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Dec 21, 2018
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Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC, focusing on musician, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. During this episode, Part 4 of our series, you will hear a speech delivered by Belafonte at the SNCC 50th anniversary conference. A child of Jamaican immigrants, Belafonte depicted the struggles of Black people in the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa through his Calypso music. Inspired by...
Topic: Harry Belafonte SNCC History African-American Black Music Culture Art Non-Violence Civil Rights
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Aug 29, 2019
08/19
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Today on Sojourner Truth: We commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Chicano moratorium, one of the most impactful events in Chicano history in the United States. On August 29, 1970, a huge march of about 30,000 mainly young people stormed East Los Angeles opposing the Vietnam War and demanding rights for Chicano people, especially in the areas of education and ethnic studies. The march was led by activists from local colleges and other schools and members of the Brown Berets, with roots in a...
Topic: Chicano Moratorium Los Angeles East Police Brutality Racism Civil Rights Brown Berets
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Dec 4, 2014
12/14
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Thursday: Grief and outrage over the refusal to indict the white New York City police officer in the choking death of Eric Garner. Garner’s death was caught on video and his last words were “I can’t breathe”. We get reaction from Ronald Hampton, former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association; NYC based Francisco Torres of the Panther 8, author and New Jersey based civil rights campaigner Junius Williams, tory Russell of Ferguson based Hands Up United. Cory spoke...
Topics: New York City, Police abuse, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Tamir Rice, Grand Jury, Difret
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Jan 29, 2021
01/21
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Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne. President Biden's foreign policy thus far has liberals and progressives worried. His team, they say, is filled with war hawks, while his man in the Pentagon has ties with the U.S. defense industry. What difference, if any, will there be with Biden and Trump's foreign policy? On the national front, President Biden's executive orders are being hailed by some, and roundly...
Topic: Biden Trump Republicans Democrats Executive Orders Politics Foreign Policy
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Mar 13, 2013
03/13
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As part of our women’s history month series, “Mountains that Take Wing” a conversation between prominent Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama and Angela Davis.
Topics: Mountains that take wing, Angela Davis, Yuri Kochiyama
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Nov 12, 2020
11/20
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Today on Sojourner Truth: Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the latest on Donald Trump's legal challenges as he attempts to invalidate the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win. It has been over a week since U.S. voters decided to election Biden and Harris as the next President and Vice President, yet Trump is refusing to concede. His campaign is waging legal battles in states across the country in a desperate attempt to overturn President-elect Biden's...
Topic: Elections Legal 2020 Trump Biden Kamala GE Salmon Environment Speech
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Sep 5, 2014
09/14
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The NATO meeting is underway in Wales with an announcement of joint NATO/US military exercises in the Ukraine. The UK Prime Minister summarizes the problems facing the 28 nation body as the problem of Russian aggression to the East and the “arc of instability from North Africa to the Middle East.” What is NATO up to? And is President Obama implying that so-named “allies” and NATO members have the same rights to military defense which would redefine who a NATO member is? Meanwhile...
Topics: NATO, Ukraine, Russia, IS, Iraq, Islamic State, Labor, Living Wage, Fast food workers
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Nov 6, 2020
11/20
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Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable discussion on the 2020 elections. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne. It has been over three days since Election Day, and the race to decide the next President of the United States still remains too close to call. Democrat Joe Biden moved ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia overnight into Friday as vote counting continued there. Georgia's Clayton County reports that Biden added 1,602 votes compared to Trump's 223,...
Topic: Elections 2020 Voting Democrats Republicans Trump Biden
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Apr 15, 2021
04/21
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Today on Sojourner Truth: Matthew Hoh, Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy and a 100% disabled Marine combat veteran, joins us to discuss President Joe Bidens plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year. For our weekly Earth Watch, in the context of our ongoing coverage of the climate catastrophe, we speak with Devlin Kuyek on corporate greenwashing and small farmers and social movement struggles for community-controlled and biodiverse food...
