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Breaking Green
Mapuche Ancestral Rights and Political Prisoners in Chile's Wallmapu - with Anne Petermann

Breaking Green

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 36:36 Transcription Available


Send us a textThe Mapuche people of Chile are fighting to reclaim ancestral lands taken over by vast industrial eucalyptus and pine plantations established during the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s. Their struggle goes beyond land ownership—it's about reclaiming culture, spirituality, language, and food sovereignty while facing criminalization under Chile's new "usurpation law."• Mapuche territory (Wallmapu) was initially protected by treaty but later seized through what the Chilean government called "pacification of the Araucanía" • Industrial tree plantations have destroyed native ecosystems, depleted water resources, and created conditions for devastating "megafires" and "gigafires"• Chilean authorities use "preventative prison" to hold Mapuche activists for up to two years without formal charges or trials• Militarization of Mapuche territories has led to surveillance, intimidation, and targeting of young activists• The controversial "usurpation law" criminalizes land reclamation efforts, violating international indigenous rights agreements Chile has ratified• The struggle connects to broader patterns of indigenous land theft for industrial tree plantations under dictatorships globally• Land reclamation is essential for Mapuche cultural revival and addressing extreme poverty On this episode of Breaking Green, we spoke with Anne Petermann.  Petermann co- founded Global Justice Ecology Project in 2003. She is the international coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, which she also co founded. Petermann is a founding board member of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. She has been involved in movements for forest protection and indigenous rights since 1991, and the international and national climate justice movements since 2004. She participated in the founding of the Durban group for climate justice in 2004, in Durban, South Africa, and Climate Justice Now in 2007 at the Bali Indonesia UN climate conference. She was adopted as an honorary member of the St. Francis- Sokoki band of the Abenaki in 1992 for her work in support of their struggle for state recognition. In 2000, she received the wild nature award for activist of the year.Photo by Orin Langelle.For more information visit: https://globaljusticeecology.org/brazil-2023/This podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.Breaking Green is made possible by tax deductible donations from people like you. Please help us lift up the voices of those working to protect forests, defend human rights and expose false solutions.  Donate securely online hereOr simply text GIVE to 716-257-4187Support the show

Breaking Green
Failure of the GE American Chestnut with Anne Petermann and Dr. Donald Davis

Breaking Green

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 42:19 Transcription Available


The American Chestnut Foundation has long supported a controversial plan to release genetically engineered chestnut trees into the wild. The Tree was being developed by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). But now poor performance in field trials and the revelation that researchers had even been field testing the wrong tree prompted The American Chestnut Foundation to pull its support for the GE Tree. The American Chestnut Foundation has also called for SUNY-ESF to pull its application before the United States Department of Agriculture for deregulation of the tree.On this episode of Breaking Green, we spoke with Anne Petermann.  Petermann co- founded Global Justice Ecology Project in 2003. She is the international coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, which she also co founded. Petermann is a founding board member of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series.  She has been involved in movements for forest protection and indigenous rights since 1991, and the international and national climate justice movements since 2004.  She participated in the founding of the Durban group for climate justice in 2004, in Durban, South Africa, and Climate Justice Now in 2007 at the Bali Indonesia UN climate conference.  Anne Petermann was adopted as an honorary member of the St. Francis- Sokoki band of the Abenaki in 1992 for her work in support of their struggle for state recognition. In 2000, she received the wild nature award for activist of the year. We will also  talk with Dr. Donald Davis, author of the American Chestnut: an environmental history. His exhaustive book explores how the American Chestnut Tree has shaped history as well as the cultural and environmental significance of the once ubiquitous tree. He also calls the story of the American Chestnut, a cautionary tale of unintended consequences, and criticizes plans to conduct a massive and irreversible experiment by releasing genetically engineered American chestnuts into the wild. Davis is an independent scholar, author and former Fulbright fellow. He has authored or edited seven books. His book, Where There are Mountains: an environmental history of the southern Appalachians, won the prestigious Philip D. Reed environmental writing award. Davis was also the founding member of the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, serving as its president from 2005 to 2006. He is currently employed by the Harvard forest as a research scholar and lives in Washington DC. Don't miss an episode and subscribe to Breaking Green wherever you get your podcasts.This podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.Breaking Green is made possible by tax deductible donations from people like you. Please help us lift up the voices of those working to protect forests, defend human rights and expose false solutions.  Donate securely online hereOr simply text GIVE to 716-257-4187

