Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Last week, witnesses for the prosecution made emotional testimony. This week, prosecution witnesses are taking a closer look at police policies and the use of force. Some say prosecution witnesses this week have given an opening for Chauvin's defense. We speak with Karissa Lewis, the National Field Director for the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 groups representing the interests of Black communities across the United States.

Also, the crisis in Yemen. On Tuesday, April 6, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Demand Progress, and Just Foreign Policy sent a letter to President Joe Biden, calling for an end to the Saudi blockade of Yemen. According to the UN, 400,000 children under the age of 5 could perish from hunger this year without urgent action. In the U.S., a group of activists are participating in a hunger strike to stop U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Our guest is Iman Saleh, a member of the Yemeni Liberation Movement, which educates and mobilizes Yemenis and all communities for an end to the war on Yemen.

The Biden administration is making a major push to encourage people of color to be vaccinated. This, as cases are once again on the rise in certain states. We speak with La-Tanga Hopes, a Media Relations Specialist for FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Last week, witnesses for the prosecution made emotional testimony. This week, prosecution witnesses are taking a closer look at police policies and the use of force. Some say prosecution witnesses this week have given an opening for Chauvin's defense. We speak with Karissa Lewis, the National Field Director for the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 groups representing the interests of Black communities across the United States.

Also, the crisis in Yemen. On Tuesday, April 6, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Demand Progress, and Just Foreign Policy sent a letter to President Joe Biden, calling for an end to the Saudi blockade of Yemen. According to the UN, 400,000 children under the age of 5 could perish from hunger this year without urgent action. In the U.S., a group of activists are participating in a hunger strike to stop U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Our guest is Iman Saleh, a member of the Yemeni Liberation Movement, which educates and mobilizes Yemenis and all communities for an end to the war on Yemen.

The Biden administration is making a major push to encourage people of color to be vaccinated. This, as cases are once again on the rise in certain states. We speak with La-Tanga Hopes, a Media Relations Specialist for FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Last week, witnesses for the prosecution made emotional testimony. This week, prosecution witnesses are taking a closer look at police policies and the use of force. Some say prosecution witnesses this week have given an opening for Chauvin's defense. We speak with Karissa Lewis, the National Field Director for the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 groups representing the interests of Black communities across the United States.

Also, the crisis in Yemen. On Tuesday, April 6, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Demand Progress, and Just Foreign Policy sent a letter to President Joe Biden, calling for an end to the Saudi blockade of Yemen. According to the UN, 400,000 children under the age of 5 could perish from hunger this year without urgent action. In the U.S., a group of activists are participating in a hunger strike to stop U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Our guest is Iman Saleh, a member of the Yemeni Liberation Movement, which educates and mobilizes Yemenis and all communities for an end to the war on Yemen.

The Biden administration is making a major push to encourage people of color to be vaccinated. This, as cases are once again on the rise in certain states. We speak with La-Tanga Hopes, a Media Relations Specialist for FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Last week, witnesses for the prosecution made emotional testimony. This week, prosecution witnesses are taking a closer look at police policies and the use of force. Some say prosecution witnesses this week have given an opening for Chauvin's defense. We speak with Karissa Lewis, the National Field Director for the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 groups representing the interests of Black communities across the United States.

Also, the crisis in Yemen. On Tuesday, April 6, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Demand Progress, and Just Foreign Policy sent a letter to President Joe Biden, calling for an end to the Saudi blockade of Yemen. According to the UN, 400,000 children under the age of 5 could perish from hunger this year without urgent action. In the U.S., a group of activists are participating in a hunger strike to stop U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Our guest is Iman Saleh, a member of the Yemeni Liberation Movement, which educates and mobilizes Yemenis and all communities for an end to the war on Yemen.

The Biden administration is making a major push to encourage people of color to be vaccinated. This, as cases are once again on the rise in certain states. We speak with La-Tanga Hopes, a Media Relations Specialist for FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

The latest on the Derek Chauvin trial, the police officer being tried for the murder of George Floyd. We discuss our collective PTSD and thoughts on the testimony so far.