Topic: Afghanistan Occupation War Invasion Greenwashing Food Security Poverty Welfare
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Mar 17, 2021
03/21
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Today on Sojourner Truth we rebroadcast a show from Alternative Radio, featuring a May 19, 2020 talk given by Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy, moderated by Asad Rehman, and narrated by David Barsamian. Naomi Klein is an aware winning journalist and columnist and Glory Steinem endowed chair in media culture and feminist studies at Rutgers University. She's the author of many books, including The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and On Fire; The Burning Case for a Green New Deal. She's...
Topics: Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, David Barsamian, Asad Rehman
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Jun 4, 2020
06/20
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Today on Sojourner Truth: A memorial service will be held for George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to give the eulogy. After 10 fervent days of action across the United States, protests in response to the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd continue to rage on. On Wednesday, June 3, demonstrations were held around the country as the uprising continues. Thousands converged in Downtown Los Angeles, many outside the office of District Attorney Jackie...
Topic: George Floyd Justice for George Floyd Racism Indigenous Black Police
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Nov 19, 2020
11/20
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Today on Sojourner Truth: Is biomass fuel the answer to containing the spread of wildfires? Or is it simply another false solution taking away focus from the relationship between climate change and the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires? On Tuesday, November 24, environmental justice organizations around the world will mark the International Day of Action on Forest Biomass. What is biomass fuel? Why are environmental activists opposed to it? For our weekly Earth Watch, our guest is...
Topic: Biomass Fuel Pollution Environment Energy Hard Road of Hope Documentary Farmworkers Agriculture...
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Sep 27, 2011
09/11
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Sojournertruth's weekly eath minute segment.
Topics: kpfk, Sojournertruth, radio, kpfk
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Aug 29, 2018
08/18
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Today on Sojourner Truth: A U.S. federal court struck down North Carolina's congressional map on Monday, August 27 ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, ruling that districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor the GOP. Gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries. Oftentimes, its used to suppress the power of liberal and progressive Black and Brown voters across the United States,...
Topic: Gerrymandering North Carolina Mumia Abu Jamal Barbados
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Mar 10, 2021
03/21
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Today on Sojourner Truth, we celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month 2021 with an in depth discussion with two grassroots women's movement leaders: Marian Kramer of the National Welfare Rights Union and Selma James, founder of the International Wages for Housework Campaign. The NWRO led the way for access to welfare benefits for thousands of single mothers who were previously denied. In 1965, Johnnie Tillmon of Watts, California, and President of the NWRO said: "If I...
Topic: NWRO NWRU Selma James Marian Kramer Politics Housework Caregivers Women IWD
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Jan 16, 2015
01/15
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Friday on our Weekly Roundtable we discuss the meaning of the lessons of Martin Luther King for the movements of today; the significance of Selma and the snubbing of the film by Hollywood. Fallout continues from the Charlie Hebdo and kosher market attacks in France that left 20 dead. The Pope weighs in; France arrests 54 for exercising their free speech, at least 2 are killed in what reported to be a foiled “terrorist” attack in Belgium. Meanwhile, the Boko Haram have killed more than...
Topics: Keystone XL, Obama, Boko Haram, Nigeria, France, Charlie Hedbo, Congress
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Oct 25, 2012
10/12
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Margaret Prescod
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On today's show Margaret interviews candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey about her 2012 to replace outgoing DA Steve Cooley. Then we move up north to Alberta Canada and speak to Eriel Deranger about the growing concern regarding tar sand extraction there. Last up is the Rev. Edward Pinkney who calls in from Benton Harbor, Michigan to give an update about his fight against Benton Harbor city officials, attempts to block his efforts at community organization, and land...
Topics: Election, Jackie Lacey, Benton Harbor, Tar Sands, Canada, Edward Pinkney, Racism, Michigan, Los...
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Dec 31, 2020
12/20
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Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you exclusive audio from a webinar entitled, Stop Line 3 Digital Rally. Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. Enbridge seeks to build a new pipeline corridor through untouched wetlands and the treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples, through...