Breaking Green
Green Deserts of Brazil with Anne Petermann

Breaking Green

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 43:57 Transcription Available


Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest is a well-known threat to the world's environment, but the loss of natural biodiversity to so-called "green deserts" resulting from expanding non-native eucalyptus plantations for pulp and paper production, is a lesser known ecological and social disaster that is likely to worsen if genetically engineered trees are used. Spearheaded by Global Justice Ecology Project, the Campaign to STOP GE Trees brought together members from the United States, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada in Brazil to document the impacts and meet with communities on the front lines.The group also met to develop plans for the international campaign to stop the commercial development of genetically engineered trees and to support and highlight opposition to pulp company Suzano's rapid expansion of industrial eucalyptus plantations, and potential use of genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees modified to tolerate toxic herbicides. GJEP and the Campaign met with Brazilian NGOs, indigenous and Quilombola communities and  Landless Worker Movement members in order to document and amplify the voices and concerns of rural communities on the frontlines of resisting the devastating social and ecological impacts of industrial eucalyptus plantations. On this episode of Breaking Green, we spoke with Anne Petermann.  Petermann co- founded Global Justice Ecology Project in 2003. She is the international coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, which she also co founded. Petermann is a founding board member of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. She has been involved in movements for forest protection and indigenous rights since 1991, and the international and national climate justice movements since 2004. She participated in the founding of the Durban group for climate justice in 2004, in Durban, South Africa, and Climate Justice Now in 2007 at the Bali Indonesia UN climate conference. She was adopted as an honorary member of the St. Francis- Sokoki band of the Abenaki in 1992 for her work in support of their struggle for state recognition. In 2000, she received the wild nature award for activist of the year.Photo by Orin Langelle.For more information visit: https://globaljusticeecology.org/brazil-2023/ This podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.Breaking Green is made possible by tax deductible donations from people like you. Please help us lift up the voices of those working to protect forests, defend human rights and expose false solutions.  Donate securely online hereOr simply text GIVE to 716-257-4187

Breaking Green
GE Trees Threaten Indigenous Peoples and Wild Forests with GJEP's Anne Petermann

Breaking Green

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 35:17


Founded in 2003, Global Justice Ecology Project believes in the fundamental equality of all peoples and the intrinsic value of the natural world. Global Justice ecology project's mission is to identify, expose and address the intertwined root causes of social injustice, ecological destruction, and economic domination.In this episode of Breaking green, we will talk with Anne Petermann, co founder of  Global Justice Ecology Project about the organization's unique mission. We will also discuss current threats to forest and indigenous people with attempts to genetically engineer trees for use in plantations and release into the wild. Anne Peterman co-founded global justice ecology project in 2003. She is the international coordinator of the campaign to stop GE trees, which she also co founded. Petermann is a founding board member of the will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. She has been involved in movements for forest protection and indigenous rights since 1991, and the international and national climate justice movements since 2004. She participated in the founding of the Durban group for climate justice in 2004, in Durban, South Africa, and Climate Justice Now! in 2007, at the Bali Indonesia UN climate conference. She is the author of several reports and numerous articles detailing the dangers of genetically engineered trees, and is a contributor to Truthout, Z Magazine Counterpunch, and numerous others. She was adopted as an honorary member of the St. Francis-Sokoki band of the Abenaki in 1992 for her work in support of their struggle for state recognition. In 2000, she received the Wild Nature Award for Activist of the Year.Link to public comment on GE American chestnut Link to GJEP Press Conference and UN Conference on BiodiversityThe Global Status of Genetically Engineered Tree Development: A Growing ThreatCBAN  information on FSCStop GE Tree Petition to FSCStop GE Tree American Chestnut petitionDon't miss this episode and subscribe to Breaking Green wherever you get your podcasts.This podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.Breaking Green is made possible by tax deductible donations from people like you. Please help us lift up the voices of those working to protect forests, defend human rights and expose false solutions.  Simply text GIVE to 716-257-4187.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth: Global Justice Ecology Project guest: Anne Peterman

