Margaret Prescod on Sojourner Truth, Pacifica Radio’s KPFK 90.7 FM in Southern California, 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara, and streaming and available for pod cast worldwide on the web at KPFK.org.

News on US domestic & foreign policy. Cutting-edge interviews with women, people of color & others around the world.

"When woman gets her rights, man will be right. Then there will be peace on earth and goodwill to men (women and men)." -
 Sojourner Truth, former slave
 

Tuesday 9 March Our International Women’s Day special   Women and war in Afghanistan; the historic 1970 conference that kicked off the women’s rights movement and sex workers and trafficking. Thursday 4 March The impact of the earthquake in Chile on its largest Indigenous population: politics, race and class in Chile   agriculture and logging in post civil war Liberia   Mothers march and speak out to demand recognition for all their contributions to societies around the world, for resources to care for their children and for an end to funding for war and occupation.  We’ll be joined by guest co-host Christabel Nsiah-Buadi. Wednesday 3 March: upcoming statewide protests opposing budget cuts and public university fee increases   Black students at UC San Diego react to campus racism; some history of student activism from the Pacifica Radio Archives   the trial of a UK refusnik   and Politics or Pedagogy what is happening in our schools. Listen here, choose Sojourner Truth in the drop down menu of "Available shows", then click on the date of your choice.

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we will give an update on Haiti  Robert Bryan the lead attorney for Mumia Abu Jamal gives us an update on Mumia's case  the brand new State of the Dream Report with one of the report's authors who is with United for a Fair Economy and we honor the Rev. Doctor Martin Luther King.

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Tuesday 12 Jan  the Garifuna community, people of African descent in Honduras are under attack and more news from post election Honduras    what are the key issues as Congress begins the process of merging the House and Senate healthcare bills    our monthly Black youth commentary and "news from South LA" a new series.

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Tuesday 5 Jan  the re-opening of bail hearings for Alex Sanchez, a jailed community activist with Hommies Unidos    the latest on the standoff with and violence against protesters who are in Egypt trying to gain entry into Gaza    and the growing racial digital divide.

Guests include: Tom Hayden, author of Street Wars; Mick Napier chair of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Dennis Rhoden with the Center for Social Inclusion.
 

Wednesday 6 Jan  Immigration reform is scheduled for 2010, what's being proposed?    Some Angelenos gear up for a road trip to Arizona to protest Sheriff Arpaio's detention camp and chain gang for immigrants    from deep within the Pacifica Radio Archives some immigrants’ rights history    An update on post election Honduras, and politics or pedagogy with John Cromshow.
 

Thursday 7 Jan  Climate Justice post UN Copenhagen conference    the Witness against Torture network speaks out on the 8th anniversary of Guantanamo prison for alleged "war on terror" detainees    the historic Los Angeles trial of the police officer who killed Oscar Grant, a Black unarmed man    and a conversation with a young activist of color about growing up during the transition from welfare as a right, to TANF, a forced work program that is up for Congressional reauthorization this year.
 

Friday 8 Jan  Our panel will discuss the influence of the military on the Obama Administration's policies    what must we all consider about the attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day    the recent conflicts on both sides of the Gaza Egyptian border   

Panelists are: Jackie Goldberg, Gerald Horne and Tom Hayden. 
 

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Tuesday 29 Dec  an hour with the always captivating activist and award winning actor Danny Glover about his career, his life's work and his passion for fusing art and politics.

Considered to be one of the top character actors working in cinema today, Danny Glover's credits include: "The Color Purple," "To Sleep with Anger," and "Freedom Song" and of course the Lethal Weapon series. Join us for a revealing discussion with this passionate icon.
 

Wednesday 30 Dec we return to the continuing aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with our guest Sakura Kone, a human rights activist based in New Orleans.  Kone is the founder, producer and promoter of the Lower 9th Ward People's Festival    We'll touch on the impact of post-Katrina ethnic cleansing, toxic FEMA trailers and the campaign to save Wesley United Methodist Church which was built in 1844 voluntarily by those enslaved.  Join us for an eye opening and informative discussion with Sakura Kone.
 

Thursday 31 Dec  our show is all about film, specifically the images of Black women portrayed in the Golden Globe nominated film "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,"  Comedian Cris Rock's documentary "Good Hair", "It's More Than a Game" and "Blind Side".

Join us for a rousing discussion with our panel: journalist and frequent Los Angeles Times Contributor Erin Aubry Kaplan; Asantewa Olantunji, General Manager and Director of Programming for the Pan African Film Festival; Gil Robertson, author and President and co-founder of The African American Film Critics Association, and Lynda Brewer, South LA resident who weighs in on the impact of stereotypes of economically disadvantaged Black women.

New Year’s Day, the last day of Kwanzaa, a Sojourner Truth special on the Ujaama Villages of Tanzania    The principles from the Ujaama villages were the basis of creating Kwanzaa an African American holiday    Our guests include some of the people who helped to build the Ujaama villages, specifically the Ruvuma Development Association of Tanzania, also a supporter of the present day Ruvuma Development Association and Selma James who has written about the great experiment of African Socialism, what can we learn from it and how and why it was destroyed.

Join us to find out the roots on which Kwanzaa was based.

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Tuesday 22 Dec  journalist and film maker Kevin Pina on the ground in Haiti on the impact of Bill Clinton's economic initiatives there and more    racism at the world headquarters of Whirlpool Corporation    the Governor of Michigan refuses to intervene in the case of Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor who was sent to prison for quoting the Bible, an update on that case    and in the climate change debate we hear a lot about cap and trade, but what is it?

Wednesday 23 Dec It is all about healthcare reform    We will hear from Physicians for a National Health Program, and then our distinguished panel will weigh in, they are: Dolores Huerta; Tom Hayden; Professors Peter Dreier and Gerald Horne    tJoin us for an informative and contentious discussion    Also our regular Wednesday segment, "Politics or Pedagogy" with John Cromshow.

Christmas Morning for a very special Sojourner Truth    Trudy Leiberman fills us in on the Senate health care reform bill    Arrests at the Egyptian border with Palestine    A post-Copenhagen assessment of the Climate Change Conference and the new film Ocean of Pearls.

December 25th was an ancient Pagan Holiday before it was a Christian one.

Friday 25 Dec   from the Sojourner Truth archives, we return to the roots of African Indigenous practices and music, including the ritual use of the drum    We learn about honoring the ancestors and the keepers of African traditions throughout the Americas, and their role in pre-and post slavery rebellions    Hear about the Orisha, about Voodoo and Obeah, African traditional practices maligned by mainstream media and Hollywood.  And hear some great music from Filipe Villamil Garcia an initiated master Cuban drummer and others.

We wish all of you happy holidays and a very merry Christmas.

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