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: The press for Palestinian statehood in the UN, and President Obamaâs speech to the UN General Assembly, Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis joins us. A rare interview with Jane Goodall, primatologist and humanitarian; she transformed our view of the connections between primates and humans. And now there is âJaneâs Journeyâ, a brand new film about her life, which premiers this weekend in Southern California. And insught into the execution of Troy Davis with Hillary Shelton
Topics: Troy Davis, Palestinian Statehood, Jane Goodall
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Friday Roundtable Crisis and Response. Economic crisis and union bashing in the US; austerity measures, loss of trust in the media, government, the police and youth led riots in the UK. Starvation in Somalia and a new study concludes that one in four families in the US have trouble providing enough food for their families.
Topics: economic crisis, union bashing
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Jun 26, 2019
06/19
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Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the recent Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress held in Washington, D.C. from Monday, June 17 to Wednesday, June 19. At least 1,200 impacted people from states across the country attended. The Poor People's Campaign fights back against what it calls the evils of racism, poverty, the war economy and environmental devastation. It also has the goal of shifting what they call the moral narrative. The joint coordinators of the Poor People's...
Topic: Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress Welfare Women Workers Poverty
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Jul 1, 2011
07/11
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Our weekly roundtable tackles the austerity approach of the governments of Greece, the UK and the US as well as the response from the people. What was the message of President Obama at his recent press conference on tax hikes for the rich, cuts for the rest of us, and his ideas for job creation? What about his views on Libya and the War Powers Act. Are elected officials and the US electorate facing the reality of a global economy in an increasingly multi-polar world? Is the amount of US debt...
Topics: Austerity Measures, Debt Ceiling, Greece, Libya, UK
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Jun 15, 2018
06/18
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Our Friday roundtable is back! Today, we discuss Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, the ongoing tariff dispute between the U.S. and other major world powers, the situation of migrant refugees on the border and the upcoming midterm elections. Roundtable participants: Jackie Goldberg, Laura Carlsen, Dr. Gerald Horne
Topic: Korea Trump Migrants Midterm Elections
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Nov 9, 2018
11/18
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Today on Sojourner Truth: The Democrats have regained the House, Republicans still have control of the Senate. What are the wider national and international implications? The race for Governor in Georgia and Florida, both Black candidates seems headed for a runoff. Both Stacy Abrams and Andrew Gillum candidates in those races are Black, both were bombarded with racist attacks by their opponents and by Donald Trump. While many are saying that the midterm elections were not about its the...
Topic: Elections Midterms Mueller Sessions Trump Violence Violence Shooting
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Jul 18, 2018
07/18
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Today on Sojourner Truth: - Mexico's July 1, 2018 election of center-left Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for President, who won by a landslide. Who is he? What are his plans for Mexico? What about his relations with the Trump administration? What is the mood like on the ground now? We speak with Mexico City-based journalist and writer Jose Luis Granados Ceja. - The movement to retain protections for mothers in the Constitution of Ireland. Our guest is Maggie Ronayne, a lecturer at the National...
Topic: Mexico AMLO Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Election Ireland Mothers Women Black Lives Matter...
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Nov 20, 2018
11/18
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Today on Sojourner Truth, an update on the migrant caravan and a judge rules against Trump's latest move against asylum seekers. Our guest is Jasmin Tobar, an Los Angeles-based activist with the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund. And the APEC summit recently held in impoverished Papua New Guinea ended without a joint communique. Trump did not attend as past U.S. Presidents have, but instead sent Mike Pence who openly attacked China and warned Pacific countries against deals...
Topic: California Fire Migrant Caravan Asia Pacific APEC
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Jan 15, 2019
01/19
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Today on Sojourner Truth: Following a spate of teachers strikes in conservative red states, the Red for Ed movement is growing across the United States. Teachers are now at the forefront of labor actions across the country. Now, a massive teachers strike is underway in Los Angeles. Roughly 30,000 teachers in the city are on strike, impacting 600,000 students. Their demands include wage increases, reduced classroom sizes and more nurses and support staff in schools to serve the students. Our...