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 15:55


Today on Sojourner Truth in partnership with the Global Justice Ecology Project our Earth Watch guest is Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project and international coordinator of the campaign STOP GE Trees. Researchers at the State University of NY College of Enviornmental Science and Forestry are developing genetically engineered (GE)American Chestnut trees that are blight resistant, and hope to win government approval for its unregulated release in the environment. GE trees are being lauded as the biotech solution for forest conservation, however the reality is that should GE trees be approved they would be mass produced and used for commercial production of timber, pulp and bio-fuels, instead of forest conservation. The GE American Chestnut could be the first GE forest tree species planted specifically to spread freely through forests, and the dangers of this could be catastrophic to existing forest ecosystems. Not only does the US regulatory system have no specific regulations to deal with the release of GE trees into forests, but the highly experimental introduction of GE trees could create new problems and worsen existing pressures on forest ecosystems, already strained from unsustainable logging practices, invasive species, introduced pests and pathogens and the surmounting impacts of climate change. Anne Petermann has played a key role in the global effort to stop the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment in the last 22 years. In 2008 she led a campaign demanding a global ban on GE trees that won an historic decision on GE trees from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warning countries of the dangers of GE trees and urging them to use a precautionary approach.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth: Global Justice Ecology Project guest: Anne Peterman

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 15:55


Today on Sojourner Truth in partnership with the Global Justice Ecology Project our Earth Watch guest is Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project and international coordinator of the campaign STOP GE Trees. Researchers at the State University of NY College of Enviornmental Science and Forestry are developing genetically engineered (GE)American Chestnut trees that are blight resistant, and hope to win government approval for its unregulated release in the environment. GE trees are being lauded as the biotech solution for forest conservation, however the reality is that should GE trees be approved they would be mass produced and used for commercial production of timber, pulp and bio-fuels, instead of forest conservation. The GE American Chestnut could be the first GE forest tree species planted specifically to spread freely through forests, and the dangers of this could be catastrophic to existing forest ecosystems. Not only does the US regulatory system have no specific regulations to deal with the release of GE trees into forests, but the highly experimental introduction of GE trees could create new problems and worsen existing pressures on forest ecosystems, already strained from unsustainable logging practices, invasive species, introduced pests and pathogens and the surmounting impacts of climate change. Anne Petermann has played a key role in the global effort to stop the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment in the last 22 years. In 2008 she led a campaign demanding a global ban on GE trees that won an historic decision on GE trees from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warning countries of the dangers of GE trees and urging them to use a precautionary approach.

Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
COP26 Will Showcase False Solutions That Protect Corporate Profits, Not The Planet

Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 60:01


The COP 26 United Nations climate meeting is underway in Glasgow Scotland. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent “Code Red” report that proves urgent action is critical, the world is looking at the corporate-dominated COP 26 to do what is necessary. Clearing the FOG speaks with Anne Petermann, executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, who says COP 26 is focused on ‘false solutions' promoted by large corporations to protect their profits instead of the planet. Petermann describes a new publication, “Hoodwinked in the Hothouse,” that explains what these false solutions are and what is necessary, the real solutions. She also discusses what people can do to save the planet. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

KPFA - A Rude Awakening
A Rude Awakening with Anne Petermann Executive Director,  Global Justice Ecology Project

KPFA - A Rude Awakening

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 59:59


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Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Genetically Engineered Trees With Anne Petermann

