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Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

What Trump and other white supremacists have wrought: the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. And the injuring of six others by a gunman who repeated the phrase "Jews must die." In addition to his blatant anti-Semitism, he was also inspired by Trump's attack on the caravan of migrants now in Mexico on their way to seek asylum at the U.S. border. The Tree of Life was home to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a program that assisted the resettlement of immigrants and migrants. He objected to the resettlement program on a white supremacist/Nazi social media outlet, saying it's "the filthy evil Jews bringing the filthy evil Muslims into the country."

And two days prior to the domestic terror attack in Pittsburgh, another domestic terror attack happened against Black people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where the shooter after having failed to gain entry to a Black church, shot and killed two Black people. He reportedly said to a witness, "white people don't shoot white people."

Our guests are Rabbi Michael Pollack and Nijmie Dzurinko, a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.

And Brazil has a new president to the right of Donald Trump. Here to break down what's going on in Brazil and the implications of the election, we are joined by Alex main, a Latin America expert and Director of International Policy at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

What Trump and other white supremacists have wrought: the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. And the injuring of six others by a gunman who repeated the phrase "Jews must die." In addition to his blatant anti-Semitism, he was also inspired by Trump's attack on the caravan of migrants now in Mexico on their way to seek asylum at the U.S. border. The Tree of Life was home to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a program that assisted the resettlement of immigrants and migrants. He objected to the resettlement program on a white supremacist/Nazi social media outlet, saying it's "the filthy evil Jews bringing the filthy evil Muslims into the country."

And two days prior to the domestic terror attack in Pittsburgh, another domestic terror attack happened against Black people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where the shooter after having failed to gain entry to a Black church, shot and killed two Black people. He reportedly said to a witness, "white people don't shoot white people."

Our guests are Rabbi Michael Pollack and Nijmie Dzurinko, a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.

And Brazil has a new president to the right of Donald Trump. Here to break down what's going on in Brazil and the implications of the election, we are joined by Alex main, a Latin America expert and Director of International Policy at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

What Trump and other white supremacists have wrought: the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. And the injuring of six others by a gunman who repeated the phrase "Jews must die." In addition to his blatant anti-Semitism, he was also inspired by Trump's attack on the caravan of migrants now in Mexico on their way to seek asylum at the U.S. border. The Tree of Life was home to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a program that assisted the resettlement of immigrants and migrants. He objected to the resettlement program on a white supremacist/Nazi social media outlet, saying it's "the filthy evil Jews bringing the filthy evil Muslims into the country."

And two days prior to the domestic terror attack in Pittsburgh, another domestic terror attack happened against Black people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where the shooter after having failed to gain entry to a Black church, shot and killed two Black people. He reportedly said to a witness, "white people don't shoot white people."

Our guests are Rabbi Michael Pollack and Nijmie Dzurinko, a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.

And Brazil has a new president to the right of Donald Trump. Here to break down what's going on in Brazil and the implications of the election, we are joined by Alex main, a Latin America expert and Director of International Policy at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

What Trump and other white supremacists have wrought: the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. And the injuring of six others by a gunman who repeated the phrase "Jews must die." In addition to his blatant anti-Semitism, he was also inspired by Trump's attack on the caravan of migrants now in Mexico on their way to seek asylum at the U.S. border. The Tree of Life was home to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a program that assisted the resettlement of immigrants and migrants. He objected to the resettlement program on a white supremacist/Nazi social media outlet, saying it's "the filthy evil Jews bringing the filthy evil Muslims into the country."

And two days prior to the domestic terror attack in Pittsburgh, another domestic terror attack happened against Black people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where the shooter after having failed to gain entry to a Black church, shot and killed two Black people. He reportedly said to a witness, "white people don't shoot white people."

Our guests are Rabbi Michael Pollack and Nijmie Dzurinko, a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.

And Brazil has a new president to the right of Donald Trump. Here to break down what's going on in Brazil and the implications of the election, we are joined by Alex main, a Latin America expert and Director of International Policy at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

What Trump and other white supremacists have wrought: the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. And the injuring of six others by a gunman who repeated the phrase "Jews must die." In addition to his blatant anti-Semitism, he was also inspired by Trump's attack on the caravan of migrants now in Mexico on their way to seek asylum at the U.S. border. The Tree of Life was home to Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a program that assisted the resettlement of immigrants and migrants. He objected to the resettlement program on a white supremacist/Nazi social media outlet, saying it's "the filthy evil Jews bringing the filthy evil Muslims into the country."

And two days prior to the domestic terror attack in Pittsburgh, another domestic terror attack happened against Black people in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, where the shooter after having failed to gain entry to a Black church, shot and killed two Black people. He reportedly said to a witness, "white people don't shoot white people."

Our guests are Rabbi Michael Pollack and Nijmie Dzurinko, a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.

And Brazil has a new president to the right of Donald Trump. Here to break down what's going on in Brazil and the implications of the election, we are joined by Alex main, a Latin America expert and Director of International Policy at the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

Senator Jeff Flake is voting for moving ahead with Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the Senate Judiciary Committee now has the votes they need to move forward with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. We look at responses to and analyses of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh.

Also, the U.N. General Assembly meeting this past week. Trump's performance and U.S. foreign policy and aggression laid bare by Trump and reaction from leaders around the world, including the first Indigenous President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

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

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

Senator Jeff Flake is voting for moving ahead with Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the Senate Judiciary Committee now has the votes they need to move forward with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. We look at responses to and analyses of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh.

Also, the U.N. General Assembly meeting this past week. Trump's performance and U.S. foreign policy and aggression laid bare by Trump and reaction from leaders around the world, including the first Indigenous President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

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

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

Senator Jeff Flake is voting for moving ahead with Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the Senate Judiciary Committee now has the votes they need to move forward with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. We look at responses to and analyses of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh.

Also, the U.N. General Assembly meeting this past week. Trump's performance and U.S. foreign policy and aggression laid bare by Trump and reaction from leaders around the world, including the first Indigenous President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

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

Today on our weekly Sojourner Truth roundtable:

Senator Jeff Flake is voting for moving ahead with Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the Senate Judiciary Committee now has the votes they need to move forward with Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. We look at responses to and analyses of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the accusation of attempted rape against Kavanaugh.

Also, the U.N. General Assembly meeting this past week. Trump's performance and U.S. foreign policy and aggression laid bare by Trump and reaction from leaders around the world, including the first Indigenous President of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

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

Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod:

Yesterday, in his speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Donald Trump boasted that his administration had achieved more than almost any other president in U.S. history, causing world leaders to break out in laughter. Clips from that moment were shown around the world.

But not so fast. Trump used his speech to underscore his America First foreign policy, including trade and support for Israel. He praised Kim Jong Un and Poland, while attacking Iran, China, Germany, the U.N. Human Rights Council, OPEC, Venezuela and immigrants. Today, he is expected to continue his attacks especially on Iran as he chairs the U.N. Security Council. To discuss all this, we welcome Dr. Gerald Horne.

And an update on Haiti. A new Prime Minister has been announced following the reshuffling of the government following a nation-wide uprising against the government by the Haitian grassroots this past July. Who is Jean Henry Ceant, now Haitis new PM? Our guest is journalist and Haiti expert Kevin Pina.

Also, A New Way of Life (ANWOL) will have its annual film festival this weekend. Susan Burton, author of Call me Ms. Burton and founder of ANWOL, joins us.

For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, Akili joins us to weigh in on a new ordinance proposed by the Los Angeles City Council that would criminalize protest.

Finally, Sojourner Truth Election Watch with Dorothy Reik.