Topic: Teachers Strike Los Angeles Yellow Vests France Progressive Democrats Bernie Sanders Our Revolution
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Mar 20, 2019
03/19
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Today on Sojourner Truth: In Christchurch, New Zealand, families have begun to bury their dead. This, after the March 15 attack on two mosques that left 50 men, women and children dead. Twenty-nine people remain in the hospital, eight of whom are in critical condition. The suspect who was arrested is a white supremacist. He left behind a manifesto; a racist rant in which he said Donald Trump was good for white nationalists, though he also criticized Trump on policy issues. The Al Noor Mosque,...
Topic: New Zealand Islamophobia Racism Hate Haiti Protests Venezuela Donald Trump
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Mar 22, 2019
03/19
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Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable: The government of New Zealand's reaction to the white nationalist terror attack that left 50 dead, 29 still hospitalized, 8 of whom are in critical condition. This, in the context of the rise of white nationalism internationally and Donald Trump's reaction to it. Also, Trump in violation of international law and decades of U.S. policy announced via Twitter that the United States will recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. The Golan...
Topic: New Zealand Golan Heights Venezuela Caribbean
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Oct 31, 2018
10/18
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Today on Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod: Funerals began yesterday for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue terrorist attack that left 11 people dead. The killing spree has been dubbed the worst against Jewish people in U.S. history. It has shocked a neighborhood known for its tolerance. The killer expressed not only vicious anti-Semitic vitriol, but also anti-immigrant hate. While discussing the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society based at the Tree of Life Synagogue on his social media...
Topic: Pittsburgh Synagogue Kentucky Racism Anti-Semitism Black Lives Matter Elections Proposition 10
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Jul 25, 2012
07/12
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Today, we re-broadcast our exclusive interview with Rodney Kingâs family taped on the eve of his funeral, which took place June 30th, 2012.
Topics: Rodney King, racial profiling, Los Angeles, riots, LAPD
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Jul 12, 2012
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Max Wolff joins us to discuss the latest on the economy: the Presidentâs latest tax proposals; banking scandals and how the bankers are getting away with our money; who is winning the battle against austerity measures in Europe; is the US economy in a recovery and if so why donât we feel it in our household budgets? Is recovery possible without a structural change? Also, former nuclear industry insider Arnie Gundersen with an update on the Fukushima nuclear disaster: was it an accident or a...
Topics: USeconomy, Obama
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Nov 14, 2019
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Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree...
Topic: Brazil Environment Climate Forests
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Mar 9, 2012
03/12
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Friday on our roundtable: So the milestone of Super Tuesday has come and gone turnout was down in eight states and the Republicans seem as unhappy as ever with their lead candidate. Meanwhile, Rick Santorum continues to push a GOP that has already taken a sharp right turn even further into extremism. Gingrich is holding on for the money and Ron Paul seems to be enjoying his role as youth vote stealer. On another but related front, if the race baiting wasnât enough, the attacks on women are...
Topics: War, Republican primaries, women rights, Syria, Afghanistan, Iran
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Haiti Emergency Relief Special: We get an update on the situation in Haiti from Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee and actor/activist Danny Glover. For decades Haiti has been the victim of aggressive and punitive western foreign policies that have driven the small island nation into desperate poverty. This has been exacerbated by a series of environmental catastrophes beginning in 2010 when the capital, Port au Prince was struck by a devastating earthquake. The situation was made...
Topics: haiti, Danny Glover, Pierre Labossiere, Fund Drive
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Jan 26, 2011
01/11
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Laura Carlsen joins us for our weekly series âFocus: South of the Borderâ with an update on the murders of women in Juarez Mexico, and on the repression following last yearâs coup in Honduras. Also, response to President Obamaâs State of the Union address with Pat Alviso, JohnFeffer and Dr. Gerald Horne.