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 12:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
COVID-19 Update With Dr. David Himmelstein

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 24:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: September 9, 2021

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 5:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 9, 2021 - COVID Update, GE Trees, Reproductive Rights

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 57:50


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Legal Threats to Reproductive Rights With Marjorie Cohn

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 9:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Legal Threats to Reproductive Rights With Marjorie Cohn

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 9:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Genetically Engineered Trees With Anne Petermann

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 12:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
COVID-19 Update With Dr. David Himmelstein

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 24:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 9, 2021 - COVID Update, GE Trees, Reproductive Rights

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 57:50


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: September 9, 2021

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 5:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: June 10, 2021 - 5 Min

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 5:40


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad On The Racial Wealth Divide

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 23:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On False Climate Solutions

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 14:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Francesca Emanuele On Peru Elections 2021

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 9:52


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: June 10, 2021 - Racial Wealth Divide, False Climate Solutions, Peru

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 58:18


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad On The Racial Wealth Divide

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 23:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On False Climate Solutions

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 14:10


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Francesca Emanuele On Peru Elections 2021

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 9:52


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

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Sojourner Truth Radio: June 10, 2021 - Racial Wealth Divide, False Climate Solutions, Peru

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 58:18


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: June 10, 2021 - 5 Min

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 5:40


Today on Sojourner Truth: The Washington Post is reporting that consumer prices jumped to 5 percent in May of this year. This is the biggest increase since the Great Recession. Meanwhile, activists are drawing to the growing racial wealth gap in the United States, as well as the feminization of poverty. According to the Center for American Progress, the median wealth for white households is $189,000. For Black households, it is $24,100. According to the Poor People's Campaign, there are over 140 million poor or low wealth people in the United States. At least 73 percent of the poor in the U.S. are women and children. President Biden, in his recent trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the massacre of Black people by white terrorists, announced some measures he hopes will lessen the gap. But the measures have been criticized as insufficient. Our guest is Dedrick Asante-Muhammad with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. For our weekly Earth Watch: as alarm bells on the environmental catastrophe continues to be debated, and as governments and the corporate world grapple with the crisis, environmentalists are calling them out for putting forth false solutions. Our guest is Anne Petermann, the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project. Will a socialist schoolteacher become the new President of Peru? What are the controversies? What is at stake? What are the implications? Our guest is Francesca Emanuele, a Peruvian sociologist, born and raised in the province of Ica.

The Horticulturati
Saga of the American Chestnut

The Horticulturati

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 68:02


Chestnuts roasting in an ideological fire! Colleen shares the history of Castanea dentata, a once ubiquitous, now virtually extinct species that has become an unlikely sticking point in the controversy over genetically modified organisms. But first, we talk about late season burnout, and COLLEEN’S FORTHCOMING BOOK! (Stay tuned for news about book release!) PS. Leah will be presenting a free lecture to the Native Plant Society of Williamson County, “Landscaping with Native Plants: Ten Design Principles for Home Gardeners” on June 10 at 7pm, via Zoom. Sign up and learn more here. Support us by joining our Patreon! And drop us a line at www.horticulturati.com  Mentioned in this episode: Akiva Silver; The Sierra Club’s paper on Chestnuts; Truth Out’s article by Anne Petermann; The Genetic Literacy Project’s podcast on biotech and chestnuts; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Blight-Tolerant Darling 58 American Chestnut; and the American Chestnut Foundation.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Karen Pickett On The Life & Legacy Of Judi Bari

