Today on Sojourner Truth:
Protests turn their attention to tearing down monuments that represent the racist past of the United States and Europe. On Monday, June 22, protesters tried to tear down the monument of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. They were met with brutal force by metro police. To discuss resistance to colonial monuments, our guest is Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. She is a historian, author, memoirist, and speaker who researches Western Hemisphere history and international human rights.
Meanwhile, there will be a private funeral today for Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. The Mayor of Atlanta, a vice presidential hopeful on the Biden ticket, tries to keep the lid on protests in her city. Our guest is Mary Hooks is Co-Director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG). SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South.
Also, the U.S. is returning Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel Constant back to Haiti. In 2001, a Haitian court convicted him in absentia and sentenced him to life in prison for his role in the Raboteau Massacre. Our guest is human rights lawyer Brian Concannon. He is the Director of Project Blueprint, which works for a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy.