Topics: SOTU, Juarez, Obama, Jobs, Education, Immigration
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Jan 27, 2012
01/12
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Friday on our roundtable: The State of the Union speech, election year hype or anything of substance. A survey found that 91% of people listening liked the Presidentâs speech; are they on to something or simply misguided and misinformed? Should progressives pay attention? Our panelists will weigh in on what the President had to say on economic proposals, taxes, foreign policy and more. Also, the impact of the global occupy movement on the national debate. And the racial politics of the...
Topics: SOTU, Obama, economy, jobs, elections, Occupy
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Mubarack of Egypt refused to step down as hundreds of thousands on the streets of Cairo shout âGet Out! Get Out!â As protests grow in size, scope, strength and sheer determination, on our weekly roundtable we spend the hour bringing you the latest updates on the dangerous escalation of the uprising in Egypt, the latest news from activists on the ground, the role of Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States. Guests include: Middle East expert Mounzer Sleiman founder of the Center for...
Topics: Egypt, Mubarack, revolution, Tahrir
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Womenâs battle for true choice: the anniversary of Roe vs Wade. Also, the fight against forced sterilization and for resources to have children, Loretta Ross, National Coordinator of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective is our guest. And, what official positions has Mitt Romney held in the Mormon Church and what are the implications for the First Amendment if he wins the Presidency? Law professor Francis Boyle joins us. A food co-op fights back to establish their right to...
Topics: Roe Vs Wade, Abortion, Mitt Romney, Mormonism, Israel
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Feb 2, 2011
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Protesters in Egypt react to President Mubarakâs latest US backed offer. Jordan and Syria are worried. Middle East Sief DaâNa will join us to discuss uprisings. Also, today is the 12th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. And, this past weekend protesters descended on the city of Palm Springs to denounce Koch brothers funding of tea party movement.
Topics: Egypt, Bolivarian, Venezuela, Jordan, Yemen, Koch Brothers, Tea Party
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Apr 27, 2011
04/11
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We mark the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. At the initiative of the Congress of Racial Equality, teams of Black and white civil rights activists rode buses from the North into the South to challenge the practice of segregation in inter-state travel. In so doing they faced brutal attacks, fire-bombings, prison, torture, lynching and betrayal. Find out about an upcoming conference where surviving Freedom Riders will tell their stories. Our guests are: Diane Nash; Ralph Fertig; Rev Jim...
Topics: Freedom Riders, African American struggle, Rosa Parks
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Mar 23, 2011
03/11
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Iâm back in studio after being on the ground in Haiti for the return of President Aristide who spent the last seven years in South Africa in a US imposed exile. From his lawyer, we will hear the back story of the pressure Aristide faced from the US and the UN not to return. And Pierre Labossier of Haiti Action Committee, reports on the response of Haitiâs majority to Aristideâs return. We get the latest on Haitiâs Presidential election which took place on Sunday. Also, President Obama is...
Topics: Haiti, Aristide, Japan, Nuclear radiation, Obama, El Salvador
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Apr 28, 2011
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Environmental justice activists are suing the state of California for failing to include alternatives to the Cap and Trade program included in the state's law to reduce greenhouse gases.
Topics: AB32, Climate Change, pollution, Cap and Trade
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Jun 15, 2011
06/11
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within the context of the FBIâs renewed focus on activists, the home of a local Chicano rights activist and frequent guest on KPFK was raided by the federal agency; family members and supporters of Carlos Montes speak out. Guests: Felicia Montes, daughter of Carlos Montes and Ed Gardner with the LA Committee to stop FBI Repression.
Topics: FBI raids, COINTELPRO, Carlos Montes, Chicano, activists
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Jun 24, 2011
06/11
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Panelists Jackie Goldberg; Tom Hayden and Dr. Gerald Horne discuss what is behind the move to tap US oil reserves; the rising rate of unemployment; the threatened collapse of bi-partisan Congressional budget talks.