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 14:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: The ongoing crisis in Haiti deepens as COVID-19 continues its spread there and as government-backed paramilitary thugs are yet again on a rampage in the Lasalin and Cite Soleil sections of Port-au-Prince. The man leading the charge in these massacres is known by international agencies and the U.S.-backed Haitian government for having participated in massacres in 2019. Nevertheless, he remains on the street. The United States is threatening to deport a former Haitian death squad leader, Emmanuel Toto Constant, back to Haiti. He remains a wanted man in Haiti. He fled the country to the U.S. to avoid facing justice. But in the U.S., he was arrested and caught in fraud schemes, being sentenced to prison. But now, the Trump administration wants to return him to Haiti, despite an outcry from Haitians and human rights organizations. The present U.S.-backed Haitian government is said to be friendly toward Constant. Our guest is Maud Jean-Michel, a well-known organizer in the Haitian diaspora community. We mark the anniversary of the bombing of Earth First environmentalists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Judi was a forest defender, labor activist, feminist, anarchist and a campaigner against logging in the redwood forests of Northern California. Darryl is an environmentalist and musician. Both Judi and Darryl were injured on May 24, 1990, when a pipe bomb that had been placed in their car exploded. Although both survived the pipe bomb explosion, Judi was left with critical injuries, including a fractured pelvis. Instead of figuring out who was responsible for the explosion, Oakland Police and the FBI immediately accused her and Darryl of allegedly carrying a bomb for use in an act of terrorism. They were treated as suspects, not victims. Today, we highlight Judi's life and legacy. Our guest is Karen Pickett, who has been involved with forest activism and other ecological and social issues with Earth First and other organizations for four decades. She and Judi Bari were close friends and comrades. For this week's Campaigners for Black Lives segment, yet another Black man, George Floyd, is dead at the hands of police. This time, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, what is going on in Los Angeles as Black Lives Matter LA press forward on their demands to limit the power of the LAPD? Our guest is Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor, author and community organizer in Los Angeles. Dr. Abdullah serves on the leadership team for Black Lives Matter and is committed to ending state-sponsored and police violence towards all people, and especially Black people. Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Minute: Illegal Logging & Genocide During COVID-19

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 1:29


Today on Sojourner Truth: The ongoing crisis in Haiti deepens as COVID-19 continues its spread there and as government-backed paramilitary thugs are yet again on a rampage in the Lasalin and Cite Soleil sections of Port-au-Prince. The man leading the charge in these massacres is known by international agencies and the U.S.-backed Haitian government for having participated in massacres in 2019. Nevertheless, he remains on the street. The United States is threatening to deport a former Haitian death squad leader, Emmanuel Toto Constant, back to Haiti. He remains a wanted man in Haiti. He fled the country to the U.S. to avoid facing justice. But in the U.S., he was arrested and caught in fraud schemes, being sentenced to prison. But now, the Trump administration wants to return him to Haiti, despite an outcry from Haitians and human rights organizations. The present U.S.-backed Haitian government is said to be friendly toward Constant. Our guest is Maud Jean-Michel, a well-known organizer in the Haitian diaspora community. We mark the anniversary of the bombing of Earth First environmentalists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Judi was a forest defender, labor activist, feminist, anarchist and a campaigner against logging in the redwood forests of Northern California. Darryl is an environmentalist and musician. Both Judi and Darryl were injured on May 24, 1990, when a pipe bomb that had been placed in their car exploded. Although both survived the pipe bomb explosion, Judi was left with critical injuries, including a fractured pelvis. Instead of figuring out who was responsible for the explosion, Oakland Police and the FBI immediately accused her and Darryl of allegedly carrying a bomb for use in an act of terrorism. They were treated as suspects, not victims. Today, we highlight Judi's life and legacy. Our guest is Karen Pickett, who has been involved with forest activism and other ecological and social issues with Earth First and other organizations for four decades. She and Judi Bari were close friends and comrades. For this week's Campaigners for Black Lives segment, yet another Black man, George Floyd, is dead at the hands of police. This time, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, what is going on in Los Angeles as Black Lives Matter LA press forward on their demands to limit the power of the LAPD? Our guest is Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor, author and community organizer in Los Angeles. Dr. Abdullah serves on the leadership team for Black Lives Matter and is committed to ending state-sponsored and police violence towards all people, and especially Black people. Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Maud Jean-Michel On Paramilitary Massacres In Haiti

