power of any of the three branches of the U.S. government entirely broken? The recent abuse of Congress by Trump devotee Cory Lewandowski in his combative and disrespectful appearance before the House Judiciary Committee is one example. The other, the breaking news that Trump made a promise to a foreign leader that so alarmed a member of the intelligence community that it was reported and dubbed a matter of urgent concern. What can be done as Trump continues to thumb his nose at the established checks and balances?

Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Selma James On Global Climate Strike & Systemic Change by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our lead up to the Global Climate Strikes on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, called by youth asking adults to join them. Our guest is London-based, internationally-known author, women's rights and anti-racist campaigner, Selma James. She discusses what Karl Marx had to say about climate and much more. Also, her views on the growing environmental crisis.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we discuss the relationship between immigration, migration and climate change. We speak with Sherrie Anne Andre, co-founder of The FANG Collective, a grassroots organization based in the Northeast that began as a group fighting fracked gas infrastructure projects and currently hosts a campaign called Shut Down ICE.

Also, gentrification in South Los Angeles. We speak with Jabari Jumaane, Executive Director of the South Los Angeles-based African Firefighters In Benevolent Association (AFIBA) Center.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our lead up to the Global Climate Strikes on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, called by youth asking adults to join them. Our guest is London-based, internationally-known author, women's rights and anti-racist campaigner, Selma James. She discusses what Karl Marx had to say about climate and much more. Also, her views on the growing environmental crisis.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we discuss the relationship between immigration, migration and climate change. We speak with Sherrie Anne Andre, co-founder of The FANG Collective, a grassroots organization based in the Northeast that began as a group fighting fracked gas infrastructure projects and currently hosts a campaign called Shut Down ICE.

Also, gentrification in South Los Angeles. We speak with Jabari Jumaane, Executive Director of the South Los Angeles-based African Firefighters In Benevolent Association (AFIBA) Center.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our lead up to the Global Climate Strikes on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, called by youth asking adults to join them. Our guest is London-based, internationally-known author, women's rights and anti-racist campaigner, Selma James. She discusses what Karl Marx had to say about climate and much more. Also, her views on the growing environmental crisis.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we discuss the relationship between immigration, migration and climate change. We speak with Sherrie Anne Andre, co-founder of The FANG Collective, a grassroots organization based in the Northeast that began as a group fighting fracked gas infrastructure projects and currently hosts a campaign called Shut Down ICE.

Also, gentrification in South Los Angeles. We speak with Jabari Jumaane, Executive Director of the South Los Angeles-based African Firefighters In Benevolent Association (AFIBA) Center.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our lead up to the Global Climate Strikes on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, called by youth asking adults to join them. Our guest is London-based, internationally-known author, women's rights and anti-racist campaigner, Selma James. She discusses what Karl Marx had to say about climate and much more. Also, her views on the growing environmental crisis.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we discuss the relationship between immigration, migration and climate change. We speak with Sherrie Anne Andre, co-founder of The FANG Collective, a grassroots organization based in the Northeast that began as a group fighting fracked gas infrastructure projects and currently hosts a campaign called Shut Down ICE.

Also, gentrification in South Los Angeles. We speak with Jabari Jumaane, Executive Director of the South Los Angeles-based African Firefighters In Benevolent Association (AFIBA) Center.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

You likely know by now that within 11 years, without drastic action, our planet will have reached the point where the damage done by environmental abuse and devastation will be irreversible. In other words, we are facing a catastrophe. Those who are not joining the administration of Donald Trump in denying climate change have long put forward sustainability as a solution. But is it enough? Not so, says the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They point to the reality that present-day food production methods contribute to the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a cause of global warming. Increasingly, environmentalists are looking at soil regeneration as a solution. But what is it? How can it be put into practice? What are the implications for mega farms and for small farmers? Is it too late to put soil regeneration into practice? Our guest is Pennsylvania-based subsistence farmer and environmentalist Dean Kendall.

The reign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under threat. The election that took place on Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Israel did not give Netanyahu the votes he needed to establish a government. This, despite him tying himself to Trump and threatening to annex Palestinian lands in the West Bank, which pretty much would destroy all hope for a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli Palestinian conflict. We may not know for several days or weeks which of the two candidates who are pretty much tied now in the number of votes they received will become the Israeli Prime Minister. Netanyahu is the longest-running prime minister in the history of present-day Israel. Our guest is Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

The LAPD is yet again embroiled in a police shooting controversy that killed Albert Ramon Dorsey, who was killed in a LA 24 Fitness location in Hollywood, where he was taking a shower. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives Series, we speak with Sonya Smith, the sister of Albert Ramon Dorsey.

Also, our Weekly Earth Minute.