Topics: Oil, Oil reserves, Obama, jobs, OPEC
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Jun 30, 2011
06/11
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There are reports of 1,000 people injured as Egyptian police clash with protesters in Cairo. Is the Egyptian revolution in trouble? Dr. Mostafa Hussain joins us from Cairo. Pelican Bay prisoners are going on hunger strike, Dorsey Nunn a former prisoner and now a human rights activist fills us in; he just came back from a visit to Pelican Bay, a prison based in Crescent City, California. We return to the majority Black city of Benton Harbor Michigan. We speak with Rev. Edward Pinkney about the...
Topics: Biomass, Egypt, Prisoners, Benton Harbor
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This weekâs Supreme Court decisions on Obamaâs healthcare overhaul; Arizonaâs immigration law; mandatory life sentences for minors; and corporate campaign contributions. The first Black Attorney General of the US Eric Holder is held in contempt of Congress. More than 100 Democrats walked out, nevertheless of the Democrats who did not walk out, 17 of them voted with Republicans on the contempt charge. What does all of this mean for âwe the peopleâ? And, the legacy of Rodney King; he will be...
Topics: healthcarereform, ericholder, fastandfurious, supremecourt, immigration, rodneyking
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Fox news owner Rupert Murdochâs empire exposed and under fire; hear from Kevin Zeese who has filed a complaint in the US against Murdoch and get analysis on the political implications of the scandal from UK based Selma James.
Topics: Rupert Murdoch, hacking, News Corp., Rebekah Brooks, James Murdoch, David Cameron
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Friday on our weekly roundtable itâs crunch time. The latest leaked information from Capitol Hill is that the Boehner/Obama deal is for $3 trillion in cuts and no increase in revenue: no tax hikes for the super rich, cuts for the rest of us. Will progressives in Congress totally cave or will there be a fight to the finish? Also the Murdoch mess: embedded corruption from main stream media to law enforcement to top level politicians, from the UK to the US. And one dead body has shown up. Who...
Topics: debt ceiling, gang of six, budget crisis, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, corruption
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The debt ceiling budget drama reaches hysterical proportions. President Obama takes the helm to resolve the crisis. Is this the beginning of the end or a way forward for his administration? Why are some on Capitol Hill considering the so-called "nuclear option" better known as the 14th Amendment, and what could happen if it is used?
Topics: debt ceiling, budget crisis, 14th Amendment, Obama Administration
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Sep 27, 2011
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Police get violent with #OccupyWallStreet protesters. Nathan Schneider, is our guest, he is editor of the website Waging Non-Violence who has been covering the protest.
Topics: Wall Street, Occupy, economic crisis, Nathan Schneider
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Jul 28, 2011
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Congresswoman Karen Bass and economic law expert Dr. Timothy Canova joins us with the very latest on the debt ceiling budget cut drama
Topics: Bass, Canova, Debt Ceiling
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Sep 26, 2012
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Full show - audio of the Adam Curtis documentary "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" Pat 2. Is nature a self-regulating eco-system, is there a natural order, or as some ecologists have argued, is nature in constant change. Is there an underlying order to the whole world that spills over into how society is organized? And if so, where then is there room to make change? Narrator: Adam Curtis
Topics: Adamcurtis, eco-system, machines, documentary, BBC, worldorder
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Aug 4, 2011
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Participants in the Arma delegation to Chiapas share some of their experiences with Zapatista communities, and how that visit impacts the work they are doing building community in local neighborhoods.
Topics: A.R.M.A, Chiapas, Zapatista
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Aug 26, 2011
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this weekend marks the anniversary of the famous March on Washington and the memorial for Martin Luther King will be dedicated in DC. Will the words and actions of a radical MLK be able to rise above the din of corporate revisionists determined to sanitize the man who stood against poverty and war?
Topics: MLK, anniversary, MArch
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Oct 12, 2011
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Breaking news in the case of journalist Mumia Abu Jamal who has been on death row for nearly 30 years. We get the latest from one of his lead attorneys Christina Swarns, Director, Criminal Justice Project of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. And a case that made headlines. Obie Anthony joins us. He spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, then a little over a week ago his case was overturned. Also joining us is Paige Kaneb, Supervising Attorney with the Northern...