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 19:22


Today on Sojourner Truth: The ongoing crisis in Haiti deepens as COVID-19 continues its spread there and as government-backed paramilitary thugs are yet again on a rampage in the Lasalin and Cite Soleil sections of Port-au-Prince. The man leading the charge in these massacres is known by international agencies and the U.S.-backed Haitian government for having participated in massacres in 2019. Nevertheless, he remains on the street. The United States is threatening to deport a former Haitian death squad leader, Emmanuel Toto Constant, back to Haiti. He remains a wanted man in Haiti. He fled the country to the U.S. to avoid facing justice. But in the U.S., he was arrested and caught in fraud schemes, being sentenced to prison. But now, the Trump administration wants to return him to Haiti, despite an outcry from Haitians and human rights organizations. The present U.S.-backed Haitian government is said to be friendly toward Constant. Our guest is Maud Jean-Michel, a well-known organizer in the Haitian diaspora community. We mark the anniversary of the bombing of Earth First environmentalists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Judi was a forest defender, labor activist, feminist, anarchist and a campaigner against logging in the redwood forests of Northern California. Darryl is an environmentalist and musician. Both Judi and Darryl were injured on May 24, 1990, when a pipe bomb that had been placed in their car exploded. Although both survived the pipe bomb explosion, Judi was left with critical injuries, including a fractured pelvis. Instead of figuring out who was responsible for the explosion, Oakland Police and the FBI immediately accused her and Darryl of allegedly carrying a bomb for use in an act of terrorism. They were treated as suspects, not victims. Today, we highlight Judi's life and legacy. Our guest is Karen Pickett, who has been involved with forest activism and other ecological and social issues with Earth First and other organizations for four decades. She and Judi Bari were close friends and comrades. For this week's Campaigners for Black Lives segment, yet another Black man, George Floyd, is dead at the hands of police. This time, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, what is going on in Los Angeles as Black Lives Matter LA press forward on their demands to limit the power of the LAPD? Our guest is Dr. Melina Abdullah is a professor, author and community organizer in Los Angeles. Dr. Abdullah serves on the leadership team for Black Lives Matter and is committed to ending state-sponsored and police violence towards all people, and especially Black people. Lastly, our weekly Earth Minute presented by Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Haytham Faraj On The Police Murder Of Kenneth Ross

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 8:28


Today on Sojourner Truth: Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols. We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth. Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: January 22, 2020

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 5:28


Today on Sojourner Truth: Analysis following the first day of the Senate trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Our guest is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, John Nichols. We also discuss the annexation of northern Mexico by the United States and its relationship to the economic growth of the U.S. and U.S. immigration policies today. Chicano liberation and environmental activist Bill Gallegos break it down for us. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Haytham Faraj, the attorney in the case of Kenneth Ross, who was killed by police in Gardena California. Video was recently released that Kenneth Ross was unarmed as well as new information about the police officer who killed Kenneth. Finally, our weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sam Weinstein On UK Elections & Brexit

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 15:52


Today on Sojourner Truth: Today, families torn apart by child welfare agencies across the US: there is an increasing epidemic of children being removed from their families and placed in foster care, not because of abuse but because the families are poor or because their mothers are victims of domestic abuse. But the Rev. Liz Theoharis, a joint coordinator of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, says take away our poverty, not our children. Whats going on and how are families and communities fighting back? Our guest is mother, grandmother and retired nurse Sidney Ross-Risden with the Global Women's Strike - Los Angeles. Also, we have begun to bring you video from protests happening in Chile sent by Orin Langelle and Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project who are representing ST on the ground in Chile. We will speak to Anne Petermann on what she is witnessing on the ground, as mass protests against Chile's right wing government and their austerity measures continue. And on December 12, there will be a historic election in the UK and battle lines are drawn in the contest for the UK's next Prime Minister. This includes Boris Johnson, the right wing conservative candidate of the Tory party who is being backed by Donald Trump, and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK's Labour Party. Joining us to give the latest on the ground is London-based Sam Weinstein, a volunteer with the Corbyn campaign and Momentum, and group outside of the Labour Party, but who are supporters of Corbyn.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 25, 2019 - North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 60:21