Also, President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and how it attempts to address racial inequality and the climate crisis. How is organized labor responding to his plan?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was roundly criticized for taking a stand against the Vietnam War and for focusing on economic issues as he called for the Poor People's Campaign. As we approach the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. King on April 4, we take a look at Biden's foreign policy versus his domestic policy, including the situation of children at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

The latest on the Derek Chauvin trial, the police officer being tried for the murder of George Floyd. We discuss our collective PTSD and thoughts on the testimony so far.

Also, President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and how it attempts to address racial inequality and the climate crisis. How is organized labor responding to his plan?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was roundly criticized for taking a stand against the Vietnam War and for focusing on economic issues as he called for the Poor People's Campaign. As we approach the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. King on April 4, we take a look at Biden's foreign policy versus his domestic policy, including the situation of children at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

The latest on the Derek Chauvin trial, the police officer being tried for the murder of George Floyd. We discuss our collective PTSD and thoughts on the testimony so far.

Also, President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and how it attempts to address racial inequality and the climate crisis. How is organized labor responding to his plan?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was roundly criticized for taking a stand against the Vietnam War and for focusing on economic issues as he called for the Poor People's Campaign. As we approach the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. King on April 4, we take a look at Biden's foreign policy versus his domestic policy, including the situation of children at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.

The latest on the Derek Chauvin trial, the police officer being tried for the murder of George Floyd. We discuss our collective PTSD and thoughts on the testimony so far.

Also, President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and how it attempts to address racial inequality and the climate crisis. How is organized labor responding to his plan?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was roundly criticized for taking a stand against the Vietnam War and for focusing on economic issues as he called for the Poor People's Campaign. As we approach the anniversary of the assassination of Rev. King on April 4, we take a look at Biden's foreign policy versus his domestic policy, including the situation of children at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd. Our guest is Minneapolis-based D.A. Bullock, an award-winning filmmaker and social practice artist in the field of story-based community organizing. He is also involved with Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing and invest in long-term alternatives.

Also, amid the sea of disturbing news at the border on the treatment of migrant children by the Biden administration, some good news from the immigrant rights movement. Our guest is Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexican activist, organizer, immigrant, and mother in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. She is also a community organizer with La Resistencia. Maru has lived in the United States for more than 25 years, and has spent most of that time as a community organizer. In 2014, Maru came out as undocumented. She is a member of the Latino Advocacy organization and Mijente.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we focus on the campaign to protect Indonesian rainforests. We speak with Sergio Baffoni, an Italian native living in Germany who coordinates the campaign to protect Indonesian rain-forests, run by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) together with around 150 national and international organizations. He also coordinates EPN global efforts in monitoring and mapping of new pulp capacity developments, in order to identify and prevent and minimize future adverse impacts on forests by engaging financial institutions involved in the respective projects.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

We continue our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd. Our guest is Minneapolis-based D.A. Bullock, an award-winning filmmaker and social practice artist in the field of story-based community organizing. He is also involved with Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing and invest in long-term alternatives.

Also, amid the sea of disturbing news at the border on the treatment of migrant children by the Biden administration, some good news from the immigrant rights movement. Our guest is Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexican activist, organizer, immigrant, and mother in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. She is also a community organizer with La Resistencia. Maru has lived in the United States for more than 25 years, and has spent most of that time as a community organizer. In 2014, Maru came out as undocumented. She is a member of the Latino Advocacy organization and Mijente.

For our weekly Earth Watch, we focus on the campaign to protect Indonesian rainforests. We speak with Sergio Baffoni, an Italian native living in Germany who coordinates the campaign to protect Indonesian rain-forests, run by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) together with around 150 national and international organizations. He also coordinates EPN global efforts in monitoring and mapping of new pulp capacity developments, in order to identify and prevent and minimize future adverse impacts on forests by engaging financial institutions involved in the respective projects.