Topics: OccupyWallSt, OccupyLosAngeles, Banks, rich, 99%, Mumia AbuJamal, Obie Anthony, Prisoner Hunger...
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Mar 7, 2012
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The Nation Magazineâs Ben Adler joins us to discuss the result implications of the Presidential electionâs Super Tuesday. Phyllis Bennis, on President Obamaâs meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu, and the threat of war against Iran and Syria. Also, hear from two participants in the six-day march now underway, retracing the steps of the historic Selma to Montgomery march; they are protesting voter suppression. Guests are: Willia Belle Lee who was 11 years old when she...
Topics: Super Tuesday, Elections, Obama, Santorum, Romney, Iran, War, Montgomery
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Jan 25, 2011
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Economist Max Wolff joins us to shed light on what is happening with the US economy in the context of global economy. Lula Washington, world renowned dancer who choreographed the movies "Avatar" and "Little Mermaid" joins us in studio. Also, the latest news on the crisis in Haiti, and our weekly "Earth Minute". Guests: Max Wolff, Lula Washington, Tamica Washington, Kevin Pina, Pierre Labossiere,
Topics: U.S. Economy, Haiti, lula washington, black dancers, Aristide
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Feb 4, 2011
02/11
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Our daily report from the streets of Cairo Egypt, where determined protesters are not giving up, despite violent attacks from pro-government forces. Also Zeina Awad, presenter for Al Jazeera English’s flagship US current affairs show, joins us to discuss Al Jazeera’s role in getting news out to the world about the uprisings in N. Africa and the Middle East and the retaliation they have faced. We partner with Payday Men’s Network to launch our brand new series “Refusingtokill”. We...
Topics: Egypt, Mubarak, Israel, protest, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Yemen, Jordan
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Apr 1, 2011
04/11
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For our weekly round-table we return to Libya as some in Gaddafiâs inner circle defect; rebels are pushed back to their stronghold of Bengazi; US and NATO forces warn the rebels not to attack civilians, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Libya could drag into a stalemate, and the CIA has been on the ground for weeks. Also, Presidential election fever has already begun. The Tea Party drops in the polls, the Republicans have no frontrunner, pollsters say voters not ready to re-elect President...
Topics: Libya, Obama Doctrine, Ivory Coast, Military intervention, Energy, Obama
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Apr 6, 2012
04/12
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On our weekly roundtable: Within the context of the 50th anniversary of Students for a Democratic Society and the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, we discuss participatory democracy. From Indigenous cultures to the movements of the early 20th century, to the civil rights era. From the free speech, anti-war, Black, Brown and womenâs movements to the Global Occupy and anti-racial profiling movements. What is participatory democracy, what is its history; how have...
Topics: participatory democracy, free speech movement, students for a democratic society, savio, berkeley
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Our first weekly roundtable of 2013. Shifting sands in Washington DC: whoâs in and whoâs out and what do the changes tell us about the Presidentâs policies and focus for the next four years or even for his legacy. The fight over guns in the US gets down and dirty, with gun supporters marking the Presidentâs inauguration with a gun rally. Why is Vice President Biden meeting with the all powerful NRA? Will the President keep his promise of meaningful reform or will the moment pass yet again?...
Topics: Tom Hayden, Jackie Goldberg, Gerald Horne, Obama nominees, Chuck Hagel, Jack Lew, Karzai,...
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Sep 29, 2011
09/11
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President Obamaâs controversial speech to the Congressional Black Caucus: author and Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity Robin DG Kelley is our guest.
Topics: Obama, CBC, African Americans
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Aug 5, 2011
08/11
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reality check on the debt ceiling budget deal. Congresswoman Maxine Waters said it was the âsingle worst piece of public policyâ to come out of Congress. Meanwhile, in the past few days, Wall Street is reacting to the reality that the economies of the US and Europe are tanking. The stock market has fallen 500 points, the sharpest drop since 2008. And a PEW study points out that the wealth gap in the US has widened, leaving Latino and Black communities disproportionately bearing the brunt of...