Today on Sojourner Truth: An in-depth look at the crisis facing the environment, focusing on deforestation and climate change. We discuss false solution to the climate crisis and the upcoming North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence. Our guests are Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project, Karen Pickett, Director of the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, and John E. Peck, Executive Director of Family Farm Defenders.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On Genetically Engineered Trees & IUFRO Conference

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 12:53


Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: June 27, 2019

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 5:12


Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Michelle Xai On LA Freeway Protesters Against Trump

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 8:06


Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Khalid Mustafa Medani On Sudan Protests: What's Next?

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 25:18


Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: June 27, 2019 - Sudan, LA Freeway Protesters, Genetically Engineered Trees

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 57:54


Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: April 18, 2019

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 5:15


Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environmental justice activist. He is the author of "The Sunbelt Strategy and Chicano Liberation, and Reflections on The Green Economy." He's also a poet and shares his work with us for National Poetry Month.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Watch: Anne Petermann On Environmental Justice Issues In Brazil

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 17:17


Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environmental justice activist. He is the author of "The Sunbelt Strategy and Chicano Liberation, and Reflections on The Green Economy." He's also a poet and shares his work with us for National Poetry Month.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 31:43


Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environmental justice activist. He is the author of "The Sunbelt Strategy and Chicano Liberation, and Reflections on The Green Economy." He's also a poet and shares his work with us for National Poetry Month.

Sojourner Truth Radio
Sojourner Truth Radio: April 18, 2019 - Brazil's Environment, Poetry & Politics With Bill Gallegos

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 58:35


Today on Sojourner Truth: For our weekly Earth Watch, we have a conversation with Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Anne discusses her recent trip to Brazil's Quilombos, inhabited by people of African descent. We talk about all things environmental, including the impacts of industrial forestry, timber industry and industrial tree plantations. For most of the hour, we are joined in-studio by Bill Gallegos, a longtime Chicano liberation and environmental justice activist. He is the author of "The Sunbelt Strategy and Chicano Liberation, and Reflections on The Green Economy." He's also a poet and shares his work with us for National Poetry Month.

Sojourner Truth Radio
News Headlines: January 30, 2019

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 5:23


Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti expert. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Evan Bunch of Dignity and Power Now about the latest controversy around the findings that LAPD officers illegally stopped Black drivers. Also, our Weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project.

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Sojourner Truth Radio
David Comissiong On Venezuela Coup Attempt & CARICOM Response

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 21:46


Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti expert. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Evan Bunch of Dignity and Power Now about the latest controversy around the findings that LAPD officers illegally stopped Black drivers. Also, our Weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project.

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Sojourner Truth Radio
Earth Minute: Brazil Mining Disaster

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 1:24


Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti expert. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Evan Bunch of Dignity and Power Now about the latest controversy around the findings that LAPD officers illegally stopped Black drivers. Also, our Weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project.

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Sojourner Truth Radio
Kevin Pina On Venezuela Coup Attempt & Parallels With Haiti

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 13:54


Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti expert. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Evan Bunch of Dignity and Power Now about the latest controversy around the findings that LAPD officers illegally stopped Black drivers. Also, our Weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project.

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Sojourner Truth Radio
Evan Bunch On LAPD Disproportionately Pulling Over Black Drivers

Sojourner Truth Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 8:09


Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our ongoing coverage of the U.S.-backed attempted coup underway in oil-rich Venezuela. We speak to Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM (Caribbean Community) David Comissiong about the regional groups objections to U.S. moves in Venezuela and about Caribbean countries standing with the U.S. position. And we contrast the U.S. regime change play book as it was implemented in Haiti, Honduras and twice in Venezuela. We speak to Kevin Pina, a journalist and Haiti expert. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Evan Bunch of Dignity and Power Now about the latest controversy around the findings that LAPD officers illegally stopped Black drivers. Also, our Weekly Earth Minute with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project.

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