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Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repea

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne. We discuss a new Georgia election law and what can be done to halt and reverse the voter suppression runaway train. Is getting rid of the filibuster what Democrats need to stop the voter suppression laws? Also, Joe Biden's next moves. Getting cash into people's hands, impacting unwaged and waged sectors. Are we seeing a fundamental shift in social welfare policy? Also, we discuss Biden's infrastructure plan. Also, attacks on the Asian American Pacific Islander communities and its historical context. What do the spa attacks reveal about race, misogyny and criminalization? On the international front, the Alaska summit. The United States versus China and Russia. Is this a fight the U.S. can win or is the horse already out of the gate? Also, we discuss what some call the crisis at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne. We discuss a new Georgia election law and what can be done to halt and reverse the voter suppression runaway train. Is getting rid of the filibuster what Democrats need to stop the voter suppression laws? Also, Joe Biden's next moves. Getting cash into people's hands, impacting unwaged and waged sectors. Are we seeing a fundamental shift in social welfare policy? Also, we discuss Biden's infrastructure plan. Also, attacks on the Asian American Pacific Islander communities and its historical context. What do the spa attacks reveal about race, misogyny and criminalization? On the international front, the Alaska summit. The United States versus China and Russia. Is this a fight the U.S. can win or is the horse already out of the gate? Also, we discuss what some call the crisis at the border.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage on the uptick of racism and violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. In March of 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, former White House occupant Donald Trump attempted to link the deadly virus to the people of China. He frequently referred to it as the "China Virus" and made other racist remarks about the disease, making it seem as if they were somehow responsible for it. Now, one year later, even though Trump is no longer in the White House, his words have had tremendous consequences. New data has revealed that over the past year, the number of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI peoples) is greater than previously reported. The data released by Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday, March 16, revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. This, as a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta,

Today on Sojourner Truth we conducted a roundtable discussion with several members of the sex working community and the recent mass killing which took place in the Atlanta area at massage parlors. Our panelists included Tamika (Tamika@hips.com), a pioneering activist and advocate leading a movement working to provide present and future black and brown sex workers in Washington D.C. full freedom, belonging, personal and political autonomy and agency, while decriminalizing sex work, Kai Lin Zhang Executive Director of Asian Pacific American Task Force in the NY State Assembly and Co-founder of Red Canary Song the only grassroots Chinese massage parlor worker coalition in the U.S. with over 9000 workplaces across the country. We also spoke with Alex Makulit, a gender-fluid Filipina American, organizer with US Prostitution Collective in San Francisco. We discuss the latest hate crimes against Asian American women and outline the ways in which our society provides a platform for this kind of hatred and hostili

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TODAY ON SOJOURNER TRUTH, WE REBROADCAST THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN MARGARET PRESCOD, CAMILO MEJIA, AND JOHN PERRY. In 1979, the people of Nicaragua overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza. The Somoza family dictatorship ruled Nicaragua from 1937 until 1979, when the Sandinista National Liberation Front liberated the country from their rule. Upon taking power, the Sandinistas vowed to free their country from the grip of U.S. hegemony and prioritize the needs of poor people ahead of foreign corporations. Since then, the people of Nicaragua have faced constant attacks from war hawks in Washington. This, in an effort to topple the democratically-elected Sandinista government and impose a pro-U.S. government. During the 1980s, the U.S. armed and trained counter-revolutionary forces, known as the contras, in neighboring Honduras. Not only did the contras kill supporters of the Sandinistas and carry out terrorist attacks in Nicaragua. They also helped to smuggle drugs from South America into the

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Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest racist attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which took place in Atlanta. This being coming on the racist backdrop of Donald Trump, during his presidency racializing the Coronavirus and blaming Chinese people for the virus. We speak with Dr. Russell Jeung, Dr. Cynthia Chang, and David Monkawa to get their take on the latest racist attacks on the Asian community in the United States. David Monkawa offers social justice resources and organizations such as www.saveourseniors.network, and www.stopaapihate.org. We also speak with Sam Davis, Conservation Scientist with dogwood Alliance, on the concept of Proforestation; Allowing forests to exist and grow, uninterrupted by humans, as the most efficient way for carbon sequestration to take place and ultimately eliminating human-caused climate change.

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest racist attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which took place in Atlanta. This being coming on the racist backdrop of Donald Trump, during his presidency racializing the Coronavirus and blaming Chinese people for the virus. We speak with Dr. Russell Jeung, Dr. Cynthia Chang, and David Monkawa to get their take on the latest racist attacks on the Asian community in the United States. David Monkawa offers social justice resources and organizations such as www.saveourseniors.network, and www.stopaapihate.org. We also speak with Sam Davis, Conservation Scientist with dogwood Alliance, on the concept of Proforestation; Allowing forests to exist and grow, uninterrupted by humans, as the most efficient way for carbon sequestration to take place and ultimately eliminating human-caused climate change.

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest racist attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which took place in Atlanta. This being coming on the racist backdrop of Donald Trump, during his presidency racializing the Coronavirus and blaming Chinese people for the virus. We speak with Dr. Russell Jeung, Dr. Cynthia Chang, and David Monkawa to get their take on the latest racist attacks on the Asian community in the United States. David Monkawa offers social justice resources and organizations such as www.saveourseniors.network, and www.stopaapihate.org. We also speak with Sam Davis, Conservation Scientist with dogwood Alliance, on the concept of Proforestation; Allowing forests to exist and grow, uninterrupted by humans, as the most efficient way for carbon sequestration to take place and ultimately eliminating human-caused climate change.

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 co-founder of the climate justice organization, The Leap. Arundhati Roy is a world renowned writer and global justice activist. The New York Times calls her India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence. She's the author of the novels the God of Small Things for which she received the Book Arppise, and The Ministries of Utmost Happiness. A collection of her essays My Seditious Heart is published by Haymarket. Arundhati Roy spoke from New Dehli, Naomi Klein, from New Jersey. Naomi and Arundhati s

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the latest racist attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which took place in Atlanta. This being coming on the racist backdrop of Donald Trump, during his presidency racializing the Coronavirus and blaming Chinese people for the virus. We speak with Dr. Russell Jeung, Dr. Cynthia Chang, and David Monkawa to get their take on the latest racist attacks on the Asian community in the United States. David Monkawa offers social justice resources and organizations such as www.saveourseniors.network, and www.stopaapihate.org. We also speak with Sam Davis, Conservation Scientist with dogwood Alliance, on the concept of Proforestation; Allowing forests to exist and grow, uninterrupted by humans, as the most efficient way for carbon sequestration to take place and ultimately eliminating human-caused climate change.

Today on Sojourner Truth is Biden in trouble over his immigration policies? His administration is being criticized from both the right and the left. What’s going on? In particular we take a look at the plight and treatment of Black immigrants with Nana Gyamfi Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration.

As Jeff Bezos turns down Senator Bernie Sanders invitation to the Senate to discuss income inequality, we take a look at how Amazon policies are crushing labor unions and how workers are fighting back. Our guest is Mike Elk senior reporter at Payday Report.