Topics: debtceiling, maxine waters, congress
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Dec 1, 2010
12/10
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Why are Ecuador and other Latin American countries now embroiled in the Wikileaks storm? For our weekly âSouth of the Borderâ series we focus on what Wikileaks has revealed about what the US State Department is really up to in Latin America. And residents of Juarez Mexico find ways to organize against both the murders of thousands that has plagued that city as well as the resulting military occupation by the Federales sent there by Mexicoâs President Calderon. We continue our daily coverage...
Topics: Cancun, Juarez, Drug Violence, Mexico, Military Families, Wikileaks, Ecuador
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We rebroadcast a special in-studio interview with Dr. Gerald Horne, Roundtable regular and professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne was in Los Angeles to discuss his recently published book, "Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation.â About the alliance between the British and African American against the slave system of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War.
Topics: Gerald Horne, Negro Comrades of the Crown, African American History, Civil Rights, Emancipation
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A one hour special: we rebroadcast a rare in studio interview with civil rights icon Dorothy Height recorded before her death. Ms. Height died on April 20th, 2010 at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice and human rights. She was at the forefront of the civil rights battle for over six decades and counseled political figures including Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr. and President Johnson. When she died, President Obama ordered the nationâs flags be flown at...
Topics: Dorothy Height, Civil Rights
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Jan 14, 2015
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Marc Levin Director of the new Al Jazeera Documentary “Freeway: Crack in the System”. In the early 80’s crack cocaine made its debut on the streets of South Los Angeles wreaking havoc on an already vulnerable Black community suffering from police repression and economic depression. From the rise of Freeway Ricky Ross who made his name as a prolific drug dealer, to the connection between the CIA, the Reagan administration, and Nicaraguan drug traffickers, Marc Levin joins us to discuss...
Topics: Crack, Freeway Rick Ross, CIA, Reagan, Nicaragua, Contras
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Apr 19, 2011
04/11
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We return with our coverage of uprisings in North Africa, our focus Egypt where there is breaking news of military crackdowns on activists and military trials of civilians. Former Afghan member of Parliament and outspoken activist against the US war and occupation, as well as corruption of the Karsai government, the Taliban and warlords: Malalai Joya. Time Magazine has named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She has been similarly recognized by the Guardian Newspaper. And...
Topics: Egypt, Malalai Joya, Afghanistan. women, earth day, frackin, tax protest
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Jun 2, 2011
06/11
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For our weekly series on the environment, Germans are abandoning nuclear energy.
Topics: Nuclear, Germany, Harvey Wasserman
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Aug 4, 2011
08/11
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John Parker updates us on an upcoming event about Libya with former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
Topics: Parker, Libya, event
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The Murdoch mess: embedded corruption from main stream media to law enforcement to top level politicians, from the UK to the US. And one dead body has shown up. Who should be held to account? Where will it end?
Topics: Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, media
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Roundtable discussion on fear and racism: the rise and influence of the right in Norway, the rest of Europe and their right wing counterparts in the US.
Topics: Norway, Breivik, Muslims, Neo-Nazi, Racism
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Dec 2, 2014
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Protests continued across the US over the refusal of a Missouri Grand Jury to indict white police officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Thousands participated and freeways were shut down, bridges blocked, shopping malls invaded and more. In response, President Obama says he wants to avoid militarized police culture and announced a three year $263 million dollar spending package to increase the use of body-worn cameras by police and for police department...
Topics: Egypt, Mubarak, Ferguson, Cairo, Protests, Los Angeles
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The latest news on the fury over the proposed Boehner/ Obama budget deal and other breaking news. What was won in the California Prisoners Strike? The first in our series âCrisis in the Congoâ. And our weekly âEarth Minuteâ.
Topics: environment, debt ceiling, budget, prison strike, Congo, genocide
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